New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-23
main for !. Nnnodr else cnn rum Il bees willing TO- and L

Mi moi he fouud of the highest moral order Personally,
l9by assume that patriotic soldier must De good at
heart and he negatively asenting they are content La
few quarters one finds an earnest or even ardent en-
tlusiam for the man, resulting from great iath III his
talent and integrity; but think five Of every Six
who accept Cen Grants nomination ana elecuon aS u
foregone conclusion, and look forward cOmPaceny are
cOmiorted by hope more than by faith ,....
When have examined men with questions have UNI
formy said Suppose the General should peTenptOrly
refuse % rum or should be translated before tv
necessary, who comes nexti" instantly nave found
chaos Few have thought 80 far and Of those who
have faced the contingency only few have decided
choice OF course, except from this general remark the
cOtcre of friends surrounding each OF score OF deuded
asprants. Oh the people 40 large, not many would know
what to think if Grant should run of the course. .
Next to Gen Grant Mr.. Chase Is mentioned az tho
prominent candidate 10 be talked about and TO be talked
OF only with respect but caudOr compels me 70 say that
have yet TO meet the man, among Mr. Chases own
friends who thinks ne can be dominated or Al nQlhaicG
could be elected. Hundreds Of the wealthy the Quit
waited the eminently respectable find ia Mt Chase their
first choice but all acknowledge, far as my obSerNd
ton goes that their candidate is not a popular
within the meaning necessary TO an election to the Pres
dency Indeed il would be difficult to undeIrato his pop
'' Gen C Geo H. Thomas wound command cordial and
very general support. HIS personal popularity As oL
Mr. COfax would awaken more personal enthusiasm
think than any other civilian II the East could con
sent to IL. think Grant and SOlIaX W0uiu maze 'o
strongest possible ticket throughout the West II WIN De
understood that am writing now OF western sentiment
only, and of Western sentiment as a whole.
There those who talk casually Of Morton ana sheI
dan and Stanton, etc until the Ohio elecuonnOt since
som6 also talked Of Wadei but none OF these Mouiu
unite all classes as Grant, Thomas, or ColfaX could
COlfaX. although the main eACtfuulbS
has evidently accepted too many invitations and Gen.
| Sheridan is going the same way hoo, n, Tho
For the Vice Presidency if Grant al the head OF me
ticket either Colfax, Morton Senator Wilson or dan
bal Hamlin would be strong men In the west seatOd
10 I'd the man who ought 10 have been ronOmnated IN
1854 and there strong repentant IeeIng III luNu VI
Fighting that blundeT as nearly as may De ny non"ns
II Mr. Chase Mr.. Colfsx, or any other civilian were At
for the second place with Western men, would be Major
Gen. Howard IL would not be easy TO oyerestmats ho
| m in Vl1
remarkable with which he has administered the
really most difficult executive Office in the Government
since closed has inspired very large confidence
fam advised that Gen. Shermans friends consider MS
nomination by the Democracy certain and that the Cen
eral quite willing 10 enter the lists When TINS eontn,
peucy is mentioned. men again return TO Grant, ana
say, There but man on this continent VINO can
have gossipcd with you. TRIBUNE, in all simplicity
of candoT repeating only what have heard IoserVng
entirely my own views But you enoined me long Ego
to open my mouth with understanding aud TO utter tno
truth only. year hence we Will sit down togctheI' gu
| and l. and have another chat.
| FROM THE EAST
'''~ Boston, Nov. 10, 1867.
The Presidential question does not yet excite
great deal of interest this State. Gov. Andrew was
in the anti-LncOln movement OF 1864 with VIM. Bryant
and Others but that to much II he had lived
until next year. Massachusetts would have taken consd
cradle interest the question OF the YcePresdency and
OF course in the Presidency also for his friends In
tending vigorously to push him candidate for the
second office the ticket with Gen. Grant or whoever
might get the first place just the odds are 80 greatly
Of Gen Grant in any contest for the Presidency
which likely occur that politicians are not likely
tempted to declare themselves in favor OF any OF Ills
rivals The Republican daily press of the State is gener
ally in conservative hands. The JOrais very use
full and Trustworthy Republican newspaper which may
he relied upon TO give efficient support to the regular
ticket for President for state officers and which also
uphOds the Republican doctrines ana the COngtessOna
plan Of settlement with seadiness and good degree OF
ID the 10 lead IN PRESIDENTIAL
movement contrary to the average opinion or us party
it comes National and state politics. though ndepend-
enough to speak its mind on oil topics Its editors
however, have great dread OF rhocasin ana IN ha-
verse times they find small amount OF consolation IN
pitching into Mr. Wade ana Ihad stevens as INC auilors
of all our Formerly Mr. Sumner had to suffer also,
but Senator has either conquered position,
The AdrerSer smore prudenty and justly edited than
OF yore for it either praises him or lets him alone.
