The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-06-26

lliE y. /. IrtOuHc OF tTludN laSl
is very iubilant over the result of the
Fifth Avenue Conference, and after
cavalicrly and sneeringly Downing
eff the gentlemen who would not on
any terms accept GREELEY as a candi-
date. proclaims in advance the certain
triumph of the Cincinnati ticket, and,
with the air of a cOnquerer, cries
And now for Baltimore"
In another editorial article, in the
same issue. under the title of The
Democratic Stampede" " it boastingly
proclaims the list Of States in which
Democratic ConvcatioD have substan-
tiallv declared for the Cincinnati
nominees and coolly pockets the
Democracy of this State as follows;
"To these must be added the 2S
votes of Pennsylvania. The vote
"of that State has always been cast as
"a unit at all National Conventions,
and though by some inadcertence
no direct instructions were given to
the delegates, it is agreed that the
large majority is for GREELEY and
Brown"
Then follows the cXultant and
confident declaration. 1T is safe al
ready, therefore, to assume two
thirds of the votes in the Baltimore
Convention for GREELEY and Brown
on the first ballot"
Sold and delivered! cries the hap
ny purchaser. SO far, so good We
will consider the delegates in conven-
ton already bagged. Now, how
about the delivery of the votes?
Saws Mr.. AUGUST BELMONT, Chair
man of the National Democratic
Committee, in late letter advising
the endorsement of GREELEY and
BRowN: There viii be enough Re
publican votes for GREELEY torcnder
his success more than probable, even
if one-tenth of the Democratic votes
are lost by detection and apathy
We concede Mr.. BELMONT 10 be a
fair Judge of the probabilities in his
own party, and we will therefore as
sumo that all the Democrats save one
tenth, can be delivered to Mr.. GREE
LEY according to contract, although
Judging by this State, and the refrac-
tory tone of an influential portion Of
its rural press, his calculation is very
wide of the mark On the other
hand. we claim to be somewhat more
familiar with the state of affairs
among the Republicans of Pennsyl-
vania than is Mr.. BELMONT, and ad-
hitting that ninc-tenths of his party
friends viii so vote, there is still no
possible chance Of the coalition car
rving this State, for we know there is
10 city or county, township or bor
ough in which one-tcnth of the Re
publicans will vote the GREELEY tick
ct. Doubtless there are places in
New York, which we conccde to
GREELEY-and there may be localities
in other States, but on the other hand,
if cur information can be relied on, in
this county and a number Of those
surrounding us, not a GREELEY Re
publican has not vet been discovered,
and the Republicans voting the GREE
LEY ticket in November will not av-
crage two 10 township, in all West
ern Pennsylvania. Therefore, TAX
ing Mr. BELMoyT's assertion for YER
ity, and beyond all cayil, the majority
for GRANT in this State must be larger
than II would be in square fight he
tween Republicans and Democrats.
each arrayed as in past times under
their own leaders. And what we here
allege as true Of Pennsylvania, we
believe, Judging from the tone of the
press and the indications of public
meetings, to be substantially true Of
all the other Northern States, EXCEPT
New York, whose electoral vote
GREELEY will probably receive. We
have always found political sentiment
at home to be very good index by
which to judge of it abroad; and we
believe, therefore, that at present
there is no reason to doubt that