The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-13
POLITICAL MOVEMENTS AND VIEWS.
The Presideucy-Letter from Vice President
COliax In Regard TO the Nomination.
WAsUINGrOy CIry Feb. l. 1872

The Presidency-Letter from Vice President
COliax In Regard ia the Nomination.
WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 7, 1872.
MY DEAR SIR have just read IN the Chicago
Tribune Of the 5th the following special despatch
from Indianapolis
friends President Collar in appear to
for the Presidency.
/ do not know who Is the author OF this telegram,
but trust that you Will allow me space IN your COL
umns to say that no such "efrort" IS being made
anywhere by my wish or authority. Pub
licly and privately. In speeches ana In let
tiers, l have Invariably declared myself IN
favor OF President Grants denomination, as
well to those not friendly to 1t as to those VINO
were. ana have so written to every friend in lndl
ana VINO asked my opinion. When the ticket or
Grant and Coliax was elected In 1865 determined
there should be no aiienaton between them grow
ing out OF the distribution OF Presidential patro-
nage-in regard to which resolved not TO ootrude--
part And am glad 10 state that s' this was most
cordially reciprOcated by the PRESIDENT so that there
desirable personal and political relations. Nor can
any dlscord IN the party be traced 10 any real or
even pretended antagonism between u.s. | ieei
deeply the obligations am under 10 the republic
cans OF Indiana and the nation Tor their long .cen-
tinued confidence, and political duty to party
whose record Tor the last ten years Is the nOblest
ever made by any party IN any country or any age
induced me TO say that II the National Convention
deemed 1t wisest to ren0mlnate Tor the office lnOw
mold would accept But my interest III the continued
ascendancy OF republicanism Is FAR greater than any
personal considerations and II the Convention pre-
1ers some one else Tor the Vice Presidency and
there are many ADLER and w0rtner), no man In the
United States shall exceed me IN the cOrdality and
earnestness win winch snail support hun. am
not a candidate for the Presidential nomination,
being Just decidedly In favor OF President
Grants denomination, and nope our Convention on
the I'D viii so declare unanimously. beg Tor the
sake Of harmony polrlcaly, and to save me per-
sonaly from the suSpiclon OF Dau 1altn toward Que
with whom nv relations aud have always been
80 cordiai, mat my name may not De mentioned py
General Grant, whom believe to be the first cnOice
OF very large majority OF the republicans OF the
SCHUYLER COLFAX.
Hon. W. P. FIsHBAcK, Editor Indianapolis Jour-
nal
Referring to the above, the Journal editorially
| says:-
| The effort TO antagonize Grant ana Colfax Will
| fail. Tney are friends, and Will remain so in spite
| OF the busy bodies who have been seeAing for
Nor the friends OF Mr.. COliax IN Indiana who
have named MIN In connection With the Presidency,
done SO with a view to pace HIM In an attitude OF
| opposition TO Grant. What has been said is In
effect, thar II wnen the National Convention meets
II snail he deemed advisable IN order secure the
success ana harmony Of the republican party, TO
withdraw the name OF Grant, that Mr. Colfax should
| then be nominated, for the reason that he has not
| been mixed up In any Of the unfortunate dissen-
sions That weaken our party, ana because he would
bring TO his support all the elements OF which the
party Is composed. Mr.. COlfaX makes 1t very clear
that he does not wish to be considered as candi.
date in opposition 20 Grant, and tins Is the sum and
Chief Justice Chase Out Of the Field-Trum.
| bull the s'C0ming Man."
From the Cooperstown IN. ~ Freemann's Jour-
! nal (democratc)L
Chief Justice Chase has dismissed all thought OF
! being candidate for President this year, and
| Is IN favor OF The nomination OF Senator Trumbull
| a. the opposition candidate. Mr.. Trumbull is un-
derstood to be revenue tarin man, and opposed to
1 nhl~, T.,.Ir n
Is not sunciently restored to ADM: OF the excite
| ment OF political campaign such as we are likely
Most Of the leading democrats OF THIS STATE are al
present inclined TO accept senator Trumbu as
''tne coming man." but oppose any precipitate
acton.
che Reclamation of Colonel Forney.
washington tFeD. 1I correspondence Of the Pnila-
delphia Press-Forney's paper.]
While he Colonel Forneyl was Collector of the
Port, II he wlo!e an article in favor OF President
Grants administration. some "superserviceable
knave' would hasten to exclaim that the Colonel
| was paid for his praises OF power; and If he ven.
tured TO denounce some local politician or to refuse
| to join the scandal against a statesman
ike Colonel Mcclure, an older and better
| republican than many VINO have been hunting him
down, ne would be characterized as an Migrate to
| that same power, Thus he had 10 choose between
the shame OF being slave or a parasite. He has
decided to be neither: Many persons suppose that
Colonel Forney's resignation means opposition TO
General Grant. l 40 not think the President has
to-day a more grateful or earnest friend
knows It, But he is at the same time a
| friend of Mr.. Sumner friend OF more than twenty
years. standing, aud OF others who do not favor the
| Presidents denomination. TINS fact was known 10
the President when Colonel Forney was appointed
Collector OF your port. HIS great desire is TO unite
| the republican party or Pennsylvania, and 10 TINS
| end he viii work steadily on M, return to MS edl-
torla duties. lie feels that It Is time TO cry Halt ~
| once more TO the desperate men VINO are trying
to use the name OF General Grant to keep them In
or help them TO offices. He believes In the conca.
ton OF the old dissatisfied anti-savery leaders OF
the country. He pleads for good relations between
| tween Grant and Fentou and Insists that what Mr..
| Lincoln did with the men dissatisfied with his ad.
| miDlstratiOn General Grant ought to do with the
| men dissatisfied with his the President invited
as the Colonel lett In the early train Tor Philadelphia
| In order to attend business meeting at the Mint
tomorrow morning, ne could not accept the lnvl-
| tation.
| The Liberal Republican Movement in the
| Hands Of s'BOld Men,
From the St Louis Republican passive democrat),
| FeU.9.
| The liberal movement Is In the hands OF bold
| and able men, who Will certainly make 1t q
formidable revolt II the democracy will so
for favor 1t as to yield 10 1t the ground TO fight
on. Its fate is not In the hands OF Mr.. Trumbuu
nor any other distinguished republican who Is
supposed to stand half way between 1t ana the
regular party. SO far from II, IL may said that
the fate OF Mr.. Trumbul. and other eminent repub.
lcans Is In is hands, provided the democracy Will
anord II the opportunity Tor development, which
alone Ii needs 1t Is to be noted that che movement
publican convention; 1t is a bold defiant declara-
ton OF war against that convention In advance