The American Democrats do rot hold their Convention till July
8th, but in the preliminary State meetings Mr. Cleveland, Governor of New York, is always nominated, and the Independ- ent Republicans have announced that if be is chosen they will vote for him. He is supported as a man who will purify the Administration, keep peace abroad, and at home use patronage well. Two or three of the Southern States even have accepted his name, and biographies of him are already appearing. There is, however, still some doubt. The decision of Mr. Tilden is not yet announced, the Western Democrats are often unruly, and there is a wing of the party which regards the prospect of a "high- toned " Administration with no particular favour. They would have to spare their opponents, and the party having been de- prived of power for twenty-four years, longs and thirsts for offices, and for a large dismissal of obnoxious Republicans. The New York Democrats have shirked the question of Free-trade, by leaving it out of their platform, which does not look like de- termination.
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