The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-03-15
The Anti-Grant Republicans.

The New York Herald, which always
has n soft and encouraging word for
Grant and the opposite for his political
antagonists, thus touches up the more
prominent of the leaders Of the Lib
eral Rcpublicans:'
This alliance is really weak. Mr.. Sum
ner is scholar and rhctorician, but
he never had party in his life larger
than would fill an omnibus. and he has
no party now. Mr.. Trunbul was new
or heard OF, except as an cXacting party
folIowcr-mnch given to scolding and
III temper, Il kind Of an old maid poll
tician--until he was bcguilcd with
dreams of the Presidency. His pub
lishcd virtues are, by his own confess
sion, about three years old. Mr.. Cree
ley has never had any allegiance to a
party leader since Henry Clay, and it is
quite probable if Clay had been elected
he would have discovered that he was
given to liquor and cards and dicing
As for Mr.. Schura, he is simply a
'hrcwd German advcnlurcr who has
been laden with office since he began
to study English, who has been signaIy
honorcd by the republican party, and,
having filled in every position, means
to succeed AS malcontcnt. Ii is the
vanity Of Mr.. Schurz that he has lien
upon the German voGc. Liens like this
are very uncertain, and the Germans
will require from Mra Schurz some bet
ter reason for following him than Prcsi-
dent Grants refusal to receive his card
when he came from the West. As for
Wilkes, he has capacity and force. i an
audacious leader, and if the anti.Grant
men were in earnest they would nomi-
nate him on their ticket.
What do these men propose to do IN
Cincinnati! They must find a man and
Il platform. viii they give us any Of
their coalition? Internal jealousicS
will prevent that, as each member cx-
poets to be candidate. not excepting
Mr.. Schurz. who sees no difficulty in
amending the constitution to make
him eligible. Can we have Judge Da-
Wis? All we know of Judge Davis is
that he made the political bargains for
Lincoln at the Chicago Convention
which secured the nomination., and that
in return for this he was made Su-
prcmc Judge. Afterwards he became
the executor of Mr. Lincoin's will.
Judge Davis represents nothing. His
name is associated with no thought or
achievement in our history. Judges of
the Supreme Court are not the livclicst
candidates. They become moudy and
stiff, and have the old-chccsc flavor, and
do excellcntly well to preside over
young mems Christian associations and
moral clam-bakcs. But the idea Of
seriOusl " uproOting one Of these heavy.
comfortable, inert. respectable gentle
men from his mOss-clad seat on the
bench is cruel. and we would as soon
expect our sporting people to bring old
Ilambletonian from his pasturage and
match him against Goldsmith Maid.
Judge Davis would have TO be carried
through canvass. lie would carry
nothing. and in the event of his rccciv-
Ing the coalition nomination against
Grant, as many democrats would sup
port the silent Ulysses as there would
be dissatisfied republicans TO follow the
new departure. The democrats DO not
want republican, however liberal he
may be. II they take one it will be
as warming. psnA The administration
would be n democratic as it could pos
sibly be under Seymour and Blair.