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

Democrats at Cincinnati will give us q
man of equally high character, the peo-
ple of this country may breathe more
freely in regard to their political future
than they have before for many years.
ONLY ORDINARY SENSE AND PRUDENCE
NECESSARY TO MAKE A DEMOCRATIC
VICTORY SURE.
From the New York Horld.]
If the Democrats of the country are
not satisfied with the result of the
Chicago Convention they are very hard
to please. The nominations at Chicago
do not indeed justify the Democrats in
expecting to win with the tainted candi-
date of divided party. But they do
amply justify the Democrats i'll expect
ing to win with real representative of
the principles of the Democratic party,
upon which this nation was prosperously
governed through three-quarters of its
existence, and upon which in substance
peace has been re-established since the
close of the great civil war. The nomi-
nation of Garfield is not only compro-
mise. 1t is weak and timid compro-
mise. For several days it has been evi-
dent that the contest for the nomination
lay between Grant and some outsider
who had so far developed no strength
whatever in the Convention. Gen. Gar
field was the likeliest man for the nomi-
nation, since Gen. Garfield, besides hav-
ing certain positive strength in the
party, has excited no active enmities in
the party and, moro important still,
since Gen. Garfield is citizen of Ohio,
a generally Republican State, which
holds an election in October. The COW
ardice of the compromise lay in this last
fact When the Republicans consider it
necessary to nominate man, as they
nominated Hayes in 1876, and as they
have now nominated Garfield, for the
purpose of making sure of the vote Of
Ohio in the local October election, they
show in the clearest way that they are
far from feeling any confidence as to the
result of the general election in Ncvem-
Der. 1t would have been idle for the
Chicago Convention to nominate any
man who could not hope to carry Ohio.
In fishing for sprat, therefore, the Re-
publicans have thrown away their
whales. The leadership of Cameron in
Pennsylvania and of Cohkling in New
York has been not only challenged but
overthrown.
Mr.. Garfield being thus merely an
average Republican candidate-a man.
whose streng til in no way transccnds the
party strength, as does Gen. Grants
strength, for example, and who will for
the reasons we have given fail to COM
mand even the party strength in the all
important States of New York and Penn
sylvania-it is plain that only ordinary
sense and ordinary prudence will be re-
quired at Cincinnati to make Demo:
cratic victory sure. But the Democrats
will be even more helped by the scarcely
credible folly of the Republicans in
nominating Gen. Arthur for the Vice
Presidency. Gen. Arthur is not only as
much as Governor Cornell the embodi-
ment in the Imagination Of the Republi-
can scratchers of the machine politics
which chiefly excite the aversion of In
dependent Republicans, but Gen. Arthur
now does not even represent the Repub-
lican machine. He has had a bitter
quarrel, as iy perfectly we'll known in his
own State, with those machinists who
control the State administration, and the
charter by which he proposed. to deprive
this city of any share in its own govern
ment was defeated simply because be was
known to be in favor of it. 1t is certain
that he will get no help in bis canvass
from Governor Cornell, whom he die
more than any other person, except Mr..
Samuel J. Tilden, to elect. His nomina-
tion simply proves how entirely ignorant
politicians may be of State politics in
other States than their own. lie was
nominated, of course, to strengthen the
ticket in New York, and there is scarce
ly another conspicuous Republican in
the State who could have so badly weak
ened it at so many points.
The Chicago Convention, we repeat,
has opened to the Democrats the road to
the White House, and only wilful blind
ness can prevent the Democrats from
taking it.
GARF1ELD's ELECTION IMPOSSIBLE, IF
CRAFTSMANSHIP AND PATRIOTISM
RULE AT CINCINNATI.
Editorial Letter in Philadelphia Tmes.]
1 share the general conviction of most
of the delegates who made the nomina-
tion of Garfield, that he is not likely to
prove a strong candidate He has been
a gallant soldier. He has filled high
measure of civil trust. He has risen to
the leadership of the House. He is able
in disputation and is justly esteemed as
patriotic but few would single him out
as great administrator, and be follows
too closely in the 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
four years has impressed upon the posi-
tive Republican leaders as an imperative
necessity. 1t was the pitiable weakness
of Hayes that made it possible to anchor
over three hr-dred votes in the conven-
ton in favor Of Grant, with all the blem-
ish of his administration, and while the
party will accept Garfield with mechan.
ical unity the desperate courage and un-
scrupulous strategy which made Hayes
President will not be repeated for Gar.
field by the only men who could repeat
it. The nomination makes every South
ern State Democratic, makes Ohio doubt
full, makes New York and New Jersey
hardly debatable for the Republicans;
and makes Indiana, California, Oregon
and even Pennsylvania depend upon the
verdict of Ohio in October. If Gar
fields own State shall he lost in the pre-
liminary October, the ensuing contest
will be ended and his defeat overwhelm-
ing while if he shall carry it by re-
duced majority, rs is inevitable against