The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-05
The Philadelphia Convention.

The regular Republican National Conven-
ton for the nomination of the Presidential
ticket and the proclamation Of the Presidential
platform of the party meets in Philadelphia
to-day. 1t will be a large, harmonious and
enthusiastic convention. 1t will be harmo-
NOUS and enthusiastic in the denomination of
General Grant because the disturbing elements
which did exist within the party lines were
drawn off by the Cincinnati Convention and
into the new party, Of which the standard
bearers are Greeley and Brown. 1t will be
remembered that the Baltimore Convention of
1864 was o unit in the denomination of Abra-
ham Lincoln, although there had been very
active movement in the party in support of
Chief Justice Chase against Lincoln but this
anti-Lincoln movement had been pushed to
the experiment of on Independent national
convention at Cleveland which defined its
position in the nomination of the independent
Presidential ticket OF General John G. FIRE.
mont and General John Cochrane. The real
object of this experiment, nevertheless, was to
frighten the Baltimore Convention from Lin
coin and to divert it to Chase, in view of unity
and harmony in the republican ranks.
The Cleveland politicians in this ridiculous
experiment signally failed, and shortly after
the denomination of Lincoln by reclamation
as the republican favorite against all corners
Fremont and Cochrane, as the cham
pions of the Stree democracy" quietly re-
tired from the field. Thus far against Grant
in the Cincinnati Liberal Republican Conven-
ton, and in its independent ticket Of Greeley
and Brown, we have the re-enactment of the
Cleveland diversion against Lincoln But the
Cincinnati movement was undertaken ''by and
with the advice and consent of certain active
leaders of the discouraged democracy, and with
the distinct understanding that liberal ticket
and platform emanating from the anti Grant
republicans would be adopted by the demo-
cratic party. Upon this understanding Greeley
and Brown hold much more formidable
position than did Fremont and Cochrane in
opposition to the administration; for great are
the expectations Of the adoption of Greeley and
Brown by the Democratic National Convention
in July.
But while it is certain that this Cincinnati
diversion will not deter the Philadelphia Con-
vention from the denomination Of General
Grant, it is by no means certain that the
Democratic Convention will adopt the liberal
republican ticket of Greeley and Brown. The
democratic old-liners threaten that if this ticket
is commended to their suffrages they will, as
choice Of evils vote for Grant while, on the
other hand, it is surmised that if the liberal
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will turn the tables against their faithless
democratic advisers by voting for Grant We
hold, with the chivalric General Frank Blair,
that bargain is a bargain, and that the demo-
Gratis are morally bound by their bargain with
the liberal republicans. But there is another
point upon which this Republican Conven-
ton of 1872 resembles that Of 1864, and
that is the point of the Vice Presidency.
Now, as he w9s then, the Vice President is
satisfactory candidate; but now, as he had
then, he has q host of rivals for the nomination.
For Vice President now there may be q change,
as there was in 1864, although the change from
Hamlin to Andy Johnson furnishes strong
argument in favor of Colfax, and Colfax, we
dare say, will be the man. In short, we expect
that the republican ticket of 1872 will be the
ticket Of 1868, and that the platform of the
party will be the measures and the policy,
foreign and domestic, of General Grants
administration, and that Grant will hold the
inside track from the start to the end of the
race, fusion or no fusion between Cincinnati
and Baltimore At the some time the democ-
racy, in going from Greeley and Brown to q
regular old-line democratic ticket, will be going
out of the frying pan into the fire.
Tho Commercial Tariff Tax Question
In France.
NJ Jules Favre delivered q powerful
argument in the French Assembly yesterday
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