Inquirer. BEDFORD, PA„ FRIDAY, MAY 20,1868. NATIONAL UNION REPUBLICAN TICKET. FOR PRESIDENT. Gen. ULYSSES S. GRANT. FOR VICE PRESIDENT. Hon, SCIIt;YLEK •cL F A X. STATE TICKET. AUDITOR GENERAL: GEN. JOHN F. 11ARTRANFT, OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY. SURVEYOR GENERAL* GEN. JACOB M. CAMPBELL, OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. Republican County Convention. The Republican voter* of Bedford County w,;l meet in their scviral election dif tnet on SATURDAY, THE CTH DAY OF JUNK, lbS, between the hours of 5 o'clock P.M.and 7 o'clock P. St., for the of c!ect!ng de!e S atcst " thc Republican County Convention, to be held in the Court House at Bedford on , TUESDAY, TUB 9TH DAY OF JUNE, lS6s. Two delegates will he elected from each elec tion district. This Convention will offer names for the follow ing officer: Member of Congress, Additional Law Judge and .Member of thc Legislature, and nom inate a county ticket to be supported by the Re publican party of the County, at the coming elec tion. A County Committee will also be formed for thc coming year, besides other important hn n< - that may coinc before thc Convention. J. H. LONGENECKER, 11. 8. ELLIOTT, Ecc'y. Uh. Rep. to. Com. OIK CANDIDATES. V more acceptable ticket than thai placed in nomination by the Republican Conven tion at Chicago, ha- never boon before the American people. Instead of the trickery and rivalry incident upon such occasions, the delegates to thc Chicago Convention as sembled to declare officially the will of the people, long before known to the whole country. The nomination of Grant was the mere formality of recording the long before expressed will of the people. Without so licitation or effort of any kind on his part he i> nominated for the highest office in the gift of the people, by the unanimous voice of all who stood by the country in her hour of peril. No candidate -inee Washington has been placed in nomination tor the Presi dential office, by so unanimous an expres sion of the public sentiment. The nomina tion of Schuyler Colfax. the candidate for Vice President, is every where received with unqualified approval, and altogether a more popular and acceptable ticket, has never invited the suffrages of the American people. Men of the people, and having risen from the humbler wtdks of life, by vir tue of their own merit, they are truly repre sentative men, exhibiting in their own ea- iver> the peculiar characteristics of our Re publican government, where all are offered an equal chance in the nice of' life, and where genuine merit and stern integrity, may and can exalt from the lowest to the highest places in the land. Grant, the turdv son of a veteran pioneer, trained to a \aborious and industrion- life, having risen to be the first General of his age, beloved and trusted as his conutry's deliverer, and Colfax, the poor printer boy, having be come the wise statesman, the unimpeacha ble patriot. equal to evciy emergency, consti tute a ticket that no opposition can with tovl u'luoK vr-il? 1." —l—'-♦-wl In t.t'Vt Vo vember, hy one of the largest and most overwhelming majorities that has ever sig nalized a Presidential election. Even the opposition already concede, without qualifi cation, the personal popularity of the candi dates. as well as the strength of the plat form upon which they stand. THE UPtIBUCAIi fUTFOU. The platform adopted at Chicago, like the candidates placed in nomination, meet® with the uiu- in minions approval. Our readers will find it in full in another column, and none should fail to give it. a careful pe rusal. Liberal, patriotic and progressive, it must command the approval of all goad and true citizen--. It denounces repudiation in every hope as a national crime, advo cate- the equalization and reduction of the nationu axes, as rapidly as consistent with the b- t interests of the country, advocates strict economy in the administration of our national affairs, guarantees impartial suf frage in the Southern States, and leaves rhv question in the loyal State--, to the peo ple of etch to decide for themselves; ap proves the re-construction policy of Con gress. favors the encouragement of foreign emigration, and proclaims the binding ob ligation of the country to provide for widows and orphans of the brute men who sacri ficed their live- upon the alter,of their country a Eberttes. Bvtry section appears -o eminently proper, right and just, that wc eau scarcely understand how any one, hav ing the welfare of the whole country at heart, can find fault with it. Our party platforms indicate our national progress and it affords us gratification to assure our read ers that our march is unmistakably on ward. Higher claims to the supjiort of the people ha\c never been sot forth hy any party than those now embodied in the plat form and record of the National Union Re publican party now before the people. Let it receive the hearty, unanimous support of all who love their country and desire to pro m';to her welfare and progpwtv. IMPeiCHHIENT. On Tuesday the likh inst. the United States Senate, sitting as a High Court Of Impeachment, voted on the sec ond and third articles with the same result as on the eleventh article. This wo pre sumo c OSes the impeachment proceedings or t e present If Johnson, warned by is narrow escape, behaves with any reason ab.c degree of prudence, he will doubtless