Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-06-27
POLITICAL NOTES.

Col. Bromley Of the Hartford Post
writes the following of the Philadel.
phia convention. We think it very
fine description:
1t would hardly be true to call this
convention of Office-IIolders, for,
though some States were represented
by majority Of office-hol ders, in the
convention the office holders were in a
minority. And yet, it is apparent
enough, think, to any candid observ
er, that it was an office holders con-
vention, in the sense that they made
and controlled it. TLey were wise
enough not to be in it, but to send
their representatives. To get at the
influences which were potent in its
composition, it will be necessary to
run down the lines from the delegates
to the conventions, from convention
again to caucus, from caucus to man
aging man or men, and to discover his
or their relations to Government pat
ronage. Who prepared for the caucus
the regular" ticket for delegates to
the National Convention? In nine
cases out of ten the line leads down to
Government office, and there is
where the spider sits. You may say
there is not terrorism there, 20 inter
ference with freedom Of choice. True,
no general order was issued, no remot-
est hint conveyed. These are puppets
that do not work by wires. They are
sensible to the subtlest influences, and
The central mind from which radiate
all the invisible cords that lead to
them plays upon them by thought,
and not by touch And, after all, this
was shrewdly done. There was no
noise or outcry. The man at Wash
ington did not need TO say to any other
man on earth that he wanted a renOm-
ination. He only did not refuse, and
his silent thought thrilled through all
the Departments of ofGovernment,- Post
Office, Treasury, War, Navy, State,
and Interior-the farthest Consulate
felt it. and the nearest Postboy was
magnetized by it. Tidewater and
Mail Carrier, Postmaster, Collector,
and Assessor interpreted the silence
with an Office holders instinct, and
took their instructions accor dingly.
Ofthe platform ne also says:
But there is something in this hud-
die or resolves, a sort Of contagion of
the convention and the party, from
which we can gather it's spirit, its ami
mating Influence. 1t lies cul led up in
the self glorifcation of the first resolu-
ton, and it sets Cincinnati and Phila.
delphia, as 1 think. fairly at issue. 1t
may be stated almost ir word. Gin
cinati said, I'VE are brothers," Phila-
delphia 'Me big Injun." Cine nnati
turns her back upon the griefs and dis
sensions of the past, and, with face
aslow, leans forward to future of
peace and good will. Philadelphia
folds its arms for four years more of
heroworship. BROM.
The Deutsche Zeitung reports from
Innsbruck: "Never before has Jew
became member of the Common
Council of the capital Of Tyrol. Such
an event took place in consequence of
the last election. The enlightened
German merchant, w. Tannhauser,
although Jew, and although the cler-
gy warned the orthodox Tyrolese
against his election, was elected to the
Common Council. Who expected such
a change ten years ago?"
The Juarists, at Matamoras, have
been reinforced, and threaten to take
the field against the revolutionists.
The rapidity with which armies are
dispersed and organized in Mexico is
puzzling to people who do not know
that after battle all the prisoners are
pressed into the service of the yict6rs,
and fight zealously against their old
comrades until the fortune Of war
again makes them Juarists or Revolu-
tianists.
The report is received, with some
show of probability, that another
change in the Erie Directory is to be
made, General Mcclellan succeeding
General Dix as President. 1t was un.
derstood at the time of the Sickles
ooup-d'etat that General Dix was only
a locum tsnens, and that "Littls
Mack" was to be made President at an