New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-10

do not say that the negro vote cannot De united
next November i'll support of any Republican who
NAV be nominated but do say and every one who
knows the South and the negroes will attest the
truth Of the assertion that the coored people
can be made to look upon any other with the
gratitude and reverence they have been taught to
feel for Gen. Grant.
The President is also the first choice of majority
of the carpet-baggers This class of politicians
the scepter of power in the Southern States fast clip
ping from their hands, and unless something can be
doue 10 arrest it, their occupation will be
Gen. Grant has, on more than occasion, stepped
in and, in defiance of law and Justice staid the tide
that was setting against them. Would any one else
have done it This is question which the carpet
baggers cannot answer.
The second choice of the Grant faction, and the
first choice Of those Of the class who are shrewd
enough to see that an attempt to reject the Presi-
dent again will be suicidal, is Senator Morton. As
the active friend and defender of the Admins
tIatOn in al its most questionable proceedings as
the great apostle of the bloody Shirt" the
who never heSitates to follow when he does not
lead his party, no matter how black the mre through
which liz march may lead the friend of carpet
baggers and the relentless enemy of rebels" unless
they happened to have joined the Republican party.
Senator Morton is the one man who would be likely
to bring back the Administration TO the proud ~
position III nelu III 1879 ana 1870, wien NliildInS
and Delano and Creswell and Ri harrison graced
the Cabinets when whisky rings lourished, straw
bidders grew rich and Uni el States Marshals in tho
Southern States piled up their fees by the hundreds
of thousands of dollars. To lie sure, Morton is
"shaky" on the currency question, and might. il
elected. recommend the payment of United States
bonds in greenbacks, but these facts would only
make him the stronger with the desperate adyen-
turcrs who would rally around his banner. He VIII
probably 60 into the National Convention with the
vote of Indiana, and, should Grant withdraw, Of a
M iority Of the Southern States He would not be
popu lar in the East in the NorthW est but, should
he be nominated. his friends would expect to make
"treason so odious" and to draw party lines close
as to bring out for him the full Republican vote.
Senator Conkling expects il is said, to carry into
the National Convention the solid vote of New York
have not heard that he has yet secured support
from any other State. OF the two, Mr.. Conk'ing
would in many respects be preferable as candidate
to Senator Morton. HIS opinions on 10 currency
question are sound, and the financial policy which
as President, he would recommend would probably
be q conservative and safe one. While he has always
stood by Mr. Morton and defended the President un-
der all circumstances il is not believed that pri-
vately he has always approved the policy of either,
or that were hc intrusted with the leadership of the
party he would have guided it mo all the question:
able policies which have done 50 mUch 10 WtaNeh
and overthrow it, But senator COnkling is person.
ally one Of the most unpopular men in Washington,
il not in the country. Ills predisposition to quarrel
with every one with whom he comes III contact has
made for him great number of personal enemies III
his own party, and should he be nominated, more
than one who is now expected to bear hls full share
of the burdens of the campaign and do his full quota
of the necessary work would enter upon II With 1T
tie personal zeal The leaders of the party also fear
that Senator Conkling would make very unpOpu-
lar President His arbitrary and dicatora dlsp"si-
ton stimulated and strengthened by the exalted
POSITION Of President, would doubtless lead him into
constant misunderstanding, with the leaders of the
party if it did not ALLEVIATE the majority Of his pollt
cal associates both in the House and in the Senate
lis attempts to lead tho Republican party. whether
in New-York OF Washington, have always resulted
in its division.
Gen Grant, Mr.. Conkng, and Mr. Morton may be
very properly grouped together as forming one dis
tinct class Of Republican Presidential candidates
Cen Grant is to-day the strongest of the three, and
il more than likely to draw the Morton and Conk-
ling delegates 10 his support But should he with
draw either before or after the meeting Of the Ma
tional Convention, his friends aud supporters are
more likely to 20 TO Mr.. Morton than TO Mir. Conk-
ling What wish to say Of other Republican can
didatcs and of Democratic prospects Will have to he
reserved for another letter. ~ W.