New-York tribune., 1872-05-11
ONE REEK OF TIE CAMPAIGN

| received the unexpected news Oh tne Chcm-
natl nominations. In this interval, political
movements and changes have been so rapid
| that they can hardly be realized without a
retrospect.
1. The Democratic National Committee has
issued its formal call for a National Conven-
ton at Baltimore, on the 9th of July. The
action was nowhere unexpected -amOng poll
ticans it has for months been regarded as abb
solutely certain; and yet it seems to be re-
ceived in various quarters with (perhaps not
Unusually expressions of dissatisfaction.
9. The Tennessee Democratic State COnven-
tion has, by vote of 721 to 1872, declared for
the Cincinnati ticket protested against the
presentation of rival candidates by the Ma
tional Democratic Convention as unwise, un-
necessary and exceedingly dangerous to the
welfare of the people, and instructed the del
egates thereto to act in the spirit OF this
declaration.
3. The Tennessee Liberal Republicans are
reported as resolved, anyway, on q separate
electoral ticket
q. The temper of the South seems quite
generally favorable to the Cincinnati ticket.
Expressions like that of the Tennessee Conven-
ton are common from local organizations.
Prominent SOutherners like Garrett Davis,
Gen. j. b. Gordon, Gov. Brown of Tennessee,
Edward A. Pollard, Gen. Imboden of
Virginia, Gen. Bate of Tennessee, and
many others, including men who signed
the calls for Philadelphia, and delegates elect
thereto, have either publicly or privately ex-
pressed their sympathy with Cincinnati.
| Leading papers like The Louisville Courier
Journal which seemed at first dis
posed to hold back little, say that,
whether the leaders will or no, the people
"have made up their minds to go the Gin
cinnati ticket with whOOp." The Cincinnati
Enquirer which represents large Southern
constituency holds even more emphatic Ian
guage. The ST. Louis Republican is Outspoken;
the Richmond papers take the same view;
The Neo- Orleans Picdyune and Times COM
mend the ticket to the support of the
Democratic party. So do The Memphis
Avalanche, Appeal, and Ledger, The Nashville
Banner, and Union and american, Tie Charles
ton Courier, and NerS and scores of other
Southern journals hardly less conspicuous IN
their own localities. Hundreds of private let
ters from men of known standing are even
more explicit than the publicexpressions OF lead
ing politicians and journals But on the other
hand, Alex. II. Stephens earnestly opposes
the Cincinnati ticket, and demands straight
Democratic nominations and he undoubtedly
represents a considerable feeling, which Will
in time make itself heard.
g. There has been serious dissatisfaction
with the Germans, who constitute main
element of Liberal Republican strength Ex-
cited German editors at Cincinnati declared
support the nominations But the next
day, one of the most widely circulated
and influential of them all, Carl Schurz's
WeStliche Post, came out manfully for
ticket and platform. The Cincinnati German
papers opposed that at New-Orleans supported
the ticket. In New-York they divided, but
The Stats Zeitung (DemOcratic) seems resolved
on opposition. In Chicago they favor it; and
The WeStliche Post of st. Louis yesterday
published favorable extracts from about
twenty in different parts Of the West
crowning the list with a letter from Gov
Koerner of Illinois, heartily accepting the re-
suits of the Convention. On the whole, it
may be fairly said that German feeling, espe-
cially among Republicans, is much more
kindly than on the morning after the nom
ination, but that there is still discomfort.
6. The Independent Republican press sup
ports the ticket heartily. The Chicago Tribune
was the earliest in the field with unqualified
and cordial support The Cincinnati Commercial
and SprinqfeId Republican were scarcely later.
And of the other able journals which helped
to carry the movement up to the Cincinnati
Convention, not one, save The EUentng Post
of this city, is now recalled as having
abandoned it.
z. A large majority of the Democratic press
either openly favor the Cincinnati ticket or
speak of it as one they could cordially sup
port if approved by their Convention.
decided and able minority, led by The World
of this city, oppose it with some heat.
8. The movement has wrought marked
change in the tone of the denomination or
gans They began with jeers, but at the
end of the first week evince already un-
mistakable signs of regarding it as a very
serious piece of business. They have
quit abusing Gen. Schurz, and his prin-
cipal slanderer has indeed taken to
praising him. There is less talk about sore
heads" There are mysterious and probably
baseless rumors about throwing Grant over
board at Philadelphia; and the names Of
Blaine, Colfax, Boutwell,, and Wilson, get
significant mention. brother-in-law of
Gov. Morton appears with numerous pri-
vate and confidential letters, urging
that Indiana statesman as the only
Presidential candidate who can save the
party; and Gov. Morton hastens into tele-
graphic correspondence with the West, disa-
vowing his brother-in-law, and renewing his
oaths of allegiance.
0. Ratification meetings and the formation
of Liberal Republican Clubs for the cam