Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-07-13

thrown against him. The men in the dele.
CATION who antagonized Mr.. PENDLEToN
and urged the nomination of Mr.. HEN
DRIcKs may have been honest in their pur.
pose; but certainly were very short sight
ed.
Had Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin
given to Mr.. PENDLEToN as united anG
persistent a support as was given to him
by Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Ohio, his
nomination would unquestionably have re-
suited; but inasmuch as these three States
States in which his financial policy is
pre-eminently popular-did not give him
that support, the East was prompted to ask
the question: "Why do you ask us to sup
port Mr.. PENDLEToN, when these Western
States decline to do it? They are in accord
with him on the subject of the finances
We bear him no ill-wiIl; but, on the con-
trary, our admiration for his character as
a man, and for his ability, is unbounded.-
Whether wrongfully or rightfully, an i'm
preston prevails with our people that he
has War record that would at this time
endenger his success; and the circum-
stance that Wisconsin and Michigan re-
fuse to support him, and that Indiana gives
him only nominal support, at best, gives
verifcation to that belle
Turning to the South, and asking her
united support, her answer was that above
all things she desired the success of the
Democratic party in this contest, and.
therefore, felt disposed to ratify the nomin-
tion OF any man the Northern and Western
States should agree upon. Meanwhile,
they would give the bulk OF their vote to
General HANCOCK.
1t was not Mr.. PENDLRToN's financial
views that defeated his nomination. Those
views were ratified and indorsed unani-
mously in the Convention. Therein he
was triumphant. He had succeeded in
impressing upon the minds of the people
Of the United States the righteousness OF
that policy, that one of the largest and
ablest body.of men ever assembled upon this
continent in convention gave unanimous
and an intensified enthusiastic indorse-
ment thereto. No man who witnessed the
wild, intense enthusiasm, with which the
platform, embodying his financial policy,
was received and adopted in Convention,
could mistake the temper and the feeling
of the people on that subject.
On the day before the adoption of the
Platform, the feeling of the Convention
was disclosed on this subject, when the
Resolution of the National Labor Conven-
tion, declaring in favor of the Greenback
policy, was read and incorporated into the
proceedings ofthe Convention. There had
been manifestations of enthusiasm before
that seemed intense and of full volume; but
they were gentle and mild compared with
that which broke forth and welcomed this
Greenback resolution. 1t was as the wild,
sweeping tornado, carrying everything be-
fore It with a rush and crash. Again,
when the announcement was made to the
Convention that the Soldiers and Sailors
Convention, then in session, gave to the
Platform adopted hearty Endorsement the
flood gates of enthusiasm were again lifted
and there was another freshet of it.
So, thrice did the Convention in the most
unmistakable manner-with an earnestness
and enthusiasm beyond comparison-pr
SAssAA>- SA,Ab MI L ENOLhION . hHduCldl pOl-
Icy is the Right policy. This Hon. HoRA-
ITO SEYMOUR saw heard and felt. He knew
what it meant. He knew that that feeling
could not be misunderstood, or trifed with.
It was not necessary for him@o 90 outside
of the Convention for an Interpretation OF
the Platform. The Convention, including
the committee on resolutions, delegates
IL f1ar
their interpretation of it. And Mr.. SEY-
MoUR, in response to the committee, for
mally rendering him the nomination oi
President of the United States, said
"You have also given to me a copy Of
the resolutions put forth by the Convention,
showing its position upon all the great
questions which now agitate the country
AS the presiding officer of that Convention,
am familiar with their scope and import,
and as one of its members, am party to
their terms; they are in accordance with my
wish, and stand upon them In the contest
into which we are now entering. shall
strive to carry them out in future where
ever may be placed, in public or private
lifen
Mr.. SEYMOUR had 1t in his power to say
that he had five times refused unQualifiedly
to consent to be a candidate for nomination
to the Presidency; that it had been forced
upon him, and that consequently he felt at
liberty to reject some of the planks OF the
platform. But not so. AS the presiding
officer Of the Convention that nominated
him he says: II am familiar with their
scope and import" What more? "As one
of its members" he says, 81 am a party to
their TERMS" Furthermore, he says: 81
stand upon them in the contest into plich aot
are no,o entering. shall strive to carry
them out in future, wherever 1 may be
placed, in public or private life."
1t was in the power of combinations
Ii was in the power of false friends-it was
in the power of those who took counsel o.
their fears-to defeat the nomination of MIR
PENDLEToN; but it was not in the power ol
Wall street, or of any combination. 70 de-
feat his great policy in Convention. There
in he is triumphant. Not only that, but
he has the great qualification of knowing
that in obedience to his wish, expressed in q
note written by him to WASHINGTON Nc
LEAN, under date of June 25, nine days be-
fore the assembling of the Convention,
that the man in whom above all others he
had the most implicit confidence, was put
in nomination. Said he in that note, speak
ing of Mr.. SEYMOUR, she is to-day the
man in our party in the United
States. His ability, cultivation and expe-
rience put him at the head of our states
men,. He commands my entire confdence-I
WOULD RATHER TRUST HIM THAN MYSELF
WITH THE DELICATE DUTIES OF THE NEXT
FOUR YEARS. You know / am sincere"
Not next to his own nomination did Mr..