Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-08-30
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL
WILMINGTON. N. c.,
SATURDAY. AUGUST "a. 1867.
Presidential Aspirations and Prospects.

Presidential Aspirations and Prospects.
Although more than year must We
elapse before the Presidential election, thu
question of candidates is getting to be TIT
most exciting of all which now disturb pc
itical parties. We have long felt the in
gislation deemed necessary by the domi
nant party to secure certain triumph
Let us hope, at least, that their minds arr
satisfied upon this score, and whether they
decide reconstruction Of the South neces
sary before the Presidential election, OF
prefer to delay it until after that event (fol
it is a matter of calculation merely they
will regard as accomplished the purposes
for which we have been punished.
1t would seem, however, that the atten
ton of the politicians is beginning to be
diverted from the issue itself to the per-
sonal aspect of the case, and the claims OF
numerous aspirants are being assiduously
canvassed In the course of the next six
months, before which time no formal nom
nations, we imagine, will be made, events
may sink from notice the names of some
who are now prominent and present, others
who are not at present mentioned.
The elections this Fall must have great
influence upon the selection of the Repub-
ican nominee, even if the two wings of
that party can agree upon common can
didate in any event. There is no question
but that General GRANT is the choice of the
more conservative element of the Republi-
can party, and few of their organizations
have already nominated him, and the Her.
aid, Times and Commercial, ali influential
Republican journals of New York City, re-
presenting different but powerful infu-
ences in that State, declare earnestly for
him, while the yet more powerful wing re-
presented by the Tribune, under the lead
ership of its editor, Mr. GREELY and WEN
DELL PHILLIPS, shower abuse upon him
openly, while their adherents generally are
more covert but unanimous in their attack.
The feeling in favor of General GRANT
will increase or decrease, as the result of
the elections soon to take place will deter
mine the continued or failing strength of
the Radicals. Any decided increase of the
Conservative vote may cause even such
leaders as SUMNER and STEVENS to grow
circumspect," while the action of General
GRANT in taking temporarily the post made
vacant by the dismissal of poor STANTON,
will wean from him many partizans, who
may have preferred certain triumph with
him to doubtful victory with more favorite
names. We rather think this apparent ap-
proyal of the Presidents course by Gen
eral GRANT will render it impossible in
any event for the party to agree upon him,
and his nomination would more than pro-
badly cause division in their ranks.
Another feature is creeping into the poll
tics of the North, which is destined to have
o great influence upon future canvasses
and candidates. The German element,
which, in many of the Northern States
holds the balance of power, and which has
uniformly heretofore acted with the Repub-
lican party, because opposed to slave la
Dor, is becoming tired and somewhat
alarmed with the success with which that
party have sought to elevate the negro and
strike down and degrade the white men,
and In consequence thereof in many local
tiles they are leaving the Republican party
in body or acting with the more Conser-
vative wing. The Free Radical, the lead
ing organ of the Germans in the North
IvnSt hoe oJ7k Ha4
organization, and urges the
formation of new party. The promoters
of the proposed new organization, and the
Germans of that section are claimed to be
almost unanimously in favor of it, argue
that the Radical party has already outlived
it's usefulness, and that its leaders are only
intent upon perpetuating their ascendaney
1T any cost to the country. In Boston, the
Pioneer, the most ultra German Radical pa
per of the North, gives notice that it will
no longer act with the party of Stevens.
Sumner & Co. The Pittsburg Penn.
pOLkStLaH, an influential Radical paper,
says the German Republicans must form an
alliance with the Democracy, in order to
defeat the puritanism which is gradually
taking hold of the party. The German
Radical papers in Iowa make similar de-
clarations. Even Carl Schurz, in the st.
Louis WestZicAe Post, urges the German
Radicals to vote for the legislative and
officers running on the Demo
cratic ticket. If these foreshadowings have
any marked effect upon the result in the
local and State elections this Fall. il is
evident that the calculations on the Presi-
Dental slate must be erased and others
made with new bearings.
AS things now stand, General GRANT is
the avowed favorite of the Conservative
with prospects of his nomi-
nation being endorsed by the whole or a
portion of the Democratic party. Promi-
nent among the names of those who are
open and self-acknowledged candidates for
he Radical nomination, are Chief astice
CHASE, Speaker CoLFAx, Senator WADE and
senator NJ ORGAN. Other prominent men,
who as yet have no party organizations urg-
ng their Individual claims, may be brought