The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1872-04-18
THE LIBERAL MOVEMENT.

The recent demonstration at Cooper Insti-
ttte, New York City, in favor of the Cincin
shnaEi Convention, was very largely attended
Ina great city like New York, with It's 3d.
900 democratic majority it cannot be clearly
1ststed whether the audience was composed
5pripcipally Of dissatisfied republicans, or
@Hhether the majority was constituted Of Gu
FLOWS straight republicans, and cxhi.irant
democrats, OF not. The speech Of Senators
s@'runbuIl and Schurz were, however. sufi-
GENTLY pointed to show that they we're in ear
.ot1est and that if all thought with them, there
oa~Qeld be short work with the present admin
ot'istration in November next.
s,aa We were foroibly impressed. in pcrusing
lthe.masterly effort Of Schurz, with the evi-
Iaadat sincerity Of his purpose. He regards
b'the institutions Of the country as in eminent
:. dapger, and approaches their discussion with
a clear conviction on his own mind that if
the centralizing tendency Of legislation and
i. exercise of executive prerogatves is rot
- CHECKED, aud reversed, the whole fabric of
-e5censttutionaI government must fall. He
fntabas the broadcast and most patriotic view of
ydaFp national questions, and discusses them with
Ia q flrvor and ability that cannot fail to make
.Toa deep impression upou the popular mind
sd mr. Schurz assumes that thesspresentmove-
msnt is above all parties that the Republi-
=, cau aad Democratic parties have run their
g7oeourss have accomplished their dcstinies-
uruaad that a new party, based upon the coussi.
hHatsss;on as it IS, moved by anhonest purpose to
-sl ADMINISTER the affairs of government uniform
4si6l y, under IL, aud extending to all sections
.ssaaad to every citizen the rights and privileges
Y idsseHioyed by every other section and citizen.
Mr. Trumbuls speech was more partzar,
- and many Objectionable expressions pervade
,ooit. While both are able, Mr. Schurz is far
MI: the more attractive in the style of his argu-
:ui snent, the lofty spirit that runs through, ahG
2 the evident sincerity that is at the bottom OF
)l1odt II all the prominent men who are engag-
7ataea ia it, were controlled by the same motives
= (which seem to be predominant with him.
'sss there you'd certainly DC some pausibility in
the confident expression that the Cincinnati
Convention will name the next President
pnieSfe nave very little lalt however, III tue oiu
!.eaDoiitical hacks who are now throwing up
tin tuer hats. It is with them the last resort
= They have failed to control the present ad-
Lgminstratio :--haye nothing to hope from it
another term, and therefore fall into this new
movement III the hope Of securing personal
~ benefit. We are still increduous Of the pa
a4triptsn, protested, and advise all to keep as
We aet as possible. 1t may turn out 10 be
another Cleveland Or Philadelphia izzle, such
as the former il 1854. and the latter in 1861
20 b rs indicative CT the composition of The au-
q isonca ID and about Coopers institute, we
will state that all the young democracy clubs
ma ,nd organizations marched in body to the
- renaezvou5, aad that the eight thousand re-
ported as not Being able to fad room within,
cave EXPRESSION 10 their sentiments by sing
nor z u ohn Brown soul is marching on. and
80 Rally around Tie flag, Boys The reader
ra f;ra !pr Himself an idea Of the political
has q! t1.oso vll., composed this tremendous
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