New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-05-02
The Cincinnati Convention.

This remarkable body assembled yester-
day to adopt such measures as, in the opinion
of the motley materials which are to compose
it, will be most likely to "annihilate" the
Republican party. 1t will be made up of ex-
rebels, disappointed office-hunters, hungry
contractors impatient for JOB" JOHNSON
defaulters and thieves, ex-officials OF high
and low degree who have been kicked out OF
fat places for dishonesty or incompetency,
British free traders, g ferocious' protection
lists, political bankrupts, gamblers, adven-
turers, and shysters, and all who being at
the bottom of the wheel think that any turn
must raise them a little higher at all events.
SCHURz, Upton, and FENToN, already oc-
cupy high positions. But they all understand
that they have no hope of a renewed lease
of Office from the party which elected them
to their present positions. They, too, like
the hungry crew of office-seekers who COM
pose the mass of the Convention have moth
ing to lose and something possibly to gain
by throwing up their present hand and going
in for new deal.
Never having any honest and disinterested
regard for the principles of the Republican
party, they attached themselves to it, like all
camp followers, for the sake of the plumber
they might gather. Having gorged them
selves fat on the spoils, and having nothing
more to gain by professions of fidelity, they
have thrown off the fiimsy guise of patriotism
and have deserted to the enemy's camp by
the way of Cincinnati. Their professions of
Republicanism is of course fraud only in
tended to mislead the public as to their real
destination, and save themselves from the
consequences of their treason until they are
fairly within the enemy's lines.
OF course the stupendous game of decep-
ton they are practicng upon the public will
be continued until the people, in November,
shall have pronounced their verdict of 9uiHy
against the shameless impostors by re-
electing Gen. GRANT. To this end they will
nominate for President some nominal Repub-
ican--a man who dishonesty clings to the
name, but has abandoned the principles of
the party. Among the aspirants for leader
ship of the movement designed to betray the
Government into the hands of the rebel
Democracy, are GRAFT BROWN, LYMAN
TRUMBULL, Judge DAVIS, HORACE GREE
half dozen more Of the same grade of pat
riots.
The authors of this Cincinnati farce have
sense enough to understand, unless they are
as idiotic as they are dishonest, that any
chance the ticket they may nominate has Of
being elected is dependent upon its adoption
and support by the Democratic party. With
out this support there is no more probability
of its success than there is of their being
transported to heaven bodily. And lift should
be elected in that event, Of which there is
not much more probability, it will be a Demo-
cratic victory, and will secure Democratic
Administration as surely as the election of
regularly nominated Democratic candidate.
This the authors of the movement not only
know but desire. Whatever their professions
may be they are as anxious to destroy the
Republican party as they are to defeat Gen.
GRANT. If this were not true, they would
have remained in the Republican party, and
there made their fight against his nomination.
But they started this movement and resolved
upon this bolt before single State had
elected Republican delegates, before the
Philadelphia Convention had been called,
and before any general expression in favor
of Gen. GRANTS denomination had been
made.
This detection. is based on opposition to
the Republican party and it's principles as
we'll as on personal hatred to the President.
Indeed avowed opposition to all leading Re-
publican principles preceded their demon
stration of animosity to Gen. GRANT. The
most of them, therefore, are guilty of the
most shameless falsehood, as well as the
grossest deception, in alleging that they are.
actuated only by opposition to his renomina-
ton. Their treason is to Republicans, and
was meditated long before they commenced
their personal warfare. That is only pre-
text for acts that they felt needed ustifica-
ton of some kind. And in giving the one
they do, they are only exhibiting the same
dishonest trait of character that has marked
the whole lives of most of them.