The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-10
WASHINGTON OPINIONS.
The Administration Laughter subsided
The Nominations Considered 'sDan-
gerous"-New States Proposed for Phil
adelphta.
A Washington telegram, dated Monday

A Washington telegram, dated Monday
night, to the New York Tribune saya:
Now that three days have elapsed since the
nominations we're made at Cincinnati, aud the
people have had time to recover from the sur
prise and excitement oCcasioned by the
announcement Of the action of the conven-
tlon, the views Of public men and Of expe.
rlenced politicians begin to have some value
as Indications OF the drift Of opinion. Even
in three short days there are important
changes TO note, and new phases of opinion
expressed that are worth chronlcllng, and not
the least important is that few people can be
found outc.de OF the White House who laugh
at the Cincinnati ticket. There they are
said to be quite jolly over 1t; from
the President down to the doorkeeper.
and the President is reported to have declared
that no notulnaton could have been made
which would have injured him so little; and
that In month the whole thing would be for
gotten, and nobody would admit that he had
gone to Cincinnati. But, even before yester-
day evening, the administration supporters in
the Senate and House had ceased to talk of
the action of the convention as "capital
joke," or an ''absurd fasco."f They were as
solemn as owls, and when they referred to the
matter at all, which was not often, 1t wac in
such terms as these: "A dangerous n0mina-
tion, :" ''Formldable movement" "Sure to split
the party" "Looks as If we were going to the
devll,n and like phrases uttered In dismal
tones to each other. The most melancholy
who was not seen to smile once during the
whole day, except while reading the news of
dIsaffectIon OF portion of the Cincinnati Lib
erals. The friends of ConkliDg say that he
takes gloomy view OF the situation, and an
ticlpates nothing but political ruin to himself
as the result of the Liberal movement.
The Presidents most hopeful view is under
IN ho ncufp n hS1 npm0nraf1
will not touch the Cincinnati ticket, but will
nominate candidates of their own, and that In
consequence Greeley and Brown will disap-
pear from the field, leaving him square fight
TO make with the Democrats, with the Repub-
lican party at his back. as solid as 1t was In
1863 Few of the politicians of either party
take this view to-day. Most administration
men saw that the Greeley movement will have
gained such an Impetus by the time the DEM
ocratic Convention meets, that ifit is not
endorsed by the convention, 1t will not be
possIble to switch 1t on to the Grant track.
One of two things they argue will happen,
either the movement will break down COM
pletely in fortnight, of which they admit
there is little probability or 1t will have gained
such a numerous and determined following
before the Democratic Convention meets, that
it will be no longer faction but a great
party, not to be transferred to Grant to avert
the danger of election OF a Democrat. Strange
to say, there Ia already some talk Of abandon.
ing Grant and nominating some other man at
Philadelphia to save tile party, and it ls wits.
| pered about that if matters come to this pass,
Colfax would be the man to pacifg the troubled
elements and bring back the dsaffected Llbe.
rails. Nothing 80 we'll shows The strength OF
the Liberal ticket as these suggestions Of The
possible necessity of throwing Grant over
board, which one hears b fore most OF the
men who were al Cincinnati.have hud time to
get back to their homes.
Tie Democrats are much more circnmspect
/ in their ut.eranees than they were when the
news of Greeley's success was received. It IL
] seldom that one can he found to declare posi-