New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-15

SUM- in which Hawley made TO express hos.sy 20
Grant and to say that had Cincinnati nominated any
body but Greeley be could have supported the neks
heartily As matter OF fact he SAID no saeh nE gns
10 was believed the false publication w0nld not only h.
strOy his prospects and standing WITH te
hut would so affect his relations L. me t9hvenon en
the ticket that 10 name him for Vice President would Jun
part a disturbing element 10 the harmony OF Ine IrO-
ceedngs. And so Connecticut Withdrew nun from tno
Well, do not know that precisely understand what
reign Of terror" is what Is the quality OF the terroi
ism that Ia possible in republic nave seen tne e
egates together vote for ticket they dd not want
and adopt course OF action they DID not ~ their Utmost
hearts approve majority OF them peneyed INC ~,
nomination Of the President would be fatal To the
party-that other nomination possible TO 90 mace
would fraught with much peril-at the great ne
cessty OF the hour 10 save the Republican party
intact undivided, and that TO do this the only way
was to sheye Grant and take new candidate Only so
could Cincinnati have been headed on the 1ieeeS no
nation made Of no effect ana the kePu s no p p
In that direction To consider II was heres 10 broaeb
who rooted in their beliefs and sincere IN their con
victons, and who meant business, could nave t9keg
that Convention in hand and swung IL free ana clear
from all its entanglements, and thrilled the country
through and throughput by telling II the truth. NOT
after Monday perhaps. was possiDe nor without pre-
beforehand. among the delegates. OF purpose To talk
the venerable and tedious Mcchaei said in his opening
speech they should not have--demur, discussion and
each other doubted the Convention and feared the Adj
mnistratOn, and the opportunity passed.
IL would hardly be true 10 call this Convention Of
oicehOlders for though states represented
by a majority of oice-holders In the Convention tho
oiceholders In minority. Andyet IL Is apparent
enough. think. TO any candid Observer that II was an
otee-hoders Conyenton In the sense that tIey made
~ but TO send their representatives To get &C the IN
huences which were potent in its composition, 10 will be
necessary TO run down the lines from the delegates Ia
the conventions from convention again 10 caucus from
their relations to Government patronage Who pre-
pared for the the regular ticket for delegates
to the state Convention, which in turn elected the dele
gates TO the National Conyenon In nine ont OF
ten the line leads down TO Government office.
may say there is terrorism there, no in
reference with freedom Of choice True no general or
der was issued no remoest hlnt conveyed These are
puppets that do not work by wires They are sensitive
to the subtest influences, and the central mind rom
which Tadiate all the invisible chords that lead to them
plays upon them by thought, and not by touch. Aud
after all this shrewdly done. There was no noise
outcry. The man al Washington did not need to say
TO any other man earth that he wanted ren0mnd-
thrilled through all the departments Of Government
Pos tOfce, Treasury, War Navy, state and Inferior
was manetzed by it. Tde-walter, aud mail-carrier,
postmaster, collector, and assessor interpreted the
silence with an office holders instinct aud took Their
instructions accordingly.
They did their work. and though the machinery Of 1t
was all concealed, they did the best they knew.
Was IL strange that the men who ren0mlnated Grantn
the face OF all the opposition TO his administration, and
overheard his associate against whom no accusation
could be brought except that he had been through all his
office single hearted in his devotion TO the party
and his loyalty to his chiefi The President has not bad
truer friend than Schuyler Cofax. A year when
talk about the succession first seriously began Mr. Colfax
the most prominent man IN the nation for the place
Had he been careful to avoid the suspicion OF dis
loyalty TO his chief had he simply kept silent he
urged to do he and Gen. Grant would have been the
Philadelphia nominee. But he resisted all overtures even
TO keep silence and publicly urged the denomination OF
the President There more of sefsaerihce than good
in it, He received the reward OF his unselhshness
when the Convention that renOmnatcd his chief reached
out and took his scalp The queer feature in the Vice
Presidential contest the influence in IL of the news
paper The Washington correspondents OF the me-
tropotan papers had taken great dislike to Coa4 and
a corresponding ondness for WILSON, They were conse
queDty arrayed in solid column against the one and or
the G eG Te p MSeHpSb soT OF M S. louis Demo-
erd who had been for many years washington cores
pondent, smoothiaced young looking man. DrisntS
wry and active, crisp and in ana
one OF the leading journalists OF the west He WIN shaw
another indefagsole worker eOrtesponoehs o. nan soa
the YicePresidency IN hand on Monday, ana ana
worked up the event showed % 10 ovs @pSI WILSON, Gr
as dislike for Cofax that impeled them. They
arguments and carried thelr point SIMPLY p P
nobody i'll that Convention cared enough Tor the man
for him. Indiana made something OF an effort but it
was only the State for Morton ana not out OF any
the way Of somebody else. Gen. Hawley might nave
had large part Of Wilson's vote had the Connections
haved with any pluck when they got together sunday
and Monday and until Tuesday noon, tne
But il Convention that was easily scared III was
always on thin lee Nobody dared TO speak loud except
in the howl over well established portions OF the pro-
gramme. And so Hawley's opportunity went by
hui little space TO speak There was long incubation
IT, and it is said there was much difference OF opinion III
by general chopping on and doyetailing, and read
j1stng OF paragraphs clauses, and sentences II Ia.
Something OF that appearance. Compared with the
platform adopted at Cincinnati it is awkward IN con.
sruction, shuing and loose in expression, timid and
hesitang when it should be bold and ouspoken, yer
bose where il should be brief and lerky where u SHOULD
be clear and concise; in short habby. have no space
or time to-day, notice Its provisions III detail fel
hans IL not necessary. For this, In most pat
forms there is much rubbish that need take no ac
count Of IL is little consequence that the dominant
marty I'm Congress should say in convention that 10
favors the abolition OF the Frankng Privilege and Civil
service Reform and such measures as will encourage
American commerce and shIp-buIldng, and that II OPP
poses land grants and interference with the rights or the
States and all that when IL gives the lie 10 all these
PROFESSIONS in It's congressional action There's very ut
lie sense and truth in patys coming Out OF
a Congress in which it has an overwhelming majority
and deliberately resolving In convention tnat tLey arg
in favor of they have secuted aud laughed at ana
voted down. That's organized lying.
But there something In this hudde OF resolves, SOFT
Of conagon OF the convention and the party from which
we can gather its spirit its animatng influence u lies
cured up the selfgorihcatlon of the hrst resolution
and &c sets Cincinnati and Philadelphia as think iary
at issue. 1t may be stated almost In word tlneinna
said We are brothers," Philadelphia, Me Dl2 lhnh''
Cincinnati turns her back upon the reIs and ds sohs
of me and with face aglOw leans forward 10 Iu
lure of peace goodwill Philadelphia folds us arms
Iva -' ISAAC H. BROMLEY.