22 JUNE 1872, Page 2

It seems that the supersession of Mr. Colfax by Senator

Wilson as Vice-President in the Philadelphia Convention, was a bit of electioneering. The wire-pullers thought that Mr.. Wilson, with his popularity in New England, would paralyse- Mr. Sumner with his popularity in Massachusetts ; so Mr. Colfax, after a stiff contest, was thrown over by his Own friends, who thus made the nomination unanimous. The Vice-Presidency is. in itself a post of no importance or influence whatever, the Presidents generally disliking them as Kings dislike their heirs, but election to it is considered a high honour.