The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-30


and Other Presidential Movements.
The Missouri anti Grant republicans, who
hold the balance of power in that State, have
called national anti Grant or 'sliberal repub-
lican" convention, to meet in Cincinnati on
the 9th of May, to take such action in refer
ence to the approaching Presidential contest
'as may be deemed expedient." The real
objects of this movement, however, ares
First, to ascertain the strength of the anti
Grant republicans outside Of Missouri; and,
secondly, if disclosed to be sufficient to justify
the nomination of ticket which will secure
the support of the democratic party, the OBJ
ject Is to nominate such ticket, on sort OF
free trade. general amnesty and flexible State
rights platform. The subsoil philosopher of
Chappaqua thinks too, that this convention
"may prove fasco," or that sit may name
the next President; 5" and that it will name the
successful man unless General Grant shall
turn meantime the cold shoulder upon Senator
Conkling and freely admit Mr.. Fenton, Mr..
Greeley and their outside friends to the flesh
pots and marrow bones of the Custom House.
tracted view of the mere spokesman, and does
not cover the ground and yet outside of Mis-
souri,, we suspect there are very few anti
Grant republicans who are not disappointed
ofice-seekers. Nor have we had, so far, any
movements in behalf Of this Cincinnati conven-
ton outside of Missouri. There is, to be sure,
time enough in the interval to May to get up
delegations to Cincinnati from every State;
but as outside of Missouri these anti-Grant re-
publicans desire first to see the upshOt of the
regular party convention at Philadelphia, we
fear that the Cincinnati concern will not be
illuminated to any great extent by the light Of
their countenances. So we Judge from all the
lights before US; but if in the interval to May
we find General Coke for Ohio, and Colonel
Mcclure for Pennsylvania, and Mr.. Scovel for
New Jersey and Messrs. Fenton and Greeley
for New York, and Mr.. Bowles for Connec-
ticut, and Mr.. Sumner for Massachusetts, and
80 on, each heading q considerable delegation
of anti-Grant republicans, bound for Cincin-
natl, then we shall know that there is some
thing in the wind.
Cincinnati convention will be fizzle like the
Independent Conservative Tyler Baltimore
Convention of 1874, and the Cleveland Anti
Lincoln Republican Convention of 1864, and
the Andy johnson Philadelphia New Party
Convention of 1866, and, without doing much,
it will, probably, adjourn to meet again at the
same time and place with the regular demo-
cratic convention. And, as every man who
goes to this Cincinnati council of republican
soreheads will be taking new departure, it
is probable that, except the Missouri out-and-
cutters, most of them will stay at home until
they can make pretty clear calculation as to
which will be the safe side, on the principle
While the lamp holds out to burn
The vllest sinner may return.
But in advance of this Cincinnati New Party
are to come off at Columbus, Ohio, next
month. We alluds to the National Conven-
ton of the Labor Reformers and that of the
Temperance Reformers. Each of these parties
may nominate Presidential ticket, or they
may combine upon joint stock labor and
temperance reform ticket. The probabilities,
however, are in favor of o ticket from each of
these new parties, because, as we have seen
in New Hampshire and Massachusetts,, your
labor reformer, as the rule, looks upon your
cold water doctors with much Of the contempt
of an old line democrat. In any event these
Columbus reform conventions of February
may somewhat disturb the calculations of the
politicians on all sides, and with these and
two or three other Presidential parties In the
field General Grant will have fight as inter-
esting as that of General Jackson, of 1882,
against national republicans and anti-Masons
and Southern Nullfers, and most likely with
the same general results.