Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-10-31
From the Sacramento Union. !
A Headless Ticket.

TIN headless horseman is no longer a myth
The Democratic party to-day realizes that de-
scription. They have lost their head, to all eff
feet and appearance, already, and are pluneing
around as crafty as an old fighting cock Just re-
lieyed of his knowledge-box. 1t only remains to
discover whether the Democracy are not actually
in this headless condition. Tilden tells us there
will be no change in the ticket, and that every-
bodv is - wild with enthusiasm at Seymour's
coming out But then We know Tilden perfectly
we'll and can receive all communications from
him with serene certainty that the opposite of
what he says is most likely to be true. We oh
serve that the experience of this single campaipn
has also made some of our Democratic journals
slightly skeptcal of the veracity of their Eastern
advisers Instead of creditng this statement
that the head is still on their party shoulders
fair and square, the leading organ in this State
is busily studying the constitution to ascertain
whether it is necessary to have a head at all. It
has discovered, and so informs inquiring minds
among its highly intelligent readers, that they
will not vote for anybody for President and Vice
President in any case, hut only for Electors who
are State officers and can vote for whom they
please-for Haight and Holden if they choose.
instead of Seymour and Blair We must look
upon this lucid exposition of the constitution as
somewhat suspicious. Are we to understand BY
it that the Democracy now regard their ticket as
headless, and are sorrowfully searching for the
lost ornament? Or doesn't indicate felonious
intent to behead the ticket before or after cleo
ton, and instruct the Democratic Electors to
vote for whom they please? Some mischief is
brewing under this constitutional investigation,
we are sure for whenever these rebels or Con-
perheads want to do anything particularly mean
or dis honorable, Or treacherous, they resort at
once to the constitution.
Another reason for believing that the Democ-
racy already deem their ticket headless, or mean
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the Unionsts with contemplating the same I'M
precedented course. This, too, is an old trick
of the Democracy When they commit fraud
they cry 's stop thief" against us When they
defend traitors they accuse us of violating the
constitution. Whenever they design anything
of questionable sort they charge us with it in
advance. So now, being ready to decaptate
their ticket short notice. or after the
election to shave off those heads more orna-
mental than useful-Seymour and Blair-they
actually charge US with intending to do the
same thing. Lest any remain incredulous of
this statement, we give the following from the
Examiner of October 23d:
Private alvces from the East leave that in
case majority of Mongre Electors chosen by the people,
Grant will at announce his withdrawal from the field
and leave them at liberty to cast their for
they may proper This will doubt be Colfax for Pres
ident and Ben. Wade for Vice President OF this
arrangement there is doubt and those who think they
are voting for Grant when they voting for the Mongre
A>iNNsOt',
We do not like to italicize others words, SO
we leave the reader to note where the g no
doubt" comes in above. We are to understand
that these private advices" are perfectly GER
tain no doubt . at all about this matter.
Grant is a myth-there is no such man as Grant
that is the next thing we shall hear. For the
Examiner tells us that g half dozen of the Mon
gre leading mca" " had made Grant what he
~ds, (are we to infer he no longer is2) and this
ha1f-d0znn 10 i'm, l.
another point on which the people need to be
enlightened by Democratic "private adviees -
for they have been under the impression that
Grant, of all our generals, hewed out his own
way, with many hindering but no one petting
him. Nor is this revelation of his real weakness
consistent with the other story we have from
Democratic headquarters, that Grant is going to
be a second Julius Caesar, or Louis Napoleon or
something else dreadful, ancient or modern
Now, we cannot blame Seymour and all his
" ties for going crazy in the present state of
their affairs !; but we beg them not to make fools
of themselves or risk anything on the violent
presumption that all but themselves are fools
They may consider their own ticket to be head
less, double-hcaded, or orgon-headed-any-
thing to suit their own fancy but they may as
ticket to themselves. They have already made
aggerations and blunders of every kind to turn
the heads of their whole party. Certainly every
body is convinced that if their ticket is not al
ready headless, it ought to be for their silly
"private advices' remind us
The times have been
That when the brains ont the man would die