The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-13
How PhiIadeIph a Ratifi ed.

How Philadelph Ratifi ed.
OK Saturday night the faithful Of our city met
in front of Independence Hall, TO ratify the
Democratic nominations. A large stand was
erected, big placards posted, and the speak
ers announced; the only thing which marred
the complete success of the whole affair was
the trifing absence of big crowd. In all
capdor we must say that two thousand people
would be an over estimate Of those who were
present. From beginning to end the spirit
evinced proved that the Democratic party in
Philadelphia entered the contest with the Ger
tainty of failure staring them in the face.
The meeting was presided over by that "vene.
rable" sage Richard Vaux. His speech was
thoroughly characteristic. Mr.. Vaux COM
menced by stating that the nomination of
Seymour and Blair were by the whole Union,
because the convention which selected them
had representatives from all the States"
Wherein the special merit of their nomination
consists over that by the Republicans is not
stated, as Grant and Colfax were also nomi-
mated under exactly similar circumstances, so
far as the number of votes they received was
concerned. But what has logic to do with the
question: Progressing in his torrent OF
words, the speaker detected light ahead. He
predicts good time coming. He says "the
golden age of the country is about to return"
and detects the dawn in the certainty of the
election of Seymour. Oh lasting night tina
is in store for our land if there shall be no
light until it illuminates the head of the great
Horatio as President of the United States
What is Egyptian darkness compared with
that in the future We fear the sun will set
to rise no more if his rays are not needed until
the good times comes. .-.
There can be but one way to explain the
statement of the great Vaux. He perpetrates
a joke on the word golden" He refers to
specie payments and is twitting the Demo-
cracy with their financial views. With this as
our key, let us see how plain the complex
sentence becomes:-
tue eolden age OF the republic is to be rein
augurated, first, by the nomin alton, then by
Il Q sanction of the people, ana then ia the ed.
u Constitution and the laws made in accord
al ce herewith"
This can mean but one thing. 1t is pro
phecy that Grant will be elected and specie
payment be once mere resumed. If it meant
Democratic success, surely by flooding the ooun-
try with 'greenbacks'' no golden age' will
be secured. But it is really too bad, Richard
it is too bad Remember, you have no right
to joke at the expense of your friends. Old
men do dearly love their little puns; but then
there is carrying a thing to an excess, and to
prophesy Republican success to a Democratic
meeting, when you are it's President, cannot
be excused even on the plea of getting off
joke.
| Further on the orator says
"The hopes of all true patriots are revived for
! they see In the coming future the ballot, peace.
heaven, reinvigOIating their energies TO escue
the country from the control of bands of
usurpers and imposters, who are crucifying .
preventative constit governme To set
up in its stead despotic power. to paotect them
duties which the equity of retribution Inn
| poses"
! Surely the intense heat of Saturday night
has affected the massive brain. What with
the dew of heaven, the crucifxion, the equity
of retribution-we would have supposed the
legal mind would refer to redemption also
we cannot tell at what the great man is aiming.
But the peroration is the thing. We are afraid
to congratulate the ex-Mayor on any other
part, because it recalls to us so strongly the
story of a Frenchman who had lost his wife.
As he went along the street to the funeral he
was painfully affected, sobbing and shouting.
A friend who met him on the way called next
day to express his sympathy. "My dear fell
low, you were dreadfully overcome going tc
the funeral" "What 20 he replied "Goine
to it 7 Oh, that was nothing. You should
hare seen me at the sraUe!' So it is with
Richard. We dare not say that any of his ex
oellent abuse of the radicals was good, lest ht
refers us to the peroration. We give it to oui
readers
1t will drive The usurpers from the Fedora
capi oil, ana from the States where now tneN
and he negro seek to govern against right, jus
tce, ruth. Righteousness. reason, patriotism, tut
laws OF God and the protest Of enlightened
MAJ kind"
What the 'protest of enlightened man
kind" means We do not pretend to conjecture
but then as Uncle Toby says when accused o
repeating an irrelavent quotation whats tn
odds, it sounds all right"
The rest of the meeting was rather tam
affair. No new adjective was applied. In fac
the meeting was rather mild. 1t only calls u
"usurpers," traitors " revolutionists,
''murderers," " 'incendiaries," and such lik
epithets. We see nothing new. Oh for
d an with the wonderful cursing power of An
dlew Jackson. He would be worth ten thou
sands votes.