be permtttcd without further molestation, to finish his presidential term. W c are now in po-itiou to judge as to c merits of impeachment, and as to ? V ' ' ler or _ n °fi Congress was justified ; !,t . e *ting articles of impeachment i aeairjic Andrew Johnson, and bringing him j r ° ai ' n view of all tho facts and the j rl t W ' . no hesitation in declaring 1 that the impeachment, was. not only a ! warrantable proceeding, but that the House | of Kepresentativea would have been dera il in its duty, if it had not brought the SSS**" 1 True he has not been How Vi . C Wa " SaVCe upon their own heads for betraying country as well as party 1 If from the latter, it will be to their credit, and at the sauie time demonstrate the fact, that While the Republican party had men. who could fairly and honestly try i the President ami vote ou the merits of the l case, independent of party ami politics, the j copperhead party failed to show a single Senator, who could so for forget party, as i to vote guilty on a single article, but _coa i stautlv and persistently voted solid for the side which seemed to favor the party ou every' potty question from the beginning to the end of the trial. The houor, the integrity and the patriot ism of the Republican party has been abun dantly sustained by its representatives, and though the President has escaped convic tion, the country has been greatly benefited. While the trial was progressing, the Presi dent at least desisted from obstructing the work of re-construction, which La - been go ing on quietly, peacefully and successfully, so that now. one half the lately rebellious States, are ready to ask admittance into the Union, with new Constitutions, conforming to the changed condition of affair-. The trial has also demonstrated that our Repub lican government is strong enough, in the wisdom and common sense of its people, to bring to trial, even its highest officers, with out internal tumult or revolution. The de monstration to the world of this fact alone, was sufficient to recompense us for whatever suspense during the trial or disappointment at the result, we may have, at any time, felt. As for its effect upon the party and its prospects, our enemies are welcome to all the capital they can make out of it. The Republican party is stronger to-day for its courage in attempting, by due course of law and in accordance with the letter as well as the spirit of the Constitution, to remove a b;uf man and a miserable debauchee from an office, whose dignity he had -hamefully disgraced and whose duties and privileges he had outrageously abused. Though a single vote saved him from conviction and removal by the Senate, he stands to-day convicted and disgraced by the verdict of an overwhelming mdjority of his fellow citizens, while the Republican party stands vindica ted and justified in its acts by the vote of the Senate aud the verdict of the people. It could not have done less and discharged its duty, and the country is safer and strong er to-day for that ae.t The only cause that can ever bring the blush of shame totheeheek of a patriotic American citizen will be, not that the nation impeached its President, but, that it had a President that deserved imjieachinent. coMurnaojUKE. Legislative Suggestion. Muss as. EDITORS. —The nominations by the Chicago Convention are received here abouts with great satisfaction, and the platform is all that could be desired. With Grant and Colfax, the successful general re-establish the Union, and administer the Government in the interest of Freedom and not as the subservient tools of slave-driving aristocrats, who falsely profane the name of Democracy. I see by your paper that on SATURDAY, the Gih of JUNE, the different townships are to elect delegates to meet in Convention on the 9th of JUNE, and nominate the NATION AL UNION REPVBIUAN TICKET for Bedford Co. The people ought to turn out and elect their best men for delegates, so that we may have a good ticket fairly nominated by the people themselves. And let me urge upon the Republican Party the claims of our one legged soldier, CAPTAIN JOHN S. SILCKEY, for the Legislative nomination. Two years ago he was bid stand aside because Fulton county claimed the Representative. Like a good soldier he obeyed orders. Now his turn has come, Harrison Township intends to do her whole duty, but with CAPTAIN STUCK F.V on the ticket we, will do more. The man who lost his leg for the country is the man that can run well with us. Yours Truly, Vox Poi'fu. HARRISON TP. MAY 25, 1368. From Washington. Impeachment Th <■ " Doubtful "— Chief Justice Chase —The Feeling in Washing ton, dc., dc. WASHINGTON, May I9th., 1808.— DEAR INQUIRER :—lmpeachment is much embar rassed, but we rain oust Audy yet; and after all, as it was to be so. it was better that the vote was taken on the 11 th Article, because it compelled the "doubtfuls" to record their names on the lasting records of Congress, as yes or no, and we know our enemies. It unmasked the traitors, and we know how to deal with them. Since the death of Mr. Lincoln. I was never so shocked, astounded and indignant, as when 1 saw those renegades, (whose names are too infamous to mention), array themselves with Johnson, democracy, trea son, assassins, Ku Klux murderers, and the enemies of the country of all names and kinds. And Chase, the Chief Justice, will stoop to dabble in infamy, ei|ual to that of Arnold's, and, in '"bargain and corrup tion'' for personal aggrandizement, mutilate his country, divide his party, and sell his honor for all time. Cursed be the names of men who at this critical juncture of affairs, will interpose ambitious projects before the salvation of their country, when it lies bleeding at their feet: and like Chase bargain to keep the bleeding wound agape, sell his honor, and make merchandise of the blood of his coun tryman, to elevate him to the Presidency. 