Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-07-01
An .Exped;ency Nomination. >,

charge against the recent Democratic
at Cincinnati that 1t permitted
of expediency to govern
its choice of candidate for President.
We fail to see the force of the criticism.
II consistency and principle had been
sacrificed, and all considerations OF fitness
and character had been disregardsd in
making nomination Tor the nero sake
of supposed expediency, still the reason
able criticism would not be- on
the expedieney, but ON the disr gard Of
the other desirable things. The very
object of National conventions is The
making of Judcious, and therefore ex-
pedient, nominations. It is not likely
that any party ever will exist ia this
country which will not contain moro than
enc man for whom many of its voters
would prefer TO vote and for whom all Of
them would consent to vote. At the
recent convention the Iud!aaa people
were not only enthusiastically devoted to
mts llGhuilChh, biA titt htAN AANASi IA wv
to secure his nomination if they could 10
so. Local pride and sincere aitec-
ton blinded them to what every
body else in the convention saw,
which was that that nomination would be
in the highest degree inexpedient, and
hence the enthusiasm of the Indiaueins
did not in the least affect tine delegates
nom the other states not even those who
would probably have preferred Hendricks.
His nomination would have been iu,Xy
dent, rs would also that of judge Thur
man, and the general sense of the cJnveb-
ton beng to that effect, both these men,
though they are sincerely admired by
thousands of Democrats everywhere were
laid aside.
The two possible candidates not rx-
clud-a by the consideration of expedicncy
were Bayard and Hancock. We think 1t
more than probable that h majority Of the
convention would have preferred the
former, if they had been sure that whom
soever they might nominate would be
certain Of election. We think, also, that
1t was mistake to assume that Mr.
Bayard was not certain Of election if nom.
mated, but the convention having had its
choice practically narrowed by cohsiderG-
tons Of expedieucy 10 two mon.
allowed tho same consideration to
guide it in choosing between
these two the one "a majority deemed i,
most expedient to nominate We ask
again why it should not have done U ;
What else was il for2 There were a
dozen men in the country for any one OF
whom the Democratic party would have
authorized delegates was the only con
ceiyable way of dt cldiug which Of them i
shUald concentrate its votes upon. In,
Que stion Of which Of then NAB .uUsl likrl,
to be elected was as proper Ter GoHaidcre
tion as any other that could possibly CONT
before tue delegates thus Assembled /
, they had not considered 1t they won,
: have been unanimously denounced IL
fools by every body il both partes.
. When the choice was practically l.ar
! roWed down to Hancock or B.yard III
t convention Was in osition 10 make Ii
r nomination which it considered nus
= expedient without tba sacrifice CT
f particle OF self respect o; VI Demicra.i
r principle. Mr. B4yard was tie mo cor
!, spicuous statesman IL the party bu
4 against him would have been raised IL
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It against the iusurrectiouary States. o
t the other hand was . man eeAi4st ~L6l
# that cry could not be rei,ed, and rs l.
e was one Of the most Lrlliai
y and successful soldiers in the arm
rs which suppressed the rebellion He v
e moreover a known Democrat, whose A3L
it rence to the Democratic party had uey,
n been concealed lie was urged Is ca.
e didate fer President before tho cuuyrHnt
d Of 1872. and supported by Delaware IL,
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