The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-07-16

The N Y Herald, a journal of
great influence, which has hitherto
leitterly opposed Grant, throws the
Republican banner to the breeze and
says:
The die is cast. The Democratic
Convention has decided that our
next President shall be Gen. Grant.
There was splendid opportunity
offered this Convention, in the nom
ination of Chief Justice Chase, to
carry off the balance of power from
the Republican camp North and
South. Es.st and West, and to in
augurate, in the approaching Pres
idential election, a substantial and
enduring Conservative revolution,
The advantages of this nomination
were at once appreciated by the
Democratic masses and the indie
pendent thinking men of the party
and with the agitation of his name
as Democratic candidate for the
crisis, they were enthusiastic in the
choicelof Chase. But the party jug
glers Of this Tammany Hall Con
vention had different game to play.
So far as the New York managing
politicians are concerned, this game
was fully disclosed TO the Herald of
Sunday last, in reference to the
mock declination of Horatio Sey-
mour. The old fable of the noun
tain in labor has been fully realized,
and the delivery is a ridiculous
mouse, as the Democratic President
tial candidate against the conqueror
of the rebellion. Seymour against
Grant in 1868, amounts to Demo
cratic surrender or the disbanding
of the Democratic party. The tick
ct of Mcclellan against Lincoln was
a strong ticket, compared with this
of Seymour against Grant. 1t has
no prestige but that of defeat. In
1862, indeed, Mr.. Seymour was
elected Governor. but it was on the
platform of ga more vigorous pros
ecutien Of the war" In 1853 he
returned to his idols of the copper
head faith, and there he would have
remained but for the blunders of the
Republicans, and their divisions in
the State elections of last year, Now
as in 1868, '64, '65 and '66, after
their successes of 1868, all the cap
ital and all the foothold gained by
the Democrats have been thrown
away and lost, and the battle of Is
, 81 is revived, with some changes, te
be sure, but as against Seymour they
are all in favor of Grant. There i;
nothing in Seymour nothing
his record, nothing in his platform
that will bring a single recruit te
: the Democratic party, but every
, thing to rally the whole floating vot'
: of the United States, with all The
/ Conservative Republicans aroune
| the glorious banner of Grant. Iti.
= supposed by his friends and politi
cal trainers, that Seymour is at leas
good for New York with its fift,
: thousand Democratic majority O
last fall. That majority howeve
was delusive-the result of Repub
lican disaffections and divisions
which only the nomination of Chas'
: as the Democratic candidate coult
have turned to substantial advantag,
! in this campaign. Seymour agains
Grant will bring all the Republicans
into line, and the result will be an
other political reaction which will
give New York to Grant by twent,
or thirty or forty thousand majority
The Pendleton guard have hitherto
= displayed extraordinary directness
! firmness and courage. They pu
their candidate forward with bolt
front, published his principles to th,
world, claimed the votes Of the Con
+ vention for him on his merits, ant
| scorned to help him to success b,
any underhanded trickery or secre
r bargains. When they became salts
? fed that Pendleton could not com
mand two thirds vote in the Con
vention, they withdrew his name il
, an honorable manner In all thei
=: action, from first to last, they dis
played the true manly spirit tina
; seems the natural production Of th
s pure air and innigorating climate o
, the Great West and to spring up il
: the breasts of Western men as gras
springs up on the broad prairies
the spirit that animated the men wht
q marched in Sherman's ranks from
= Chattanooga to the sea, and carrie,
the national banner through the
heart of the Confederacy. The res
ponse will soon roll down from tn,
e broad prairies, and we shall thel
, learn how the West receives the in
, telligence of her defeat by sancti
: monious hypecricy. and the bodies
kind of cheat. We can give NJ
: countenance to this retograde move
f ment Of the Democratic party. Th'
I successful movements of the age ar
r progressive. and we must go witt
them. All the world is going for
ward, except our Democratic party
, 1t is behind Austaia, Russia, Tur
, key and China, for they all recog
! nize the necessity of shaping thei
policy to the pressure of livin:
events. Seymour is behind the ag
and Blair, as a soldier, pinned to hi
q ticket, makes a mockery of the com
bination. Grant and Colfax agains
such ticket. will sweep the count
try from the Atlantic to the Pacific
: because the blockheads of the Dem
| ocfatic party will have it that we ar
still living under the regime of poo
: Pierce and Buchanan.