The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-07-14
The Democra,io Nominees.

The Democratic Nominees.
We condense, from our exchanges,
the following sketches of the Demo
cratic nominees-Horatio Seymour
Of New York, and General Frank p
Blair, of Missouri: Il
E:t. Seymour was nominated on
the twenty-second ballot. The Con-
vention persisted in casting its vote
for him, although he positively de-
clined the nomination while the vot-
ing was going on. The more he
objected, the more the States seemed
inclined to press their votes for him,
until he became the unanimous
nominee of the Convention, in spite
of his opposition. OF course, there
was no standing against this express
sion of that sovereign will repre-
sented by the members of the Con-
vention, and Mr.. Seymour was COM.
PEELED to accept the situation. Mr..
Seymour had, before the Convention
met, positively forbidden the use of
his name by the New York delega-
ton, and went so far as to declare
that it would not be honorable in
him to allow it to be used. What
ever may have been the motive of
his delicacy of feeling, the forcing
the nomination upon him In q man
ner so determined and unanimous,
relieves him from oil blame that he
could possibly have incurred under
other circumstances.
Horatio Seymour was born in
Pompey, Onondaga County, New
York, in 1911. He commenced, at
an early age, the practice of law, in
the city OF Utica, and, at the age of
thirty, though an active Democrat
from youth, was chosen Mayor of
that Whig city-an illustration of
the personal popularity which he
has always possessed, in a remarka-
BILE degree, among those who knew
him. He has filled no station in the
Federal councils, but has been
member OF the State Legislature and
twice Governor of New York. He
was elected to the latter Office first in
1852, and the second time in 1862.
He has been, for many years, one of
the most prominent of the State
politicians, and one of the most pow
erfnl and influential public debaters
of his day. In the solidity and
clearness of his intellect, he comes
next to Silas Wright, the giant of
other days, than perhaps any other
man in New York. His adversaries
dread his power of argument. He is
one of the ablest expounders of our
constitutional form of government,
and one of its most devoted defend
ers in the Union. Presented to the
nation from the powerful State of
New York, with its $4,000 Demo
cratic majority, this able man should
carry with him q great moral force
into the other States, and secure the
harmonious and enthusiastic support
OF the conservatives and Democrats
of the Union. The great object is to
bring back the Government to the
constitutional limitations, and place
the States and citizens once more
under the protection of the Constitu-
tion.
General Francis P. Blair, lawyer
and man of ability, was member of
| Congress when the war broke out, but
left his position to take command in
the Federal army. After the war, he
took the conservative side in favor
of the immediate restoration of the
Southern States to the Union and q
liberal and generous policy towards
the South. General Blair, holding
retroactive and proscriptive test oaths
for voters to be unconstitutional,
| refused to take the test oath imposed
by the fanatical Missouri State Co.
vernment, and he made an appeal to
the Supreme Court in that case,
which has not yet been decided. He
is q man of strong political convic-
tions and undoubted frmness of
character. 1871
He is q son of Francis P. Blair, sr..,
years ago the distinguished editor Of
the Globe, the organ of General
Jackson's administration. The elder
Blair was in his day one of the keen
est and most sagacious politicians in
the Union, and his Globe was the
most efficient party organ ever pub
lished in Washington. General
Blair has much of that fore-caste and
practical judgment for which his
father was SO remarkable, and is Il
bold and able political strategist-
one who will never lose anything
from delay or timidity, and who will
never fail to win where promptncss
and boldncss can achieve success.
The ticket thus formed, resting on