1 bis is what he did, and corruptly bargain ed with seven Republican tjeuators to join him in this infamous plot, at the price of his country's life and his own honor. And yet we are told, these Senators were voting on their oaths and consciences, and did their "duty. "Honorable Senators!" con scientious Judges! they bring tbeir verdict stricly according to the law and the facts. 0, honor! was ever thy name outraged in like manner before? \\ as ever so infamous a crime committed in the name of Liberty? But if the remainder of their miserable days as Senators can atone for so wicked a conspiracy, and reconcile their acts with any conscientious view of the matter, we can endure it: for in a short time they will be brought face to face, with the Bill to admit six new States, and will they, dare they, vote to exclude them; or can they "consci entiously ' vote to admit twelve new Sena tors, who will sit in judgment against them, as thev have judged ? Mr. Trumbull will frame Civil Rights Bills and enter himself as the champion of equal rights, defend his (now repudiated; off against Executive maltreatment th\ j nTi " t 'ble force of argument, denounce President as a usurper and would be dictator, ami when the President is indict ed for a breach of the laws he voted for, in a conscientious spirit, as Constitutional, i ne turns his back on his conscientious re cord and votes for his acquittal. A resonabk spirit of difference of opinion is to be tolerated, but such a complete transformation of character, from the mail ed champion of constitutional liborty, to the miserable masked gorgon of conspiracy, can only be accounted for by a birthright of weakness, and a manhood of treachery, where self preferment or gold is a more powerful monitor than conscience. But to none of these recreant Senators fall so great a share of odium as to Fowler of Tennessee. The only hope of a loyal sovereign State. Patterson is a weak sycophantic parasite, and is sold to the Executive, but "Fowler is a man above personal interests, a sound constitutional lawyer,' and we know he is j all right. , ; But when the scalo of human rights hung : level, and the question is put, -what says Tennessee? Guilty or not guilty! Fowler' falls also, a miserable parasite, selling his I State for less than gold. But the end is j not yet. w. c. T II E CONVEXTI O N . Grunt Nominated by Acclamation. Colfax Nominated for Vice President. T II K P 1. AT F O K M. ENDORSEMENT OF RECONSTRUCTION. KqlAI. Srl'lKtOE AT THE SOUTH. 1.0.ral States to Itrriilp the question for themselves. Repadiaiion Denounced. IMPEACHMENT APPROVED, i ANDREW JOHNSON ARRAIGNED. No Denunciation, oi' Senators. Protection of American Citizens. -PEKCHBS BEFORE THE CONVENTION. CHICAGO, May 20, Last evening and ! this forenoon the different delegations were j gathered at their several headquarters com j pleting their arrangements for to-day's work, I and before noon they began to move toward j the Opera House, and to file into the scats j assignedby the Committee of arrangements, | who were designated by badges, and took charge of the internal arrangements of the I hall. Before noon the building was packed to its utmost capacity, and hundreds were i shut out who had hoped, at the last moment. ; to manage to obtaiu admittance, and many : of whom had conre long distances. At quar-) ter past eleven the doors were thrown opet>< : and the delegates began to pour in through ; the main entrance. Only a few States. ; Ohio, Minnesota, and one or two others, came at first and took possession of the seats assigned to them. The spectators, who did not enjoy the prerogative of reserved seats, came in greater numbers, and the first rows of the upper circles were filled with people at oncc. The immense stage was assigned exclusively to the officers of the convention and to the representatives of the ; press, numbering in all some seven hundred. ! The wings and flats were removed from their 1 places and re-arranged into a continuous flat wall on either flank. The rear was covered with the stars and stripes, while a .splendid j eanopy of red, white, and blue overhung the j whole, from rear to front, and from right to j left. The rear part of the stage was lighted ; by an immense chandelier of two hundred burners. For the occupancy of the chair- ! mah the showy chair of state belonging to ' the theatrical properties of the Opera House was placed in the front centre. This mani- : Testation of a disposition on the part of somebody to impart something of the nature of pageantry to the occasion was soon re-, buked by the removal of the chair and the substitution of another of a less imposing appearance—an action which was greeted with applause by those who witnessed it. At 12- o'clock, Govenor Ward, the chair man of the National Committee, called the convention to order, and an impressive silence f ; u only in tempted