, 1876-06-21

Tho most unfair expression on the result
Of tho Cincinnati Convention comes from
tho New York Herald, which, prompted by
its sensational habit Ind with It's chronic dis.
regard Of truth, processes to SEQ q sectional
Significance in the nomination Of 1lr. HAYES;
and, in an apparent effort to sot the West
and tho East by the oars for tho purpose Of
wenkoning tho Republican ticket, 1t makos
the following distortion Of facts:
Tho East has not had President since 1860, and
1t ia not likely that the East is 10 harc ons now.
The Western Republicans, at lcaht, Ind no acsious
thought Of conced!ng thu Cincinnati nomination to
Mr.. HtAsSE or nny of tho EastcsH candidates. 1t
remains to be seen whether the Wcstcrn Democrats
will e more forgctful OF thc1r scct,on but whether
they nte or not the sact remains that tho West Is
determined to rn1c this nation. Western ideas and
Western interests arc to bc paramount IN ctr
politics. There may be an alliance with tho Gonth
If the South will do lhu bidding Of tho West, Int,
In any event, OF under any conditions, tho West Is
determined to ruic. 1t las the power and means
to exercise It. We Aaw this In tho election and Te.
election Of botl, Lincoln md CHANT. We saw It In
the faet TINT CoLFAx and Indiana wtro given
place OH the ticket With GRANT aud Illinois. VIZ
sec It In lie nomination Of HAYES over the worth
Of CoyKtsNa md the cnthuaasm for nLAsSE. VIC
khnIl sec It IN tho future hasc seen 1t in tho
pn4k. ING IFGbMcHt lE nbt ~ EVH@E tDHl 44usk
for many ycarB If tho West cna llcp 1t; and tho
| West means to help Il. While VIC nro busy With
| commerce and manufactures, with tho develops
mcnt OF coal md iron, md ieedlesH of partisan,
| anu especially sectional. politics, the West ss
making polisca business andcomhning to llayo
| It's own way In everything. Apparently there Ia
no help for 1t, snd we shall b. compelled to lot
mattcEs GO as they are going, at least until we
acquire Western tactlas and learn to combine
! against Western combinations. Now VIC arc out
maHeuycEcl md outyoted, and at almost nny t!lnu
the majority Of votes Is likely IL be against us.
OF course tho spirit Of al1 this is wrong,
anl, while entirely disappearing tho West
orn fooling, We do not believe it embodies
my Eastorn sentiment of consequence. As
to tho facts, there was nothing in tho pro-
cce1ings of The Convention to warrant an
inference Of sectional feeling between the
East and tho Wost, md the lallots ahow just
tho reverse Of the Herald. assertion that
g. tho Western Republicans at loast, hal no
serious thought of conceding the Cincinnati
nomination to blr. BLAINE or to any Of tile
Eastern candidates" On tho contrary, tho
fact is TINT mr. DLA1NE received lis most Of
foctivo mud unwavoring support from tho
West, and tho most damaging opposition
from tho East. Tho struggle in tho Con.
yontiou was blaine and anti-BLA1sE, mud it
finally settled down between blaine, an
Eastern man, md HAYES, Western man.
In all this struggle tho rropondoranco of tho
Western strength waa with the Eastern
candidate, aud tho Western candidate Was
only nominated at Inst by the concentration
Of Eastern delegates Oh tho Western man.
This certainly is tho very reverso of the
scctionalisn the Herald outlines. We will
tako tho first pnd final ballots to show this
oven omitting the Paciao States as belonging
neither to tho West nor East (boing distinct
soction), though ncnrly tho unanimous
strength OF that section was also for D1A1Nz
Now on tho first ballot the result wna some
thing rs follows