New-York tribune., 1872-04-29
CINCINNATI CONVENTION.
GATHERING OF TIE CLANS.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NoAh'-DnirL r.
OF OPIYION-A HARMONIOUS CONVENTION
INEVITABLE.
rBY TELEGRAPH 70 rng TRIBuNEi
CINCINNATI, April 2s--H ono could Pho'oBi"pH
events as they occur. THE TRIBUNE would c"n''i IN
this rapid chronicle passing picture OF 'in'li'
ously expcctant city. filed with great throngs OF
eager strangers, crowding the hotels the s"ees' .
houses and the innumerabe pleasant places Oh 'i-S
deBgbtful Western metropolis. There never was
more hospitabe welcome gwen TO an army Vi
ruests. Expectation is ON every eye, inquiry on
every tongue. Groups mingle, interninRle' ana
,l;snerse-draw all that each knows from the other
tben separate with hungry eagerness. hungry ana
otb;rst for more. A little knowledge may De
dangerous thing in poetry but here the merest rag
mont would be the sweetest of bOons. Ihe pom
tican's is evidently the only breast where nope
springs eternal for here the calmest aud grayest
listen to the rumors that, breeding their Kind Ill
the air with their indefnable presence.
The cloud lowering in the air at TINS wrluhg iS
enough to reduce even these keen ana pohSii'' Ni"
i,natians 70 a mental collapse; at all events, ono
primary purpose of the Liberal call Will come 10
mass one desire OF the country Will be answered
abundantIv: there is or will be consultation and
counselinc for and by the people. No Convention
since the great SYNOD at Chicago Ia 1850 mas ap-
rroached ANYTHING like the popular tone OF TINS
Gathering none has to an equal extent DToug1t ouV
the sober rejecting element which, on the Whole Is
recinninc 10 preponderate here. Personal move
rnents are not conspicuous; that is, the men
Of the highest character present mean 10
honestly make the meeting worthy 'ie
confidence of the nation FROM 4l4hoAS
there are already assembled that historic group
that. growing up with Lincoln aided and ADVISED
him in the long struggle which their earnest efforts
had put him forward TO encounter. His old law
rartners. W H. Herndon, Leonard Swett the fore
most n his confidence: Gen. Ward II. LamOn, hls
ueirhbcr and his close companion throughout the
war have come to add their protest against contn
uance Of the present state OF things lhe presence
# these men and there are many Others not 50 well
known who represent what is called the Lincoln
shade of politics, inspires genuine enthusiasm ana
confidence in the mission of the Convention ahC the
results Of it's labOrs The apparently hopeless chaos
~ Friday and Saturday is gradually clearing ITSELF
The rush and turmoil of rumOr are suu IN
full vigor. rather intensified anything
hut there are gradually grouping together
certain elements which indicate Approximately
the final products of the Liberal movement
In the order of arrivals. NewYOrk has already on
hand good force of distinguished workers New
York City and Brooklyn have Waldo Hutchlns'
Theodore Tilton Charles B. SOrrs of Brooklyn, Gen.
Force. Gen Palmer and Gen. COchrane. The west
ern part of the State has a representation OF us
foremost men now route intending Gen. H. A.
Parnu7n. D. D. 5. Brown of The Rochester Democrat
Thos Rliues the State Treasurer, and DR.. Briggs, Il
man of wide influence in Rochester. The entire
representation from New-York, it is now found, Will
be fully three times as large as was first provided
FOR. and the members Will be rather scattered IN
-ccard TO habitatious. Still there Is ample
room; the citizens avOw a Willingness TO ac-
commodate all that desire to participate In the
movement, and their willingness is not ahead Of
their capacities one whit All the States are spaTsey
represented tonight that is comparatively, for. rs
conventions CO. the number already here would
make an ordinary delegate convention. The busl-
aess devoving upon these advance guards Is not
wholly confined to the preparation of quarters and
he adjustment of party machinery; they have set
N motion a varying current of conjecture, which
alternately puts the various State fayOrltes at the
head of the gradually decreasing number IF tickets
Each arrival from the adjoining States sets the
,auldron of speculation in revived motion. and the
combinations change with a suddenness for which
the kaleidoscope or the prisnatic dolphin are but
feeble illustrations. There are about enough dele
gates present at this writing to raise commO-
non and excite absurd illusions regarding the
movement. As a general thing they dispose of the
voices and consciences of their oncomIng fellows
With an airy complacency not wholly tending to
inspire confidence in the listener. With this the
adopts unite an air of amb-like frankness that sug
gosts dstrst as to the knowledge well the good
{aith of these self-constituted arbtcrs of the
national destines
The nebulous condition of the forces has not, how
ever lessened the usual positive assertions and
fdent assertion of the work to be done by the Con-
venton. The general comparison of notes indicates,
In the MAN, the few OvershadOwing names desired
for the head of the ticket the tile rises with IN
creasing numbers the current nensiies on three or
four mel w are uDmisralklbly strong before that
part of the Convention far at hand. These are
Judge Davis, Lyman Trumbul, Charles Francis
Adams. B. Gratz Brown. and ex-Gov. Cox.
The loudest talking is for Davis, the strongest for
Adams the most boastful for Brown; while the
friends of Trumbull and Cox counsel quietly and
rely on the general conviction of the delegates as
sembled to decide the ssue In State preferences
Illinois has taken hint from the MIss0uTians, and
has marched up to the battle early, with all the
enginery Of the campaign under perfect control
The Liberal movement in the State is 50 intense and
widespread that caution has been 10 a great extent
rhipped, and the delegation comes in three contend
Ing factions each strong in numbers. The former is
FED by of wide reputation and Local influence;
Senator Trumbul has the most impressive follow
Ing whose representative men the editor Of The
Chicago Tribune, Horace White, and the Hon.
Leonard SWEET, regarded in his State
as a man of the Lincoln type, as well in mental
capacities as in physical resemblance. Mr. White
urges Trumbull for President. 1t is represented by
friends of Trumbull that he has, up TO the latest
moment, expressed no desire for a place on the
ticket in fact, has expOstuated against such pur-
pose on the part of his friends one Of whom is in
possession of long and eminent letter virtually de-
clining the nomination, with this provsO-if the
Convention is unanimously for him from the first,
and auDarenty without any strong bias for some one