The daily gazette., 1880-02-06
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4 Their 0pposltlon lsNoIs SO prQxound
8 ,rt, and SO deeply foundedin Just con
vlctions and principles, that if the al
tentative of voting for General Grant
or of witnessing his defeat at the polls
be presented to them, they will accept
the latter. We are not speaking now
of those distinguished patriots who air
their patriotism in precinct-h0uses bar
rooms, but of the thinking class of Re-
publicans who do not admit the truth
| Of the Cameron assumption that Penn
lyania is his pocket borough, and
that they shall vote as he DEGREES, ox
that he shall carry their votes to Chi
cago and sell, or barter them to the
highest bidder. Senator, Cameron's
ownership of votes is confined almost
exclusively to bar-rooms-or to the
Legislature when that body has SEN
atorship to dispose Of. The, ability to
purchase some men is not doubted, but
he cannot purchase whole State full
of them. Until he can do so the fruits
of his victory of yesterday are likely
to prove Dead Sea fruits, Ha
A greater mockery could not be in
dulged in than that of rendering to
General Grant the vote of Pennsyl-
vania by virtue of the resolution which
the majority of the convention adopted.
They did not in any manner represent
the Republican voters of Pennsylvania,
not even a majority of them, not even
themselves, their own wishes or feel
ings. They represented wholly and
solely the determination of Mr.. Cam
ora,x, t<. x..l,;nl, xx,oo ax,d - as,p<uaA tha
general will of the people. 1t could
not make any difference the day after
the election for the leaders of the ruin
ed Republican party, If they should
succeed in forcing the nomination of
General Gront, to say that the opposi-
ton to the third term arose from ignor-
ance, bigotry, injustice, or prejudice.
Before the ruin is invited or precipita-
ted, let the so-called leaders simply rec
ognize that this opposition to the third
term exists that 1t cannot be argued
or forced away that it affords the enc
my most powerful element of conten-
ton, Of which they. will avail them
selves ; and that it will prove a most
potent cause of disintegration of the
party itself, alternating tens of thou
sands of voters who, if an unobjection-
able candidate were nominated, would
give their votes to the Republican tick
ct. No party has ever yet left out the
people with success, and yet this move
ment of Mr.. Cameron's not only re-
fuses to recognize the people, but
makes his simple dictum absolute. He
assumes, in contravention of the full
est and freest expression of the COM
mon will, to assert his own will. 1t is
unquestionable that General Grant
would, if elected, be a more useful
President to Mr.. Cameron than any
other candidate that could be selected;
and in the mad folly of success which
has been obtained in every instance by
the Chiefs of Lochiel through the de-
bauchery of Legislatures, he believes
that he cannot bo defeated in his
schemes of personal gain and ambition.
No Cameron ever was elected to
an Office in Pennsylvania by vote of
the people, no Cameron could be, and
the candidate who has a Cameron for
leader enters the contest half-defeat-
ed by his leaders unpopularity.
The Republican machine of Pennsyl-
vania has done its work as its engineer
willed it should be done. That of New
York is next expected to do its work
after the same fashion, and doubtless
it will do it. Mr.. Cameron and MIR.
Conkling are of one mind, but-they
are not Pennsylvania and New York.
They are upon one side of the argu-
ment; the people of these States, the
voters who make or break the candi-
dates of conventions, are upon the
other side of it. The issue has been
made by Mr.. Cameron. Whether he
or they will win it is a question of mere
time. He has proved that he can buy
and sell the majority of a convention
for any particular candidate unless he
can buy and sell the people, his victory
of yesterday will prove his defeat,
either in June or November. General
Grant is no nearer the Presidency to-
day than he was on February 5, 1875.