Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-03-20
Whole No. 1891

I the place which was occupied by Cal
houn in 1882 against Jackson Mr..
/ Trumbull takes the place which was
filed by Mr.. Chase in 1854. and Mr.
/ Greeley comes up, as usual, to head
off the party favorite. He is the
clown of the ring, as completely
established and as great favorite In
in his line as Dan Rice Moreover,
he IS "Our later franklin :" but still
he has his Custom House account to
settle with Grant, Conkling and
/ Murphy, and he has reduced il to
the "One-term principle" And Tom,
Dick, Harry, and all the rest, this is
all there is of this Independent, liberal
reform, anti-Grant republican eOali-
ton. From the management of Gov
eTnOr GTatz Brown, in little Missouri
gathering, these disappointed repub-
/ lieans, outside the kitchen, are 10
have a national convention at CiD-
cinnati on the 9Th of May, and
the result will probably be another
/ independent Fremont and Cochrane
Presidential ticket. The i5ea at the
bOttem of the scheme is coalition of
the anti Grant republicans with the
democracy on Liberal republican y
candidate. We fear, however, that
I it viii be fonnd as useless to try to
mix these ineongr1ous elements as
were the efforts to fuse the opposition
factions of 1882 against Jackson.
Meantime, on the 2lst instant we
are 20 have q national convention of
the labor refOrmers az Columbus,
Ohio, in view Of an independent
Presidential ticket. And here it may
be said of these labor reformers, that
If they could command the solid CO.
operation of the Trade Unions of the
and the International, as a political
organizf ton, they might at least, in
their first effort as third party, pre-
vent the election of President by
the electoral colleges. But We appre-
! hend that these labor refoTmeTs, as
politicians, are in the market, and
that in the course of the coming cam
paign their leaders, here and there,
will go off to the highest bidder, and
the party will disappear as did the
/ Know Nothing party, with the final
selling out of the remains of the
organization in New York to Tam
many Hall. The other Gtside parties
which are talking each of an indie
I
\ WOmen's Rights women, the tenn
peranee men and women, and the
unreeonstructed Southern fire-eaters
of the exploded COnfederaey school of
JEFF Davis, SteDhens, TOombs and
Wade Hampton. Wv
] We must wait, however, the regular
republican convention at Philadel-
phia for the shaping of the Presiden-
tial contest. TheCincinnati concern,
as an experimental side show, we
suspect, will be a fdscO, and these
labor reformers at Columbus will
probably postpone their projected
! Presidential movement to more con.
venient season. In any event, the
! Philadelphia convention, with the
/ denomination Of General Grant, will
crystalline the opposition forces and
/ the hOat1ng materials of the country
/ into some definite shape. The be-
wildered and demoraIized democracy, !,
all adrift since the downfall of Tam
mgny and the loss of New York in
our last November election, will await
I the action of the Philadelphia con-
I ventiOn. As soon as may be deemed
most expedient after it the democrats
will be called to take counsel together
on the political situation. 1t is ap-
parent, meantime, that their plan of
operations will be the plan suggested
by Gratz Brown, Sehurz and General
Blair-general amnesty, free trade,
negro suffrage, a war upon General
Grant on st. Domingo, the New York
custom house abuses, the appointment
of his relatives to Office, the eOrTup-
of the Southern carpet-baggers and
against the military despOtism and
the one-man power generally, as
imperilling our precious liberties,
State rights and everything else worth
having.
This plan of warfare, on :" liberal
republican y candidate and platform, !,
will bring together a powerful party
but, as on the side of the admins
tration will be the q blOatsd bond
holders" the integrity of the national
debt, the national finances and the
national currency, law and order in
the South and the :" American case y
as it stands before the Geneva Coz
ference, we think that the General
public idea of this coming Presidential
election will be make good in the
triumphant popular endorsement of
General Grant for anDther term.-
NeiO York Herald Independently