New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-01
THE SPIRIT OF THE GATHERING.

MODESTY AND DISCRETION OF THE DELEGATES
LARGE AIMS OF THE CONVENIlON-PROIEC-
TON AND FREE TRADE CONTROVERSIES TO
BE MADE sECONDARY-TIIE REUNION AND
REFORM MEETING-CARL SEIZURES RECEP-
TON.
IRON A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF TBB TRlBUNBl
CINCINNATI, April $0.-fhe local demonstfa-
ton for Reform into the midst of which the delegations
from Ell parts q The country are introduced on their
Arrival hefe increases in weight and dignity with every
hour OF the excited discussion which engages all mems
minds Whatever the Liberal Convention may 90
toward organizing this great uprising and securing 10
fairfield and free fight in the political arena, I'm
cnnati and Ohio will deserve the supreme credit Of en-
terng with the utmost honesty, earnesness and ygor
into the movement OF principle and statesman
Ship not Of scramble for office, or personal disafec
ton or partisan prejudice Up to the present moment
the representatives Of the movement have evnced
remarkable discretion and modesty Their first desire be-
ing to the work to which they have put their hands
take national proportions and become representative
effort of the American people vndicate the purity the
integrity and the dignity Of republican government,
they extend TO all who with these large aims in
view the most cordial welcome, and expect nothing less
than that the issues Of time will be freely
preached here, candidy considered and passed upon
with the largest and wsest consideration first for unity
in national administration upon honest basis Of equal
Justice and second honorable controversy before the
people upon those issues which the open questions of
our politics in this spirit and in this only Much OF the
local interest in the Convention has more or less pro-
nounced Free Trade character but with disposition TO
make offensive point Of contention in the discussion
and settlement Of principles 1t is cordially recognized
both by the special friends of Free Trade here at
Cincinnati, and by the journalists and statesmen who
uhere from all parts of the country, that
supreme question rules the hour that of the National
Administration, Of reform principles OF government,
and that the changing OF existing laws to favor Free
Trade Protection may be made secondary matter in
juncture momentous that which this Convention
marks. Accordingly, the common effort which gains
favor all hands, and finds most favor with those who
have the largest wisdom and the most honorable mo-
tives to adjust the considerable and important diff
ferences Of delegates other questions basis Of
national honor honesty and reform, and secure TO the
Liberal movement strength equal to its great aim
Of making the National Administration of law respect
able. Several Of the most prominent journalists jurists
and political leaders of the country have earnestly and
dispassonately canvassed the whole subject with view
to a statement which shall do injustice TO none, shall
cover up no honest differences and shall all friends
OF reform unhampered for the grand struggle for decen
government at Washington.
The gathering OF Reunionsts and Reformers in Con-
vention alongside of the Liberal Convention VIII be
equal demonstration Of spirit and hope anmating
the masses Of the American people, irrespective OF
party lines and hOnOraby forgetfu of the ranking diff
ferences Of other days While the Liberal Convention
naturally takes precedence significant political ex
preston great interest attaches the other body
peculiarly representing the feelings of reunited people,
the new Joining at Of sundered hands and the Te
tablishment Of national interests basis less
broad than that of all the people OF the
tire country. This wing OF the movement here,
the Reunion Convention, enists unaffected feeling,
and the local managers anxious that this part
OF the great occasion shall have its full place and
weight The men who report delegates TO the
Reunion gathering from the Southern States bring with
them an overflow OF cordially, ZEAL and faith in the
better time coming with reform in national politics,
which promise everything for tho work in hand. IL Is
expected that the two Conventions viii virtually net
one body either by actual union after separate
izaiOn or by the concurrent action OF the two bodies
The German element, which is immensely interested
IN the Reunion movement, opened the ball. last night,
with enthusiastic reception OF Carl sohurz, which Is
still the talk Of the II TO have been at Wash
ingon Platform OF the chief German resorts IN the
city, hut the crowd great as to compel an adjourn
ment TO the great Turner Hall, which was packed IN
few moments without inch OF standing room 10 spare
while large crowd had 10 remain outside Inc spectacle
of the OF this Immense German nOhg lnlO their
favOnte headquarters, with string military musc' aud
every man tranping enough for squad AM Tie big
hearted German enthusiasm roaring from thOhnndh or
sturdy Drcasts idea NJ the power when -
behind this II Cir ScuIZ thinks he mas an
army Of voters at his back be Is not without multitude