Editing Nathan Bedford Forrest (section)

====Democratic convention 1868====
{{main|1868 Democratic National Convention}}
[[File:1868 carte de visite - Nathan Bedford Forrest - Mathew B. Brady in New York City - Steve and Mike Romano Collection.jpg|thumb|1868 ''[[carte de visite]]'' of Nathan Bedford Forrest taken by [[Mathew B. Brady]] in New York City at the time of the 1868 Democratic Convention (Steve and Mike Romano Collection, ''Military Images'')]]
The Klan's activity infiltrated the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]'s campaign for the [[1868 United States presidential election|presidential election of 1868]]. Prominent ex-Confederates, including Forrest, the Grand Wizard of the Klan, and South Carolina's [[Wade Hampton III|Wade Hampton]], attended as delegates at the 1868 Democratic Convention, held at [[Tammany Hall]] headquarters at 141 East 14th Street in New York City.{{sfn|Newton|2014|p=12}}{{sfn|Calhoun|2017|p=46}} Forrest rode to the convention on a train that was stopped just outside of a small town along the way, when he was confronted by a well-known fighter shouting "d[amne]d butcher" and wanting to "thrash" him. When Forrest rose and approached the bully, his larger challenger's "purpose evaporated."{{sfn|Hurst|2011|p=300}} Former governor of New York [[Horatio Seymour]] was nominated as the Democratic presidential candidate, while Forrest's friend, [[Francis Preston Blair Jr.]], was nominated as the Democratic vice presidential candidate, Seymour's running mate.{{sfn|Newton|2014|p=12}} The Seymour–Blair Democratic ticket's campaign slogan was: "Our Ticket, Our Motto, This Is a White Man's Country; Let White Men Rule".{{sfn|Newton|2014|p=12}} The Democratic Party platform denounced the Reconstruction Acts as unconstitutional, void, and revolutionary.{{sfn|Calhoun|2017|p=46}} The party advocated the termination of the Freedman's Bureau and any government policy designed to aid blacks in the Southern United States.{{sfn|Calhoun|2017|p=46}} These developments worked to the advantage of the Republicans, who focused on the Democratic Party's alleged disloyalty during and after the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].{{sfn|Calhoun|2017|p=46}}