Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-07-14
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Response of the Democratic Press
to the New York Nominations.
.iaTfFrom the Chicago Times.I
- - The Nominations. 2

BIS &iThe N0min tions. EsiI
The Democratic National Convention
came grandly up to its work, to the digni-
ty of the occasion and the necessities of
the country. It has spoken with no uncer-
tain sound, In its candidates and its plat
form it has been entirely bold, honest and
consistent with true Democracy and the
long established and often proved princi-
Piles of the party. ,soyooL 0I6G.stIfaa,s 4
The peril of the country demanded such
action 1T is time which especially de-
manis prompt and bold measures, and such
as reach to the foundation of the difficult
tics and evils which now threaten the life
of the Government The people who have /
adhered to- the ruling party in its long |
course of usurpation and crime need
rude jostling tol awaken them from the |
apathy which has led them to look with |
Indifference upon the recklessness and corr
ruption which have charactertized the
proceedings of that party since the death |
of MIR. Lincoln. s.f.Qf, : ..s.- IS ,sT-lt
The Convention in New York has given
them such a jostling. 1t has not catered to
party prejudices. IL has said to those who
looked for q platform and Presidential
candidate that might be considered COM
promise with Jacobinisn: ave have none
such to offer. Between the principles and
policies ofthe ruling party and those ofthe
Democracy, there is deep gulf which can
not be bridged.n -.
The platform on which the candidates are
placed declares to what they are bound, and
must be considered an exposition of their
political principles They are men of hon
or, and will redeem their pledges. The
Democratic party. is too good q Judge of
men and of character to place its fortunes
and those of the nation in the hands of men
who will betray their trust. The voters of
the United. States may rest assured that
Seymour and Blair, if elected, will reli-
giously enforce every principle and pur-
pose to which they stand pledged in accept
ing the nomination. 70 sS7elq lhusn 1te
While we sincerely believe that the ticket
nominated at New York on yesterday will
be elected, and that the elections of last
fall and spring warrant that belief, it is
simply honest TO concede that the Demo-
cratic party must make large gains from
theG Republican ranks to achieve such a
. sweeping and decisive victory as will in
sure the complete triumph of Democratic
policies in the next administration.
The Convention has not, by the nomlna-
ton of Governor Seymour and the adop-
tion of a thoroughly Democratic PLATFORM
intended any defiance of the Republican
party. 1t was an assemblage which did not
act in a spirit of defiance, but of patriot
ism.l 1t said to the honest voters Of the
ruling party iesqt. Fe,e .a.s- -sa, b
"All considerations of love of country
and the interests of the Republic forbid
our sacrificing Democratic principles at
this juncture; and we ask that you will
discard partisan pride and passion, and join
us in the effort to redeem the nation from
misrule and profiigacy."
What the response will be, November
will tell; but we need not wait so long to
know what the result to the country will
be from four years more of such crime and
rottenness in Government as have distin-
guished the past four years in this coun-
try. The blood of Union soldiers will have
soaked the ground in vain, and their lives
will have been uselessly sacrificed to pre-
serve ~ the Union, if the States are to be 'un-
der the control of such despotism as that
which Congress has inaugurated in the
South, and which is not only a libel on the
dominant race in this country, but hide
GUS and inexpressibly villainous treach.
cry to the cause for which the men died
whose graves now fill our National ceme-
| teries. .kisa ll'1 II ..ba.t ,
( The Democratic party is the party of the
people and the nation to-day. Its princi.
! ples are fheonly ones,which will prove eff
| cacious to bring back the purity, economy
| and respect for law which made the Re-
| To continue the ruling party in power
| will only result in an addition to the in
| fanny and wickedness which now. as is ad-
| mitted by the press of that party, ycontro
the management of all public business in
whichimoney is involved, or by which par.
tisan capital can be made. ,.4 L., ~
| The majority of the voters in the Repub.
lican party approve the Democratic plat
form. Will they vote for our candidates
Approving the platform, TO be consistent
they must vote for them. Why should they
not?i Who has ever presumed to challenge
the honor of Horatio Seymour, outside o
his political careers? Calumny is dumt
when confronting the purity of his private
life. AS Governor of the State of New
York, during the war, he worked earnestly
to skeep the ranks of the army full and tht
National Treasury replenished'" In hi
i financial management, his bitterest politi
cal opponents conceded he showed admi
rable skill and fidelity to the trusts reposed
in him. -.-2st} 4, =
| He was Governor Of the most populou
and powerful State in the Union at a tim
when the nation was threatened daily will
destruction. His position and commanding
Il talents made him a central and conspicu
ous figure among the men who then sway
ed the destinies of the Government. In tn
fiereest days of that awful strife, he was tn
advocate of the supremacy of law, and tn
determined opponent of the tyrannous act
which made the lives and liberties of ou
citizens the sport of the caprices of head
of departments at Washington. ssr .s ess
In his resistance to usurpation, and ..il
his efforts to. keep alive the spirit of free
dom when so many specious protests wer
made for the employment of absolute an,
unlimited authority, he earned the graft
tude of the nation. 1t is, therefore, emf
nently proper that the Democratic part.
and conservative voice of the countr.
should now give token of their grateful
appreciation of his services. That the sem
J blance OF law was preserved in the con
vulsions of the war, and its spirit gradual
ly brought back to our courts; that inso
lent authority was rebuked and cOmpelle,
to respect individual and corporate rights
that there is in the country to-day spiri
that dares to question abuses OF power an
protection for itself in the assertion of it
f prerogative; that, in the midst of revolu
tion and war, the safeguard of laws wer
to so great ali extent their shield as well t
those who wrought for the overthrow. a
> they who defended them against despoti
! violence-is. next to God and a fearles
Democratic press, due 10 the aceomplishe
craftsmanship and unfaltering patriotism
of Horatio Seymour. - &S--
In the selection of General Blair as tn
candidate for Vice-president, the Conven
tion chose an accomplished and gallant sol
dier as the associate of the skilled and emf
, nent statesman. General Blair has write
; his own euIogy in a life full of noble an
generous acts. There was not in the ranks c
the Union armies a Drawer soldier; and hi
: generous forgiveness of, and sympath
with, his late enemies on the battle f1elC
have added to his shining record as Gen
eral an act not less illustrious than an
3 performed by him when in command of hi
gallant corps. Tr -7,l t-ag5
With platform which speaks to tn
heads and hearts and interests of the pee
pie, and candidates whose past history as
sures their skill and honor, the Democrat
party enters on the Presidential campaig
with confident hope, and with "charity to
ward all and malice toward none." Th
sacredness of the cause in which we fgh
and the momentous issues depending on tn
result, will rally to Seymour and Blair tn
true men of the nation. In Novembe
next, a Union army more imposing i
4 numbers than any ever yet mustered fO
the defense of the nation, will move to il