bv the nervous clicking of the telegraphic in struments. On the stage, cheers were given as General Grant's father was escorted to the stage, and afterwards, when Bishop Simp son commenced his prayer, the audience rose en masse. With bowed beads they j continued standing until he had finished, and many joined with him when, at the close of his truly eloquent suphlication, he repeat ed the Lord's Prayer. Carl Sehurz, of Missouri, was then nominated fur temporary chairman, and was unanimously elected. Gen. Sehurz s speech, accepting the posi tion, was charaeteriscally eloquent, and eon sistently Radical with his previous record. The Committee on Credentials was then appointed, and the Southern States, as well as Colorado, were admitted to full participa tion in the proceedings. California and Maryland, from each of which States then are two sets of delegates, were not allowed; to appoint members of the committee. The Committee on Permanent (Irganization wu. tlien appointed, and the convention took a recess until five o'clock. Among the nove'- featurcs of the session was the appearance | on the floor of ten or twelve colored delega tes from the Southern States. The most im j posing feature was the en'husiastm demon strations of favor towards the soldiers and sailors. Governor l-'airchild, as president of their convention, yesterday presented their recommendation of the nomination of General Grant, which he did in a manner well calculated to infuse enthusiasm, which was evidently lacking in the morning sesiou. After reading the recommendation, bt briefly foreshadowed the unanimity with which the soldiers and sailors of the country would follow their old leader to victor,' in the coming campaign against the enemy as they did during the war. General Sickles! and Logan were frequently applauded and I called on for speches, but declined. At ten o'clock on the morning of the second day the Convention was called to 1 order by the President, who announced that : the Committee on Resolutions had just sent > word that they would not be ready to report before 11 o'clock. The Opera House was literally filled to overflowing with people, and thousands were on the streets unable to get in. Grant's father was on the platform, and there was a brilliant array of ladies in the dress circle. General Palmer, of Illinois, made a stirring speech. Ilis allusious to impeach ment were greeted with applause. lie said the Baltimore Convention had made a mistake in 1804. Had a proper man been nominated for Vice President, Abraham Lincoln would be in Washington the 4th of March, to welcome General Grant. It was the duty of the Convention to make such a nomination for Vice President as will leave no temptation for the assassination of General Grant. 1 he Committee on Resolutions appeared, and their Chairman reported. They con gratulate the country on the assured (te"Gls of the reconstruction policy of CdngreTs; declare a guarantee by Congress of the right of suffrage to all the loyal people in the South due, and that it must be maintained: denounce all forms of repeudiation as a national crime [greatchceringi; the national obligations must be paid in letter and spirit; taxation should be equalized, and reduced as rapidly as possible; the redemption of the national debt should be extended over a long time; reducing the rate of internal tax-whenever it can be honorably done; the Government of the United States should be administered with the strictest economy; the eorrnption and extravagance fostered by Andrew Johnson should be reformed: de plored the death of Lincoln and the accession of Johnson, and denounce the latter as an usurper and violator of law, having ob structed reconstruction, and was justly im peached for high crimes and misdemeanors I prolonged eheersj; repudiates the feudal doctrine "'once a subject, always a stjbjoit. ' No citizen of the United States, tiftifc/or naturalized, must be deprived of lioerty when abroad, except for violation of law. I eulogizes the soldiers and sailors —their bounties are obligations never to be forgotten. I their widows and orphans are the uation's ' wards; immigration should be fostered by a liberal and just policy; and declare that the Convention sympathizes with all oppressed people struggling for their rights. A great sensation has been caused by the adoption of a resolution that the Convention shall i continue its organization and come together at the call of the President. A unanimous motion was made to pro ceed to ballot for I'tesidenL and Mr. Logan, j in the name of the loyal people and soldiers ■ of the Republic, nominated U. S. Grant. : The whole Convention rose to their feet, amidst great cheering and waving of hats and handkerchiefs. The applause was prolonged. Three cheers were given for General Grant, and the bands played "Hail to the Chief." As the States were called each voted for General Grant. Georgia's vote was siououoeed by Governor Brown, who said that Georgia Republicans, many of whom were original Secessionists, recognized the maxim—■" Enemies in war—in peace, friends,' During the progress of the call, each successive vote was received with great I enthusiasm General Sickles, rising to oast the New York vote, was received with cheers. The Territories were also called, each having two, except Colorado, which was allowed six. The Chair announced 650 ; votes, ail for