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evident from another fact. The Legis-
lature to be elected would choose Uni |
ted States Senator Senator Patterson,
who we hope will be returned, has always
been reckoned one Of the most indepen-
dent as well as the most honorable of
Senators. He went to the State Conven.
ton which made the nominations, and
declared that if there were any New
England Senators opposed TO the Presi-
dent, they were not the Senators from
New Hampshire. What did this mean
1t meant that, in Senator Patterson's
Judgment, the Republicans of New Hamp-
shire supported the President. and that
the Legislature elected by them would
elect no man Senator who was not friend
ly to him. This is the only fair inter
probation of the Senator's speech The
President was really the Republican
platform in New Hampshire, and upon
it the State was recovered. Will any
body seriously say that it was victory
of the bread-and butter brigade And
if there had been any grave disafection
in the party, is it not plain that the dis
satisfied Republicans would have taken
care that the very first election of the
presidvn.;al Foar should not have of the
utmost service the prospects of tlIe re-
nomination? t#
Again, if it be true that distinguished
party leaders publicly favor the re-nom-
ination and privately groan ovG its in
evitability, what does the fact show but
that they clearly see the popular prefer
ence for the President? Those of us
who favored the re-nomiDation Of Mr..
LINCOLN, at time when we were bit
terly reproaehed for supporting trivial
and obscene jester who had no real an
tislavery convictions, and was letting
every thing drift, used TO reply that the
people would take care Df him, and that
the politicians would certainly fall into
line. We were not deceived and it is
as true now as it was then that the
strength of the President is with the
people. The personal assaults upon him
having recoiled with shame and ridicule
upon those who made them. He remains
the representative of a policy which the
people approve, and of that stability
which they feel to be indispensable.
1t is not he who thrusts himself upon
them for e-nomination.it is they who
are resolved to re-nominate him. BY
what right therefore, do the Republicans
who are opposed to him, and who refuse
to countenance the Convention of theil
party because of their conviction that
the great majority of Republicans desire
his denomination, charge the President
with dividing the party, and those who
favor his denomination with abettins
his fatal action? Even the New Yorl
World, patronizing the Cincinnati Con
vention, and exhorting its leaders to b,
..bold, says of them: ''If they rise t.
the height of the occasion, they will b
suPPvr va, W -l-.-a 4 II mr. >.riiO,.r
party This is the most fanciful ant
fantastic estimate that even irresponsible
advocacy claims for the schism "
venture to think that the Cincinnati
leaders themselves smile at the exaggera
ton. The same paper in the same arti
Gle adds that in Connecticut in Novem
Der 1.-The Democracy will bring out thei
full vote, and the liberal Republican
will support the same candidates AN
that the liberal Republicans, an comb
nation aoith the Democratic party, wi
carry the State against GRANT next fal
by at least hundred thousand major
ty."
That is to say, according to the mos
partial estimate, third of the Republ
can party in alliance with the Democrat
ic party are to defeat the candidate {
the great majority of Republicans; an
because that majority will not relinquis
the candidate whom it prefers, that cal
didate is guilty of dividing the party!
more ridiculous assertion was never mad,
1t is really declaration that the ant
Administration Republicans will wi
, lingly renounce their principle and brin
, the Democratic party into power rattle
than acquiesce in the nomination of
. candidate whom they do not prefer. Bl
If this were so, is such a minority tt
:, proper guide of the Republican party
:, No. If the party is divided, who is r.
. sponsible for the misfortune: the gre;
. mass of Republicans who feel that Il
= general conduct of the present Admin
tration is the guarantee that the prime
pies of the party will continue to contr
: the policy of the government, should tt
President be reelected; or those Repu
licans who, in alliance with the organize
. Democratic party, which will supp
+ votes for the purpose, seek to defeat Il
= candidate whom the party prefers 2
: Harpers' Weekly.
k The Boston Daily Globe says that Il
1t Cincinnati Convention does not indica
any movement among the people-amo1
It the masses who elected U. S. GRAM
IS President, but that it is simply char,