The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-07
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Some Aspects Of the Political SItua.
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RESPECTING the Presidential nomina.
tons at Cincinnati, their influence on the
fortunes Of the Republican party and on
the approaching canvass generally, few
things now appear pretty clear. The
National Committee Of the Democratic
party, which is to meet tomorrow, will
certainly call National Convention TO
meet subsequently to the Philadelphia
Convention. That Democratic Conven.
tion will have two things to choose be.
tween: one, to nominate straight.out,
simon.pure Democratic ticket; the other,
to accept and ratiIy the Cincinnati ticket
Which course they will choose can
not be confidently predicted. At first
view, every republican will be inclined to
say that 1t is utterly preposterOus to ex-
pect the Democracy to support such a
man as Mr. GREELEY, a lifelong opponent
and q man who antagonlzes the car
dinal Democratic doctrines at every point.
Yet the intelligence from various quarters
shows that large portion Of the Demo-
cratic party-So desperate are their for.
tunes-are ready to do just that pre-
posterous thing. The strongest reason for
believing that the Democracy will not
make nominations Of their own, lies in
the apparent cordially and unanimity
wherewith the Cincinnati ticket is re-
ceived in all parts OF the south. The
southern Democrats are not apparently
so much welded TO their northern allies
as before the war; and il they should de-
mand with measurable unanimity an &C.
quiesence in the Cincinnati nominations,
the Convention might hesitate to take the
hazards Of different course, to do which
might cost the cooperation Of the south
ern wing oil the party in the approaching
canvass andsplit their organization fatally
nj the moment when they are hoping to
profit by the discussions OF the Republi-
cans But while there will be strong
preSsureior a ratification Of the Cincin.
natl ticket there will be counter pressure
from leading politicians who realizs that
their organization could not survive such
qualification, and who believe that tho
Republicans arc already so fatally divided
that the Democracy may run in ticket
Of their own. As yet, the strength OIL
these conflicting views is not sufficiently
developed to indicate clearly which horn
OF the dilemma the Democratic Conven.
ton will take. We can, therefore, only
speculate upon contingencies.
II the Democracy make nominations Of
their own. then we should confident.
ly expect 10 see the Republican
breach substantially healed. Even il
the Philadelphia Convention should
nominate the man most Objectionable
to the GREELEY Republicans, but few
OF them we think would hesitate as to q
choice between him and Democrat. We
may be mistaken in this; but unless the
feeling were much more embittered before
the contingency arose. VIC are confident
the great body Of the revolving Republi.
cans would in the event suggested support
the Philadelphia nominee-no matter who
1t might be. We should expect Mr.
GREELEY percmptorily to decline further
candidacy. He is virtually pledged to do
it by his recent declaration in the Irib.
"ne, viz: that ifthe Democracy appeared
in the field he should support the Repub.
lican ticket that had the best chance of sue
cess, and that unquestionably would be the
one nominated at Philadelphia, We have
too much confidence in Mr.. GREELEy's
honesty and patriotism to doubt that he
would be as good as his word. ..
II the Democratic Convention do not
make nominations but recommend their
party to support those made at Cincln.
natl, then the situation for the
Republican organization would be
one Of real peril. While the whole
Democratic party might not be relied.
on to concur in nominations of their
own Tin view of Mr.. GREELEY's hold on
the South We believe they could BIO do.
pended on to support the Cincinnati
ticket If their Convention recommended
it. Then with the whole Democratic
party behind the Republican support.
eB OF the Cincinnati ticket, 1t appears as
certain as anything undetermined can be
that ii GRANT were the Philadelphia
nominee enough. Republican votes would
he lost to defeat him. 1t would take but
few thousand votes to lose us the great
States whose electoral votes will decide
the issue. .a.
We have heretofore expressed our be.
lief without reserve. looking solely to the
unity, success and perpetuitY Of the Re.
publican party as national organization,
that 1t would DO unwisc in the Philadel.
phis Convention to rcnominate the present
Executive, because he is the one man oil
all others who, whether through any
fault OF his own or not, would excite tho
most antagonisms, and the one on whom
nwould be most difficult to harmonize
our party. Some Of the difficulties we
then apprehendcd have become even
more manifest than they were then. The