The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-07-18
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY,, JULY Is
SAN FRANCISCO CORRESPONDENCE.
PEI ssMoxrAxA.''-No- IG.

SAX Francisco, July 4, 1sGs.-l0 PM
Our National holiday has been duly celebrated in
the usual manner by %sllutes, n procession, literary
exercises, fireworks and so forth. a bitter rivalry
was ever apparent between Republicans and Demo
Gratis, both appearing anxious TO arrange the pro
gramme and select the officers of the day, which was
comI romised, and the Committees, formed of both
factions, zealously performed the tasks allotted. Col
J. d. Stevenson acted as Marshal, giving great salts
faction. The people turned out en- mGSse, and the
decorations were universal and appropriate. The
enjoyment of the day was marred by n terrible casu-
atty at Oakland. 1t seems the gangway plank, or
some similar continuance, between the ferry boat and
wharf, gave way. Many people were thrown over
board, and several were rescued from the water with
severe injuries. We do not learn particulars
Who will be the Victim!
The National Democratic Convention was to meet
in New York this day, the 4th of July, for the pur-
pose Of drafting resolutions expressing the policy of
the party, for principles it has none, and for the Sc
lection of fitting candidates for the sufrages Of the
people for the positions of President and Vice Presi-
dent of the United States. The tasks allotted are
considered most unenviable, and Democrats are anti
cipating the result of the deliberations of the Conven-
ton with the liveliest solicitude The chosen spokes-
men of the party do not convene TO record the ex-
pressed will of the people, but to reconcile if posi-
BILE, the discordant elements that compose their
constituency, and to conciliate the factions upon
which they depend for success. To tranquillize such
nntagonistic clements would seem no easy matter
yet, when accomplished, other troubles appear, for
the party is divided upon the bond question-one
wing advocating the payment of all bonds in gold,
the other recommending reputation, or currency
payment, extreme %partsans advising that the green
backs be then abandoned to their fate, and permitted
to take care of themselves Furthermore, from
every section of the country, aspirants for Presiden-
tial glory loom up portentously, threatening disafec-
ton if defeated. These intimidations, although un-
derstood to be mere bravado, (for Democrats know
too well the duty Of obedience,) have a demoralizing
effect upon the delegates in Convention. The most
prominent candidate in George ii. Pendleton, of
Ohio, Il consistent Democrat, whose endorsement is
more popular than that of any other one man, and
whose support may prove sufficiently strong to secure
for him the coveted prize. Were it not for the rea-
son that the Democracy have the happy faculty of
throwing overheard an unavailable man, no matter
how fayorably endorsed, Mr.. Pendleton would with
out doubt receive the nomination but his past re-
cord of secession, and his present bid to western
popularity by fayoring Reputation (views in sympa-
thy with a large portion of his party,) would fail to
pIOSuIc IL SScSSio III AIN opO
which the Democracy depend for success. Horatio
Seymour, n weak wa~r-dcmocrat is the choice of New
York state, but lacks western support, and can
scarcely prove powerful enough, a fIoo-thiTds rote be-
ing required, to secure the nomination. Gen. ". S.
Hancock, whose chances are excellent, is a I" Federal
Butcher, - and helped 10 hang Mrs. Surratt-but the
bid for Republican favor as to thrust upon the south
arn element a. 1istaSfefnl n candidate NOR - II by
any means certain, that Hancock, ambitious though
he may be, would prove 50 Inconsistent as to accept
an honor from the men that voted in 1864 that the
efforts Of Federal soldiers to crush the rebellion were
u failure. Judge Chase, elsewhere alluded to, is
willing to accept the nomination., but it is thought
that his recent letter advocating impartial suffrage
has ruined his prospects, If le ever had any, with
the party. The abuse of the negro is the stronghold
of Democracy, for as Nasty remarks, when the
blacks are elevated to the level of human beings there
will be no one for the Democrats to look down upon.
Hendricks, an able Senator, of Indiana, is also
brought forword. Several compromise candidates
are presented-Andrew Johnson among them from
his partial control of the officers the influence of the
federal patronage could be used to elect him. Our
own ambitious Governor Haight may he taken-no
other man can possibly be found :! English, of
Conn, aspircs, but is N weak man, from u weaker
state. Perhaps the Convention may deem fit to Sc
lcct ome one entirely unknown to the Country-a
candidate whose weakness would prove TO he his
strengthening no record, therefore unassailable.
Ii not unlikely that such II course viii be pursued, in
imitation of the Democratic Conventions that nomi-
mated Polk in 1874, and Pierce in lS52-both out of
the way lawyers. Whatever the result of the cosno-
politan Convention, surely the people will refuse to
endorse the nominee, for by electing him the offices
of honor and of trust will be awarded to war-demo-
Gratis and traitors. Can prosperity and progress be
promoted by elements 50 antagonstic 7 The Demo
cracy are sanguine of successfully know it will re-
quire a strong man to defeat Grant, and they accept
the issue. Very well, under which King, Demo
cracy, speak and die :"
The Great American ipostaie.
Salmon p. Chase, who had the honor to be a men,
Der of Mr.. Lincoln's illustrious war Cabinet, and
whose eminent services (when Secretary of the Treas
ury) towards crushing the rebellion received adequate
for the honored position of Chief Justice
Of the nation was awarded him, will enter the Demo
cratic Convention, as n Jealous and perhaps success
full candidate for its nomination to the Presidency.
lie hopes by skillful sophistry and able reasoning to
tile points Mt issue between that party and
himself, but it seems hardly probable that he will
prove successful, and n severe rebuke for his deser-
ton Of the faction that elevated him to power, may
be anticipated from the willy Democrats who are too
shrewd to accept u renegade but who encourage the
aspiring Chief Justice for temporary prestige, and to
divide the Republicans if possible. Urged by an am
bition as resistless as it is base, we find q leader in
the PRONUNCIATION of radicai Republican principles,
and therefore the recipient of distinguished honors
from the party that loved him, after Intellectual at
tempts to stand even higher in the annals of his
country by filing the Presidential chair, now turning
body and soul, to his political opponents, who would
have hung him four years ago as a Lincoln hire
if practicable. The excuses advanced in SINH
lar cases, when Johnson, Seward and their followers
in the Senate, were prompted TO sever their allegiance
to the Republicans. that the measures inaugurated
by the party leaders in late years were unsound, or
unconstitutional, will not avail with the supporters of
the Chief Justice, for he has ever led the radicals,