Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1868-06-18

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IN. CHASE a. BCGBE.R Our ~
ral seclusion may account for Il, but We
cannot help thinning, nevertheless, that
many of our democratic cotemPorari"s ar"
alarming themselves ueedlessiy and -
-citing The party f,oiishIy about The Dem
Gcratic National Convention nominating
Mr.. Chief Justice Chase Thy denonnc~
the bare idea Of tins gentleman beng tie
nominee Of the New York Convention as
an insult and an outrage. and Ley threat
en- dire and scyen-'old vengeance upon
al who favor it We certainly do Lot
favor j. ourselves and the other thing We
10 no. favor. is the foolish agitation that
has been gotten up about it. Our breth-
rem Of the faith are alarmed. We think,
upon this subject without sufficient rhyme
or reason. Because some few ueD
now acting with the democratic party, are
favorable 10 Chase's nomination by III"
New York Convention, and because the
New York Horld-a mere camp-follower
Of the party-appareutly squlnts IL the
rarne direction. Ergo Te are all IN gre at
danger Of being sold out 10 Chase and
ssddlcd with negro suffrage If We would
pause and reason with our fears for mo
ment, it would be apparent that this thing
is not 70 be In the first place, if any
rclianceis to be placed upon party mani
fcstations ar gathered from the four corn
ers Of the country, -tenths Of the dem
ocratic party are outsPoken for lifelong,
straight-out democrat for President, what
ever they may be upon the subject OF the
vice-presidency But Mr.. Chase, accord
ing to his own showing, is not even
member of our party is neither straight
out, lifelong democrat nor even demo
crat Of the Blair or Hancock order
Besides Mr.. Chase las long been an adj
yoca,. of negro suffrage and has 20 an
nounccd himself in 4 recent letter. Now,
if there i one doctrine wi.,ch the demo
cratic party 10 more emphatic about than
nny other, it l., that this l. :. white man :
government, and if there is one thing it
Is more strongly pledged to do than any
other, it is, to redeem the white race Of
the South from negro dominion, To sup
pose, then, that the New York Convcn-
ton viii disregard, IN the first place the
wishes Of nine-tenthe of the party, ard
in the second place, not only nominate
man who is not member Of the party
but man who is III favor of negro sui
frage, Is to suppose most childish absur-
dity Let US, then, have done with ouT
foolish alarms and dismiss thi. Chase bug
bear with the contempt 1t deserves W.
lave no right to suppose III advance that
The New York Convention will not do II,
whole duty to the party and the country
We may expect indeed some division o.
opinion among its members as to the pol
ICY of a compromise upon the subject Of
the ,ice-presidency. II would not sur
prise US If democrat Of w,r record was
nominated for that position For the first
place. for the leadership of the party, how
ever, we have no fears. The democratic
opinion of the country i. emphatic in its
preference for democrat Of sterling char
ac,er and consistent party record as its
standard-bearer, nor is it reasonable or re-
spec,ful to suppose that the New York
Convention will disregard 4 sentiment 80
nearly unanimous as this.