Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-23
THE OPPOSITION TO GRANT.

1t was stated in the New York Tribune
Of the Dist of February, that the friends of
Grant had made an effort 20 get the names
Of one hundred members of Congress who
were favorable to his denomination, and
they had failed. Two or three days after
wards the Washington Republican stated
that the names had been procured, and
that it would soon publish them that every
body might know who favored the re-elec-
ton of Grant. But notwithstanding a
month has elapsed, the publication of these
names has not been made. The reticence
of the Republican after its pompous boast,
is to say the least, rather significant. 1t
is evident, says the indianapolis Sentinel,
that there is a very decided hostility to the
reelection of Grant to the Presidency and
TO the continuance of the faction in power
that now control and direct the conduct Of
public affairs. And this feeling is not con-
fined to those who publicly give expression
to their sentiments upon the future policy
of the Republican party, but is deep and
wide spread ard powerful. Prominent men
in the party privately express the wish that
Grant may fail to get the nomination Of
the Philadelphia Convention, and in that
event that he should be beaten by some
such man as Judge Davis, Mr.. Trumbull
or Charles Francis Adams, either of whom
would be preferred to the present in
cumbent. We have not doubt if the Re-
publican members of Congress would
speak out their honest views, that large
majority would vastly prefer some other
candidate to Grant, and we have good
reasons to believe this feeling will be mani
tested at the polls, if it is not otherwise,
provided Grant is nominated at Philadel-
phia, and an acceptable Liberal Republi-
can is put forward at Cincinnati. The
sen. imeat in Washington is with the anti
Administration Senators, and this is de-
monstrated by the responsive applause in
the gallery of the Senate which greets
Schurz, and Trumbul and Upton, when
ever in their Senatorial efforts they pene-
trate the hide of the Administration, and
the emptying tie galleries whenever
Morton and Conkling crack the party
whip over the heads of the Senators
who have the independence not to
bow their necks to the faction
that are determined to rule their
party or ruin it. The disaffection among
the Republican members of Congress
against the Grant dynasty, and the hearty
desire that is manifested by the strongest
men in the Republican party for its over
throw, is but the reflex of the undercurrent
in the party all over the country. The
feeling may he more intense in Washington,
because there can be seen the
evils which have aroused this oppo-
si.ion and which give it strength. And
the people may be assured it is no
trifling cause that will array against the Re
publican administration the ablest and purest
men in the party, who have been identified
with it from its organization and sustain
its distinctive principles now. There is an
ether powerful element of disafiection in
the Republican ranks, and it is to be
found in several of the leading Republ-
can papers, such as the Chicago
Tribune, the New York Tribune and the
Cincinnati Commercial. And the current
in this direction is so strong as to even
cause a rupture between the prOprieterS of
the St. Louis Democrat, and it has become
so irreconcilable that a receiver has been
appointed to take charge of the concern I'M
til it can be disposed of and the partner
ships settled. So drifts the current.