The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-03-08
THE PREs1DET1AL FREE FIGHT.

There is no telling how many com
petitors we are to have in the ring
for the Presidency. The present as
pect of the struggle shows how deep
ly dissatisfied the people generally
are with the present government and
the existing party organizations.
The Herald, of Saturday, after dis
cussing the nominations of the Labor
Reform and Temperance Conven-
tons, respectively, thus speculates
on the movements and combinations
of the future:
And now we come to the Cincln-
natl Liberal, Reform, anti-Grant Re-
publican National Convention, APP
pointed for the goth of June next.
In connection. no doubt, with this
movement, the Democratic State
Central Committee of Ohio, held a
meeting on the 22d, at Columbus,
and adjourned until June 10, with
out giving any date for their State
Convention. And again, on the 22d
instant, the Democratic Central Com
mittee of Illinois met incaucus, voted
down all motions appointing a day
for a State Convention, and adjourn
ed to the 8th Of May, which will be
two days after the assembling of the
Cincinnati Convention. At the same
time the National Democratic Com
mittee, of which Mr.. August Bel
mont is chairman, and which is cloth
ed with the authority to appoint the
time and place for the national party
convention, remains silent. We con-
clude, tn erefore, and we think it may
be safely assumed, that the Demo-
Gratis expect great things of this
Cincinnati Convention. We suspect
that there is an understanding be-
tween the Democratic leaders and
Governor Gratz Brown and MIR.
Carl Schurz, the Missouri managers
of the anti Grant Republicans, to the
effect that the Cincinnati Conyen-
ton shall nominate mixed ticket
and platform acceptable to the De-
mocracy, and that tue Democrats
are to wait for it. Next, it is gener-
ally understood that the Democratic
National Convention will be held
back to take any advantages that
may be offered against the ticket or
platform of the regular Republican
Convention, which meets at PhiIa-
delphia on the 9th of June.
Here, then, is the joint stock oppo
sition programme for the defeat Of
General Grant. The labor reform
ers have taken the field, and for flu
sion with the Democ, ats the Dem
ocrats are holding back for a fusion
with the anti Grant Republicans,
and the ultra temperance and wo-
mans rights men have organized a
guerilla party, to pickup all the loose
materials from the other parties in
the contest, not forgetting little
trading and swapping of horses on
the way. Meanwhile the New Hamp-
shire election approaches, and the
temperance men and labor reformers,
and Mr.. Summers special friends, all
working to the same end, may give
the State to the Democrats this year,
as they did last year and they may
do the same good turn for the De-
mocracy in Connecticut. Mr.. Sum
ner, Mr.. Schurz and Mr.. Trumbull
have been making speeches in the
Senate for this purpose, and it is said
they are working well among the
New Hampshire Radicals of the old
school of our earlier Franklin; and
"our later Franklin" is putting in
his oar, too, right Justify in the good
work. Taking all these hostile move
ments and all these odds and ends
together, there is some prospect of a
desperate and most exciting strug-
clio for the defeat of General Grant
but for him or against him, as things
now appear, much will depend up
on the first gun from New llamp-
shire.