The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-06-03

habitually assails the Republicans as de-
structives, but the platform laid down to-
iday is the purest and most practical OF all
conservatism. 1t conserves the faith Of the
Government to it's creditors, foreign and do
nestle Ito its brave tlefenders-to its ad0p-
ted citizens its enfranchised citizens
and to all those substantial interests which
the Democratic rebellion started out to de-
stroy. Here now arc practical pledges made
by.a party that has broken no covenant
with the American people, and examine them
as you may, no Copperhead stiletto can pierce
the close fitting mail of this impenetrable
Republican armor. .sile.H $50 s9As
6 The nomination of General Grant as Presi-
dent was completed with peculiar fervor
and force. 1t would have been made yester-
day if it had not been necessary to observe
certain proprieties. A hundred saspirants
were eager to claim the floor to initiate the
nomination The Soldiers and Sailors Con-
vention laid their endorsement upon the
table yesterday afternoon, and an attempt
was then made to ratify it; and when at
last under. the wise pilotship of General
Hawley, President of the Convention, the
honor of inaugurating the nomination was
assigned to General Logan, the manner in
which he performed his duty proved ut once
the wisdom of the delay aud the sagacity of
General Hawey's. selection. The only
dramatic effect I, have seen in Chicago
pertaining to the Republican convention
was when General Logan's motion was car
ried. Therear of the large stage of Crosby's
Opera House was hung in deep festoonss OF
the American flag, and the moment General
Logan's motion prevailed these were slowly
uplifted, disclosing a beautiful picture, with
the White House in the distance and two
pedestals in front, .upon one of which was
inscribed the democratic nominee for
President in 1868" and the other occupied
by General Grant clasping the genius of
Liberty by the hand, and over all the two
words, Match him. the figure pointing
= to the vacant Democratic pedestal. The
effect, electrical as it was, was increased by
the loosening Of beautiful dove, painted
in red, white, and blue which gracefully
sailed around the tiers of the vast building
and finally returned to its resting place
the emblem of perfect Union triumph, and
as perpetual Union of peace Then a mag
nifcent band struck up first "Hail to the
: Chief,n and afterward "Rally Round the
! Flag the whole audience joining in the
chorus, amidst repeated applause and wav-
ing of handkerchicfs. The speeches of the
chairmen of the different State delegations
as these were called, ratifying the nomina-
ton of General Grant, are in themselves
notices for successful Presidential cam
paign-some of them poetic, many unique,
and all of them expressive. .,t...
ioH General Grants unanimous nomination,
Il Il IL
Vice Presidential contest most interesting.
In other days the selection of the second
officer of the Republic was mere ceremony.
and he who sat in the Senate was regarded
as n pageant or a fiction; but General
Grants conceded claim to the gratitude Of
his countrymen, and Andrew Johnsons con-
coded infamy, conspired to make it unusually
important that the second officer of the Gov
eminent should always be equal to occupy
the position of the first Hence the intensi-
ty of the struggle for that Office.
A thousand pens will describe the scene
that. ensued Suffice it to say that every
candidate was fttingly championcd. No
one will have right to complain of his
friends. Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania,
though assailed and traduced by men who.
if they had rallied to his support, would
have certainly made him the most prominent
of those put forward, may well point with
pride togthe manner which his delegation
adhered to him. may seek another occa-
sion to refer to the influences which have
dwarfed and which must continue to dwarf
tie great State of Pennsylvania in these
quatlrennial convocations. If we were not
able to carry him, however, we at least pre-.
vented the triumph ofhis enemies. Nothing
ever surpassed the devotion of the friends of
Wilson of Massachusetts, Wade of Ohio,
Colfax of Indiana, and Fenton of New York
1t is an historical. as it has become
philosophical fact, that if Wade had been as
sure of being the immediate successor of
Andrew Johnson as Ulysses s. Grant is of
becoming the ultimate successor, his selection
would have been easily and early accomplish
ed. General Wilson was enthusiastically and
steadily sustained by the most of the New
England delegations and large body of the
Southern men, and Governor Fenton had the
advantage of close, compact, and we'll Or
ganized party from his own State, which
made rapid proselytes; but Schuyler Colfax
soon became an object of general interest
His friends were not among the loud parti-
sans. They made no noise and excited no
enmities. Like their candidate, they were
pleasant, agreeable, and interchangeable They
seemed to wait for the moment when his ri
walls might exhaust themselves upon each
other; and that moment came after the third
ballot, when, upon the withdrawal of Gov.
Curtin, Pennsylvania took the initiative. and
after decisive vote for gallant Ben. Wade,
threw a solid unit for the Speaker of the
House. and so sealed his triumph.
And that the success of his nomination
will be followed by the success of his cleo
ton, no one who peruses the open volume
of this wonderful Western sentiment can
doubt / hope l have not been carried away
byall have seen in this tile palpipating heart
> of our grand American Republic but no
one who visits here, and studies the charac-
tcristics of this people, and sees that they
are committed by their interests, their in.
stincts, and their convictions to the Repub-
lican party, can question that the candidates
who secure their confidence will also carry
the votes of other sections. The name of
Colfax silenees objections, extinguishes ri
zyalries, consolidates factions, and organizes
victory. The pledges of the delegates it is
very easy to perceive, in the enthusiasm of
these shouIilS anu surrounding multltudeS,
are certain of realization. One of the strong
Copperbead hopes has been to, seduce the
West with Pendleton and reputation; but
the name of Colfax dispels any such sinister
anticipations, and when to this assurance is
added the plain fact that the South is ready
to contribute to the increased majorities,, Of
Iowa, Kansas, Wisconsin, Missouri, MINES
ota, Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana, we of the
Middle States, without counting New-York
and New jersey, have enough electoral votes
to dispel all loyal apprehensions !, There. is