The Springfield Republican Is always against whatever IS
What Tar 4. = TRBTSE and Cen Butler and Ben Wade
and Mr. Chase and Mr. stevens want you know what the
pe,8bcnu doesn't want The Worcester SDy owned by
Nj Baldwin VI G. from the With District and though
Radical aud thoroughgong sheet viii not lead off for
toned The Boston 7ragcer and The Transcript because
they not exclusively political az the papers have
named. They both Republican, but with no special
preferences for against any PARTICULAR men or any
political set Of opinions: Had Gov Andrew lived Ihe
Transcript would probably have been quite active IN his
behalf Tor the Presidency or forany thing h friends
might have asked for him We have now only Gen WI
son candidate for any place on tho National Ticket
and il is impossible to tel how mnch te ieItIaib pop
uarty may be by the deIeat oil te iIQ9lOnrls
al the state election There IS good deal Of feeling
4 AGAINST HIM among the more ultra friends Of tho Ii
censc law and many Of me less tLa men ana even sone
Of the prohibition party think that he, for once at least
made political mistake. But the General has been in
so many hard place. has easily out that think
be viii survive this defeat IN 1885, when disaster over
ton and carrying the whole state Government bdck INTO
Wing hands, Wilson, Banks, and the rest, were, a. you
might say, without visible means Of support, fOrlOrn
and pucked crowd Of disappointed and broken men; bat
the Pail Of 1854 Banks elected 10 Congress again and
the Spring Of 1855 Wilson chosen a. Eyefets ucccs
ePr ~ ~ iI'e }ry WIton vet since the election me-
| has mad q the temperance question which
contains much good and good feeling and VIII go
Tar toward soothing the Of those Republicans
who do not agree with him on the liquor law He II real
" leader of the Grant movement here and Is not like
~ be endorsed hy any Of the new recruits Mr sum
ler does not NEEDLE much himself or by his friends
with questions of the Presidency, Ills great strength Ia
the State is the strength OF his position as man and
represeDtatiye of Massachusetts ideas questions
neced with Slavery. and he has little If thing 70 do
with caucuses, conventions or Ircsdcta candidates
with making organizing public opinion In relation TO
any particular man set OF His power is very
great but 1t Is general and not special and so long ~
National Conventions are made up as they are now made
up. he will not be likely 70 have much 10 do with them
! NOu will think that have not said much about the
Presidential question in Massachusetts. But there is
isalmOst universal that Gen Grant sure to be nominated
the October and November elections, there Is
them nominate any body else. what IS called the float
ing vote which in such years as 1862 ana 1857 sage down
into the Democratic side OF the bag and makes that tho
81 ~ % loud or cSiee,ed v tIn Weeds
and Raymonds It has be recEoned ia any calculation
u strength which may be made. This force will vote for
Gen. Grant for no special reason for never has any
special for anything but IL is tolcraby quick 10
discover that the General least noisy and talk
ing Radical. and that is enough. We have this comfort
that Oatcrs generally build great deal wiser than
they know and Gen. Taylor turned out much bett0r
man than his enemies feared 80 Cen Grant may In like
manner, disappoint the hopes Of this conservative
class. They are, at any rate, force TO DO taken
| into the calculation and when COpperheadism
carries NewYork, New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and
wenigh beats in Ohio, 1t is no wonder that not only
the walters upon Providence but tho OF honest,
intelligent and patriotic Republicans assent to the con
cusiOn that Grant is the for the emergency be
neve however there good degree Of determination 10
that the General shall be put upon sound Repub-
lican PLATFORM and he Is not placed there Is su1-
centyfresh remnlscence OF johnson, Tyler and FIJI