, 1880-05-30

defeat rather than resign their Consu1snlpi
but the Southern colored man has no Consu
ship to resign; and his horror OF suprem
Democratic control In the Nation Is create
than the fear Of the displeasure Of the Synd
cate.
Another prominent feature Of the situation
is the effect of the disfrauchisement OF tn
ten Republican districts of Illinois. 1t mai
ters not what the Convention may do In th
premises, public sentiment has already de
clded this contested case in favor OF distric
representation. It is seen that any othel
course puts the State OF Illinois, with he1
twenty-one Electoral votes, in deadly peril
And here it IS the Republicans OF Men
HAMPSHIRE, and notably of Massachusetts,
express the most alarm They are as much
astonished at
TIE TREMENDOUS OPPOSITION TO THE THIRD
TENN
which they witness in Illinois as are the col
ored men Of the South. They had hattered
themselves that the National traditions were
more firmly impressed upon the New Eli
gland than the Western heart But they
find here in the home OF Gen Grant more
determined hostility to his nomination than
has found expression In any of the old
States They regard, too, with utter aston
ishment the history, as they come to study
its details, Of our State Conven-
ton. In studying that history, re-
plete with ontragcs upon the right Of
Individual opinion, and bristllng all over with
knayish political tricks to stide the will of
the people, they realize the intensity Of
Western anti-third-term feeling which ren-
dered necessary the extreme measures re-
orted to by Gen. Logan to wrest dlshonor-
able victory from the jaws OF defeat Thus
the weak-kneed anti-third-termism of New
England is "braced upr by the yigor of
Western opposition. A New Hampshire
man, not delegate, but man Of large in
fuence, said: 'sThis difficulty in Illinois
must he healed; we must come together, OF
we are lost" But
THE TEN DIsFRANCH1sED DISTRICTS
are the strong Republican districts Of the
State; they furnish all the majorities by
which the State can be carried for the Re
publican party, it was explained. The diff
Guilty can only be healed by the admission Of
the contestants. The New Hampshire man,
like the man In the parable, t'went away
sorrowful-"
All this tends to weaken the third-term
position. The colored men from the South
and the men from New England, the de-
seendants OF the African nnd the descend
ants of the Puritan, are pondering over the
problem how to do justice to the Republic
ans Of Illinois disfranchised by the act of
the Western member of the Syndicate
, There is much anxiety as to the action OF
the NatiOna! Committee on Monday night,
when it will meet to decide upon the tenn
porary organization. Tie anti-third-ter1n
men, outside Of the Committee, have no con-
fdence whatever in Senator Cameron. The
course, up to the present time, of the men,
bers of the Syndicate has not been such as
to inspire confidence. 1t is not believed that
Chairman Cameron will keep any loose
agreements he may make with the Commit
tee i'll relation to the naming of the
temporary presiding officer Of the
Convention. The boiling trick of
the Grant men in this county, and
the subsequent outrageous proceedings
at Springfield, engineered entirely by Gen.
Logan, with the probable counsel Of both
Cameron and Conkling, are fresh in tie
minds OF the assembled anti-Grant hosts;
and they protest against leaving anything to
Tie chance Of an exhibition Of bad faith on
the part Of tile man who happens to be
OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
They say: We have thirty Of the forty
seren committeeman. They have right
to designate the Temporary Chairman.
But no natter how strictly and emphatic
ally they may instruct Mr.. Cameron,
that gentleman will still have the pow
r, at the last moment to disregard
such Instructions; and, if he should deter
mine to execute ooup d'ctut, the anti
Grant side OF the Convention, although III
The majority, would be thrown upon the
defensive. They say: Logan's cohorts tried
10 steal the organization of the Cook County
Convention, which consisted OF a two-thirds
majority against them Why, then, should
not Mr., Cameron and his confrcres be justly
Of a similar design upon the Ma
,ional Convention? A tremendous pressure
sill be brought to bear upon the Committee
q induce the deposition Of Mr.. Cameron
rom its Guardianship, in order to prevent
his apprehended trick.
There is entire confidence In the intellect
lal capacity, the wit and wisdom, of the
hree prominent managers OF the Blaine in
erest,-Aessrs. Chandler, Hale, and Frye.
But it is no dlscredit to them to state that
hey are not regarded as the equals Of Messrs.
Con king and Logan in the arts of
Machine politics; and it is feared that they
aay be seduced into compacts which their
vily opponents will take the earliest oppor-
unity to break.
a deep interest Is felt In the delegations !
rom Vermont, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, |
nd their probable course in the temporary or
anixntion Is much discussed. Nobody seems
, know anything about their views or plans. |
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