New-York tribune., 1872-06-10
GENERAL POLITICAL NEWS
THE NEw-oRLEANs CONVENTIONS.
ATTITUDE OF THE SOUTH TOWARD CINCINNATI
AND BALTIMORE.


ATTITUDE OF THE SOUTH TOWARD CINCINNATI
AND BALTIMORE.
Nrw-ORLEANs, June 5.-The political con-
,entions now assembled in this city the oeners OF
much attraction. The hotels quite full and NeWOr
leans swarms notwithstanding the solstal heat RACES
with busy crowds Of anxious people and pohucians'
There is not much difference Of opinion among '"o
white resident population 20 the course OF tne Dc
cratic party at Baltimore. While one meets mere anu
there a Bourbon who insists that we ought 10 ule III
the last ditch" and stake all on tniru
ticket" the almost universal feeling 10 l"NoIaoe W
Farmer Greeley and generai oenoi Una.
the contest is between Grant anu nlin' anu
that IL involves for them the issue OF peace
or war For though the Southern people surrendered az
Appoattox seven years ago, they have been treated
ever since as though the not Oyer and when
ever they have been INDUCED with hopes that peace
prevailed they quickly dispeed by the arrest OF
some unofending citizen and his denial of the writ OF
habeas corpus-that great ruwark Of freedom in
peaceful land Such. in word is the view our people
take Of this question. With Farmer Greeley they be-
leve they Will have peace once more. With Preslueht
Grant they know they viii have four years OF what
they have Just gone hroughqute enough to settle them
IN their political opinions.
New-YOrk paper In late number asserted that at
the South but two or three nobodies had declared for
the nomination OF Greeley and Brown" Let us 20
through the Southern States beginning with MISSOURI
with all her press and Democratic politicians In line for
Endorsement OF Cincinnati at Baltimore. In Kentucky,
we find The Cotrer-J0u,al and other leading Demo-
cratic presses advocating similar policy. Gen. Breck
eniidge and various citizens of prominence urge the
same line. In Tennessee the Democracy in one un-
broken column, from the mountains TO the Mis-
sissppi, in her Convention at Nashville, on the
eth ult. instructed her delegates at Baltimore to
vote for the Endorsement of Greeley and Brown by
vote Of 72s In Virginia The Enquirer understood
90 be under the conuoi OF Gov Walker and to be on the
lookout for snacks at Baltimore says there no dis
the irresistible feeling that exists IN virginia Tor
Greeley begs Its Democratic readers 70 listen 10 ana
counsel with the Northern Democracy In North Caro-
lima the feeling Is the same many OF her frst statesmen
having declared for Greeley and Brown. In south caro-
lima the initial gun from Charleston, the present
home OF Wade Hampton, in which the County COnven-
ton unanimously lnstructS Its delegates 10 the state
Convention to appoint delegates TO Baltimore not
favorable TO the nomination OF Greeley ana brown.
In Georgia, the proceedings OF the meeting at Augusta
in Richmond County, the place where the influence OF
TOombs and stevens is supposed to most prevail were
noteworthy. In this large assembly In opposition 10 Tue
opinions Judge Linton Stevens resolutions were over
Wuelmngy adopted ndOrslng the Cincinnati movements
In Alabama the voice of the organ Of the Democracy,
The Advertiser at Montgomery, gives the keynOte 10 Tue
situation there and shows her 10 be on tne same IiLc
st jackson, The Herald at Vicksburg, me GGseae at
Meridian declare for Greeley, and me CdIOh asseI
the late meeting of the State Central
out Of ~ present every one was Tor nOmnanB 1IeSy
at Baltimore In Arkansas the feeling is al one way,
All the press and leading politicians nave decaIeu iUl
Greeley, and least half the Republican party VIZ su
port election In Texas the prevailing sentiment is
in the same direction Ex-Postmaster General leaGan
declares emphatiCaly for the Endorsement OF he
uat ticket at Baltimore and a the Leading Democratic
press OF the same mind Inc non . M ~ toI,asf
L. $ senator declares tnat Florida VIII send an
delegation Baltimore for Greeley ana bIoMi ns
frank statement Of the pOsllOu Ol Saon
State on this matter andit viii be more than coneo