Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-06-28
Fifth avenue Hotel Conference.

The conference held in New York City
on Thursday and Friday last at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel has done much o clear up
the political atmosphere. 1t has demon
strated what has indeed been plain enough
since the action of the Indiana Democratic
State Convention, that the baltimore Con
ventiOn will nominate no candidate against
Mr.. GREELEY. But this was not all tie
conference was able to accomplish, ior il set
at rest points about which there was con-
siderable doubt. We refer especially to tie
position OF Senator SchurZ and General
Cox, of Ohio, and also to that of Senator
TrumbulI. These gentlemen have now
unequivocally announced their purpose to
support the Cincinnati candidate as well as
the Cincinnati platform.
After the organization OF the conference
call of the States was ordered for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the views and scnti-
ments of tile people iii the different portions
of the country.
The result of this Interchange OF opinion
showed that it Was then too late to put 4
third ticket i'll the field with even the slight
est chance for success. Mir TFumutjll,
HXllo made the opening speech, whilst &C
knowledging his preference for other can
didates before the Cincinnati Convention
expressed his conviction that "any Other
nominations were now an impOssibiIity.'
Eut perhaps the most important admission
was that of Carl Schurz, who said substan
l.
had been put into the fell i
might have lc9n successful, it Wa!
now too late. The opportunity tha
once presented itself had been lost
and although, if he were to consult Iii
personal predictions, he might act other
wise, he felt that great public considera
tions imposed duty upon him and others
which they could not neglect or disregard
and impclled him to give his adhesion t
the Cincinnati nominees.
General Cox, of Ohio, cX-Sccretary o
the Interior, and Col. ForsythH, Of Ma
bama, spoke i'll a similar strain.
The only positive action taken b. th'
conference is embodied i'll the following
resolution, adopted on Friday at the CON
clusion of its deliberations
ResolUed, That this Conference do now
adjourn sine lie without any futhor OK
preston of opinion beyond those had from
the individual members, and that the
thanks of the Conference be given to The
President for his impartial conduct Of it:
business.
The Tribune is, we believe, the only
W Sc OF; MI
with the action of the Conference. The
New York Erening Post, an anti-Grant
Republican paper, does not like the aspect
of affairs at all, and attempts to strike Nh
GREELEY a mortal blow by rcviving Ole
issues about the war in the following in
sidious manner: The tone Of the South
ern speeches, says the Post, was this;
Gentlemen: We are SOuthcrners. The
{. South is ruined country. Our States
eshave been pillaged, our homes have been
tFburnt, our friends have been killed. FOl
C five years We suffered from war for five
q years we have been suffering from DIES
"potism. Who is the dcspot? General
Grant. Give lis anybody TO beat him
"You have given us very little for many
e'years. Give us at least this one sweet
"mOrsel of revenge"
After the adjournment OF the Confer
ence about twenty of the gentlemen who
had composed it and were dissatisfied with
its action, met together and proceeded to
lay down a platform and nominate candi-
dates. Hon. WILLIAM Il. GRoEsBECK, OF
Ohio, was nominated for President, and
FREDERICK LAW OLMsTEAD, of New
York, was nominated for Vice President.
We concur with the New York Post in
saying:
&C Although in this extraordinary cam
paign it is really impossible to predict ut
any moment what changes the next will
produce, it is probably quite safe to say
that there is not much reason for believing
that the next President of the United States
will be Mr.. GrOesbeck. But whatever
others may do, we are not disposed to
throw any ridicule upon movement which
is as sincere and direct as this"
We have now, therefore, in the field five
tickets, DAVIS and PARKER, GREELEY
and Brown, GRANT and WILSON, WoOD-
HULL and DOUGLAS, GRcEsBECK and
OLMsTEAD. The real contest is, we think
and will be, between GREELEY the citizen
and GRANT the soldier.
Edward COnigIand, ESQ.
This able and gallant gentleman has
made appointments, rs we are glad tC