The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-07-10
THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For President,
II0RATIO SEYMOUR.
OF NEW YORK.
For Vice President,
GENERAL FRANCIS ?. BLAIR,
OF MISSOURI.

OF MISSOURI.
The National Democratic Convention as
senblcd in New York on yesterday MADE
the above nominations amidst great deal
of cheering and enthusiasm.
Mr.. SEYMOUR was nominated on the
twenty-second ballot. The Convention per-
sisted in casting its vote for him. ai'hough
he positively declined the nomination while
the voting was going on. The more ne OBJ
iected the more the States seemed inclined
to press their votes for him, until he be-
csrnc the unanimous nominee Of the Con-
yention in spite Of his opposition. OF
course there was no standing against this
expression of that sovereign will repre-
scented by the members of the Convention,
md Mr.. SEYMOUR was compelled to accept
the situation and subside into " subgu-
CATION
Mr.. SEYMOUR had, before the Convention
met positively forbidden the use of his
name by the New York delegation, and
went so far as TO declare that it would not
be honorable in him to allow it to be used.
We may infer that he took this view Of the
matter because he had been instrumental
in advancing the claims of some other gen
tleman-it is intimated, Judge CHASE.
Whatever may have been the motive OF his
delicacy of feeling, the forcing the nomlna-
ton upon him in manner so Determined
and unanimous relieves him from all
blame that he could possibly have incurred
under other circumstances.
Governor SEYMOUR is n man of very
great ability, and has been since he en-
tered public life an inhexible Democrat.
He has filed no station in the Federal coun
ellis, but has been member of the State
legislature and twice Governor Of New
York. lie 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 powerful and intiuen-
tial public debatcrs of his day. His poll
teal speeches are amongst the most able
HU'l Vi tiiC siiiiSo' III WV '"AiSiN
and clearness Of his intellect he comes
nearer to SILAs WRIGHT, the giant of other
days, than perhaps any other man in New
York. His adversarics dread his power OF
argument. He is one Of the ablest ex-
Founders Of our constitutional form of 60
vcrnmcnt, and one of its most devoted de-
Tenders in the Union.
Presented to the nation from the pow
crru State of New York, with its $4,000
Democratic ma jority, this able man should
carry with him great moral force into the
other States, and secure the harmonious
and enthusiastic support of the Conserva-
tivcs and Democrats Of the Union. The
great object is to bring back the Govern
mcnt TO the constitutional limitations, and
place the States and the citizens once more
under the protection Of the Constitution.
No man could he more proper agent for
this purpose, and no one would carry ii out
more strictly and faithfully.
General FRANCIS ?. BLAIR, a lawyer and
man of ability, was a member of Congress
when the war broke out, but left his posi-
zion t. take a command in the Federal
army. After the war he took the Conserva-
tive -, = in favor of the immediate rcstora-
ton of &c southern States to the Union
and n LIBERAL and generous Pollcy 'o"afds
the South. Hic letter, published n lew
DAYS since in this paper, defined his posi-
ton very clearly anu emphatlcally.
sIcis son of FnANcls +. BLAIR, Sr', years
AFRO the distinguished editor Gfthe G'ooe' the
organ Of General JAckSoN's aamihis'r"-
ton. The elder BLAZE wac i'll lid u"y WV
of the beencst and most saescionIS politicians
in the Union, and his Globe was inc inO''
efficient party organ ever published IN ''9a
inrtou. General BLAIR has much of thss 70, Z
caste and practical judgment for which Ms
father was so remarkable, and is q bold and
able political strategist--one who will never
lose anything from delay or timidity, and
who will never fail to win where prompt
ness and boldness can achieve success.
The ticket thus formed, resting on one
hand upon the Empire State and on the
other upon the tceming soil of the fairest
State of the grand Mississippi valley,
ought to be received with the greatest favor
and confidence. 1t needs but union OF
the great masses who are tired of war, and
of strife, and of usurpation and outrage,
and anxious to restore sectional harmony
and equality and prosperity to the whole
nation, to achieve for 1t great and glorious
victory. ------------