Grant. [Great cheering. | As ! the vote was announced a new drop curtain | in the rear of the stage was uncovered, pre i seating a tine picture of General Grant. | supported by liberty. The demonstrations of enthusiasm on the announcement c? the nomination were overwhelming. lied, white and blue pigeons flew through the opera house; the band played "Hail to the Chief," and five thousand people rose and sung, with the bands playing, "Rally Around the Flag," and llteu gave eighteen cheers. Mr. ScoSeld moved to proceed to nomi nate a candidate for \ ice President, a counter motion for a recess being rejected. Mr. Wood, of Kentucky, nominated ex- Attorney General Speed. Mr. Sands, of Maryland, nominated J. A. J. Crcswell. Mr. Forney nominated ex-Governor Cur tin. The following were also put in nomination; James Harlan, of Iowa; W. D. Kelly, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Hamlin, of Maine. The first ballot resulted as follows: Wade, I 14'J; Fenton, 132; Wilson, 110; Colfax, 14ij; I Harlan, 1(5; Kelly, 6; Crcswell, 14; Pomeroy, I I; whole number, 648; necessary to a choice, 325 ' The filth ballot resulted in the choice of I Hon. Schuyler Colfax for Vice President. 1 The vote was as follows; Colfax 529, Wade i 12. Wilson 11, Fenton 75. Necessary to a ! choice 326. Before the vote was announced ; all the States except New l'ork aud Ohio declared unanimously in favor of Colfax, j The platform as adopted by the Convcn tion is as follows: [ The National Republican party of the I Tinted States, assembled in National Con vention in the city of Chicago on the 2Ulh i day of May, 1 s6B, make the following dcc iaraiiou of principles. \ First—We congratulate the country on i the assured success of the reconstruction policy of Congress as evinced by the adop i tion, in a majority of the States lately in re | hellion, of constitutions securing equal civil 1 and political rights to all, and regard it as , the duty of the Government to sustain those institutions, and to prevent the people of ; such States from being remitted to a state |of anarchy. [Cheers.) i Second —The guarantee by Congress of equal suffrage to all loyal men at the south was demanded by every consideration of public safety, of gratitude and of Justice, and must be maintained, while the question of suffrage in all the loyal States properly, j belongs to the people of those Slates. ■ [Cheers. [ Third —We denounce all forms of re pud i- I ation as a National crime, I prolonged cheers.] j and the National honor requires the pay | ment of the public indebtedness in the ut most good faith to all creditors, at home and , abroad, not only according to tbc letter, but the spirit of the law, uuder which it was 'contracted. [Applause.] Fourth— lt is duo to the labor of the na | tion that taxation should be equalized aqd I reduced as rapidly as the national faith will ; permit. Fifth —The national debt, contracted as it i has been for the preservation of the Union | for all time to come, should be extended ' over a fair period for redemption, and it is , the duty of Congress to reduce the rate of interest thereon whenever it can honestly j be done. Sixth— That the bast policy to diminish j our burden of debt, is to so improve our credit that capitalists will seek to loan us money at lower rates of interest than we now pay, and must continue to pay so long as repudiation, partial or total, oyeu or • OVVC**, i.- WW ■'•'■ltofttiMl Seventh —The Government of the I nited j States should be administered with tho strictest economy, and the corruptions, which have been so shamefully nursed and fostered by Andrew Johnson, call loudly for radical reform. Eujhth —We profoundly deplore ti.e un timely and tragic death of Abraham Lincoln and regret the accession of Andrew Johnson to the Pr- -idcncy, who has acted treacher ously to the people who elected hiui and the cau-c lie was pledged to support, has usurped high legislative aud judicial func tions, has refused to execute the laws, has used his high office to induce other officers to ignore and violate the laws, ha-em ployed his executive powers to render insecure the property, peace liberty and life of the citizen has abused the pardoning power, has de nounced the national legislature as uncon stitutional. has persistently and corruptly re-is ted, by every measure in his power, every proper attempt at the reconstruction of the State- lately in rebellion, has perver ted the public patronage into an engine of wholesale corruption, and has been justly impeached for high crimes and misdemean ors, and properly pronounced guilty thereof by the vutc of thirty-five Senators. Xinth —The doctrine of (Treat Britain and other European powers, that, because a man is oner a subject, he i- always so, must be resisted at every hazard by the United States as a relic of the feudal times, not au thorized by the law of nations, and at war with our national honor aud independence. Naturalized citizens are entitled to be pro tected in all their rights of citizenship, as though they were native born, and no citi zen oftb" I nitcd States, native or natura lized, must be liable to arrest and imprison ment by any foreign power for acts done or words spoken in this country, and, if so ar rested and imprisoned, it is the duty of the government to interfere iu his behalf. Truth —Of all who were faithful in the trials of the late war, there