The New York herald., 1872-07-08
THE BIG-ENDIANS AND LITTLE-sNDIANS.
Pennsylvania Sulky and To Be
COaXed with a Craftsmanship.
A HUGE KU KLUX STORY.
The Position of John w. Fornev on
Greeley and One Term.
BALTIMORE, July 7, 1872.

Each Of the evening trains from the West and
South brought large additions to the crowd already
gathered here to attend the National Democratic
convention, which begins Its sttings on Tuesday,
and at least
FIVE THOUSAND STRANGERS
The great body Of the delegates are now upon the
ground, discussing the prospects of the coming Con.
vention The unanlmity with which the Cncin-
natl platform and nominees are Internationally
accepted by tho various delegations relieves the
coming Convention OF much Of interest that usually
attaches to gatherings of this kind and furnishes no
capital Tor speculation as to the nal result. 1t Is
FOREGONE CONCLUSION
that Greeley will be nominated upon the first bal
lot although 1t is evident that there will be some
little opposition unless those who pull the wires
can quiet 1t, which they will undoubtedly do. AS
usual, portion OF the PENNSYLVANIA delegation
heads whatever of disaffecton there IL in oppos
ton to MIR. Greeley, and they propose to gather
from the other delegations whatever strength they
can and then endeavor TO get up a controversy
upon the
QUESTION or NOMINATING OR ENDORSING
the Cincinnati nominees. When this discussion has
caused considerable feeling they propose to ask for
call OF the States for nomination OF candidates
and then nominate Judge Thompson, of Pennsyva-
nia in opposition to Mr.. Greeley, In the hope OF
preventing his nomination upon the first ballot,
which has all along been expected and will undoubt
edly be done. They declare that they prevent
Greeey's nomination on the first ballot they can
beat him and
SECURE STRAIGHT OUT NOMINATION.
The delegates that favor this scheme are very
few, not more, perhaps, than twenty In number,
and the best posted men in the party say that 1t
never will be attempted when the Convention
meets, as the nomination OF Mr.. Greeley will be 80
positively assured. The Meeting called here on
tomorrow by the Flanders-Van Allen party, to make
q regular democratic nomination, and for whom
the Maryland Institute has been engaged, does
not as yet show any strength, only two men having
as yet put In an appearance. One OF these Is from
Indiana and the other from Illinois, and are not
men OF prominence. They have been here for two
days looking after Banton Duncan and the other
leaders, and have been assisted in their unsuc
cessful search by not less than a dozen newspaper
men who have been anxious to relieve the en-
thusiastic monotony for Greeley by an item from
this
ELEMENT THAT OPPOSES HIM.
The only question that is now under discussion
of real Importance Is whether the Convention shall
endorse the Cincinnati nominees or nominate them
regularly, and this question may prove an ugly one
to dispose OF. The element that approves OF an
endorsement comes mostly from Ohio, Pennsylva-
MIA and Missouri and their argument Is that II the
Convention nOminates Mr.. Greeley 1t will drive
from him many republican votes, and that an
ENDORSEMENT WILL BE EQUIVALENT TO NoMiNA-
and will also quiet the t@id d element in the repub
lican party in favor of change Of administration
and satisfy the Bourbon element In the democratic
party, who clamor for q stralght-Out nomination.
This argument meets with little favor, and the gen.
eral sentiment is that it Is the true policy Of the
democratic party to make Mr. Greeley the unequiv-
ocal nominee. Their argument is that should they
with justice say,
az AM UNDER LITTLB OBLIGATION
tA tn
took me as the choice between two evils, and they
can therefore expect OF me little, If anything, In
the disposition oft spoils victory" To make him
their candidate gives them claim upon him above
or equal to that of the element that first put him In
nomination, and this argument is bostered by the
operations OF Mr. Greeley's friends here, who
liberal republicans, to the following effect:-That
regular nomination of Mr.. Greeley here is essential
to 1t is also asserted that there are several
gentlemen here who speak authoritativey OF Mr..
Greeleys personal preferences, and who declare for
at least nine. .tenths Of all the people here both as
delegates and spectators. are In favor of a nomina
tion rather than endorsement. This even
ate the difficulty in Pennsylvania by giving
them the permanent President. which promises to
prove successful. General George w. Cass chair
man OF that delegation, is spoken Of as the man for
that position, and several new names are men,
TONED for the temporary charmanship, but this will
no doubt be given to Jefferson Randolph or John B.
Baldwin, OF Virginia. General Mcmahon will prob
ably Ill the place of some absentees upon the New
YORK delegation; ,,,s .nr,r,,n
Perhaps no name is more frequently mentioned
In revival of the democratic spirit In association
Philadelphia. Amidst all Of Forney's alterations
he has always preserved the respect and
Wss T MeLans rsfre fn sos eans ohn sec
inrdge and Others, and 1t is generally believed
that the policy OF his own private ntterances
indicate disposition to join the natonaliZed demo-
cratic party again. Forney has besides weakness
for the editorial profession and considers that his per
formances in other fields have been, on the whole,
I
and profit In the publication of journals Of informa-
tIon and news. BY these he made the Washington
Chronicle newspaper which was very profitable,
and when 1t came to be political organ, it had
already seen ITS best days. The Philadelphia Press
Is q far more successful paper at present, while
DENOUNCING THE HARTRANFT TICKET
than when it was in the party bosom getting in
sufficient food there: Articles In the washington
chronicle and which have been so much quoted
over the country as committing Colonel Forney
to the one.term policy in the case of the executive,
are not believed to be his own composition. Though
he IL In agreement with that doctrine they are
said to have been written by Baltmoran, Hon. j.
stewart who has for several years been one ,e, 9r
die States. Somebody recently took pains to run
through the files of the chronicle, and found four
the impeachment trial and just before President
Grants nomination. TWO OF these articles were
AFTER GRANTS NOMINATION,
showing that Forney was In no particular distress
about committing his journal at that early da,e s,
against the two term business. one OF tnose arti-
cies was quoted by Charles Sumner In very
marked portion Of his great dlatrbe In that arti-
Gle G. Mason Of Virginia. was quoted as Wen wen az, as
Governor Randolph and M. Van Buren,, ana also the
great French publicst, De Tocquevllle These
articles, the emanations Of private mind, nave,
curiousiy enough, found their way INTO general
literature, and are as -
MUCH QUOTED IN TIE PRESENT PERIOD
AZ Frank BIairs Broadhead letters or General
Taylor's Address to the World and the rest of man
Kind. SO It is fully proven that private person
is not without influence in democratic country,
and the onc.term agitation :, will probably
result either during the pending contest or
at some later time in abolition OF election
of any President by those instrumentalities which
he had chanced to get possession Of In his first
term. good deal OF Interesting matter Is OBJ
tanned here FROM the Pennsylvania delegation, mat
ter which will certainly keep the country rejecting
du'flng the rest OF the canvass. II s said amongst
th Pennsy,vanians that
THE WHOLE KU KLUX SCIIENE
was the iolnt concocton OF interests represented
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