The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-04-20
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

He POLITICAL CAULDRoS BOILING OYER.
Washington, D. c. April 1G, 1871.
From the boiling over of the politica
,auldron I CLEAN something of the condi-
lion of affairs here. The Grant adherents
look blue and responding, admitting that
their only hope is in the laundering OF
the convention at Cincinnati in nominat-
ing candidate whom the democracy can
not endorse and citing the split in the DEM
ocratic party when Buchanan and Doug
las ran as likely to be enacted over again
in the coming campaign when there will
be three candidates in the field and rs in
that case the regular candidate ofthe DOM
liant party will win and freely admitting
that the Republican party will be, as was
the democratic party, no longer thing of
power. These are the hopes Of the Grant
adherents, and they certainly have an an
aagous precedent for their hopes. The
liberal republicans hope to present such a
candidate as will command the endorse
ment Of the democratic convention and
thereby secure beyond the filing of a
Grant careat, in the shape Of gatling guns
and bayonsts, a certain victory. There
are few members Of congress (democrats)
like Philadelph Van Trump of OHIO who
are up in arms against coalition and are
advocating defeat on principles rather
than surrender our organization to what
he is pleased to call our enemies. Such
men are impracticables or dreamers.
These men would have perfection or have
nothing. A statesman does the best he
can with the elements at command and
acts on the homely saying that "a half a
loaf is better than no bread" do not
speak of spoils but of laws which are in
tended TO check and stay the present mad
wild and licentious course of political gov
eminent, which the imprac-
tcable democracy would rather have con-
tinue to its final consumaton, us contem-
plated, than have checked until q second
sober thought Of the people righted it al
together. This class is few in number and
Of no great weight, Van Trump being tho
only one who has "spoke right out IN
meetin." The almost unanimous feeling
among democrats here, both in and out Of
congress, is that coalition on Judge Davis,
the only man whose record is wise, pa
triotic and polite, is the only means
to successfully crush out the present mill
tary despo,sm which aims at the total
subversion of our constitutional rights and
the Capitalization Of all power in Wash
ington. Such is the situation to-day, but
i may say in reference to coalition that
every democrat will be guided by the ac-
ton Of our national convention and for
this reason it is Of the utmost importance
that the liberal republicans are not in
fuenced by the quiet yet powerful machina.
tions of the Grant politicians who will
endeavor to foist on the convention can
didate whom the democracy could not
endorse.
GRANT STRIKERS oUTwITTED.
In order to prevent the Grant shoulder
hitters from having a controlling voice,
Or in fact any say at all, in the Cincinnati
it has been determined that
he delegation from each state will organ
&c by itself, thus the black sheep can be
potted, and select chairman and secre-
airy and then determine their choice for
omination. In voting, the chairman of
ach delegation will cast as many as votes
s his state is entitled to cast through its |
electoral college and by this means the
ew members present from Maine or Cali
lorna will not be over-rnn by the many |
from OHIO, Missouri or Pennsylvania.
This plan viii rule out the Vaccinations
oil the Grant clique and give n fair express
sion OF opinion. Col, Mcclure has tele-
graphed to Cincinnati for quarters for a
delegation of one hundred Phi,adelnbians
Pennsylvania is unit for Judge Davis
ana the desires of the state which indicates
which way the wind blows" cannot very
we'll be overlooked.
THE KU-KLUX ACT.
1t VIII be remembered that the fourth
section OF the ku-klux act, giving the pres
ident power to suspend the writ OF habeas
corpus. expires with the present session,
Out as Grant desires to use this power in
conjunction with guns and bayonets in
'ns next election, he desires the operations
Vi inns section extended to the end of the
M AVat
present congress The democrats hope to
defeat 1t in the house in this casa tho
republicans will, instead Of adiourni,,
take recess till November 3Oth when the
present session would expire This would
give Grant the power to suspend the writ