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GRANT AND CHASE.

ImpOrtant Meeting of Lending Re
pnbIieans-How Grant Is 40 b.
FlOOred, and How Chase is 20 B'
EIected-A voice from Ohio.
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
NEW YORK, October 81 have recent
ly been placed in possession of some fact
of an informal meeting of Republican
leaders held in this city since the result o
the October elections has been known. Il
was called by the proprietors of the
Tribune, and by their Immediate political
friends, with the object to determine upon
the course 10 he pursued by the paper and
its friends during the coming canvass
Among those present were Horace Greeley,
John Russell Young, Theodore Tilton, OF
the Independent, who is also a stockholder
Of the Tribune Chas A. Wilbour, translator
Of Renau's Life Of Jesus, and one of the
proprietors Of the Transcript, Sidney How
ard Gay, and numberof local politicians.
whose Judgment was considered reliable.
Upon he--oPeniHg OF the meeting letters
and newspaper article were read, showing
the drift Of the party in favor Of General
Grant for the Presidency.
The subject was discussed with a great
deal Of earnestness, bat the final result
that the conference came to was that the
entire hope Of the Radical party was CEN
tired in the one single idea, viz: TO defeat
General Grant for that high Office. Mr..
Greeley said that IL Grant was nominated
il would be recognized as a triumph of
Conservative Republicanism, as a with
drawal of the negro suffrage principle by
the party, and the Democratic National
Convention then would at once endorse
Grants nomination, and forego any con-
test. The result of this would be, said
Mr.. Greeley, the abandonment Of ali we
have been striving for, the utter impossi-
bility of ever having the principle of man
hood suffrage recognized and adopted by
the United States government; the imme-
Giate reconstruction Of the Southern States,
and the Democratic party then would get
into power and hold possession of the gov
ernment for the next generation. To that
contamination he would never consent.
He would rather fight it to the bitter end,
and therefore proposed that the Radicals
should commence to fight Grant at once.
BY opening vigorous war, and that
above board, they might be able to induce
the National Convention not to nominate
him, and set him aside for some other Re
publican. II, however, Grant should be
nominated, he advised the Wisest policy TO
be TO nominate a candidate of their own.
This brought Mr.. TilIon 10 his feet, who
said he agreed with Mr.. Greeley, but he
could not see how il would have any
other result but throwing the election into
the hands Of the Democracy. Horace
Greeley replied, mo such thing and then
went on convincing Mr.. Tilton and the rest
of his friends present, that the Radicals
could elect their President if they were
wise. "But how % was the query asked
by several gentlemen. Horace replied as
follows Suppose the Republican Nation.
al Convention nominates Gen. Grant: We
bolt and nominate Chase. This will en-
bolden the Democrats, who then will be of
opinion that owing 10 division in our ranks,
they will be able to elect a man of their
own. Hence they will nominate Seymour
or somebody like him. There then win be
three Presidential candidates in the field
Congress, now immensely Radical. will
have 10 e.organize the Southern States on
negro suffrage principle. This will secure
for the Radical party sufficient number
of States TO throw the election into the
House of Representatives. As this House
is now organized, and cannot be changed
before the election, the Radical candidate
is beyond all peradventure elected Presi-
dent of the United States" at should be
our policy" Mr.. Greeley continued, "to
try and beat Grant in those States we can.
not carry, and therefore may be compelled
to assist the Democrats there. They, of
course, cannot reciprocate, as then they
would elect our own candidate. Our object
should be solely 20 beat Grant. Should the
contest go on, as think we can manage it.
the result in the different States would be
as follows" Mr.. Greeley then submitted
these figures: