Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-06-20
THE COMING CONFERENCE
ON GREELEY AND GRANT.
The Disappointed at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel.
WHAT IS TO BE DONE.
Horace Greeley's Five Elements of
Weakness.
NO NEW NOMINATION. TO BE MADE.
GRANTS ELECTION CONSIDERED CERTAIN
IF GREELEY IS NOMINATED AT
BALTIMORE,
&c.
!. DC.


In consequence of the very general IN
terest excited by the invitation for
conference published on Friday and
signed by Messrs. Carl Schurz, j. d.
Cox, William Cullen Bryant, Oswald
Ottendorfer, David A. Wells, and Jacob
Brinkerhoff, the reporter of leading
New York paper, Saturday, called upon
Mr. Henry d. Lloyd, Secretary of the
American Free-Trade League, for the
purpose of learning his sentiments upon
the subject and, if it might be, OF find
ing what action was proposed. The
following conversation ensued:
II have been given to understand, Mr..
LLOYD, that you have been chiefly instru-
mental in procuring signatures to this
recent Cincinnati call and in circulating
the invitation"
''To certain extent | have been but
the public will greatly err if it supposes
that the proposed conference is to be
any direct emanation from the Free
Trade League, or in fact to be any repre-
sentati0n of its views and sentiments.
Undoubtedly revenue reform will be
considered in connection with the num-
| berless other reforms which we all de-
sire to see accomplished, but the meet
inc as such will probably confine itself
more to discussion of how best to beat
Grant without concentrating its whole
attention upon any one particular amel-
ioration of the present political situation.
You know we free-traders go in for our
principles above and beyond all else,
considering that nothing beside is of
equal importance; but, as | have said,
the conference will be attended bymany
who differ from us widely in these eco
| nomic questions, and in order to cOalesce
| il is necessary that each one should
somewhat modify the strictness of his
tenets."
..You think, then, that as things are
| at present, Greeley is not the man to
beat Grant in his Presidential aspira-
| tons ?"
''Most assuredly do, and for very
good reasons. There are five elements
| opposed to ley-diametricaily OPP
| posed-and there is no probability or
| possibility even of their ever turning to
| his support. These five elements so
| strongly antagonistic to him consist of,
! first, the free-traders, who will natu-
rally oppose him tooth and nail they
! could not vote for him without the eX-
! tremest disqualification for even Grant
| has geven some slight alienation of the
| tariff. Second, the independent Repub-
| liCans, who are disguised at the manner
in which the Cincinnati Convention was
captured by the politicians they revolt
from that result, and if another candi-
date be not offered upon whom they can
concentrate and who will give them bet
| ter assurances of reform than have yet
been offered by Mr.. Greeley, will vote
for Grant, since, as one Of them told me
the other day. we know what Grant
will do, but God only can tell what
would happen under Greeley Third
are the old line Democrats, men who
believe in principle and have always
worked for the triumph of their ideas
they will not now give the lie to all
their previous professions by supporting
man who all his lifetime has been the
steady. persistent uphOider of all that is
most obnoxious 10 them and the advo-
cate of means and measures opposed to
Tie cardinal principles Of the Demo
cratic faith. Fourth, are the Germans,
who. having come to what thry fondly
hliayc a land of freedom. will not sas-
t4in n man who is the ardent advocate
of sumptuary laws in more than modi-
aval arhitra'incss. Fifth. and last are
=
J v among these people has | believe.
been Il source Of much painful surprise
to his MANAGERS and hackers, but the
fact is none the less certain that each
day but shows how very great is his lack
of strength in that quarter where it was
expected TO be large. All these elements
combined represent a coalition so formi-
dable that were the choice to lie between
Era,,+ o,I q raala1r or, lv n a former yyp1llJ
be elected by an overwhelming vote"
800 you anticipate that the confer
ence of next week will make a nomina-
ton ?"
mot distinctively. Were a nomina-
ton to be now made it would bear too
much the appearance of an attempt to
dictate to the Baltimore ConventiOn-an
appearance which we are far from feel
ing and do not wish to present. 1t is like
" that several names may be mention
ed whose possessOr will be strongly
commended to the earnest consideration
of the Democratic Convention, and indi-
Gated as candidates who would suit us
exactly and bring to a focus all those
disaffected sets of men which ] have
Just described in detail. The result of
tue conference will in all likelihood, be
70 .>ppOint committee to go to Balti-
moro nd there advise with the Demo-
crafts Sine Greeley has proved so un-
evnectedIy wea!k. another name should
surely he placed in tie field. However. /
do not wish you to understand me as
in any sense committing the conference,
for their action will be guided entirely
nv the members' consideration OF what |
is RIGHT and most eKpedient.
'.Shall you have large attendance
cover a hundred; enough 10 deliber- !
ate wisely, obtain views from all quail /
tiers, and sentiments of all kinds, bnt not /
so great as to be unmanageable. Every /
part OF the country is to be thoroughly |
represented by its ablest men; north,
east. west. and south. Speaking of /
that. we shall have an unusually fine /
delegation from the Southern States
Virginia, Alabama, South Caroline, |
Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Missis- |
sippi, and Missouri-fine not only in the
character and attainments of those who |
will compose it, but also on account of |
their being truly representative men,
and able to speak with authority for
their neighbors and fellOw-citizens. we
hope and trust that the conference VIII |
attract the regard it deserves, for OF 1T /
can truly be said that it will be in eon- /
sideration of both brains and character /
one of the best gatherings ever assem- |
bled upon American soil.
MOLTEN Iron POURED OYER MANS /
PHOSPHATE BoDY-A most terrible and
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