The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-04-08
The presidenoy.

ne xASSlSCatS.
Governor ssYuopR His such place In
the hearts OF the people Of New York that
n NAV be set down as absolutely certain
that Il he sAaKscccpt the nomination Of the
Democratic National Convention he WIZ
ret the>vote Of that State. aud, getting II,
wiz certainly be elected, His popularity "
10 overwbesmiag that even IL both KELLY
and TnpEx should be dissatisfied with DIS
caudidacy, be would nevertheless carry
New York, There Is net q Repaemcan
nspcr IN New York which does not fear The
nomIusssoe Of Mr, SggvecR more than "
docs that Of any ssher nan whose ssme mas
ever hceu mentioned in connection with the
prcsis,epcy. MI. SEYMOUR has no "bs-
reau>, n Washington, or elsewhere. Hckas
not expended, and wa not expo Cd, a single
dollar In Substituting newspapers. fAstoehat
matter we don't credit the stories that are
told 81 Mr. TppEN) Mr. SEYMOUR does
not drsire 10 be fvesid ent Of the United
Staecs. Re thinks that some younger man
should he nomigatcd. Yet even IRIS un-
auhsous, quiet. good MN IS Opposed by
unis,sisisble mems. He cad his frien1
have always weated. with contempt tTs
charge that bis name was gressed IN tue w.
screst of Mr. Tn,,ES. THAT 'ctarge mas
NOV been absndor ed, and an otteciion co.
tally iuconsisent nth II has' been subs'nu-
ted. II Is row ,:laines by'scme journals
which are devoted to particular individuals
rather thar to he Democratic party that
Mr.. TrLpEy is oppressed TO the nomination
of Mr.. SEYMOUR THIS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
from the same men who but Anew weeks
.apo declared TINT Mr. SEYEorWs nsme was
nre.sed IN the interest OF Sir. TIEDss; and
rshis objection Is repestcS'even In the South,
and by good Democrats.
We wish TO have no '"crow" to eat in
scase RsvARD. FIEI8, HANCOCK. ENGLIsH.
or even TrLDEN, is Rominated; though we
sdo.nct ourselves consider the nomination OF
Mr.. Tu.DEN one even OF the possibilities OF
the fxture. In fact, ue could not give any
reason for opposing BArxRD offiELD which
would embarrass US IN case OF the nomina-
ttion of either OF them. The only objection
I'VE could make to the domination OF either
would be our fear that he wou'd be con-
sldered The candidate je peculiar sense OF
the southern States-iigbts party, and
therefore unable to carry New York
State. Either would reeewe an immense
majority In New York citys but beyond
Cayuga bridge that majority would be, or
ut any rate might be, overwhelmed. Either
might count pretty safely upon solid
South. Neither. to say the least, could GER
tainIy carry New York State. Now, this is |
Just whst Mr.. SEYMOrR could do. He |
would certainly get The vote OF his own
State. We don't think there is an lntelli-
gent Democrat or an Intelligent and uD-
rtjudiced Republican in New York who
would deny the truth Of this averment. '
Last fall, when all the other Democratic
. cindidates for State offices were defeated in
that State. HORATIO SEYxoCR, Dr., received
over twelve thousand maiority-his election
being 10 measure due TO the fact that he
bore the name OF the statesman OF Utica
We say this much In behalf OF Mr.. SEY-
M0UR's nomination without intending TO be
understood as admitting, much less affrm-
ing, that no other man could be elected. II
would be brave thing 10 run either FIELD
or BAYARD; not that either is more devoted
to States rights, or is a sounder Democrat,
= or has better record, than Mr.. SEYMOUR.
Nevertheless to nominate either Of Them
would be 10 make more clearly-de60ed
issue. 1t would be TO throw down The gage
4. of battle to what we of the South would call
i. the ..centralism," "dcspotism," " console.
,dationi,m M" and federalism" OF the Re-
publican party, but what the Republican
presses aud speakers would everywhere
claim to be the "unionism" Of the country.
Especially would it be n contest between
-centraiism aud home rule II General GRANT
should be the nominee OF the Republican
party and1udge FIELD the nominee OF the
Democratic party, and the issue should be
the reversal Of the recent decisions OF the
Supreme Ceart OF the United States. We
fear, however, that ii would be SAID Of such
a contest as was said Of the famous charge
of the six Hundred at Balaklava: "lt was
glorious, butt il was not war;"
II Mr.. SEYMOUR will only say that he is
willing to run, he will, we are confident.
be nominated by the Cincinnati Convention
on the first ballot. The delegates TO that
body will see sorciesfly that he IS available
swbether nvbody.ese Is or not, that they
will need ne Instructions from the people
at home. Would that he would set the
voters and the other candidates free. So
long as there is ,hspe Of his nomination,
all attempts to eet,up u boom for any other
man are doomed tolbe dismal failures.