The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-15

why Senator SEIZURE and his associates
should attempt to lead them off from General
Grant to Charles Francis Adams, and yet OBJ
ject to their acceptance Of Greeley? Although
Ottendorfer may claim to control the Germans
of New York; although Brinkerhoff may de-
clare his power to take with him all the Ger
mans of Ohio wherever he may go, and al
though Schurz may boast of carrying the Ger
man votes of the United States in his pocket
the end with any large following of the Ger
man-born American citizens. The political in
fuence of Cox, Bryant and Wells is, OF course,
exceedingly limited, however respectable may
be their personal characters.
The new movement, then, is purely and
simply free trade intrigue, and does not
represent any principle upon which opposition
to General Grants administration has been at
tempted to be justified during the past six
months. It's object is to forestall the action of
the Democratic Convention by putting new
ticket into the field, with Adams for President
and Groesbeck for Vice President, and then
claiming for its candidates q democratic en-
dorsement. In this policy it is backed up by
the democratic opponents of Greeley, who are
prepared to bolt his nomination at Baltimore
and to declare their preference for General
Grant as between the two candidates,
or, what would amount to the same thing to
put straight democratic nominees into the
We do not see how this proposed free trade
ticket can hope for success, or on what ground
the half dozen gentlemen who are managing
the conference movement can claim the en-
dorsement or cooperation Of the Democratic
Convention. If the Grant detection in the re-
publican party has any strength at all it would
certainly attach to the nominees of the Liberal
Convention, who were selected at gathering
of many thousands of dissatisfe ed republicans
after mature deliberation and an earnest
struggle. The democrats are not stupid
enough to be persuaded that mere chip from
headed clique of one-idea gentlemen getting to-
gether in parlor of the Fifth Avenue Hotel
can offer them larger support and better
prospect of success than can be found in an
alliance with the nominees Of the Liberal Con-
vention itself. If they are to give up for
season a candidate of their own faith and to
accept an outsider for the sake of beating
General Grant and obtaining share of the
loaves and fishes as their reward, they GER
tainly would take one who represents gather
ing of many thousands of their opponents in
preference to one who represents as many
as can get together in the parlor of
New York hotel. The unterriied will be apt
to inquire how many State governments and
how many Congressional districts Messrs.
Bryant and Wells can insure them in return
for an endorsement of their Fifth Avenue
parlor free trade candidates at Baltimore?
For union with the liberal republicans on the
Presidential ticket is understood to contem-
plate coalition with that party in every State
and in every debatable Congressional district,
to the advantage, of course of the honest,
hard-fsted democracy. We apprehend that
the whole free trade league, with Carl Schurz
thrown in, could scarcely hold out so promis-
ing quid pro quo to the Democratic Conven-
ton as will be offered them by Greeley and
Brown, with the powerful Cincinnati Conven-
ton and the regular liberal republican Or
ganization at their back. Besides the
acceptance by Charles Francis Adams Of
nomination rendered him in such manner,
after he has been fairly beaten candidate
before the Liberal Convention, would be ex-
ceedingly doubtful. He probably has that
sense of honorable obligation which seems
to preclude a gentleman who has
allowed himself to be placed promi-
nently before convention from turning
over to its enemies because his own personal
views or interests have been fairly overruled by
the majority There may be others who would
have less scruple on such matter, and who
would be glad to accept any nomination for
President, whether it proceeded from the Fifth
Avenue Hotel or from Bowery beer garden
but they would scarcely be candidates to COM
mend themselves to the favorable consideration
of the democrats at Baltimore.
The question then recurs, what are these
half dozen new movement men and their in
vited guests to do? They do not desire to
support Grant if any other course is open to
them, and they will not swallow Greeley and
his protection principles, although they have
decided in their platform that the tariff ques-
ton belongs exclusively to Congress, and
Greeley has pledged himself to obey the will
Of the Legislative branch Of the government on
that subject There is clearly but one policy
open to them. The idea of naming any
other boiling republican as President in place
of the regular nominee of the liberal conven-
ton is mere nonsense. The proposition car
ries its own absurdity upon its face. If the OPP
ponents Of Greeley were powerless to defeat him
in their own convention, how can they pre-
tend to bring with them more strength than
he can command, for the service of an outside
party? The Fifth Avenue Hotel meeting,
nomination at Baltimore of straight-out,