The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-11

CdaI leLleI udS dppehTeQ III ma6eaCQuSeLLS
from leading free trade Republican solicit
ing an expression of sentiment ss to the call
Ing Of another National Convention. .sto, try
again to extrlcate" the reformers from The al
Tentative of supporting bad ticket nominated
by corruption and blunders"
The size and enthusiasm of the Cincinnati
! gathering, and the extraordinary interest
which its nominations excited, have undoubt.
edly frightened the administration leaders.
They had oonsoled themselves with the
thought that there was not going to be much
of shower after all. The deep feeling of dis
satisfaction pervading the whole country,
which made Itself manifest through Cincinns-
u, surprised them. Just at this crisis comes
the exposure of the fearful blundering OF the
administration in the Alabama Indirect claims
matter; an exposure perfectly damning to
Grant, who Will be held responsible for 1t by
the opposition. These leaders cannot fail to
observe that the chances of re-electing Grant,
so good few days ago, are seriously impair
| ed. Their master Is not as available as he
was; indeed, his case Is almost hopeless.
Hence these rumors of caucuses of admins
tration leaders at Washington, of Boutwell's
resignation preparatory to contest with
Grant for the Philadelphia nomination, of
Blalne's hasty visits to this city, of Grants
doleful observations to senators, and the Gu.
rious leading articles In the New York Times,
limiting at sacrifices that somebody ought to
make, and mysterious dangers that beset the
Republican party, 1t cannot be doubted that
sstrong effort is being made, by portion at
least of the Republican managers, to induce
Grant to withdraw from the race. Under all
this smoke there certainly ls fire.
The altitude ofth Northern Democracy is
still obscured by doubt and hesitation. A
canvass tEthe leading Democratic journals Of
the North shows large proportion on the
the National Convention. They all appear to be
desirous of running a straight ticket, II it can
be demonstrated that there Is reasonable
fhance OF eleetlng it.. But the troublesome
hblem is In case of Democratic nomination,
h9ot Greeley Withdraw In favor oi the
run. elphia candidate His supporters
tnreal, 1t, and he himself gives color to the
suSp'o'oNh hat he will go over in certain con.
unseno'' bis leading article In to-day's
,-.u1-a, -s is curiously complicated.
No'nlns eAa'ss,k 1t has occurred before In
: our pohtlcal nlsoos The Democracy do not
know what to do:r3reelev does NOT know
certainly If he will l., through to the end
The Radicals are IN t,,bt whether to drop
, Grant or not, and the FL Traders are in the
sulke, with no definite co-se for the future
yet fixed In their minds. NJ ,et ma ai,ppose
several things, all within the ,pge of posi-.
bllIty, and behold how singular we arc all
likely to be placed. Suppose the Aladelphls
Convention seizes the bull by t. horns,
and nomlnates Greeley and A.owp
Where are we of the Democratic rrsaa.
sion then? Suppose Philadelphia nominees
Adams What Is to become of the Denocrals
Journals and street.corner orators who have
been proclafming him to be the man OF the
epoch for President Suppose the Democratic
+ National Convention nominates Adams, what
is to become of the Democrats who have
already committed themselves to Greeley
Who can tell under which banner we will be
marching two months hence? I have heard
Radicals soy they will vote for Democrat If
1t ia necessary 10 do that to defeat Greeley.
have heard Democrats say they would rather
vote tor the nominee of the Philadelphia Con-
vention (providing it is not Grant) than
Greeley. l have heard Greeley men say,
angrily too, that they will. vote for Grant II
there is the slightest prospect of the election
of Democrat.
We shall hear and gee, and possibly do,
many strange things before the ides OF No.
vember. At the present writing, Horace
Greeley Is still the centre Of interest Friends
who want to shake his hands and reporters
who want to pump him swarm around the
Tribune door, Last Saturday he fed u Chap.
paqua, and nearly score of reporters went
after him. passenger train not being ready,
some followed on the milk train. He lodged
them, and all day Sunday they were securing
Chappaqua In their wild search. One keen
fellow tracted him to the woods, where he
he found him, with his coat Oft, try
ing to chop down tree. The reporter
whipped out his note book and began
TO ask questions. The venerable farmer took
not the slightest notice Of him and went on
chopping. In the evening Mr. Greeley gol
back to the city and took refuge at the house
of his friend, Alvin johnson. He has re-
turned to bis regular work at the Tribune Of
dce-writlng four or five hours aday aud read
Ing all the exchanges carefully on the pleas
ing topic of his nomination. A reporter In.
forms me that he sat in Mr.. Greeley's office an
hour yesterday trying to get something out OF
him, and that he could not get word. The
candidate talked freely the day he was noml-
mated, aud one of the reporters distorted his
language, and got him into trouble with Sam
uel Bowles, of the Springfield Republican,
who is supporting him. For this reason, doubt
less. Mr.. Greeley is determined to hold bis
tongue in tue future.
The local press is still discussing the nomi-
nation with feeling. The Evening Post, rep.
resentlng the free trade Republicans, Is a.!
gall and wormwood. The Times is milder ID
! its treatment OF Mr.. Greeley-showing evi
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