The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-23

H. Lamon, Lincoln's old Marshal, all heartily COM
mitted to Davis and bound to come to Cincinnati
which Illinois scared the heart out OF New York
na head his Of the eooR party ne Lon of has
written from Lncoln's private papers, Hern-
don's recoections and a multifarious correspond
ence between the late President and his factOtums
Emerging from his retirement In West Virginia
Lamon win put on his armor, go to Cincinnati and
endeayor TO make another man out OF the old Lin
WHAT If DAVIS BE NOMINATED
II Davis is nominated the probabilities are that
person before the people and show himself He Is
really the abest popular leader on the liberal side
not excepting Gratz Brown.
DAVIS AND BROWN CONTRASTED.
Davis has great Drawn, hardness OF flesh, large,
broad stature, and fine, genial, beaming counte
nance. He has physical and mental bodness, and
can direct his campaign on big physical principles.
Gratz Brown could make a more brilliant canvass
and say more extraordinary things, but he would
fore the campaign was done the people would be
tired OF SO much genius and look with apprehension
tory like one OF Charles the Twelfth's campaigns
and appear to the daZzled vision like grand allie
gorical, red-headed tableau, in fireworks
TRUMBULL Az PRESIDENT.
Trumbull would make cautious, respectable,
steadily growing campaign, but he would hardly
have time enough, at MS rate OF development, to
cover the country before the election would come
or.
ADAMS NO GO.
mt. AO0mS Is Oh SUCH beOutc, COOL, SelIpOlbeu
Temperament that the whole fight would have to
be made by the ambitious and not Overenthusiastic
friends who are bringing him out. He would
probably make one Speech refuse to be interviewed
by the newspapers OF his own persuasion and then
shut himself up at Quincy and finish that intermin-
able life OF his father and his grandfather. II the
North american ReUtesc could elect man President
OF the United States Mr.. Adams might get in. But
he viii run of to Europe next week, any way
THE REAL GRAPPLE.
Beyond all doubt the contest is narrowed to two
men, Davis and Trumbull, both Of the same State,
and they are now regarding each other askant,
although between them there Is no pickering and
very temperate expressions of respect for each
other. Trumbull can do no more than support
Davis II the latter is nominated, because Trumbull
himself began this campaign In the active field, and
to retire after the Convention would neither be
wise nor decent. II Davis be nominated Trumbull
will undoubtedly receive some large public con-
sideration In case OF his election, and everything
will 60 on rosily as possible between rivals.
WHO WILL PRESIDE AT CINCINNATI
nobody knows as yet. Carl Schurz might be shelved
In that position, or Governor Bross, or Horace
c SS u. ! sSS Ha1 asfsfs stfs
take the platform Tremain is said to be very
sooS Ptssiding ofncer, and the State Of New York
The strong contest oh Tie Platform torn win be made
on the subject Of revenue reform. The Free Trade
as much for personal and intellectual vindication
as to nominate ticket, and these win endeavor to
commit 1he Convention hand and foot to q moderate
revenue policy, while the Pennsylvania delegation,
assisted BY the Greeley men, Mchiganders and Bos-
ton folks, will strenuously object TO any very de-
Judge Davis ia said to deplOre any further refer
ence being made to the matter than the vaguest and
h%se Il he were would
wish much to be said on this head; but, as he an
tcipates big contest with Davis, his friends Will
probably man9uvre in his interests by making
their fight at once on revenue reform. Schurz has
several times expressed himself opposed to taking
up this subject as Il It were Of great special con-
the moderate sense He would be willing to have
1t alleged in the platform that more than two hun
dred millions collected In customs duties involves
series OF evils worse than direct taxation.
TRUMBULL AFRAID OF THE DEMOCRATS.
Mr.. Trumbuli said some time ago that the Liberal
Convention could not expect to get the whole demo-
cratic VOTE and that in any event ten per cent or IT
would be drawn to Grant on some plea or other and
ten or twenty per cent more go OF and make an in
dependent ticket He has generally remarked tnat
sixty per cent OF the democratic voters are deter
mined to beat Grant any how. Congressional
democrats, however, declare that with Davis they
can carry between seventy and ninety per cent OF
their force straight over.
A STUDY IN POLITICAL MUTATION.
Nothing Is queerer than the perversites OF politi
cal parties. Here IL Trumbull, o democrat by edu-
cation, prejudice and long public service, under
to 1t as implicitly as Mr.. Hendricks or Governor
Seymour; yet, because he left the Douglas party
in 1857 and organized that celebrated ant-Nebraska
revolt and took the lead, as at present. in framing
the laws for reorganizing the republic, he has but
dozen or twenty democrats of note In Congress be-
hino hin, although to-day he ism0re OF democrat
at heart than republican He believes In less than
low tariff, State rights and also what are called
the reforms which now agitate the country. He
voted against JOhnson's conviction and spent
months seeking to get that old democrat, Joshua
Hill, into the Senate. To all this the democrats in
Congress reply
.'frumbuli Is good man, but we don't want to
go into the campaign with fourteen years OF record
In the Senate against II he had the best record
or all the republicans, and had been that long in
the Senate, there would be so many flaws In his
record that we could not go before our democratic
constituencies and smooth them out"
On the other hand, David Davis Is an old wing
He has been In the habit OF believing moderately In
protection federal authority and the traditions OF
Clay and Hamilton. When Mr.. Lincoln made Davis
a Justice he spoiled wing, and that sturdy OLD
genteman's inclinatiOns have for the last l0ur
years, been setting in towards the democratic
party, rather from cardinal Indignation than
1rom any well-grounded affection for Jeffersonan
principles. Davis IL democrat, rs far as he can
be called democrat, from his new associations
mainly and the education Of the Supreme Bench.
Trumbull was democrat from his mothers milk.
And yet to-day the democratic party Is up every
where for Davis. When he wrote the Migan and
Bowles decision he struck chord in the democratic
breast, and one chord ut q time in the democratic
breast is enough to play whole tune on 1t. The
leaders Of the democratic party-Hendricks, Sam
Marshall, Beck Thurman and the rest-have been
tndustrOusy playing this tune OF Bowles and MILL
gan for several years. and Judge Davis Is at present
q liberal republican democrat, although he hardly
knows how he CAME by the relationship