, 1880-04-12
NO DEMAND FOR GRANT.


a letter from IhaT.ow Weca-Tho
svalh or premature .uu uuRment IN vac
Selection or OandsdRte-1sHect Of n
"Hcrub HncoH ON Gen. Grnnt's FAfnc
-onty oho OF Hi" Original Fricnds
Nrw Yonw. Anil 8.-yo U,c E,,tIor
N.w tvA' .t ep 1,.,,.'.. 'n ~. c"1n" 49,.
mo Issu l., aWs ns.,,r,'a'.,' r,mnM T.,, .Eas ue
announcement IN haturaafb If7Ounc thns
burn, md other prominent Citizens
t..i ~ tto 11,n,,,,i,o.,. - IT,
@ a.n,,,ap..a "p ~ tovar - t%n r,'a.; " ..,on
sacnnscl.s n 1nSor % 81 uo '1oh,lnation Oh
stoned o dt 'pr surprise % ana eere eSs ':s NJ
avn s,,Tnr,sa nnil rcrrct is mcas,,ro,1 Itk nv
n;1h oa,9,nnta M ~ their w,s,on, md ,oi,int.
ism n e Witi,out - In ' The % siuhteat s s dsaree
strained TO believe That they ftave acted
,vttlo,t giving fhnmsclyea the bcncnt n tho
s.,',nat 80 ,.,te.t aos"r,i ,orss,,nro., ~
question In Ill is aspeets. Six 'ao"ths ago
Gen. Grants nomination was a "forcgone
conc,,,s,on.n srhore VIVA Then a ponero1 hc.
lirf that tha co,utry needed lin. lint thc
crcumstanccs G @ mr. and condItims henrina s 1eo!tt tTo
nteIv non o to csion hava ue"s ts,i,,
clanEcd It. The wave which was
waiting Gen. Grant onward has st,D
sided, leaylng him without that advantage
VNEE NlA EUlupE@lkUlHs LII k1klS hSLHlGt Ul Lie
question, shonlI not eminent Republicans in
Massachusetts and elsewhere rcseryc thcir
Judgment upon the Presidential qnestio,
until fortified by tho lntcst and best phnse of
tInt i t,os1 npon whose knowycKe @ uFsSe n exnse
rIcnca the people arc accustomed to Look for
guidance sho,ild hold themselves free 10 net t
rs the welfare Of the country requires WHEN
Of either OF the other gentlemen nntneti
would be preferable to that Of Gen. Grant,
Tho distir1Fguislsd services rendered Its
soil, Monroe, Jackson. and Llncoln, with two
terms, and can now, like Ills ilIustrln,ts pre-
decessors, with all hts countr3's lion
ors blcst," find Ills :. traest l,nppl-
ment. And llcre comes iii another reason REASON
ngntnst Gen, Grants nomination, A pervnJ-
Ing md decp-sentel antt-thirti-tcrni scnti-
,ncnt, unless it should be 1uieted by somo
sssse sEsat sa'1sTfSd sTSs "nhisI Ger" eeasa S1aHs
whether It he sentiment or a prejudice. or
compounded Of both, Is olstinateiy imprac-
tlGnb!e. It must be recognized, ike tho
"aaino lay" ie rs ~ Gne e the obSTctiyo
iican parties. ~ ''' AA 4''p'D
;5hSl Shoald dSb Rebel ,Drigad!srs with their Cor
agEIesslye, defiant, and rey9lutiennry in
nation would bo demanded by q sentiment
which would secure Ills triumphant election,
In the absence Of s,lcl. reason Gen. Grants
nomination, should 1t be enforced, would bo
Gen. Grant Is kept well Informed liz wifi
tho National Convention unless The exigen-
ctes Of tho, country call Enthusiastically for
character and standing Of one Who has @ been staa
tw1ce chosen President by the spontaneous
sentiment Of n grateful country,
:. Neither. public nor even party consIdern-
tions inspired the call Of premature Conyen-
object Of such action was purely personal, md
TINT object Is now so apparent rs 10 proyoke
4 = powerful reactlon,-so powerful, indeed,
iiohs would be repudiated. The Republicans
Of Kings County have repujiateI those pro-
ceedlngs; mid It Is by nu means certain that
n Grant delegation could now bo chosen il,
in anothor respect. Other States arc follow.
Ing the bnd example Of Pennsylvania and
New York, by instructiMg their Delegates.
II these Instructions are obeyed, The National
Convention will be anything but a deliberate
peansyivnnla and New York, 50 far Us DEE
gates obey their instructions, viii be u,lsrep-
resented. -
tirst ,,nnn'i,,ntf"n ~ kh..nati1t S@.o" @ " t!s
without Interest. In tho summer OF 1857 tho
personal md political friends with whom I
Ind long been associated In this city Wer0
united III favor Of Gen. Grant sls tho Repub-
lican cnntll,lato for Tie Presidency. Get.
nrnnt then buIng ut Long Granch, visited
him for the. purpose Of -apprlsing him
OF tho intention of my friends. After
romarking that. tic Uenerals who ind
had been siitcesslycly rewartled With liza
Presidency, / added Tint q Goneral WHO iv hai M
saved Tho Union would NOW. like Wnshin,,-
ton. J0ckson, Harrison, and Taylor, receive
his reward. In tho course Of our conyersIa-
tlon I aaid that tho Presidency woulti coma
to him as it carne To tien. Tnyior. not hv ner-
sonai or even purity Influences, hit T. Gyt tiha tho
spontaneous movement Of d RrnfeIul mamie.
lenyillE him FREQ to tiisclinrets bis tiu{v With
all oye single 10 the general Welfare. "'
After nj hours plcasant conycrsnt,on
LEFT him, snyirr Tint fio deiIonatrntinn iM ia
favor would be mnJp tIla folloWin. Inv. - md nd
that the nrDccctiinrs Of thn meeting wnii1 Il hc
presented to him by ia Chnir,naI,. Thn,nns
Murphy. This, rs hive rrlllarkcI. wns tiin
first popular movement In fnvnr az Cen.
Urnnt's Presidency. II WINS tlIa ncttnn ~ ~,
organization DESIGNED fist, by consultation,
10 ngrcu Ilrm1l 1i,O men 6est nl,niifnd
thnir YpfntnntttlI Hf&1 finally IN ,ttork hnri