The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-06-24

Democrats at Cincinnati vii! give US Q
man OF equally high character. the peo-
pie of this country nay, breathe more
freely In regard to their political, future
than they hsye before for many years.
oNEY ORDINARY sREsE AID PaUDEaog
NECESSARY TO MAKE a DEMOCRATIC
vICEORy SURE,
(EIo,n the E1e,g YorE Rorld.1
If the ileniocfass Of the country are
not sat iSaed with the resfilt OF the
Chicago, Convention they ere very hard
to please. The nominations at Chicag5
do not indeed justify the d democrats in
expecting ti win with tao eh.irted candi-
date of q divided party. But they do
aiiiply justify the Democrats III expect
ing to win. with a real preventative OF
the printiplea Of the Democratic party,
upon which this nation WIS proaperously
governed through threeqlartefs or i'd
existence, and upon which in substance
peace has been ra-estapllshed since tho
clcse of the great civil war: The nomi-
natiol Of Garfield ia not only .cotiipro.
mise. II Is q weak and timid compro-
mise. For several days It has beeii eyf-
dent that the contest for the nonntnasion
lay between Grant and Gorne outsider
who had so far developed no strength
whatever In the Convention. Gen. Gar
field was tho likeliest man for the nonii.
nation, since Gen. Garfield, besides hav-
ing certain positive strength In the
party, mas excited no active e1mities In
the party, and, moro Important still,
since Gen. Garfield is citizen Of Ohio,
generally Republican State, which
holds an election in October. The cow
ardice Of thecompromise lay int7his last
fact. When the Republicans consider it
necessary to nominate q man, as they
nominated Hayes in 1875. aud as they
have now nominated Garfield, Q for tho
purpose of making sure Of She vote OF
Ohio7in the local October election, they
show in the cleareat way that thev are
far from feeling any condolences as to tho
result of theigeneral election ia Noyem.
Der. It would have been idle for the
Chicago Convention 20 nominate any
man who could not hope 10 carry Ohio.
In fishiug for o sprat, thereforel, the Be.
publicans have thrown away their
whales. The leadership Of Cameron Ia,
Pennsylvania and of .Cohkling, In New,
York has been not only challenged but
overthrowh. .an
MI. Garfield heing thus merely an
average Republican ,ca6didata-a man
whose strength in no way tsahscends The.
party strength, as does Gen. Grant's
strength, for1l example, and ,vho viii for
the reasons we have given fail to com.
rnand oven the party strength lii the f,li.
important States OF New Y York and Peiiii.
sylvania.Ais' iS plain that only ordinary
sense add oflinary, prudehce will ba re-.
quired at Cfhciiihati to make d Dan,o:
cratic Victory shre. But the Democrats
will be- even more helpsd by tho schYcaIv
credible folly of the Republicans ia
nominating Gen. Arthur for the Vice.
Presidency Gen. Arthur 10 NOT only an
much Ias' Governor, Cornell the embodi.
ment in the imagination Of the Republi.
can scratcbhr9s OF the; machine politics
which chiefly, excite tho aversion, of In.
dependent. Republicans, but GohpArthur
NOW does not even represent thei Reruh-
lican machine. II He has had q .rhitter
quarrel, az 10 perfectly we'll known In his
own State, with those smachinists who
control the Stats administration, and she
charter by which he proposed. to depriye
this City of, any Rhare In its own govern
Inent vas defeated simply because he was
known to be, in. favor of,it. It ia certain
that hegwilI get no help ia bis CANVAS
from Governor Cornell, whom he did
more than any other person, except Mr..
Samuel, ). Mlden, to elect. His nomina.
ton simply proves how entirely Ignorant
politicians Z may, nay be of State politics in
other States than their own. He was
nominated, of course, to strengthen the
ticket In New York; and there is scarce
~ another conspicuous Republican in
che State who could have 90 badly weak
ened tat 80 many points.
The Chicago Convention. we ransat
has opened to the Democrats the road TO
the White House, and only, ,yiifui Sind.
neAs can prevent the Democrats from
taking it. ~
aARFIELD's ELECTION IMrossIBLEi 1F
6TATESMANsHiP AND PATRIQTIsM
RULE AT CINCISNATI. ti
y, [Editorial Letter IN Philadelphia Tynses.l
I share the general conviction OF most
OF the delegates who made the nominaI
tion Of Garfield; ttdt be iG not likely TO
prove . strong candidate He has hesn
o gallant soldier. He has filled q high
meaeure Of civil trust. He has Eisen 20
the leadership Of the House. Heis able
inldisputation and ia Justly esteemed az
patriotic but few would single him out
as a great adminiatrator, and he follows
too closely in tho footsteps of Hayes to
awaken either popular enthusiasm, or
command intelligent trust. He would
not be the, type of Executive that the
humiliating experience of the last nearly
fonr years has impressed upon the posi-.
tive Republican leaders rs an imparatiye
necessity. It was the pitiahle weakness
of. Hayes that made itpcsssble to anchor
over three hundred votes In tie, conyer.
ton in favor of Grant, With all the blem.
ieh of. bis administration, and while the
paftysvill accept Garfield with mechan.
ical unity the desperate courage aud un.
ecrEpnlOns strategy which rsarie, HAYES
President will not be repeated for Gar.
field by the only men who could repeat
1t. The nomination makes every South
fnl, paakes New, YoSk end New 'Jerssy
hardly debatabie for the Republicans !;
and makes Indiana, California, Oregon
end eyen Pennsyi yiyania depend Upon the
verdict Of Ohio iI October. i: Gar:
41.ate 1s.S, s::a G.aEA ahalI la Inak In kia Y,ra
liminaryi October, che ensuing contest
will he ended and his defeat oyerRhelm.,,
ing; while IL he aiiaii carry carr It bz d 5s,
dnced majority, as 10 Inevitable against .
strong. Democratic ticket, mis- election
viii then be more, than possible. He
viii be assailed ia hisoYn Ststa aud by
his political friends With uncommon bit.
terness, and hia integrity will be as posi-
lively questioned, az the defamers OF
Blaine have questioned the purity of his
pubiic; record, His own constituents
apd, party associates have niado this pub