The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-15
The Situation mt Cincinnati.


vention reassenbles this morning the Com
mittee on the Platform will probably be
ready to report, and their report will, no
doubt, be adopted as soon rs it has been
read There are no serious differences of
opinion in the republican party on
questions Of principle or prh'ic measures
The platform prepared by = committee
will be accepted without debate or dissent,
and the balloting will Immediately begin,
and with it a period Of high wrought ex-
pectation and anxiety.
The spirit of the republican canvass, so
far as it was foreshadowed by the speeches
made while the Committee on Permanent
Organization was out, will be aggressive
and denunciatory almost to the point of
violence. More moderate sentiments were
expressed by one or two speakers, but these
were coldly received. while the most trucu-
lent assaults on the character of the demo-
cratic party were greeted with tumultuous
applause. No matter who is nominated. the
campaign will be one of the most bitter and
vehement that has ever taken place in our
politics 1t is the purpose of the republi-
cans to ''carry the war into Africa" to
arraign and assail the democrats as disloyal-
lists, who first attempted to destroy the
Union by arms. and, failing in this,
are now trying to capture the government
by stabbing and assassinating the character
of every loyal man who stood by the country
in its great struggle against treason in arms.
The democrats nre to be accused of impair
ing the public credit by advocating repudi-
alton, of a settled purpose to throw
down the barriers erected for the protec-
ton of the freedmen, of q relentless
design to put the government under the
control of the old Southern oligarchy, to
turn back the hands on the dial, destroy the
results Of the war, nullify the constitutional
amendments and put our politics in the
same condition as when the Southern whites
ruled the country by the aid of Northern
doughfaces. Such discharge Of political
venom as seems to be in preparation at Gin
cinnati will fill the country with animosi-
ties sadly out of keeping with the centen-
NAL year. This mode of warfare is to be
adopted as the only means of breaking
the force of the democratic Investigations
and the charges Of official corruption which
will be the staple of the democratic canvass
It is matter of sincere regret that old ami
mosities are to DO infamed by campaign of
violent recriminations in year when it was
hoped that so much would be done to restore
fraternal harmony.
The relative strength of the republican
candidates has undergone no material
change within the last twenty-four
hours. The Blaine men have made no
gains, and their favorite will receive no
more votes on the first ballot than were
claimed for him two days ago. But if Blaine
has received no accessions of strength,
neither have any Of his rivals. 1t is their
common interest to beat him and put him
out of the field, and this much may be ac-
complished without coalition or any conces-
sions to one another. The various delega-
tions have only to stand by their first choice
through three ballotings to put Blaine hors de
combat. If he makes no gains on the second
ballot his nomination will be impossible,
and on the third his forces will begin to
break. It would be bad policy for his oppo.
nents to attempt to form any combination
until he has been disposed of, because there
is no candidate on whom they can all unite.
But they may keep their votes by giving
them to their own candidates steadily for
three ballots and attempting no concentra-
ton until Blaine is practically ont of the
race. Blaine lacks at present about hundred
votes Of majority, and If the supporters of
Conkling, Morton, Bristow, Hayes and Hart
ranft stand firm for their own candidates
during the first three ballots Blaine can
give them no further trouble. All Of his
rivals would have to take their chances
afterward, and perhaps none of their
chances would then be very good. But
they would enjoy tho satisfaction Of
having prevented an insane and sui
cidal nomination, and of saving the
party from destruction. At that stage
it would be possible to unto upon some
new candidate aad nominate him but if
this be attempted while Blaine is yet in the
field with hopes of success the result will
be loss of control over their own delegates,
part Of whom would go into tho Blaine
camp and reinforce him with the hundred
votes which he lacks.
COLONEL FoRNEY thinks Blaine is coming
out of the furnace ten times purified, and
that having trampled upon every SANDER
and having triumphed over every opponent,
he has but to ascend into the Presidency as
Elijah assembled into heaven. Colonel For
ney is gallant and chivalrous champion,
Speaker of the House who makes rulings to
please railway jobbers, and asks their con-
sidcmtion rs favors, can be President OF the
United States
GREAT CHANCE. If the lines Of Blaine
are forced at Cincinnati, which is one Of the
contingencies of the Convention, then look