The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-07-22
From the New York Herall.l
The Democratic NOmlnatiOn...A Clear
Field for General Grant.

The die is cast. The Democratic Convention
has decided that our next President shall be
General Grant. There was splendid opp0r-
tunity offered this Convention, in the nomina-
tion of Chief Justice Chase. to carry on the
balance OF power from the republican camp,
North and South, East and West, and to inau-
gurate in the approaching Presidential election
a substantial and enduring conservative revolu-
ton. The advantages of this nomination were
at once appreciated by the democratic masses
and the independent thinking men of the party
with the agitation of his name us the democratic
candidate forthe crisis, and they were enthusiastic
in the cause OF Chase: but the party jugglers of
this Tammany Hall Convention had a different
game to play. So far as the New York managing
politicians are concerned, this game was fully
disclosed in the Herald of SUNDAY last In reference
to the mock declination of Horatio Seymour.
The old fable of the mountain In labor has
been fully realized, and the delivery is ridicu
lous mouse as the democratic Presidential can
ssrmoas against GaanfF rs 81 tas sasio
aA:,,n.ratic snr rnder or disbanding Of tho
democratic party. The ticket OF Mcclellan
against Lincoln was a strong ticket compared
with this of Seymour against Grant, 1t has no
prestige but that OF defeat. In 1862 indeed, Mr..
Seymour was elected Governor; but it was on
the platform of "a more vigorous prosecution
OF the war;" In 1858 he returned TO his idols of
the copperhead faith and there he would have
remained but for the blundcrs OF the republicans
and their divisions in the State elections of Inst
year. Now, as in 1868, "a, '65 and '66, after
their successes of 1852 all the capital and all the
foothold gained by the democrats have been
thrown away and lost, and the battle OF 1854 In
revived, with some changes to be sure but as
against Seymour they are all In favor of Grant
There is nothing in Seymour, nothing in his
record, nothing in his platform that will bring
single recruit to the democratic party, but every
thing to rally the whole floating vote of the
United States, with all the conservative republi.
cans, around the glorious banner of Grant. It
is supposed by his friends and political traipeu
that Seymour is at least good for Now York.
with its fifty thousand democratic majority OF
last fall. That majority, however, was delusivc,
the result of republican disaffeetiOns and di.
visions, which only the nomination of Chase a.
the democratic candidate could have turned to Q
substantial advantage in this campaign. Scy.
mour against Grant will bring oil the repubii-
cans into line and the result will be anofhcr
political reaction, which will give New York to
Grant by twenty, thirty or forty thousand ma
jority. .U .a.C
The Pendleton guard have hitherto displayed
extraordinary directness, irInness and courage.
They put their candidate forward with bold
front, published his principles to the world,
claimed the votes of the Convention for him on
his merits, and scorned to help him to success by
any under handed trickery or secret bargains.
When they became satisfied that Pendlcton could
not command two-third vote In the Convention
they withdrew his name In an honorable, manly
manner. In all their action, from first to last,
they displayed the true, manly spirit that seems
the natural production of the pure air and igvig.
Grating climate of the great West, sud to spring
up In the brtust of the Western man as grsss
springs up on the broad prairies; the spirit that
animated the men who marched in Sherman,e
ranks from Chattanooga to the sea and carried
the national banner through the heart OF the
contederacy. The delegates who como from the
prairies and the plains to the Democratic Con.
vention were called together by pure patriotism
and by resolve to stand by the constitution,
now threatened by Jacobin rcyolutionists, ss
they stood by it wfen assailed by Southern 30
cessionists They told rs that the German ele-
ment in the West was thoroughly aroused, and
they made their appeal openly and boldly to the
Fast and the South ard to the great Middle
States to give them the candidate they asked
Had he been fairly beaten BY the democracy Of
the Union they would no doubt have yislded 10
the wishes OF the majority but what can they
say to their constituents now Can they tell
them, We found Ourselves no match for the petty
trcksters iu the city of New ork, and our favor
ite son, carrying with them majority of the
whole Convention, was beaten by tho cunning
artifce OF Utica politician and the schemes q
the Albany Regency? Can they admit that they
were humbugged, fooled, outwittno, and yet ex-
pect the honest, sturdy yeOmanry of the West to
support the nominees of the Tammany Conveu
tiOn? The response will soon roll down lrosa
the broad prairies, and VIC shall then learn how
the West receives the intelligence of her defest
by sanctimonious Hypocrisy snd the hAlasGt kind
Of q cheat. ''Fi ~
We eau give no countenance to this retrugado
movement of the democratic party. The suc-
cessful movements of the age are progressive,
and we must go with them. All the world 4
going forward, except our democratic party. II
Is behind Austria, Russia, Turkey aad China
for they all recognize tn. necessity Of shaping
their policy to the pressure OF living events.
Seymour is behind the age, and Blair, % sol.