The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-05-02


in the South against Grant. The same spe-
| cial says that letter has been issued at
Washington signed by H. a. Bsrnum, New
York, Judson Fitzpatrick, New Jersey. and
W. T. Bartlett, Mass, asking for the names
of representative soldiers in the various
States to attach to call for soldiers and
sailors national convention to be held in
New York City in May, pro1., which con-
vention shall formally call upon the Phila-
delphia convention 10 nominate candidate
other than Grant, and who will unite the
party and lead it 10 victory. 1t is said this
movement was not made without the knowl-
edge and approval of Schurz, Fenton, Trum-
bill, and other liberals, and is called
wooden horse, full Of hostile men, which the
liberals have set up in the Republican lines.
THE New York World, Dem. in an az
ticle on the political situation, and referring
particularly to the Grant meeting at Cooper
Institute says, Sickles, in his speech, said
that if the Democratic party undertake TO
unite with the Liberal Republicans there
would be division in the Democratic ranks.
The significance of all this is that the Grant
leaders evidently base their hopes of success
upon the failure of the Democratic party to
be heartily united upon a common ticket.
Whether or not this union vii take place it
is too carly to say. 1t depends, Of course,
upon wha, is done at Cincinnati. But ore
thing We do know, which is, upwards Of
three millions OF Democratic voters will
vote unitsdly as one man against the re-
election Of General Grant. Upon that the
Grant leaders can count with certainty. The
Democratic party has not endured the cross,
borne the burden of Defending the Consti-
tuition, and encountered contumely and
wrong during the last ten years to waver or
disband now when it is in clear sight of
victory.
There will be intelligent deliberation upon
whatever is proposed. and perfect concert in
whatever is finally adopted. The humblest
opinion OF the humblest person in the ranks
will be considered. It will not be in the
end = mere exchange of leaders but solid
compact Of the rank and file.
The Herald (Grant) says in its leader on
the Cincinnati Convention: "It is under
stood that the Democrats are to keep in the
background; that this Convention is to be =
Republican affair; that it is to proclaim an
independent Republican party, and n Liber-
al Republican creed, and is to nominate
Republican ticket in opposition to Grant,
which with the accompanying Liberal reso-
lutiona, will be acceptable to the Democracy.
This is the appointed work for this extraor-
binary assemblsge of Republican reformers.
Will they be able to accomplish this difficult
task? The chances are as one hundred to
one against them. Let us suppose they have
adopted platform, and from which every
thing fatally Questionable to Brown, the free
trader, and 10 Greeley the protectionist, to
Mcclure, and to the Southern FIRE eater on
State rights and the Ku Klu1 has been cnt
out, and that nothing is left but hostility to
Grant-let us suppose that upon this one
idea some such Republican ticket as Trnm-
bull and Mcclure, or Davis and Scoyil, or
Palmer and Upton, or Cox and Greeley, is
nominated for the democracy, what will the
democratic managers do, or what can they
do with it? They can do nothing better
with it than to let it, as Presidential bal
ance of power, manifest iss strength in the
approaching election before they dismiss and
dishand the Democratic party.
The St. Louis Republican,, in leading
article on the position of the South in tie
coming Presidential campaign, Gays 'the
people of the South recognize the pre-emi-
nent interest they have in this struggle. 1t
Is moi with them party matter; it is not
question of tariffs, public lands, and free tea
and coifte. 1t is not, even to them, q ques-
zion of reform of the monstrous abuses Of
the civil service. These and ell economical
and administrative issues yield TO the
greater problem Of their deliverance. They
care not to take any part in the contest ex-
cept that which may contribute to this end.
They feel that what is done for them mu.t
be done BY others, and they hail as friends
all, whether Democrats or Republicans, who
propose to rescue them. For this reason,
their eyes are turned to Cincinnati, and they
do not conceal the high hopes with which |
the Liberal Convention shortly to assemble |
there has inspired them" ...-
The Chicago Post says: "On the
6rst of Nay the Liberal Republicans p.o-
pose to take their political traps over to the
Democratic camp. 1t has been said that no
roof is broad enough for two families, and
We doubt whether these two political house-
holds will find il all harmony in the new do
nestle arrangement which Is proposed.
However, it is none of our funeral, and We
an only wish them joy As joint tenants Of
he political st:ucture they are about to enter
It Cincinnati"
The n. Y. World Of yeaer,iay morning,
avs in leading article ON political matters.
sif the Cincinnati Convention should prove
rise and heightened enough to nominate
,harlss Francis Adams as a candidate fer
President, the Democratic party will endorse
lin with spontaneous, hearty plaudits Of |
Universal acclamation. In that case it will I
< of little Consequence whether Democratic
rational Convention be held, or not. The !,
onveation would merely ratify the foregooe
ouclusion Of the Democratic masses"
The Telegraph informs rs this morning !,
hat aidelegation has been chosen by the Libe- :.
al Republicans, of Charleston, s. G. to rep
esent them at Cincinnati. Among the dele /,
ates are K. E. Derr, Richard Holloway and c
leo. Shrewsbury, the three most intelligent t
nd influential colored Republican,. A a
,oyement is ON foot in Columbia 10 send y
elesatesto represent the State at large. o
"A St. Louis dispatch in our columns this q
corning, says Kanzas and Missouri have 81