Year: 1868

4 rom the n. L times


The Political Prospect.


The Democratic papers are find
ing it painfully hard work to getup
a show of enthusiasm" for their
own candidate, and to overcome
the all but universal disappointment
which appeared in the party on the
announcement of the nomination of
Seymour. They talk constantly at
the top of their lungs, and proclaim
the merits of the great inchoate
statesman in the most torrid rhet-
oric. They show his war record to
be gloriously patriotic, and his la
bors for the Union army to have
been sleepless, energetic and tri-
umphant. 1t is of course assumed
that the people of the North have
already forgotten the history Of his
career a few years ago. 1t is pre-
sumed that all the citizens of New
York have suddenly forgotten what
every citizen knew perfectly well
but yesterday as it were-that Sey-
mour was among the foremost rep
resentatives- of that hard skinned
Coperhead faction which began by
denying the constitutional power of
the people to save the Union, and
which all through the great strug-
gle tried to discourage the spirit of
patriotism, to embarrass the efforts
Of the Government, and to bring
about disgraceful and destructive
compromise with the leaders of the
pro slavery rebellion. --....-


The Democratic papers not only
find they have hard work, but they
cannot help showing that it is dis
piriting. The country gives no sign
of responding to their unnaturedly
enthusiastic" appeals and while
they have been talking about want
of Republican enthusiasm for Grant,
in whom the people have too deep
confidence to tolerate any frothy
nonsense, they cannot fail to see
the utter desperation of their at
tempt to manufacture for Seymour
anything whatever beyond the pat
ent party spume which can be made
to appear at any time on the small
est provocation.


Under such circumstances as
these-with the dismal feeling that
the Democratic Party will meet an
other crushing defeat in November,
it is but natural that the Democrat
ic Press should labor to keep up the
heart of the party by giving it cheap
and easy paper victories every day
between now and the election They
show the States that will vote for
them, the majorities they will get,
the huge successes they are bound
to win, and the immense procession
which will wind up the whole affair
1t is perhaps SIS well they should
find comfort in this sort of thing
We have heard Of their frequently
doing so before during the last ten
years and though one might have
supposed they would have learned
enough in that time to check their
tendency for discounting victories
in advance, they seem to enjoy the
delusion as much as ever.


We ourselves don't often indulge
in party estimates, nor do we mean
to- do SO at this time,-though ws
have not the shadow of q doubt
that the Grant ticket will poll decis
i've nlajorities in far the greater
part of all of the States of the Union
But our "Veteran Observer who
though we do not always agree with
his philosophy, (nor he with ou1s,
is one of the acutest political specu
lators and statistical prophets in
this country, has sent us, in one OF
his recent letters, an estimate of the
probable result of the Forthcoming
election, we will quote for the en-
tertainment of Democrats. Says
| he:-


"Seven of the Southern States
have been re admitted, and five of
those seven will vote for Grant, if
not all. Connecticut and Cali
fornia, which the Democrats boast
ed of, will go for Grant. From the
Delaware River to the Pacific Ocean
there is no State likely to vote for
Seymour except Kentucky. Blair
has no popularity ill Missouri. He
has tried his best against the Radi-
calls there, and signally failed
With a Western candidate and a
good platform Indiana might be
deemed doubtful; but, as it is, Indi-
ana will give larger majority for
Grant and Colfax than it did for
Coy. Morton. Ohio will poll her
fashioned Republican majorities
and the residue Of the Western
States will be swept for Grant with
a tornado. AS the probabilities
now stand. Grant will carry TWEEN
ty-seven States, Seymour seven, and
three will not vote.''


the three last referred to being
the three unreconstructed Southern
States.


The same writer makes an esti-
mate of the result of the Congress
sional elections, which we will also
transfer to this place as a piece OF
cold comfort for the Democrats


"From Pennsylvania to Colorado
there are nine States, electing sew
enty-four members, Of which the
Democrats are not likely to elect
more than thirteen, but may posi-
bly, elect eighteen. In Indiana it is
not probable they will elect more
than one, but there are two other
districts in which there is q posi-
bility of electing Democrats. In
Ohio the Republicans may lose two
districts, but pro badly not. In New