The New York herald., 1868-06-08

the republican can0date4 ever reaching 70 the goal
dcmocrai,c nominating Convention, and the ticket
that body Will present for the surage Of the people
THE Con,sG CoNTEsT~rssE ~ % pSsocRAriC OPPoRTU-
NIFTY. $500. l
II is admitted without question that G tns oso coming ing
presidential contest from July next TO the close W
be by far the most exciting one yet wage2 between
the two great parties OF the country But before the
rons fairly in ii The Held they are subject, from
present Appearances y severe intestine struggle as
to whom they shall proclaim as their chefleader and
standard bearer. On this everything depends. II
the turn OF the tide 10 democratic success which
ex"Governor y seymour declared in favor Of Chief
Justice Chase as the nominee OF the party, be taken
advantage Of the party viii soon ind itself on the full
Hood OF national favor and assured victory.
There is a tide in the Affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on 10 fortune.
Such tide now favors the democratic leaders; let
they will lose their venture and the great
opportunity to become once more the ruling
fammany % sachems TO declare q bold. manly i and md
vigorous policy and to take the van In carrying out
and securing its success. MephstOpheles A. Oakey
this matter and stir up the sybarte Of the city
Hall Kitchen to something like Immediate action.
gates aud unless chieftain is at once
proclaimed whose name is q herald Of success In
evitabie defeat and permanent overthrow await the
democratic party In all the future. II the legal
adviser and MephistOphiles OF all the sachems pos
sesses the spell TO bring about the poicy-f between
orcise all compromise candidates from the arena
and invoke the aid Of Chase to the cause
S the % the coy G oe sssn
q the party II oakey Han has not lot more irons in
the nre than he can possibly make use OF; II he Is
not already overworkng his poor erain let him take
the task in hand, and soon as Chase Is nominated
Bin tweed to the summer T retreat Of the xmeri-
Gus Club, at Greenwich, TO rest and recuperate.
Ex-Governor Seymour, in whom the whole democ'
no han
nom Msine to Oregon. Let the democracy Of the
and the result is certain. This is not movement Of
expediency; it is one Of absolute necessity. The re-
RSsv snsw thew w cond DO we'll enourS %,th snx
other, but better, on the whole, with HIM, and 30
they took him. The democratic party, defeated In
two Presidential campaigns, deprived OF all the
patronage Of the government have no middle course
TO pursue, nor can they afford to run risk In the
with the ghost OF chance Of Chief Justice
Chase, and unless, throwing aside all petty preju-
and Ing IN the true ~ s sp o. as
come out boldly and announce him IS their
fsv0rte leader to be duly presented to the country
their defeat is foregone conclusion. The only
obstacle to this end lies In the determination Of the
sacrifices. 1t is said that upwards Of five Thousand
hackers OF Pendeton will be In this city during the
sitting Of the Convention The Western delegations
have secured Masonic Hall, on Thirteenth street,
close to the wigwam, as their headquarters To
meet this difcuty In time and to neutrazeit before
final action is imperative. 1t Is strongly urged by
numbers Of influential democrats to call a series OF
public meetings throughout the States to test the
popular feeling with regard Ito to the nomination nh .S Of Mr.
cities OF the State there ia increasing majority In
favor OF Chase. That portion OF the democratic
numerous cribs connected Herewith is greatly
stirred at the chance thus presented to the party to
and to wrest from them the spoils they have so long
enjoyed. They are glad to know that western men
are coming In such large numbers for the big busi
ness that will be done In the c0bber julep sling and
cocktail line in which many OF them have large In
terests but they will be more pleased to know that
PendletOn and his I'VE thousand backers viii be some-
what In the position OF that King OF France who,
with all bis men, marched up the hill and came
GOWN aeaih,nIne rena,e.onanS na'tng tne nane
their homeward march.
THE TAxMANY CHANCE OF TACTICs-THE GUBERNA-
TORyAL CONTEST.
The chief leaders-the Tammany sachemg-are
very retcent the result Of their secret councils
cess so apparent on the Chase ticket has, however
somewhat modified previous plans. II q new slate
for state oicers was predicated on the Chase move
the party for Governor the present principal aspirant
thereto submitting to have other honors buckled on
TO him. In the event OF the Mayoralty becoming
vacant, George W. Mclean, the jealous and highly
ecient Street CommIssoner win surely succeed the
: fun succeeding term 70 Mr.. Mclean and congratu-
late the citizens on having In prospect chief mags-
There There are a large number Of candidstes Of both
parties In the fied for the Govern0rshp.
YHE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.
Their names are "a fOllows:-J0hn T. HOFFMAN,
Judge Barnard, Henry @. Murphy, Samuel G. Court
new Frank Herman, William NJ. Tweed; Sanford E.
Church, Judge VIM. F. Allen.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
+. A. Conkling, Judge Henry Il. Davies, Horace
Greeley, Hiram Walbridge, George 0pdyke, Charles
II. Van Wyck, John A. Griswoid, Judge fOlger Ezra
Cornell, Reuben +. Fenton.
Some OF those named above OF either party may
not be openly candidates, but all have their aspra
tions for the ONCE, and all are, cOvertly or above
board, pressing their claims upon their respective
parties for the nomination. In the city, a. among
the barren wildernesses OF the poet, are
Any voice, that syllable mems names,
and hence our information with respect to this por
ton Of city politics.
oTHER CITY OfFIcEs-rHE SUPREME COURT-CTTY
JUDGEsHIP.
There is a temporary dearth OF outside interest In
whatever struggle Is going on between the candi-
dates the few city Ofces that TO be filed In
December next. Judge Barnard has, It seems op-
ponent a denomination by his party to his present
position on the bench OF the Supreme Court.
The political posture OF AFFAIRS Is continually chang
ing, and until The democrats have held their C0nven
ton and decided their candidates there viii be
purpose that the leaders should remove by declaring
at once favor of Chief Justice Chase and General
DIX FOR President ana Vice President.
The Democrats National Convention.
! DELEGATES FROM GEORGIA.
AT iarge-A. X. ChappeIl Columbus; B. II. Hill,
Athens; II. 5. Fitch, savannah; John b. Gordon, At
| laDta First DIslrict--W. II. Thomson, Savannah: