The sun., 1871-11-25
THE PRFSIDEyCY.
How Grant may he Defeated The Men who
Oar and who Ought 10 Do IL.


| To hs Editor or The sun.
SfR: Every honest man witnesses with great
satisfaction the powerful Ell ,rts of your paper TO
break down the infamous and arbitrary rue u tao
present Administration and to place IN ftsstcli an
honest, incorrupt Die, and able Govern mont Every
honest man shares with you tho hope tnat the Ro
publican party will no' commit ,hc unparionaNle
b'under OF reromnitinz tAe pulling and horse.
talking jazzo who at prescu' dlsrr1ces the wnl.e
House. change in the A lmluistrltiou could n t
be Tor tie worse. satesmanship genuine ability,
ara true administrative a'ea ou ,t to b5 reinsated
otthe Executive Mansion, ohero political trickery,
shameful mai'cran'c, and abuse Of power have
rtigned for yoar..
But cid the thought over cross your min ] now
such change to be effected. II the spectacle OF
the New Orleans and Syracuse Conventions should
mud simile at tho National NominItur Conven.
tion, tho voice Of the reoDe being crowned by the
rattng Of guns aud bayonets, or police-lens clubs
s'nt lhithcr By m arbitrary A1ninistr,ti1nf WHAT
shall be done after Grant ba4 be- foroi Jly re.
nominated BY his satellites tho cficslollcrsY
II "a a moral certainty that men llko Senators
I@uiz' TiumouIl, Sumner AMI Wilson. C1iof Jus
uco IViase, and ex-AuOrncy- General william ".
rvsrts Gov. Solomon and sigsmund Kaunma1n.
= mad 0--'--
GOV. Paluiei so. uus,dy nOerner of Illinois, AM
numerous to mention will never vote for or sup
port Grant, even II he should be nominated. schurz
has frequently IN speeches and editorial articles de-
carol that lie ~ bound to oppose Grant, and Trum-
bull Ia so closely allied with Scurz that the Missouri
Senator may be REGARDED ss utering the sentiments
Of the latter a. well as his own Tie southern tour
Of the Chief Justice and his own aspirations for tho
Presidency tno matter who NAV tender MIN the
nouinAton) furnish ample proof that he is unwill-
log to lend his aid for the renewal OF power TO the
present present takcr; and WIN. NJ. Evsrts would
certainly not have refused the offer to succeed Ham
Elal "a al ltah IN a.,
June or July Of this year, nor laid down the nrst
, ank Tor the platform Of Political Reform in that
memorable gathering at Coooer Institute, II he were
the man who believed In re6ecting Grant.
Gov salomon Is President Of the German. Ameri-
can Association, which adopted resolutions pledg.
ing its members 10 the party OF reform In national
politics, md si-ismrnd kaurmann but short time
ago positively refused TO speak IN meeting where
the party and It's illustrious leader, U. = q were
to be laudated. And Is 4 necessary to mention that
tIe venerable Senator Ffe ierick MubuCh Oi Ms.
selurz aud Graiz Brown last fall has lately written
4 letter denouncng In bitter terms the arbitrary
nlcdgng oil his influence ard his own vote, winch
rs eristcncc against tbe Uselcss \ Grant , or
would ANYBODY suppose that DR.. Horace Greeley.
only becluso Grant migm be ronomiuI'cd, should
turn aroun ana become TIE champion OF MS bitter
enemyf
Such men, then, AMI al their political followers
and Ihern's are bound to repu lale the Gains VI
Grant, whether be be nominated or not
Now, with the Demo tracy matters ruu about the
same way. Ii Is very doubtful whether tie New
Departure men aud their views will predominate In
the Democratic National Convention and " the
bourbon Democracy carry the day aud nominate
the can .idate Of IFS choice would men ike Groes-
beck Of Oaio, John Quincy Adams OF hassachu.
setis, Jud!e Noah Day,s oi Illinois, Oseaid often
dorier OF New York, Carl Dsenzer OF st. Louis,
and +. " Deusior Of Milwaukee, some OF whom
have already committed themselves so FAR rs to
Openly endorse ihe views of Schurz and tat Truu-
bull o. n er iayoue candidate. u.ra TO tara arou,i
anl support the nominee OF tie WVUI-Iied De
ulocrac,
Efch enc Of those iacuous s in the minority; but
let them combi e, aud such coalition would show
majority over any other political organ zatiOu n
the country. and would be sure OF carrying the day
In Its campaign II would bring 10 the front more
abiity, force Of argument, aud eloquoncs than any
other patty eould eohtrol- Its nominees wOd.i DO
superior to any others because they could be chosen
IRON the ranks OF conservative repub icanism and
liberal democracy. aud the people would owe II a
debt OF gratitude for the service DONE In beraung
the people nom q most outrageous and tyrannical
Administration. Let those men step to the front,
there ore, " Grant Is to be defeated. Let VIM. ".
Eyaits. J. Q. Adsms. and Dr. Greeley do for the
Il sicrn states what Schurz aud rrumoul have ac.
comVlished IN their field OF laoors, and let them
rest assured that victory will follow, A GERMAN