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Chase nominated by the democracy he
would receive the support of many re-
publicans who, at the time the slavery is
sue was pre-eminent, regarded Governor
Chase as tho great leader of the anti
slavery forces. Furthermore, Mr.. Chase
was Known to be very acceptable of the
South in which reconstruction had been
SO far perfected that the States were able
to vote.
The one point which Mr.. Tilden and
the other politicians of New York State
looked upon as an obstacle to the
nomination of Chase was his unfalter-
ing support of the principle Of uni
versal manhood suffrage. lie held the
view that, as the United States had
manumitted the slaves, we were in duty
bound for their protection to give to
them political rights.
Mr.. Tlden sent one or two emil
saries to confer with the chief JUS
tice in the hope that he would subor-
dinate, for the time being at all events,
his advocacy of negro suffrage. But
Chase was found to be so strongly
convinced not only on the eXpediency,
but also Of the political necessity Of
comforting suffrage upon the negroes,
that he was unwilling even for the
presidential nomination to keep these
views in the background.
TILDEN PUTS FORTH A BLIND"
Ohio particularly. and in association
with the States of the midwest, sent
delegates who were enthusiastically in
favor of the nomination of Pendlctoa
for president. The ohio politicians
played the game with open hands Mr..
Tilden and his associates realized that
Il they were to match and overmatch
the brilliant politicians of ohio and the
midwest they must play their game
with a strategy that was concealed.
That strategy involved the ignoring,
apparently, of Chief Justice Chase as
the presidential candidate. But II was
necessary to find some good mask or
blind 1ildcn himself suggested that
New York state offer as a candidate
the chief justice of its Court of APP
peals, Sanford f.. church The presen
tation of Judge Church's name did not
deceive the friends Of Mr.. Pendleton
| They reasoned b. inference that New
! York would not seriously offer as its
| presidential candidate man who was
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of the State as Judge Church. They
did not deny the great ability and the
excellent qualifications of Judge
Church. They did however. see behind
the dummy, ami they saw as they be-
lievod the portcntous figure of sal
mon T. Chase.
This politics, however, was so deli.
cately played that notwithstanding the
adoption of platform which repre-
| scented for the most part all that way
Identified with the name of George II
Pendleton, nevertheless. when the bal
lotinE began Mr.. Pendleton. although
he had a plurality, was far from tn,
needed two thirds nominating vote
Some delegates had been persuaded tc
offer the name of Gen. Hancock. Con
necticut. whose delegation was com
pletely under the control Of Mr., Tilden
cast ( votes for Gov. James +. English
A few delegates voted for the nomina
ton of Andrew johnson.
! TILDEN PLAYS A TRUMP CARD.
The halloting went on for three
days. In one of the conferences be
tween Mr.. Tilden and other member
Of the New York delegation it was de
cided to abandon Chief Justice Church
and to place in nomination Thomas A
, Hendricks OF Indiana
When New York cast It's solid vot
for Gov. Hendricks many of the dele
gates thought the end had come. TIL
den was said to have played a truml
card. For. with Hendricks name be
fore the convention. the support whicl
Indiana had given to Pendleton va
lost. SO far as Pendleton himself wa
concerned. Tlden's move cneckmatet
the nomination of Pendleton
The Ohio politicians, however wer
not at the end of their resources. l
they could not nominate Peadletoi
they cold, at least, prevent Chase
nomination.
1t has never been we'll established
who was the politician from Ohio VIII
suggested that Ohio withdraw Pendle
tons name and then of sudden swin
to Horatio Seymour. Whoever pro
posed this, the suggest ton is now rec
ognized as one of the master stroke
of American presidential conventio,
politics. New York, 1t was argued
could not afford to antaEonize the nom
nation of the man who had triumph
ed as the democratic candidate 70
Governor I'm the state election of 1852
GOV. Seymour presided over the con
vention with great tact and ability
; He was manifestiy astounded and seri
ously embarrassed when his name wa
presented to the convention. He re
signed the chair to another and lef
the platform, but before he did so h
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