The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-06

from their admirable qualifications aud per-
sonal popularity, would be powerful Presi
Dental ticket for the democratic party in 1872.
Casting about over the whole field Of proba-
bilities and availabilities we can pick
out no ticket for the democrats which,
in our estimation, in prestige and strength
would 'hold candle" to the ticket of
''from the jump" would rally the democracy
as = band of brothers, war democrats and
copperheads, Union men and Southern Con-
federacy men, high tariff men and free traders,
and on the new departure 1t would draw
heavily from the floating materials Of the coun-
try, and upon all the dsaffected elements of
the republican camp, North, South, East and
West. We have already, in several articles
upon the superior merits Of this splendid
ticket, defined its particular attractions In the
personal strength Of Chase and Hancock as
representative men, and we need not here en-
large upon this branch of the subject In the
present condition of our political parties these
two men would make the best and the strong
est Presidential ticket that can be named for
the democrats, and that is enough in regard
to Chase and Hancock.
But this is hardly enough for the democracy,
considering the heavy uphill fight they have
before them. They want for this uphill fight
all the strength they can get because they
are on new departure and don't know where
1t will lead them. In 1874, when the old whig
party was so demoralized and cut up by Cap
tain Tyler that it could do nothing, and in
1852, when the democrats stole the whiy
thunder of Henry Clay on the famous slavery
adjustment Of 1850, the democratic party
could afford to run such an obscurity as Polk
or Pierce, because the party was strong and
each Of its regular hold-over candidates was
weak; and because with new and obscure
man, bound to no faction or section, all fac
tons and sections Of the party with his cleo
ton might hope to gain something. But the
party is not strong enough now for any such
make-shift expedient as Polk or Pierce in
1872. Not only will the crisis demand of the
party strong ticket for President and Vice
President, but all the incidental supports that
can be given to the ticket by the national party
convention.
In this connection it has occurred to us that
the nomination Of their Cabinet for the success
sion with their Presidential ticket would be
an excellent thing for the democrats Of
course the appointment OF the Cabinet belongs
to the President; but who or what is the
President but the servant of the people, and,
if you please, of the party electing him +? Let
us suppose, then, that the democrats are in
national convention assembled (say in Cincn-
natl, for we think those Western men of the
''Pendeton Escort" have had enough of Tam
many HalD; let us suppose that Chase and
Hancock have been agreed upon as the demo-
cratic Presidential ticket and that the con-
vention has passed a condition precedent
designating the Cabinet which the democratic
party would like to have appointed by Mr..
Chase in the event Of his election, what then
We have only, then, to get the consent of Mr.
Chase to this Cabinet, in order to proclaim it
as the Cabinet which will come Into power in
the event of the election and Inauguration Of
Mr.. Chase And would not Mr. Chase or any
other man pledge himself to Cabinet named
sideration of being himself nominated for the
White House? He would so pledge himself
and gladly, too, and under the same high
obligations so would any other man.
With this solemn compact entered into be-
tween the democratic party and their Presi-
dental candidate. they would proclaim their
Presidential ticket, with Cabinet, perhaps,
somewhat after this fashion -
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For President-Salmon p. Chase, OF Ohio.
For Vice President-General W. S. Hancock, OF
Pennsylvania.
inauguration OF Chief Justice Chase rs President
OF the United States
John Quincy Adams, Of Massachusetts, Secretary
Jonn T. Hoffman. OF New York. Secretary Of the
Treasury
Thomas A. Hendricks, OF Indiana, Secretary of the
Interior.
General Frank P. Blair of Missouri, Secretary or
War.
Gilbert @. Walker, Of Virginia, Secretary Of the
Navy.
George ii. Pendleton OF OHIO Attorney General.
Would not the official proclamation of this
Cabinet, with their Presidential ticket. rally
the democrats of all sections in the greatest
enthusiasm, to the support of the common
cause? And would it not bring over all the
sore-headed republicans in the country to its
support, and great many sound-headed ones,
too? And why should not the party, through
its National Convention, dictate to its Presi-
dental candidate his initial Cabinet? Unques-
tionably, the rule applied to General Grant in
1868 would have saved him world Of trouble
in 1869 in the matter of his Cabinet, and he
would have been exceedingly thankful for it.
too
In our selection above given of Cabinet
to run with Chase and Hancock we have fol-
lowed the rule adopted by that shrewd politi-
clan and philosopher, Abraham Lincoln, in the
appointment of his initial Cabinet This rule
was to gather around him as far as possible
his rivals for the Presidential nomination in