The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-02-22
TlIN Other Side.


1t is best to pursue In order to defeat TIN
Radical party IN the ensuing PlcsIdcn
tinl election; but we hold 1t our duty
ms IN humble Journalist to give an oc
casional view Of both sides Of The
question" until the nags are lrolled on
ana the riders mounted. On the frs
page Of our paper to-day we print some
iorciblc and plausible remarks by Gen
Frank T. Blair, urging the adoption o.
what is known is the Liberal Reform
Movement. Below we copy an article
from the New York Wer0Id, which
takes another view Of the subject aud /.
pretty cranky on the leaders OF the Lib,
cral Republicans. 1t will be seen that
the Hcrald is for Grant first, last, and all
the time. We quote:
The anli.GrNnl, or, ms they STYLE them.
selves, the independent reform rrpubli.
cans, of Missouri. recently held State
convention, from which u call was is.
sued for Il national convention Of these
independent or nnli.Grant republicans
to meet in Cincinnati on the 9Th Of MAY
next. Tnc object Of this call was to
bring out the republican malcontcnlS
and to commit them in n new party
movement against General Grant in al.
vance OF the regular Philadelphia Re.
publican Convention, which meet, on
the 9th Of June. The discovery, howcv.
cry, has been made that TIL, in,lrprnd.
rut Cincinnati mOyrn cat hangs fire.
such nnli-lrnnt republicans ~ Senators
sumner, IrnIOn, lrnmbul and Logan
do not respond, and the venerable Mr.
Greeley avoid, the concern ns covering
a free trade coalition which he never
can NuppoW-ncvrr. never. Therefore
the engineers Of this Cincinnati convcu.
lion have agreed to postpone it till the
2Olh OF June. I'm order that they may
accept the Philadrlphia nomination. il
it be man ON whom they can unite"
Now the real meaning Of this change
of base. These men undcriand that il
General Grant j. nominated ut philn.
dclphia their independent Cincinnati
concern will collapse, like the inhrprnd-
cnt Tyler Convention OF lSli. or the in.
dependent fremont and CurlIranc Com
vrniiou of lSCl, or the Andy johnson
nrw party Convention OF l>GG. These
.antl-''ranl managers, every man ofihrm
II disappointed oilicc.,cckcr. know this.
and they have, therefore. resolved to
fight Grant, not at Cincinnati. but in
the regular Philadelphia Convention.
II they can and do defeat him there
they will abandon thcir proicc, ora new
reform party and whistle the hopeful
passive democracy "down the wind"
Clearly so; for what is the game Of
these so-caled reform republicans? 1t
is the public plumber
only thi.. and nothing more.
They have faiIcd to get their right,
under General Grant in Cabinet posi-
lions, torri9n missions. custom ho0ScS
and post Offices, and rs they dcspnir OF
amy new chance without 4 change in the
White House. and rs their only chance
for change in 1873 lies in the defeat Of
Grant at Philadelphia, they have rcSolv.
cd to bring ali their runs to bear upon
that Convention. ii they fail at Plila-
dclphia they will still have two string,
to their bow. They can bolt or sell out
to the administrations "as may be deem
ed most CXpcdiCnt.'
We cyucct to have some develop.
mcntS oft'e tactics of these reform re-
pnbIlcanS in the approaching March
election in NcW IIomnslirn and tnr;i