The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-19
MASSACHUSETTS IN MOTION.
Conversions from Grant Going On ..In
ShoaIs''-General Banks SAID to he
Shaky.
Boston Correspondence Of. the Springfield Re
puhican,l

Boston Correspondence Of the Springfield Re-
publican.
Boston, Saturday, July l3.
Those wise men In the East who thought
the nomination of Mr.. Greeley at Balti-
more would drive of both Republicans and
Democrats from supporting hum have chance
now to see how much their wisdom was worth.
Not single luan OF either slide has given mp
Greeley for Grant In this latitude that can
hear OF, while the conversions to Gre6iey go
on day and night by shoals. The CUSTOM
house folks, the Grant State committee and
the Boston editors who have pooh-poohed the
anti-GranL movement are now thorough
frightened, for they find their party eA
ceedlngly shaky. Senator Wilson ls I'M.
on North Carollna-H that State goes
for Grant then he ls sure OF re.
election; If not, then the country is going
to be ruined right away. He is going down 10
make few speeches In the "Old North State"
himself, contrary to bis past intention to make
his first stump oratlons In Pennsylvania and
Indiana. The sooner be goes the less he will
get mixed up In Buffers schemes, which will
depend largely upon Wilson for their SUCCESS,
and will come TO q head within the next TWO
weeks unless all signs fall. II is not expected
here that Charles Sumner will take the stump
against Grant In North Carolina, but he will
certainly have an opportunity in Faneull Hall,
when he comes home, TO tell his constituents
what he thinks about Greeley and Grant. The
Greeley movement here, as well as In States
further West, is fast taking the form of great
popular uprlslng-not noisy and singing
one, like that OF l840. but quiet and BUS
tanned political revolution. The men that are
now Joining In 1t are not only the Democrats
of all kinds, and the unsteady Republicans,
many of whom went for Butler last year,
but staunch old snti-slayery Republicans
hat a hnF fnH h,,ff . fnn
regular candidates. I meet such men every
day, and their adhesion 10 the Greeley ranks
is fast making the election doubtful In this
part of the State. The Boston city govern
ment, In all Its political diversity, goes almost
unanimously against Grant, IL IL said, and
very largely for Greeley. In New Bedford the
Republican city committee 10 touched with the
more or less Of 1t. Mr.. Summers hesitation in
pronouncing for Greeley does something to
! mold back many who would otherwise join the
Greeley party at once but 1t 1880 plain that
| he Will eventually go that way that the pro-
gress OF the revolution ls not much impeded.
There are rumors of changes among promi.
nent Graot men. General Banks, for exam
pie, is said to be shaky, but most of the con.
versions hitherto have been from the middle
rank of the party.
The following gossip about the Massachu.
setts goVernorshfp appears In the Springfield
Republican:
1.-THE chance Of a candidate on the Grseley
side begins to be agitated. Some of the Dem.
ocrats want to nominate Charles Francis
Adams, (the father;) others talk of Charles
Sumner; others of F. ". Bird, and of Geners,
Bartlett. There is little prospect Of nomiua
ting either Sumner or Adams, think; but G.
F. Adams, Jr., may possibly be the candidate
Probably, however, the chance will fall on Mr.
Bird or General Bartlett, either OF whom
| would make good run, and against Butler
/ could be elected"