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Show THB POLITCAL CDRRENT. Aside i'roiLi ti.demoniiuaimn which J prevails in tlio Ppublicim cumji,tUero arc otlior obvious reaona wliy hhrewd j politicians are now wnf cMu the indi- ! cationtt that point to a ehanjre of ad-niini.itratinn ad-niini.itratinn at the ri'-st clt'cf ton. It i.H very seldom that a national party can rally njJTicierit strength to carry tuur con-equlivG clcciin.s, without -'iu:o ncrc isnf: to to bef'oro Mi; poplo. It' tho opposition have nothing better 10 Gitcr than lh' (Jratit piny, tho latter lat-ter may :'ip through ayaii;; Lut it 'ifl voy iiuprnijabL lliat the KepuhHcaiiu Villi be allowed Lo walk over the field for (he lack of an cftVetivc opposition, bolli in repaid to a platiorui and a candidate. candi-date. It irf well known that thu boasted utiiou and harmony oi' the He-publican I)ariy is only upon . the purt'uea, and that the (rrcat efforts Miieh the followers follow-ers of Grant are making to secure his re -nomination will meet with quiet but c fleet ivo oi'po-ition, which, although not likely to .succeed, will constitute n considerable element of force in the campaign, that hid opponents will uut be slow to take advanloo of. It is al.io known that General Grant Uoob not represent the highest and liodt ia-inula ia-inula and elements of his party, cither in a. moral or intellectual view; that he is not surrounded by its ablest men, and it is now daily asked by Republicans Republi-cans who havo no concern in tho mere working of politics, whether tho reelection re-election of Grant will bo a triumph of progressive Republicanism. The great majority of Congressmen, of couruc, ostensibly os-tensibly favor him for obvious roasons-, but many of them oven would be roady for a break, could they sec a fair opportunity op-portunity to loavo his standard. It is however, to tho non-politicians among the Republicans that wo shall have fo look for tho moro effective opponents oppo-nents of the present order of things. If button percent, of this independent class of citizens shall unito with the opposition opposi-tion to tho Ropubli cans, Grant will be defeated by the people. Cut this class can only be rallied upon sufficient grouuds of public policy, to render it probable that tho opposition, if successful, suc-cessful, will niuko a radical change- in tho practices and systems which have grown into notorious abuses of the public confidence, and will install into the highest places more able and dipnilicd statesmen thnn now fill our departments depart-ments and bureaus The political convention con-vention which shall eliminate a platform plat-form of principles tending towards the pouerai decentralization of the government, govern-ment, free trade, the decrease of political polit-ical patronage and an absolute veto of partisan appointments to sub-ordinate positions, will be likely to carry the next Presidential election. The time is ripe lor a real ref'oim such as fhc Republican party U not likely to in-aygurate;butwhich in-aygurate;butwhich the people will support, sup-port, if its outlines shall be clearly defined de-fined and its principles go far enough in the ri.ht direction to enlist their attention at-tention and give them something to thick of and act upon. The strength of Grant, under such circumstances, wiil bo found to have very lit t lo substance. |