New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-21
GEN. GRANT IN THE WEST.

GEN. GRANT IN Tie w EoI'
| Our great Captains Characteristic mOdestJ
and strict business habits more clearly Illus
traed than in the following admirable letter in which
he declines a snowy reception by the City Of Leavca
worth:
The Hon. Q. r. MoREHEAD, Mayor Of Learen~~tA
DEAR SIR: Your favor of the 18th nst inclosng res
luton OF the Council OF LeayenwOrth City extendngb
public reception and asking when shall be IN you
city, received expect TO leave this city for LeaYe1T
worth in the train which starts in the afternoon toner
Will probably DO In LeaVenworth one day. at ne
ali the citizens Of Leavenworth who do me The honor
call But allow TO decline apubic reception faH
which you forward and thank the City Council and
citizens for it, but while travelling for recreation and
inspect personally country with which have SO mnes
10 do and have never seem would much prefer avoiding
public demonstrations Believing that you and the czens
OF Leayenworth, to whom relterate my thahks, WIN
fully appreciate this feeling, and the motive which a.
duces me to decline ths proneded nnneS suOscr"
myself o ysry FssPSSttsy ySHr
THE CANDIDATES COMPARED.
The Republican State Committee of Mass
state which, among many forcbIc arguments and state
The nanc pocy OF the Democratic party as dictated
to it by Pendleton and Yaandgham, and accepted By
Seymour, infamous aud perhdious as II IS. Is mainly
dangerous not because there is any strong probability
that Congress the people will ever assent TO It, but BE-
cause the election of seymour were such an event 70 a
place would be surely followed by cOvusiOns, Which,
driving of discussion all theories and projects would
plunge the discouraged country sooner or later into ne
10 this faction this promoter and Representatives,
disorder and anarchy the Republican party again o.
poses ITSELF 1t presents to the people its Presidential
candidate man not identified with old political partia
and issues, but only with the great struggle for uniea
aud Government in which, next to Abraham Lincoln be
took the most conspicuous and honorable part u pre-
sents the General OF the Army Ulysses s. Grant wac
served throughout the war; from captain TO COMMANDER
n-chief who received the sword Of Lee who has COM
manded obedience and yielded subordination; who's
civic virtues are no less distinguished than his military
genius who has dear political dogmas to stand in ths
way of reasonable administration OF the Government
and political hatreds which to build up and en-
courage factions after he shall have entered upon ~
term VI office. With steadness and constancy, ana VIE
out violence Of passion he has maintained the cause
the country since the war during the war and 10 hn
expensive contest look with confidence for
wise administration Of =, affairs and success
Schuyler Cofax, the Republican candidate for VICE
place young, vigorous Conscientious and true man,
upon whom In any emergency the people may look with
craftsmanship These candidates represent tho party Of
the present and the future Seymour and Blair repre-
their candidates aud fearessy we oppose the Republic
party to the Democratic party. We invite cOmpsr.
the clements Of Which the two are composed espeeaS
looking forward the wide sweeping prospect OF dsor
of Seymour and Blair We ask If the only path OF safety
and honor not that which rod by the party present
ing the names OF Grant and Colfax.
A Washington correspondent telegraphs:
Every day brings to hight some new feature In the cor
duct Of the managers of the late Democratic Convention
II now understood that the night preceding the noIn
vased the situation AGAIN determined TO support Pend
With this understanding the delegation adjourned
Later the night Naandigham and two New YORK deie
gates had a consultation which lasted until dayhgnt
When the Convention met, OHIO instead OF VOTING oI
PendletOn withdrew his and before the delegaoh
knew what they were about the name OF Seymour NS
hosted and carried through with rush. When this trick
was discovered there was great cutlery among ID:
Ohioans. and Nalandigham Gen. McCoOk, Pugh, ana
Thurman who discovered TO have been the pepe-
traitors alluded TO In very temperate eptbets
These the Democratic party must hold responsive
for the humtatng attitude IL holds before the eyes
the nation and their door should be laid the blame Oh
the sacrifice of 50 fair prospect OF success.
A Washington correspondent Of Weston
paper says;
Gen. Tom. Ewng's friends are complaining bitteryd
trick played by Montgomery Blair 10 defeat the Ion.
nation OF Ewing and secure the election OF Frank ~
appears that when Ewing was in command OF Missouri
and Kansas the range OF counties of the former sss'
bordering the latter, by citizen guerss
and after trying In vain To discover them, he issued
order known Order No. II, directing the yaeatng ~
that whole tier OF counties by all the inhabitants. Ewus
friends clam that Blair prepared himself with copies
this order, and when Gen. Ewing's name mentopes'
showed them around among the Southern delegates asa
IL they could vote for such that order proes
Ewing 10 be. Nalandigham Is in town. The Pendle'S
men who have eonyersed with him represent nm -
highly pleased at Pendle0n's defeat and cay they ns
longer any doubt but that every movement he baus
at New York, after being taken into the ono NJ
CATION by Wash Mclean, had special reference TO As
OF Pendleton.