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Show A PHILADELPHIA EDITOB OS THE FBESIDEHCY. The Philadelphia Times regards tho pending presidential campaign as clearly and inevitably a party one. i The attempt to repeat the iudepen-' dent action of the liberals of 1S72 ia wholly impracticable in 1870 the two great conventions wilt do no more than fairly represent the ruling convictions con-victions and purposes cf their respective respec-tive parties. It saya : The belief that Cincinnati will nominate nomi-nate any candidate fur president became ; he is pledged to Uethrono tue oid eur-rupt eur-rupt lundors and run an era of positive rcfurm, or br-euso hineuro reform republicans repub-licans have demanded uch a man, is an absurdity. Blaine is ibo true typo of man wanted, and would ba tho candidate without a seriuiis content but for the fact that there are other Ulaints in the party called Morton and L'onkling. who shear bis iocKs and may bring him sightless before tno multitude. Tnw contest between tho typical republican! of tho period may giv poiMbilitioj to brialow, but ho can do more bo nominated then he can teach mat hematics to his mules or honesty to Gram's retaiuors, without coining down to a square party platform, and accepting party necessities and party advantage as the tirst duty of ft republican repub-lican president; Greater than lirulow have been thus tonipted and fallen, and if iiristow shall bo victor at Cincinnati, it will bo because Biaine and Alorton and Conkling and Cameron, or a majority ma-jority of tbein, decide to transfer their strength to him as a measure cf safety. Tno republican ticket and platform will, tbcrefore, bo just what tho interest of the present ruling republicans may demand, de-mand, and upon teat tht country will be called to pass judgment. In regard to the democratic convention con-vention the Times is equally decided that it will represent democracy, pure and simple, and that its candidate candi-date wiil be typical uf its ruling spirit. Referring to the action of the liberal and independent voters who stand aloof from both parties, but would be glad td vote the democratic ticket to elect "a president whose ability and integrity will be the highest guarantee of a thoroughly honest administra-'tion." administra-'tion." It adds: If a Bourbon or one of doubtful fidelity to tha country during the late civil war, shall be nominated at St. Louis, no measuro of perlidy to honesty and etates-manihip etates-manihip at Cincinnati could give a national na-tional democratic victory. The Times reasoning is baaed on the idea that there is not likely to be a real division of party lines on political principles, which seems to be thetruo ilate of the case. Tho democracy are evidently going before the people on a demand for a change of administration, admin-istration, without any clearly dofined policy antagonistic to that of the re-1 publicans, and the evident moral of the 1'iints' article is that the late wari issuea are yet strong enough to control J the presidential election and carry ; the republican candidate safely to the White house, if any so-called Boarbon is nominated by the democratic party. The questions to consider are, who are Bourbons? and whether the influence in-fluence of the southern states, the great democratic section, will not force a candidate satisfactory to its opinions upon the convention? |