Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-07-10

TEE 1srHILIsssosE ON THE NOMINATIONS.
The sharp turns requisite to be made bv q de-
vout partisan paper to ens0fsit to keep always
toriai columns Of the Is>>nkgtaeu - no0-
ing. The "editors and pF6p 1etorsf OF shat
paper went to New York in I'D phSnAaS big
and little, tall and Short thice Ind IL. 70 BAT
Hancock through with q rem. NGoDdy ut
Hancock would do. Especia16 seyeD wss0e
lntelli9eneer upon aseale poie1e1ans.s It dUelt
upon the necessity lor the Democratic prty
"to settle down upon the imperative expe-
diency of making q nomination. military or
Otherwise, that shall ensure more than that
party vote, phsch 10 probably minortyoT ne
phOle r0te Of tAs isnd"F
Said the Infetligencer in further advocacy of
the policy Of nominating military man Han.
cock) at New York: AMMAN
"While IN this land Of the free and the home
have been uniformly regarded by in teIheent
men as the let Of Qusllncations for exsieed
political station, yet while the Glass OF the SOL
dlery were few among the people, their honor
jewels IN the amber OF popular affection. And
now when there are not less than half md,
hon OF voters In the North who have shoai.
dered the musket and psrilled their lives for
thelr country, is it strange that the same senti-
ment of honor and trust wells up toward the
truly noble Of them from the grect heart Of tne
peoPis that did Ia the days that sew tue sue.
cess a the polls Of Jackson. Harrison. and
q Taylor The nominations Of such were
based upon the idea of success, and II Scott
did net succeed, 1t was because he had ar.
raigned against hmm q volunteer soldier, and
one VINO, rs q gentleman and Etatesmaa, was
everywhere loved throughout the land The
soldiery are nov crest power North and
South. not only In themselves, regarding dun
Der: and services. bat In the vast Inlu snce thai
n IA IN h.
in which their lot is cast" ar .Ft
Well, the Convention didn't nomiuate Han.
cock; 1t didn't even nominate q military man,
or any other man Of the stripe dem sndsd BY
the Inteltgcncer, who could 81 ensure lore than
that party vote, which il probably minority
OF the whole vote Of the land" On the con.
trary, 1t nominated one OF the &c stale uoli.
ucians" that the Intcuigencer said couldn't be
elected. Very we'll The Intelltgencsr editors
and proprietors, big and little, tall and short.
thick and thin. have stunned from New York,
and the way they fling up their hats this morn
ing over the nomination OF Seymour is some.
thing wonderful. The fiip-hap was sudden,
but they are equal to it,
Says that remarkable paper in triple loaded
type, ave put for the first place on our ticket
by far the ablest statesman, the most profound
political thinker, the most lofty and ire.
proachable character, and one of the most &C.
complhhed gentlemen now Ia or out Of Ameri.
can politics" Not one word now about mill.
tary availability! On the contrary, the con.
viction has forced itself upon the minds of the
editors and proprietors of the Iateui2eneer-
since yesterday-that "a statesman, and not q
soldier, is needed for this crisis" sThere never
was crisis" says that paper. "when civil ex.
perience, training, and talent were so neces.
sary as now to rescue the nation from despotic
and iron rule, I" ETC., etc., &C., &c.
A pretty sharp corner, this.