The New York herald., 1872-04-02

Of Grant, will march on to victory. It was
hoped that with the powerful blows admins
tered for the purpose By Sumner, Trimbull,
Schurz and Upton to Grant in the Senate, the
New Hampshire republica would be beaten
more severely this year than they were last
year; bat battling win ds and low tide left the
democratic gunboats hard aground at the end
of the fight. No. much encouragement here
for the Cincinnati coalition, but we may do
better in Connecticut, where only few hum
dred votes are needed TO turn The scale. Mr..
Greeley takes the hint, and drums up a
bakers dozen Of republican soreheads, and
joins them in an "aflidavy' that the EN-
pire Stale Is going to Cincinnati. Nov,
then, let tae anti-Grant republicans OF Con-
necticut vote for Hubbard and elect him Gov
ernor, and the Cincin natl Convention will be q
thrilling success The loss Of Connecticut will
destroy the prestige of Grant, thousands of
weak -kneed republicans will become strong,
and, joining ~ at Cincinnati, they will there
assist as in namiag our next President.
This, then, was the issue in this Connecticut
conlest--he strength Of The anti-Graat coali-
ton against The administration. The condi-
tons Of HE fight were, upon the whole, favor
able 10 the democrats, for they were assisted by
the temperance and labor reform BUSH
whackers. and by those Invisible spirits of
| mystery aud darkness in Connecticut, the
anti-Grant republicans. Like those Of the
Venetian Council of Ten, though invisible,
these ghostly mon were supposed to turn up
where and when least expected, and they
| might play the mischief with Jewell as the
| standard bearer Of Grant. But the very fear
Of treachery thus inspired served as the long
roll to the unalnching republicans and
brought them out, and they have handsomely
done their sei-appointed work. 1t was the
| opinion OF Mr.. English last week that IT the
| republicans under the present state of things
| carried Connecticut the Cincinnati Convention
would not amount to much, aud it was the opin-
| ion OF other democrats that il they were sue.
cessful iu this reconnaissance they would not
need the Presidential services OF Mr.. Brown.
| Here We l;ye riddle which will perplex
the wisest republican liberal or old line DEM
ocratc philosc piers If the democratic party
| is unequal to the task OF coping with General
| Grant for the succession, it must, as General
| Blair says, cast about for reinlorcements but
if these liberal republicans, with all their
! camor for civil service and revenue reform,
are, when brought to the test outside Of Mis-
souri, discovered to be only corporals
guard of bowling dervshes, what is the use to
the great d-mocratic parry of playing second
fiddle 10 this Cincinnati Convention? We
begin to think, with Mr.. English, that this affair
will not amount to much, and that Mr.. Bel
mont, dismssing Mr.. Brown aud his passive
coalition policy, will find it expedient to call
his National party Convention as usual, for the
nomination Of democratic Presidential ticket,
and that it will occupy substantially the plat
form of the administration. And the result ?
The result will probably be like that of 1852,
that campaign in which the old whig party
! fought its last battle.