The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-29
,eorrr.nont,eree Of the New York Tsmea.l

What Loo DehIaeratfc COM eptiond jdfat
Columbus on the anniversary OF Bunker Hiil
T0I nave been fotti.s w hat a.fhe rfect-e
@o, K has been sud will in future be upon
political sentiment throughout the State, and
upon the. issue In October, Is q far more "a
ried and Interesting i question. WIFI the.
fullest opportu, i. FOR observation, can say
with perfect csudor that neyer-slnce tne
war, at leost-has the work OF convention
~ this State left . more unpleasant situation
In the camp of its own partly One lads
among Democrats here all sorts Of feellDg,
from moderate enthusiasm to the deepesk,
most desperate disgust. 3s4s9j s.L!' ~. I. -
In order 70 estimate more ,enectiVefy 2tne
distribution of these various shades OF senq'
,ment, a little ANALYSIS of the Ohio democracy
10 rcspec. to the finance question will be re-
ouisite. There are in the party, about tour
distinct classes or groups, ranging inlnnaG.
eial faith from blind, unreasoDable reiiapee
upon initiation to the uncompfomiSi naro-
dollar patriots Of the ancient school. ;Ene
first of these squads, the one which ca ptuTed
the convention, of Thursday last, ts headed
byg WASH: Mclean and the. Cincinnatl I'm.
ouirer, It,adyocates the Confederate idea OF
inance. To issue all the paper money that
the people want or Can use, to HOOD tne
country with :. sbinplasters % 'unul tine
workiDgm IN can, gel. ten ;dOllsrs day and
have to pay twenty five dollars. 9 barrel ier
-four, is the Eaquizer's idea Of the first great
duty of Congress-. No matter II The scheme
leads to population and national, disgrace,
It was an abolitionist war, any way, and tae
debt may as well be repudiated as paid. Fol-
lowing the Enquirer is thrOng of working
men, the traues-union fellows, who are just
sufficiently, tinctured with communism TO
none that infl.tiop will inssome way DESTROY
what they call the granny of ca Pltal."
The soft-mopey proclivties Of the Cleveland
yorkipgmen shone out very: clearly IN tne
county convention here, and they went
down to. Columbus determined, If the De-
nocracy declared for hard money, to bolt the
ticket and organize rag-money party OF their
own. But the, great, strength 81 Inc eX-
IRENE infationists in the convention OF last
week came from the backwoods districts,
from class Of grapgers who know that
lines are bard, and who read in the Weekly
ENQUIRER that if greenbacks enough were
printed wheat would be worth y a bushel
and butter so cents pound. They do mol
profess to understand finance, out they DO
not like matters as they are, and want to try
something else as unlike the present policy
"A possible. 1t WasthIs country crowd, led
nv few managers: who had persuaded
Uncle William Allen that be'eouId be made
Governor. ADD after ward President, on
soft.money platform that g, oyerpo Wered
Thurman at Columbus, and practically read
the Ohio Democracy out OF their party.
The second z class includes the Penole-
topians propcr-the men who approve lnfla-
tlop, but with some reservations. They
would double the present currency, ADOPT
Mr., Kelle,'s 3.65 coupertible-bonG scheme.
and hope for the hest. Then. there is a small
but hig ly-intelIigentc class Of Democrats who
sand pretty squarely on the Republican
fjoapcial policy as declared in their platform
OF June 2. Finally, there are the rigid, bard
monev purists., the followers OF Dir. Thur.
mar, who tniuk that the Government should
contract the currency and get down to bard
DAD immediately. These people find great
comfort In abusing the Republicans as an
ir e ,tion. party, and insist That it is q great
shame that specie payments were not forced
years ago. .nus3rajl: arfa. r..
:, With this explanation twill be easy to
understand that it was the doodw0od Of tue
party that led the Democrats into their late
blunder, and that their really strong men
have now 10 alternative but to sacrifice their
principles and consistency or sulk IN their
tents during the State cam paign. The eX
tent of tie disaffection is apparent in the
tact that Mr.. Thurman is muzzled, and men
like Henry 3. Payne, Judge Ranney, and
Judge SpauIdiDg openly den0unce the whole
business, and Will take no part in the eau.
Tass. 80 '@ -''." .'3'' e." .-''+ .-... 80. s-r
The German Democrats are hopelessly Of
Tended. Not only is the whole principe of
il Il luton abborrent to the German lempera
m.nt and education, but tie domination OF
Hon Sam. Cary, 8 rampant crusader.
G anger, and political prostitute, Is. a mortal
ctf.nce to them. The VolkS6laR, the lead.
Ing German paper Of CinclDnatl, is savage
about it, and their journals elsewhere 10 the
State are beginning to frankly admit thattin
espousing the Democracy as reform"
li,arty they have made disastrous mistake
The Gerlraps are Shire gd, and will not be apt
10 throw away their woes, ard notTlthstand-
ing the failure Of the Republicans to make
INV conspicuous overture TO induce their
return they will come back 10 shoals this
'aIl to their old place in TIT. Republican ranks.
To the nomination Of Sam. Cary aud the
pfation heresy should also be added the
Carholic-tende Of the Demo three,
acts that viii cost them neatly their entiret
German supportin this
What there il in the democratic ticket or
platform to attract Liberal Republicans no
)ne processes to see, so that the nope Of any
new strength from that. source Is practically
abandoned at The beginning. When TO all
mis- is added the fact tbat the Cleveland
the leading organ OF the
,arly in Northern OHIO. openly repudlates
he platform, and the Democrats Of Rich.
aud. the Leading Democratic county,
nave denounced the iDf4tion plank I'D
bitter terms, it will be app trent, / think,
hat the opposition has Degun this i'm
Dortant battle amid great confusion and dis
y--==have-~-thrown aw: y
Iheir opportunity to lead the Democrat &C
army of 1876. and the reproaches Of tne'r
party Journals outside the State are fierce
and unsparipg. Allen and Thurman are
both ham.struDg. in the presidential race,
and their friends, particularly those OF Thur
man, are yepgefrl and 'diSguSted. There is
4 feeling among them that II will be best for
the Ohio Democrats to be soundly whipped
this wear as the only meaDs of crushing the
npaut inflltion sentiment, wnico, if it
WINS in Ohio, will overw helm their national
next year and force natiooal
platform which the eastern Democrats can
not support. max :, u r..,rl. 81
The Republicans, on the other hand, natu-
rally gather confidence from the dismay and
confusion in The hostile camp. They are,
moreover, and have been for two or three
months past, terribly in earnest. There was
a feeling in the convention vi Juuel I'd the
like of which have not seen since the war.
The cities wanted Judge Taft for Governor,
but the country Republicans had become
reused to fighting-heat onthe Catholic ques.
ton, and they feared that some Of the utter
ances Of Judge TAFT on .tee, school CUES