were none enti tled to more especial honor than the brave soldiers and seamen who endured the hard ships of the campaign and cruise, and im perilled their lives in the service of the country. The bounties and pensions pro vided by law for thesd brave defenders of the nation are obligations never to be for gottcu. The widows and orphans of the gallant dead are in the words ot the people a sacred legacy bequeathed to the nation's protecting care. Elm-nth—foreign emigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, \ development of resources and increase of power to this nation, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and injust policy. Tia'/lh —This Convention declares its sympathy with all the oppressed people which arc struggling for their-fights. (Jen. Sehurz then read the following, aud asked the Convention to adopt it, as an independent resolution. Resolved, That we highly commend the spirit of magnanimity and forgiveness with which men who have served the rebellion, but now frankly and honestly co operate with us in restoring the peace of the coun try and reconstructing the Southern State Governments upon the basis of impartial justice and equal rights, are received bick into the communiou of the loyal people; and we favor the removal of the disqualifi cations and restrictions imposed upon the late rebels in the same measure as the spirit of disloyalty will direct and as may be con sistent with tho safety of the loyal people. (Cries of "good," "good.") Gen. tvhurz said: That is my fir.-t amend ment. It seems to me that the platform of the Republican party ought to contain at least a recognition of the great charter of our rights and liberties, the Declaration of Independence. I would therefore move that the following resolution be added to those already reported by the Committee: Resolved, That we recognize the great principles laid down in the immortal De elarairon of Independence as the true foun dation of Democratic government, ami wo hail witii gladness every elfort toward making these principles a living reality on every ineh of American soil. Col. McClure, by a unanimous vote of the Pennsylvania delegation, seconded the motion for the adoption of the resolution Mr. Goocb, of Mass. asked, that these resolutions by unanimous consent may be made part of the platform which had just been adopted. Mr. Warner, of Alabama, said:—As a soldier of the Republic, who fought four years to subdue the rebellion, and now, as an Alabama Republican, I desire to third that resolution as expressing the sentiments of the Republicans of the un reconstructed States. The resolutions were then adopted. The Convention then adjourned with cheers for the ticket and the platform. (•RANT, COLFAX AND VICTOKV. (low the Nomiuutions are Received. COMMENTS OF TIIE PRESS, Governor Bullock congratulated General ('•rant and the Hon. Schuyler Colfax on Thursday by telegraph, as follows: BOSTON, MASS., May 22. General U. S. Grant, Washington, D. C, —Accept my congratulations upon the unanimity and enthusiasm of your nomina tion. Massachusetts will support you in vic tories to come, as in victories past; ALEXANDER H. BULLOCK, Governor. Uon, Schuyler Colfax, Washington, D. C.: I rejoice in your nomination. You have no better or more cordial friends anywhere than in Massachusetts. We will contribute our full share in the harvest of November next. ALEXANDER 11. BCLLOCK, Governor. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS. [From the Cincinnati Gazette.] With the best men lor our candidates, and with righteousness embodied in the platform and emblazoned upon the people may, with confidence, be called upon to work vigorously. The success of this ticket, in November, will make certain the final sue cess at the ballot box of the cause which was made gloriously successful, in part, on the battle-field by our soldiers. [Frun the Boston Journal,] We are persuaded also, that this ticket, so responsive to the instincts of the people, will command much more than a mere party support —that it will appeal to all who are tired of dissension and long for peaee; to all who would hasten the return of the pros perity which can come only from a wise and firm administration of the Government at this juncture; to all, in short, who love their country above personal or partisan ends, and who, rallying in one grand array, extending from the Lakes to the Gulf and from the Atlantic to the Pacific, shall, carry General Grant into the Presidency by an overwhel ming vote. [From the Whilmington (Dei.) Commercial.] We remember some popular and excellent nominations in the past, but we say with confidence and positiveness that none better tiian these, none more claimed the support of the American people. The New York Post, which has for some time past been rather cool in its support of the Republican party, cordially approves both of the candidates and the platform. Of the former it fays: General Grant's character has had a fair and full development through the varied ex periences of the last three or four years. Prosperity has not changed his simple habits or his dislike of ostentation and show. Flattery and political intrigue have not made him arrogant, or led him to step outside the proper limits of his duty. If he is elected to the Presidency, the people may confi dently oount upon an economical adminis tration; upon tne strict