The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-28
ON TO WASHINGTON!
RESULT OF THE FIFTH AVENUE CON
FERENCE.

General Gazing I'm OF tho De"ooESso
Opposition to Greeley-Tho New Groes-
beck Ticket and its Chances-rno
Farce OF Trying q Murderer-Tactics
Of stokes's Counsel-Probablo Break
down OF tho Monster Peace Jubilee.
rrRoM DUB OWN CORRESPONDENT.
NEW YORK, June IS.
Now that the conferences OF the dissatisfied
Revenue Reformers are over, and a calm re-.
view of the situation can be had, 1t Is evident
that the last hope has been dissipsted of the
possibility of making any headway against
the Endorsement of Mr.. Greeley by large
majority of the voters opposed to the re-
election of President Grant. The effect OF
thursdays revelations has been to practically
unite the bulk of the opposition, Tor the
present, at least, and probably permanently,
on Greeley. Undoubtedly the course OF hr.
Sch9rs has done more to bring this about
tha&anything else. There Is 30 much conf
dence in his wisdom and patriotism tnat as
long ss he held out the dissatisfied felt that
they had tower of strength to rally around.
With bis acqulescence in what he regards as
the inevitable, hundreds and thousands VINO
were In the sulks with him, particularly
among the Germans, lay down their arms
also.
The surrender of such Democrats as Mr..
FORSYTH, of the Mobile Register, shows the
despair of the anti-Greeley Democrats to stem
the tide towards Greeley. Mr. Forsyth came
to the city ''fsrsciously," to use Greeleyism,
against the Chappsqus philosopher, but
minglIpg with his fellow-Democrats here
from other States, he discovered how useless
it was to continue in opposition. and 30, In
the conference, gave In his reluctant consent
to what he could not prevent.
The caving in Of the Democratic opposition
to Greeley has been general. The World be-
gan to recognize fate week ago. Its anita
gonism to Mr.. Greeley, like that OF Mr.. For
syth, Mr.. Hendricks, Mr.. Voorhees, and others,
was unquestionably honest, and 1t exercised
right, which 1t conceded to others, to discuss
the merits of candidates as long as the qnes-
tion was open and the decision of the National
Convention had not been pronounced. pre-
sume 1t does not care to put Itself outside the
party when the will of the party has been
clearly ascertained, and We may, therefore,
look for lts concurrence In the adoption OF Mr.
Greeley, though 1t may not be able to give
him an enthusiastic support.
sM the friends ofsMr. Greeley would be
shutting their eyes to facts If they did not REQ
ognize the existence still Of some dlscontent
In the antl-administration ranks. The Ger.
man organ in this city, the Stats zeltung, re-
fuses to follow Mr. schurz, and In Its editorial
yesterday gave quasi endorsement Of the
new ticket-Groesbeck and Olmsted. It
thought the beginning Of the new movement
might be small. but that 1t would gather force
with time. Some of the German speakers
from the West, at Fridays conference, avowed
their determination TO 60 to Baltimore to
work for Groesbeck, aud If there should be
bolt, to get the bolters to accept him. II Mr..
Groesbeck accepts the nomination, few
weeks will show II he can develop any
strength, but the almost universal Impression
here is that 1t is too late, and that the new
movement will amount to nothing.
talked yesterday with one Of the shreTd-
est of the Democratic leaders who has found
Greeley 30 bitter dose to swallow, tut who
concluded after the Filth avenue develop
ments to take his medicine like q man. His
horoscope of the future Is that, after the en-
dorsement of Mr.. Greeley at Baltimore, the
Democratic opposition to him will gradually
weaken until finally, In November, there will
be practical unanimity, and that after the o.
tober elections In Pennsylvania and Indiana,
which will result in Democratic successes,
there will be break and stampede from the
Republican ranks to Greeley. OF course you
viii take his opinions for what they are worth.
It is slmoss unnecessary to say that the Grant
politicians see things just the other way,
though they do not deny that the aspect of
affairs In Pennsylvania and Indiana gives
them uneaslness.
The effort to secure jury OF twelve igno-
ramuses to try Stokes for murder Is dragging
its weary length along, and up to last evening
not nine Of these Invaluable creatures had
been found. It is rather credltable to New
Yorkers that three panels had to be exhaust
ed first. Mr.. McKeon, the counsel for the
accused, has adopted the same tactics used by
Graham, the great criminal lawyer in the Nc
Fsrland case. He pretends that his client is
tho victim of a conspiracy, and that private
malice Is bounding on the prosecution. Just as
Graham strove constantly to make upon the
public and the Jury the impression that the
Tribune and Richardson's friends were thirst
ing for the blood OF Mcfarland, 80 McKeon Ia
irving to spread the idea that the ex-Erle Ring,
with its millions Of stolen money, are sn1-
ious to avenge Jim Fisk. In pursuance Of this
policy Mr.. McKeon is systematically insolent
and bullying towards the prosecuting counsel,
for the purpose Of provoking personal alterca-
tons, in the course Of which he Is enabled to
to ring out his charge that ''thls is private
prosecution tor revenge It Is amazing that
the court will permit the latitude that It does
toeounsel, In the matter Of quarreling. But
Graham bullied his way through the AcFar-
land trial in the same style, and brought bis
client of in triumph.
The melancholy impression is beginning to
steal over the BostonIan mind, that in Its sew
enteen days. jubilee 1t has undertaken JOB
greater than 1t can carry out. Nearly all the
New. Yorkers who went on last week, to see
and hear or assist, have returned. They say
the heat is fearIul, and that the great chorus
10 hraakinp down RAPIDLY under the strain. On