Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
Editorial
November 20, 1868
Walla Walla Statesman
Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington
What is this article about?
An editorial denounces suggestions that Democratic electors vote for Republican Ulysses S. Grant to make his election unanimous, calling it treachery against the party's nominees Horatio Seymour and Francis Blair, and urges the Democratic Party to remain united and ready for future battles.
Clipping
OCR Quality
98%
Excellent
Full Text
Folly.—Some persons, most likely for the sake of notoriety, have been suggesting that the democratic electors cast their votes for Grant, and thus make his election unanimous. No such proposition should be entertained for a moment. These electors were chosen with the understanding that they would vote for Seymour and Blair, and their failure to carry out this understanding would be the worst kind of treachery. The democratic party is defeated, but it is not disorganized, as the failure to cast its vote for the nominees of the party would seem to indicate. Away with all such folly. With head erect, and the old flag flying, let the democracy remain in the field, ready to do battle for the right.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Democratic Electors
Grant Election
Party Loyalty
Electoral Treachery
Democratic Unity
What entities or persons were involved?
Grant
Seymour And Blair
Democratic Electors
Democratic Party
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Opposition To Democratic Electors Supporting Grant
Stance / Tone
Strongly Against Electoral Treachery And For Party Loyalty
Key Figures
Grant
Seymour And Blair
Democratic Electors
Democratic Party
Key Arguments
Electors Were Chosen To Vote For Seymour And Blair
Voting For Grant Would Be Treachery
Party Is Defeated But Not Disorganized
Democracy Should Remain United And Ready For Battle