maintenance of or der, and the faithful and rigorous adminis tration of the laws; and upon the selection of the best men in the country to fill the va rious offices of the Government. The nomination of Mr. Colfax for the Vice Presidency will, we believe, be received with more general consent and pleasure than could have been got for any other. He is a man of integrity, of experience in public affairs, of sound patriotism, and of so fair and friendly a disposition, so impartial a judgment that though he has been Speaker of the House in a time of unexampled political excitement and bitterness, be has secured the respect and friendly regard of his political opponents, as well as those of the party of which he basso long been a most earnest and zealous adherent. [From the Cincinnati Commercial.] Grant and Colfax will go well together, and there is evidence in their lives that each has peculiar fitness for the place for which he is named. General Grant is an man, Poo*v4 * nmrJ*. hut prompt to uci) 'piict in conduct, but decided in principle, lie does that which he has to do without noise and confusion, and with little wear and tear. There is no "fuss and feathers" about hiin, and he bears the grea test responsibilities with the case of a con scious master of the situation. The popular instinct that has turned to him at this exi gent time, as the fit occupant of the Execu tive office of the nation has not been wan ting in intelligence, and has been instructed and confirmed continually by the current history of the country. [From the Wheeling Intelligencer.J We place at the head of our columns this morning the names of the men who will be elected President and N ice President of the United States next November —General 1 'lysscs S. Grant and Hon. Schuyler Coll'ax! And we do it with the full conviction that no happier, no more fitting and no stronger combination could have been made with any two men in America. The Convention could not possibly have done better. We do not see how it could have done so well. For once, wc may say, that absolutely the best men have been selected —a thing that rarely happens in a political convention. ********** As to the platform, it will be seen that it embraces the strong and distinctive planks, upon which the great Union party of the country, in and out of Congress, have stood since the end of the rebellion. It is safe and strong and broad; one that every honest and loyal man can stand on. [From the Harrbburg Telegraph.] There is something truly grand in the nominations. Both of the candidates arc of the people, made such by the people, and it needs only honesty of purpose in them, of which there is no doubt, to carry out the will of the people. We heartily concur in those nominations, and we uphold and de fend them now and henceforth. But the final and most important act of the great Convention was to construct and adopt a platform guaranteeing a republican form of government throughout the whole realm. [From the?, t. Louis Democrat. ] The battle cry rises from myriad voices mingling as one. The standards are full high advanced, and borne by leaders tried and trusted. Invincible hosts will rally around them from every village and every hamlet in the land. Victory advances to meet them, aud the establishment of peace is sure. The great questions of the time have been settled—the destiny and stability of the Government is surely established— From this time forth the Republican party will become consolidated, and all the glori ous fruits of years of conflict will be even tually gathered in ripened perfection. All honor to the Chicago Convention. [From the Chicago Tribune.] "Grant and Colfax' is a ticket that will sweep the country with the power and earn estness that swelled the majority for Lincoln and Hamlin when their names went forth from the Chicago Wigwam eight years ago. * * i;- * * * Illinois has not polled a full vote since lilOO. Since then she has added a milliou to her population. Thousands of soldiers who were not permitted by the Copperheads to vote in 1864 will vote in 186S for Grant and Colfax. Thousands of young men who will give_ their first vote for a President will vote this fall in Illinois for Grant, and against repudiation, and treason, and rebel lion, aud nullification, and the right of States to do as they please, and against all the other dangerous doctrines of the Demo cratic party. [From the New York Herald.] In U. S. Grant, the General-in Chief of the army, and in Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the National House of Representatives, the Republican party has placed a strong, cohesive and popular Presidential ticket be fore the people. Grant, the great Captain ofthe age, has also proved that in the ad ministration of the civil affairs of a peace establishment he possesses those rare en dowments of practical statesmanship which qualify him for all the responsibilities of the Executive head of the Government in any emergency. It is the general impres sion among the American people that in his hands their interests and the honor and prosperity of the country will be safe. His associate, Speaker Colfax, for one of hi 6 age, is a man of great experience and supe rior abilities and sagacity in our political af fairs, and in the event of a call to the White House to fill the unexpired term of his col league, no doubt can be entertained that be