Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-03-25
TIE VICE PRESIDENCY.

GUS, anu ali men OF mark. 1t was said
by some wicked joker that when Frank
lin fierce was nominated for tho Presi-
Heney: seventeen gentlemen accepted the
congratulations Of their friends. There
need be 40 fear of any mistake about the
identity of the man.. whoever he my be,
who shall receive the second nomination
at Chicago.
Without going too far through the
alphabet, we may mention the few names
ehhef most prominently urged or most
reasonably circumstanced for the station.
FROM the West we have Colfax and
" AIDE; from the Middl. States we have
tenton and Curtin, (vIce Grow with
drawn; and from New England, we have
tessenden and Buckingham. Mr. Wade
we should like to see disposed of on the
! following terms: AS the convention will
meet before he has be en- long in the chair
as acting President, and before he has
had fair opportunity to display himself,
ne Shall not receive the nomination; but,
If, on the fourth Of March subsequent.
when he turns over the government to
! General Grant, he can find a hundred
Republicans In the country who will say
that they want anything more Of him, he
shall have the next nomination to the
Presidency, the rights Of all other men to
the contrary notwithstanding. Seriously,
the nomlnotl6h OF Mr., Wade is the worst
that could be made. 1t would be. a re-
petition Of the biunder of the Baltimore
| Convention of 1861. It would moreover
greatly prejudice the provisional admin
lstration (for it may fairly be called SOL
that is to succeed Mr. johnson. -
Colfax is fine fellow, and if the place
is to be gwen to the West, he is the man
beyond doubt. No other politician can
command half as much personal populari-
ty IN every section OF the country No
other nomination would give honest plea
sure to so many influential men. No 9th .
err candidate would be voted for with so
much gusto by the mass Of citizens. Col
fax, moreover, We may be certain, will be
incapable OF treachery 6rany form of false
play towards his chief or the cause He
has faith in the Republican party that
is wonderful, and an enthusiasm for it's
principles which would render all fattery
and solicitation vain to move him from
his place. a..a. IT,
Either New York or PENNSYLVANIA
would be entitled to the nomination as a
great State, or doubtful State, But it
Is All open question, whether the eandi-
date could be-taken from either, without
Weakening the party. The Republicans
IN each, arc split up into factions. The
Morgan men and the Fenton men in New
YorA have carried their hostility SO far.
that they cannot both be better pleased
than by letting neither have his way.
We want no local quarrels or troubles
transferred othe general ticket. Grant
} could carry the State by a larger vote
J withoht, than with, either Fenton OF
! Morgan; and the Vice Presidency might
be saYed for use elsewhere. Besides, of
; the two: Fenton leads the poll at present
and We think just enough Of him to be
sure that he would not have got wen into
his quarters at Washington before he be-
gan to make arrangements to supplant
: the President.
t In Pennsylvania, Galusha A. Grow,
formerly Speaker Of the House, led of
with a good deal of spirit, but he has al
ready fallen far behind Curtin, who is on
many grounds a better man. AS war
Governor, Curtin has many elements of
strength, but his name and fame are not
entirely free from that SAVIOR and flavor
which belong TO the politicians of the
keystone State. His nomination. would
be one Of those providences which we
may accept with tl4ankfuIness, but never
pray for. .-....
} Come we, then, to New Tngladd, which
) may fairly claim the Vice President since
the West gives US the President, We
; have two wonderfully good men, able
loyal, firm, above meanhess, about false
: hood, and above fear-each an honor tc
; his State and to American politics O.
the two, Pitt Fessenden is clearly the
greater man; Governor Buckingham has
loftier traits Of personal character. Fes
sender would give a highly intellectual
, cast @ the ticket. He is without peel
in the Senate: His nomination would be
exceedingly popular with intellectual mer
: everywhere ; with scholars, thinkers, anc
especially with the lawyers Of the country
Buckingham would give more of a mora
, tore, and, perhaps with an old Mexican
and Indian tighter for chief, that would
not be tad thing to calti4ate His
nomination would Inspire degree of con.
fidence, if not of enthusiasm, which nc
other name could command and would
! take prodigiousIy with the clergy. Fes.
: sender would be better Vice President tt
i, succeed the President Buckingham the
. better aSsociate for the President. IF anv