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Show GRANT OR WHOM ? ! 'I'lio t?ijriiu.ticlJ (Mu..) t.uUicau l a.i j'i;un the duciis.sion of the next 1 !iiniljli":an nomination for the pre.-i- ' d;K')', taking firuund auin-t the re-miuiuatiuu re-miuiuatiuu of Ucn. Grant, uud pre- t:ntin.i in (ho jiopmihr Udr.-un.-rj fur t'ie convention to cliOurfo from such r iiti'iH a.s Colfax, UouiWiH, General i Jfawlcy, Sunnier, Adam, Greeley, (leu. I.'nx, Trumbull, judyi; Iavi.-, , (iiatz iJruwu, and K'jvurnor Curtin. : '"he Ri jtulAkan huld.sa It.-adin posi- . l:on of ability and influence as an iride- . .endcnt ItupubHean journal, and its i :irly di-ftcnt from the rcnominatiuu o!' icn. Grant U an cpiriude worth noting i'l tin) campaign of 1872. Kijually t :Ktiilicant ii the list ofhtatsniun whom k regards us within tlie legitimate t-oopc of the parly's choice fr tlie nicec'3iun. When suuh wen as Charles l''raneis Adann and Gratz I-Irown are re-i re-i arded by the Ripuldicaa as better j preventatives of ita principles than General Grant, tlie idea in indicative i f a considerable degree of thoughtful i hjedion to a continuance of the prc-lent prc-lent administration an opposition vhieli umhr ordinary oireumstancoM irould not fail to ueeuiniiUte force and volume, but which, in the present ilislurbed state of party relations, will atlier trengLh from other and im-iiHual im-iiHual sources. Just now the Democracy, Demo-cracy, defeated and driven to the wall in tho late elections, 13 debating the question of its future policy. There ia a strong anil growing western influence, Jed by the Missouri R ullit n ,KiA urges upon tlie party to withhold a presidential nomination in 1ST2 and cast its influence and votes in favor of tlie election of the nominee of tho anti-Grant Republicans. This niovc-jnont niovc-jnont is based upon the almost ccr-lainty ccr-lainty of Grant's rcnomination, which nothing short of a miracle almost oan, apparently, uow prevent. Tho Democracy Demo-cracy out of the Held, the nomination of an independent, conservative Republican Re-publican would be deemed a political politi-cal necessity, and tho result of tho election would be by no means a foregone fore-gone conclusion. If the Republican opposition to General Grant has any htamina Kin defeat might bo made a Hgnal ono, aud a warning lo all future i'rofcidonts and parties that assume to ignore public sentiment. A few months, however, may change the situation of afl'urs; but at present the so-ealled"passive po!icy"is the one likely to prevail. |