The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-07-15
The Convention, The Platform and
The Nominees.

We take great pleasure in announc
ing to our readers to-day that the Ma
tional Democratic Convention in New
York has closed it's harmonious session
has adopted platform, whose Democ'
racy will commend itself to the ap.
prevail of every Conservative citizen il
the country, and has nominated candi'
dates worthy of the support of every
Conservative voter in the Union. The
platform lays down clearly and une.
quivically the true doctrines which ev'
cry Conservative should uphold in the
campaion which we hope will end iI
the humiliation of the revolutionary
party which now has control of the gen.
eral government. There is now nc
equivocation, no attempt to dodge is
sues, bnt the questions dividing the two
parties are clearly stated, and the issue
before the people boldly met.
AS for the candidates they are all
that q Conservative could desire. AS
we had stated Mr.. Pendleton's strength
proved his weakness, and it became ev-
ident after two or three ballots that he
could not be nominated. So with the
other prominent candidates. After the
9th ballot, which was the latest news
we had for several days, we feared that
some obscure individual, of small abili-
ty, would be taken up as compromise
candidate. We knew that Governor
Seymour had persistentiy declined the
use of his name, and whenever it was
mentioned in the Convention over
which he so ably presided, the voice of
his friends was Immediately stifled in
Difference to his own wishes. But when
the Convention was at sea, and when a
great name was needed to unite all the
conflicting elements, his name was
brought forward and though he ear
nestly protested against it, the nomina-
ton was forced upon him by acclama-
ton almost before he could recover
from the bewilderment Of his delicate
position. In this movement the Pen
dleton men, led by the noble Va1lan-
digham, were eminentlyi'c conspicuous,
and deserve all praise. We knew Geo.
Pendleton would never allow his own
claims to leopard the harmony and sue
cess of the great party of which he is
such bright ornament. Many honors
are yet in store for him. We can well
understand the enthusiasm which kim
died in the hearts of the one hundred
thousand men who stood in anxious ex-
pectation at the doors of Tammany
Hall. The salvation of the country de-
pended upon the action of the men
within, and when they sent forth the
name of Seymour the one hundred
thousand men sincerely believed that
the country was safe. Well might
they shout, and fire the cannon from
every height. Well might New York
be Intoxicated with JOY and excitement.
No such greeting ever met nomina-
ton since the foundation of the govern
ment. No such issues were ever before
at stake in a Presidential campaign.
Horatio Seymour is a native of New
York and is fifty-seven years old. His
public service has been restricted to his
own State. He has never appeared
before on the arena of Irrational politics,
but his friends confidently hoped to
send hinlsto the Senate of the United
States next Winter, and would proba-
bly, have done so had he not received
this nomination. He early served sew
eral terms in the Legislature of his ma
tive State. In 1852 he was elected
Governor of New York and admins
tered the affairs of the State with great
ability. In 1862 he was again elected
as all opponent of the Lincoln admin
istration, and though he was opposed
to the manner in which the war was
conducted The was also opposed to a
dissolution of the Union by the seces-
sion of the Southern States. The big
gun of "Copperheadism" which the
Radicals were preparing for MIR. Pen
dleton, has thus been incontinently
spiked by this nomination. Governor
Seymour never makes speech with
out making good one. His admira-
BILE little address on fhlSing his seat as
President of the Convention, we will
publish in our next. 1t is a clear re-
sumo of the issues in the coming strug-
gle.
The nomination Of Major General
Frank Preston Blair, Jr., for the Vice
Presidency, is also one eminently " fl
to be made" We some time since in
dicated that the Vice President should
have been Republican, and we think
he ought to be soldier. Frank Blair
has been a Republican and a soldier
and moreover soldier who will fight
The speeches of Gen. Hampton ant
Gen. Forrest in his behalf show wha
the brave Confederate officers think o
him.