The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-06-27
conference of Free Trade and
DfsaRecfed Liberals i'm
New York.
Another Triumph for Greeley.

NEW YORK, June 20, 1872.
Cen Cox vas called 10 the chair, and
stated the object of the conference TO be the
( fusion Oh The elements opposed To Grant.
senator 1rumbnll then rose. He said.
Wine no fully indorsing the nominations
81 Tie cincinnati Convention. they (the
Lloerai Republicans had gone so far that
retreat was i'm apostolic. II a man of ac-
Ano"iedged reputation could be brought
INTO The Held he (TTumbull) would support
him but under the existing state of affairs
ne saw no option but 10 support Greeley.
bEitI remarks were made by several 9TH
ers. anu the conference adjourned at G
O'Clock TO meet again in the evening.
AZ the evening meeting of the conference
carr Schurz proposed that there should be
a eau by States to get expression OF sem
Ilnent, and that there should be one repre-
sentative from each state.
Inc hrst state called was Alabama, rep
resented by Forsyth, who went for Gree
ley.
Rice, of Arkansas. went for Greeley.
The next State called VS. Connecticut,
represented by Hon. David a. Wells, who
salq IN speech that he was determined
under any circumstances not TO support
Grant whether he supported Greeley or
not depended very materially as to whether
IN ms opinion Greeley was the most favora-
bic candidate presented.
EX-Gov- English said that the Democrat
&c party in Connecticut was all for Gree
ley.
Henry W. Hillyer, of Georgia. made a
speech strongly in favor of Greeley.
Horace White said that both the Demo
cratic and Republican parties had served
their purposes, and that Greeley had best
cut into both
Gen. Fitz Henry Warren, of Iowa.said he
had not been in favor OF Greeley but if he
should be nominated at Baltimore he would
carry his State for him.
kentucky was called. Henry WatterSon
. in h.-h. Of hn n
aud IN an earnest and hearty appeal he i'm
pIoTed union on Greeley and Brown as
the Only means for the emancipation OF the
south He represented Kentucky TO be al
most a unit ia favor of the nominees OF the
Cincinnati Convention.
NJ. Atkinson, OF Massachusetts, said that
he "as Tor free trade, regardless of Greeley
or Grant.
On the part of New York. Parke Goodwin
made a speech, in which he strongly de-
nounced the idea disappearing Greeley I'M
der any circumstances.
Judge Narr, OF New jersey, and Judge
| BTinkerhof, OF Ohio, made strong speeches
tor Greeley, and against the boilers from
the Cincinnati nominations.
NEW YORK, June 2l.-The conference
continued until after O'Clock this morning
| Carl Schurz making aconcluding two hours
speech. He gave reasons why a sense OF
duty moved him to support the Cincinnati
ticket There had been manifested through
out the South disposition toward thorough
sincere, aud permanent reconciliation ko1
feeling through the success of this move
ment. The hand of friendship and cordial
ity was outstretched by the men who haC
been fighting against Us during the war.
They were prompted TO this by the feel
ing that the Liberal Republican movement
was for the acknowledgements of their peo-
pie, a.d their relief from An Oppression nc
| longer endurable. Any movement looking
directlp or Indirectly, TO the reelection o
Grant and TO a continuance of that oppres-
sion, would be 10 strike back and repel witt
insult those outstretched hands. He, fol
/ one. under no ircum stances, and for nc
/ consideration. could take any steps looking
/ directly or indirectly TO Il continuance o.
/ this Administration, and the repelling O
/ this tendency towards reconciliation be-
4 tween the North and the South. lie spok,
/ of the intensity of party despotism, the i'm
1 possibility OF the accomplishment Of re.
/ forms without driving the present Admin
/ istration from power. He would be glad tC
/ support some other Reform candidate thar
/ Greeley; but it is now too late. There is nj
/ possibility now for Il new ticket 10 be in
/ dorsed at Baltimore. If some movement OF
/ this kind had been made Immediately after
/ the Cincinnati nominations it might have
/ had some weight; but it was of no use Il
/ try TO stir molten iron after it has got cold
| SchuTZs surrender broke the backbone o
the conference, and it adjourned sine die
/ immediately.
| The Free Traders at once issued a call fol
another meeting for this morning,
! The Tribune says, editOrially: "The re
! suit of the conference is Il great trium pl
/ for Greeley. 1t showed overwhelmingly
/ the Sc timent. even among such discomfort
/ ed free traders as Brinkerhotf and Wells, il
/ favor of the Cincinnati ticket, and drew
! from Schurz cogent, magnetic, persuasive
appeals for harmonious support of Greeley