will give us a good administration. Nor i the flattering reputation of these limited to the United States, for it is substantially the same abroad as at home. The news of their nomination will strengthen the confidence of the friends in "the great Republic" over all the world—on the Thames, the Seine, the Rhine, the Neva and the Danube, and frotn the mighty Amazon, rolling its flood of waters down the equatorial line, to the Im perial Yang-tse-Kiang of China, "the son of the sea." Nor will that honest faith in American securities at Frankfort-on-the Main be weakened with the prospect of the transfer from and after the 4th of March, 1869, of tbe reins of our Government to Graut and Colfax. The Chicago Convention could not have chosen a better ticket. The President pro tens, of the Senate, Mr. Wade, who led the list of Vice Presidential aspirants on tho first two or three ballots, would have been to Gi ant as heavy a load to carry as was the Old Man of the Sea to Sinbad the Sail or; and Fenton, the next highest competitor of Colfax, would also have been a dead ; weight. Colfax, on the other hand, gives j that positive strength and consistency to the ! ticket which makes it a unit and expands the circle ofits influence. He has had the valuable training of a newspaper editor —a j vocation which is in this country the best of schools for an aspiring politician. It ; teaches him all the ins and outs of the pro- ' fessiou and how to avoid those shoals and bars upon whieb so many of our greatest statesmen have foundered. Tbe rail split- | ter and the tailor were a powerful team, but the tanner and the editor will match them. There is "nothing like leather," and the newspaper is the third estate of the nine teenth century. Grant and Colfax are a strong ticket, and they are provided with a movable extension platform on the negro suffrage question ana on the money ques tion. which will accommodate all comers of all shades of opinion. From the Boston Transcript. Hon. Henry Wilson is in Boston to-day, having accompanied liis family home from Washington. He takes his defeat for the Vice Presidency nuite pnilosophieally, as he thinks men are of small account when com pared with the success of a great cause, lie is much pleased with the platform adopted at Chicago, and speaks in the high est terms of Mr. Colfax, as a gentleman of deserved popularity, and pure and stainless life. No man, Mr. Wilson thinks, could be named who would bring greater strength to the tioket. The Senator expressed to day the opinion he has held and often expressed during the past seven months, that the Republicans will carry three fourths of the States at the Presidential election, and have nearly if not quite a hundred majority in the next House of Representatives. THE NOMINATIONS. Opinions of the Press —Reception of the Neics— Congratulations to the Nominees. NEW YORK, May 22. —The Sun says the Chicago ticket is a strong one, and will re ceive the enthusiastic support of tbe Re publican party, Tbe Times, while generally approving of the platform, thinks, as a matter of policy, not less than propriety, that the whole subject of impeachment should have been evaded. The Herald says the platform is a work of some ingenuity. Like an old campaigner the Convention moves with a bold step where the ground is found, but treads cautiously and gingerly over the boggy places. The Commereial supports the ticket, re garding it as insuring victory in advance, and expresses gratification over the defeat of Fenton. It condemns the second and eighth section of the platform, and cordial ly approves of the balance thereof. The Post eulogises the ticket, and says that tberesolutions, whatever faults a minute criticism might detect in tbc language or in the form of some of them, are, as a whole, an explicit sud satisfactory declaration of the general sense of justice as applied to the living questions of the day. The World says the ticket would have been a strong one five months ago, as it is completely western and wholly Radical, Grant is without a popular caual. but, a successful military career covers a multitude of defects- Colfax is perhaps the most popu lar man in his party. On the whole the ticket is not a strong one. The Tribune predicts Grant's electoral and popular majorities will exceed those of Lincoln over M'Clellan. He will receive more votes from reconstructed rebels than any other man in the country. Coder the auspices of Grant and Colfax our country is to achieve speedy restoration to its former fraternity. T HE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE. —Just before the adjournment of the Re publican National Convention, tlie roll of States was called and each delegation an nounced its appointment of a member to form one of the Republican National Execu tive Committee. The following is a com plete and correct list of the committee. The iist in the morning papers coutained many inaccuracies: Alabama: James I'. Stow; Arkansas; Bcngamin F. Rice; California: George C. Gorliam; Connecticut: Henry 11. Stark weather; Delaware: Edward G. Bradford; Florida: S. B. Conover; Georgia: J. H. Caldwell; Illinois: J. Russell Jones: In diana: Cyrus M. Allen, Iowa: Joshua Tra cey, Kansas: John A. Martin: Kentucky: Allen A. Burton; Louisiana: M. 11. South worth; Maine: Lewis Baker; Maryland Charles C. 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