The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-19
The Liberal Republican Situation
Views of Senator Fenton-Mr. Gree
Icy.s CaIl,ii.sacy-ssesutts of the Late

! Tstc sibcrfi EessursAcsh oi'p"tioi.-
Views of Senator Fenton-Mr. Gree
lcy.s Can,gi.sacy-Results Of the Late
Struggle.
| Washington Correspondent New York Tribune
WASHINGTON, December b. In convers@-
ton with Senator Fcnton to-day | called his
attention TO the report Of recent interview
! of Il correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
| ncycidl with Senator SchurZ. Il part OF which
was reprinted in the Tribune Of yesterday,
and asked him how far he agreed with the
orinions there expires ed. The extract had
escaped his attention, but on reading it over
carefully he said, eyes, much has been
gained, mainly in laying the foundation for a
party Of the future, which must III the nature
of things exist, and which will, no doubt,
in due time, take possession OF the Govern
ment.'
Were you much disappointed at the result
| Of the election: asked.
81 did not have implicit confidence at any
time" he replied, "that our movement would
now be successful. During the first lew
weeks after the Baltimore Convention we
could have elected Mr.. Greeley; the Liberal
| Republican strength was always sufficient
for that with 90 to 95 per cent. of the Demo-
cratic vote. But after the Maine and Yer
mont elections it was pretty apparent that
that vote could not be held
DO YOU think that il better nomination
could have been made at Cincinnati was my
next question.
no" be said, Mr.. GreeIey's nomination
was. after all, the best thing. do not mean
that he would have made better President
than others. Davis would have received
more votes,-almost the solid Democratic
vote, and some Republicans-but not quite
enough to elect, and when the canvass was
over the movement would have been re-
-ardcd in great measure Democratic. Ad-
ans would not have gotten more Democratic
votes than Mr. Greeley. and not half the
| Liberal Republican support. Greeley made
| large threads into both parties, and brought
| the Democratic element into an advanced
! political relation, somewhat in coIsonancc
with the aspirations of majority OF the
American people. Senator TI1lmbllll,
| in many respects, would have been a
strong candidate. but not he nor others
could rally the dissatisfied hosts in triumph.
Mr. Greeley filed the unorganizcd condition
better than any other candidate could have
done. and his selection, if not good Provi-
dcncc, was the highest wisdom of men. No
other name appealed with so much sympa'
| iHN ~ t!Ic It'lt vi IiiA P''Ii', "ho NV N'h''
candidacy could assimilatc so happily men Of
hitherto differing views upon broad and pro-
rrcSsiyc principles. Viewed, then, in the
light Ct an educator for dissatisfied Republi-
cans who were reluctant to break away from
place aud power, and for Democrats whose
traditions were alike fatal to success and
difficult to remove, Mr.. Greeley's nomination
was altogether best"
What effect will the nomination of Mr..
Greeley have upon the country for the next
four years: asked.
"Oh it will bear good fruit" he said.
Either the party i'll power will correct its bad
practices and modify its tendency to central
iS,n and personal assertion at the head of
! affairs, or the movement will rapidly con-
crete and become a power in i future poIitt-
cal history. | hope General Grant will Jus'l-
ly the expectations Of unsclii>h friends, but
| Louisiana does not hold 1.-THE promise, and
Il Philadelpha postmaster does not alone fur.
nsh sufficient warrant"