Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-04-26
POLITICAL MATTERS.

County Eagle, advocate the claims of Hon.
Julius Converse for next Governor of YER
mont.
The Orange County Eagle lavors the Lib
eral Republican movement, and suggests
mass State Convention to choose delegates
to the Cincinnati Convention.
Gov. Palmer of Illinois has finally taken
his stand against Grants denomination.
Reason: because Grant supported Sheri-
dan in his little disagree ement with the Gov
ernor last fall.
The New York Times is reproducing
from The back files of the Tribune SOME of
its severe comments on the course of Sena-
tor Trumbull with reference to Johnson's
impeachment. Then the Tribune accused
him of corruption, perjury, infamy; now
1t points to him as proof of the high char
acter of the Cincinnati movement.
The leading Liberal Republicans and
Liberal Democrats of West Virginia have
resolved that those of them who may at
tend the Convention at Cincinnati, as del
egates, will use all honorable means to Sc
cure the nomination by that body, of Chief
Justice Chase to the Presidency.
According TO the Toledo Blade, there is
not single Republican newspaper in Ohio
opposed 10 the denomination OF President
Grant. There are about one hundred of
them in the State, and not half dozen of
them are edited by federal ofiice-holders.
So much for "the subsidized Republican
Press"
The Liberal movement is not overwhelm-
inc in TOwn n choosing flaInuafaS IN bo
recent Republican State Convention, of the
ninety-eight counties, eighty-nine had in
structed for Grant, and every one of them
had Endorsed the administration. In the
State Convention there were in attendance
only five anti-Grant men, and the instruc-
tions to the delegates to Philadelphia to
vote and work for Grant was not opposed
by single vote! OF the 235 Republican
papers in the Stale, not one has Endorsed
the Cincinnati project.
The Detroit (Mchigan) Post, in answer
to statement that Cincinnati receives en-
couragement from leading Republicans in
that State, says the party there twas never
more united, confident and well satisfied
than it now is" 1t adds: within the
past fortnight or three weeks al the discon-
tented journals in this State, except one,
have been moving into their old places in
the Republican column, so that what little
dsaffection there might have been a while
ago is visibly dying out. Michigan may
be relied upon for an enormous Republican
majority next November.
\ well-iniormed correspondent, writing
from Springfield, Illinois, says that not
wthstanding 'the Cincinnati movement
has been agitated for weeks and all its pro-
motors are well known, not a single Re-
publican paper in the State, except the Chi
cago Tribune, has deserted the party; all
others with two or three exceptions, which
are non -committal, claim the denomination
of Gen. Grant as due to the popular sonti-
ment."
There seems to be an unfortunate lack of
unanimity among the Republicans of Penn
sylvania over the nomination of Gen. John
f. Hartranit for Governor. The Philadel-
phia Press says the nomination was not
made sin the spirit of harmony in the par
ty or of the interests of the State, but sim
ply 10 crafty ring" 1t asserts, howev-
err, that the party is united in support of
President Grant, so that "whatever doubts
there may be of the result in October, there
should be none of that in November"
Already is heard the voice of clamor and
discord among the pseudo reformers, bod
ing a stormy time at Cincinnati. One clique
want the prominent fea ture of the move
ment to be civil service reform. Another
clique want free trade exalted above all
else. Still another clique insists that the
one term theory be made the battle cry.
Then there are those who shout anti-con-
solicitation; others who demand ticket
composed of Republicans and a Mandy
PANTY platform; others still who propose
an open coalition with the Democracy on
the best attainable terms. The only COM
mon principle among them is opposition to
Grant.
great demonstration was made at the
Cooper Institute, New York, on Friday
night, April r. in favor of the Cincinnati
movement The hall was crowded with
people and effective speeches were made
by Senators Trumbull and SEIZURE. Sena-
tor Trumbull made a strong plea for am
nesty, which he thought would do much
towards restoring harmony between the
two sections of our country. The abuse of
the civil service was another topic upon
which he dwelt, alleging the abuses of the
New York Custom House in support of
his theory. The assumption of unwarrant-
able power on the part of the federal gov
ernment, was dwelt upon at considerable
length, and instances were cited of such
abuses at the south. All these abuses he
claimed, were to be remedled by the Gin
cnnati convention. Senator Schurz spoke
more particularly of himself OF his course
as republican, why he was a liberal, and
what he thought of the Cincinnati conven-
ton, which he believed was destined to
succeed. In conclusion Horace Greedy, In
a few words gave in his adhesion TO the
Cincinnati movement, and the meeting adj
journed.