Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-06-29
LETTER FROM NELSON COUNTY, Va.
LoyINasroN, June 22nd 1877

Ley GA ( aV& NaAsJN VSgSI4, "a.
LovINesroN, June 22nd 1876.
Messrs Editors:
The all absorbing topic
since the result Of the Cincinnati Con
vention has been the Republican noml-
nation Prior to that time the Demo-
Gratis here were very DESTROYS for the
domination of Blaine, as they con-
sidered him the easiest man to beat.
Upon the first announcement of the
nomination we were inclined to be dis
couraged and think that our chances
were poor for the next President
"Uncle William Aliens defeat last
fall, we were inclined 70 look upon as a
bad omen. But upon more mature
consideration We believe that there is
no reason to be discouraged. Wheeler
is mere cipher on the ticket, his cleo
ton depends OH the election of HAYS -
If he has any influence at all it will be
to detract from, rather than add to the
strength of the ticket. Nor is Hays as
strong man as might be supposed,
Outside Of Ohio he is very little known.
nor does he seem to be as favofAbly
known there as might be thought. "In
1865 The Republican candidate for
Governor of Ohio was elected by about
$4,000 majority. In 1857 (two years
laterl Mr.. Hays was the Republican
candidate, and his majority was reduced
to 1888. This was very narrow
margin for State which had given for
number of years from $4,000 to
100000 Republican majority In 1868
(only one year after Mr.. Hays election)
the Republicans carried Ohio by 40,617
majority. In 1869 Mr.. Hays was again
the Republican candidate fer Governor
and his majority was reduced to 1900.
In 1875 he again carried the State by
only 5000 majority with his oppeneats
divided on the platform With these
facts before us we are convinced that
the Democrats led by the proper man
will carry the day by an overwhelming
majority, we think. ''The strungth of
this ticket lies in the fact that they are
not absolutely scandalous as that of
Blaine would have been. Their weak>
ness is found in the evident circum~
stance that neither candidate repre-
sents anything which the people want.
With thu whole nation clanloring for
reform, the convention chose men who
have shown no capacity for the work,
and who can in no way be claimed
equal to the occasion" Nor is there
anything commendable in the platform
which they have adopted, in fact your
correspondent thinks that on the whole ]
it is very Objectionable, they seem with
caution to waive the ''bloody shirt"
The fifteenth plank says: "We sim
cerely depreeate all sectional feeling and
tendencies. and therefore note with deep
solicitude that the Democratic party
counts as its chief hope of success upon
the electoral vote of an united South,
secured through the efforts of those who
were SO recently arrayed against the ma
ton, and we invoke the earnest atten~
ton of the country to the grave fact
that success thus achieved would re-
open sectional strife and imperil the
national honor and human rights
Yet with all this regret and with the
earnest desire which they seem to feel
for the allaying of section feeling, and
of placing the south on a equality
politically, with the north, we see that
The sixteenth charges the Democratic
party with being the same in character
and spirit as when it svmpathized with |
treason and, alluding to the course of
the lower House of Congress, warns
the country against party alike UNI
worthy, recreant, and incapable, while
Mr.. Ingersoll of Illinois in his address
before the Convention, seems to be
inclined to take away from the Dem
ocrats even their part of the glory of
the Revolutionary war. We have for
one hundred years shared this benefits
of this glorious victory, but in this
Centennial year we find this gentleman
saying ''If they (the Republicans can't
carry Massachusetts by $4,000, they
had better sell out Fanenil Hall for a
Democratic Hall and remove the monu-
ment from Bunker Hill and we find
the Convention applaudiag, when the
same gentleman said @s'The party
demands a candidate of spotless purity,
but does not demand that he shall
present certificate of character from
the Confederate Congress-
The Convention seems to endorse
this sentiment, for when they knowing
that Grants administration has been
especially obnoxious to the South, on
account Of sunary corruptions &c. (teo
well known to be here repeatedly Yet
we see the seventeenth plank commends
the National Administration for its
honorable work in the arrangement of
domestic and foreign affairs, and asserts
that President Grant deserves the cons
tinued and heartfelt gratitude Of the
American people for his patriotisnf in
war and peace. Yes! it deserves a !
great deal of praise for the ingenuity
with which they worked the "Whiskey
Ring" and for the conduct of Belknap,
Grants pet, and they truly deserve
credit for the management of domestic
and foreign affairs" When "within
the last three years our population has
increased some four million, and vet
our imports have fallen off $175,O00,0 00 |
while our exports, with a reduction of
production in many articles, have in
creased $25,000,000.
Respectfully,