The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-19
The Cincinnati Convention.

The ClnClnnau SOiANoASA NJ,
The irrespective meeting of the Lteeia :
p.n,brra,,s at Cincinnati MAY lsD Is excl
tine NOR. interest as the time for Its assem-
Hing draws nearer. The HhtA ofyeterday
h,s son,e curious comments upon it, which
really afford us much pleasure. The VIII!
is one of the most ingenious papers alive. Il
turns about tho Kaleidoscope Of party affairs
and presents sometimes the strangcst PIC
lures. It does not know that the Democrats
may not yet support GRANT. 1t Is 10. -
certain that he cares about the nominati"i
at Philadelphia, and that he viii not .''1o"
himself into the arms of the "gEca. ''quo, ;,
loving and freeand.casy Democratic parry.
His early associations and incilha''o''S W.
undoubtedly with that party, and, ms the wing
s,,o,c.,s,x bc would "rcg.n his freedom py
r.t,,rr;ny TO it. As Democrat he haa
;o,,y time. There was nothing in the genius
orncmocracy to restrain his ruling proPensi-
ties and in the hands Of the Democrats nc
.ould enjoy himself ad iibitons without being
INCREASINGLY harassed by the contests OF rival
factions of his own party lighting over Tue
thunder. The Democrats controlled that
matter better. However much they caroused
they kept that straight.
Politics and politicians arc ever changing,
and so strange state Of things as that the
Whig portrays may happen. Weeks ago we
said tina. if SUMNER was to engineer the hbe-
raj movement we should likely be found on
GRANTS side of the question. We here stand
in that happy relation of very great inditfer-
cncc towards nearly all the men who have
gone along with the outrages upon the Con-
stitution and the equality of the States, and
among them all SUMNER is the most abomlna-
Bile. So that we don't want to follow his
lead and are ready to make the best of the
situation, even if that be to prefer General
GRANT. .-: ..
We do not think much about the hue and
cry about civil reform. There is nothing in
It and, rs all parties in power are sure to
seek to hold power for two presidential
terms. we think that it is of no account eX-
cept so far as it might help TO get rid of
a bad administration and elect 4 man who
promises better things. If we liked the man
in power better than his competitor we
would support him regardless of the onc-term
proposition.
Mr.. GREELEY, in his article on this Cincin-
natl Convention, makes the tariff the Chief
apprehcnded difficulty. lie is willing to
leave that question to the congressional dis
tricts by excluding it from the platform.
That is liberal. He says there are frce-trade
Republicans and Republicans who are for
the protection of domestic manufactures, and
il will be well to follow the policy Of the
party by leaving the question, rs heretofore,
to the people Of the districts.
so much mixed up have become our poll
tics---so completely superseded have become
the leading issues of other days by the CEN
tralization of power-that there is little left
out OF which to make up the sketch Of prin-
ciplcs called the party platform. Mr.. GREE
LEY, the leader of the party for protection,
gives that up; and we hardly sec what is left.
1t must at last be 4 contest pretty much be-
tween men upon the grounds of character
their honesty, integrity, experience, and rep
utation as statesmen and patriots.
The "Moderatcs" have narrow road
to travel. The aversion to GRANT is not
strong enough to make the nation swallow
any sort of ticket they may present. The
feeling towards them amongst the non.office-
holding people Is that of friendly solicitude-
a feeling that may grow into determined
and vigorous support. But should the re-
suits of that Convention offer to them only
names repudiated at the South, or fail to
hold out some hope that check is to be put
upon the centralizing tendencies of the Ma
tional Government, inglorious defeat must
be their fate.