The New York herald., 1871-11-28

HoGmau's Plan and Judge Church's Plan.
Mr.. Montgomery Blair, of Maryland, one Of
the famous Blair family, has plan 1--WE pub
iisned II yesterday for defeating General
Grant In 1872. 1t is the Missouri plan Of
fusion of the democrats with disaffected repub-
hcans, the democratic passive policy, the
plan OF running the democratic party under
cover OF republican domino and Mr.. Blair
makes out strong ease in support Of this
plan.
In the first place he says that General Grant
Is no republican, but is democrat, and that If
it had not been for Washburne the democrats
would have got him as their candidate in 1868.
Mr. Blair says that by Mr.. Tilden, Mr.. Church,
and others, Of New York, in 1868, Il was
authorized TO offer Grant the democratic
nomination, which did, but Grant fooled me-
He was only coquetting with u.s." And SO
they lost him. But what are they to do now2
Mr.. Blair says that Grant ID very strong; that
he has the political stockers at his back, the
sporting fraternity, Bishop Simpson and the
Methodists, all the high tariff men, the railroad
monopolies, the national banks. holding four
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bondholders, and the army Of ohace-holders,
one hundred thousand strong. We are not
surprised, then, to be next told that cit Is the
alliance Of these vast interests which gives
Grant and his radical coworkers their almost
irresistible strength" the power, in fact, of "a
unframed volunteers"
Here, then, Mr.. Tweed's immortalized ques-
ton recurs, ''What are you going to do about
it2" Mr. Blair confesses that the democratic
party, with its war record, has no chance, and
so he says, sLet the democratic party stand
back, and let the field be kept clear for the
disaAected and Independent republicans and
let them nominate whoever they please, and
then rally the democrats to his supports" for
"this is the way Lincoln got in in 1860, and
in this way Grant can be easily defeated"
As to the candidate Mr.. Blair says, 'sMy per-
sonal preference is for William Cullen Bryant"
We have tried generals, statesmen and poll
ticians. and Mr.. Blair now goes for poet
Nestor among poets, one who can not only
write poetry but who can translate and ex-
pound ''Homer's Had" as 1t never was trans
lated or expounded before. But s'there is
Trumbull and Judge Davis, Senator Carpenter
and Gratz Brown, any one of whom would
make splendid run, and, with fair canvass,
would beat Grant"
This is Mr. Blair's plan. In the next place,
Governor Hoffman is strongly inclined to
fusion movement on the Missouri system,
though he says, 81 am not clearly settled in
my mind as to what course the democracy
should pursue" In other words, he is ''wait-
ing for something to turn up" He thinks,
however, that "the New York reform move
ment should be extended to the whole
nation" and that at the head of affairs 1--WE
want statesman who will dictate policy to
his Cabinet, instead Of blindly following such
policy as may be mapped out by his minis
ters." But still the Governor is like one
cropping in the dark, for he does not see his
way through the labyrinth Of the fusion move
ment proposed between the democracy and
the discontented republicans; and so he beats
about the bush in '.clittering generalties."
Judge Sanford E. Church, himself a hold
over candidate from the Tammany Conven-
ton, has no faith in these coalitions. He
thinks ''the democracy Of the nation is too
great power to surrender its principles in
scramble for office" that ''its past history is
too brilliant to forcgo its policy for division
Of the spoils," and that it "still lives and will
live for brilliant future that will come some
time" He thinks, too, that now is the time
for the HERALD to lead off in the great work
of national reform, and that through the
power of the press mighty revolution may be
speedily accomplished. But he is in no hurry
for this fusion movement, and does not like
the idea Of putting the democratic party on
back seat, out Of the public view, in this COM
ing Presidential contest.
We find in this proposed fusion movement
that the red-hot democracy of the West and
the Confederacy democrats Of the South are
most enthusiastic, that the democratic leaders
of the Central States and the East are not
very hopeful Of this new departure, and that
the disaffected republicans in regard to it arc
exceedingly shy. They like the lectures Of Carl
Schurz against General Grant; but they re-
pudate the idea of boiling republican con-
veution, in advance Of the regular convention
of that party. If they cannot, in that convcn-
tion contrive to upset General Grant, they
may be ready to join the democracy; but it is
doubtful They want share of the spoils,
and four years more is long time to wait.
When the pinch comes these disappointed
radical outsiders may think it wisest to trust
to their chances under General Grant. And
80, we fear, Mr.. B!air's plan will TO failure.
SOUTHERN FIGURES FOR AN ANTI-GRANT
PRESIDENT. Montgomery (Ala.) Adper-
tiser-liberai democrat figures up ninety