Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-05-02
SOMETHING ABOUT CINCINNATI.
What the Democrats Think About L


The Louisville Couier-JounM hasa
double-leaded editorial in which it says;
The story comes to us that certain Def
ocratlc politicians are at Cincinnati e.
gagged in a combined effort to press certaa
prearranged combinations through tb
Convention. These Democrats are unde
stood to be supported by certain wei
known Republican wire-pullers. Nov
all that we have to say is that the countr
expects genuine thing or nothing of tn
Cincinnati Convention. Now, a genuin
thing needs no explanation; it show
what it is on the face. So does contrivance
Others will be ring ordinarily. The lat1
ter is in vogue with our politicians, but il
will not do for this occasion. We serious
ly counsel the controllers of the Liberal
movement against it if they want to win;
and word to the wise ought to be enough.
A Washington dispatch referring to the
Patriot says
The Washington Patriot contains a
dOuble-leaded article, written after con-
sultation with members of the House be-
longing to the Democratic party, opposing
the nomination of Adams, and declaring
that the New York World has no eC ca
Hedr0 right to assume that the Demo
cratic party will support him if he is nomi-
mated at Cincinnati. Even if ratified by
the National Democratic Convention, it
doubts if the party would solidly SUP
bort him, and insists that Adams recent
letter makes it doubtful whether he
would accept their Cincinnati nomi-
nation. It concludes as follows {:
I'm any event, no matter what trans
pires at Cincinnati, the Democratic Con-
vention will be held, and it will command
the respect of the country, and its conclu-
sions will be accepted by the political or
ganization which it will represent. Our
New York contemporary can neither pre-
vent its assembling nor dictate its action,
nor shape its deliberations, and in the
present condition of public affairs, when
we are passing through great crisis i'll
the history of parties, tone less inf1uen-
ced by personal considerations would be
wiser and more discreet in leading public
journal"
A Cincinnati correspondent of the New
York Herald says; the Grant men min
gle freely, and fraternize with the LibeIal
and, as / telegraphed to you
yesterday, about half the money contribu-
ted to pay the expenses of the hall was
given by supporters of Gen Grant, and
number of names on the Cincinnati recep-
ton committee are we'll known Grant
men.
The Chicago Times says:
Those surprisingly liberal gentlemen
who will only accept the votes of Demo
Gratis upon the condition that Democrats
shall submit to be contemptuously kicked,
and who will only support a candidate
whom the Democrats Will not support,
should in some way be made to under
stand one rather important fact which is,
that whether the Democrats do or do not
nominate will depend wholly upon the
action of the Cincinnati Convention.
OF all the distinguished gentlemen who
have been mentioned in connection with
the Cincinnati nomination, Mr.. Adams is
probably the weakest. That the organ of
in New York should pro-
nounce for the weakest man, was of cOnrse
to be expected.
The staunch and reliable old Journal of
Commerce, of New York, says:
Butt let the Cincinnati gentlemen dismiss
from their minds the idea that the Demo-
Gratis are so weak and used up that they
are ready to follow any lead. Some old
weary of waiting for the day
of returning power, may be willing to &C
cept any terms, however humbling, by
which they may belong to the winning
party; but the truth is too plain to be lost
sight of that the Democracy is an immense
power, welded together by the blows of
frequent defeats, and that thousands of its
think they can win without any
outside help.