The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-08-24

ec1reSH u one President warm 10 his scas before
speculations 80 aaoet al 10 the next President,
plsssp afS adopted id. she nexs aeampaign,' and .
vs.rIsa sSd disgustcd people ere Called upon g
prepare eor selseting successor. Ihs bnsansss 81
PresfasNkms&fnx s<ems 10 be the Aaroa's Rod 10
American politics. swallowing mp all ether mat
tara a. pahasc concern. This one satdsct Is Of
.aorS spovssacs 70 Congress, every member Il
s6xxp1css some day to BE- President, Than ess.
rxtha~s slseiu the United States. That body has
der.S Syassa into i President making machine and
in uakins the President, be h ofteA chosen for
the sspsAec Of apaEty, and without single Thought
or aspiration mr. IN COED Of the country. 70 sug
r,st usa Tor ~ ofAos 81 Chtsf Magistrate, be-
csassns il At isr tks ssatson, would Be considered
the climax IL: simplicity AID nonsense; and Pre-
s.dsps ~hs wcasd really, fa good faith conduct bis
.sninissration IKE George Washington, With sx
elusive rsSsssuce 70 the public good, would be ex
communicAted by his own party 10 thirty days.
end psfsscated 70 death before the end Of his
term. =
II is not true that ths people of the United
States are q nation OF politicians or that they
need % outlet vi President. making for parsiaau
zeal. The people 81 this country are an indussri,
oss, sensibles practical poopss, w,io have neither
time nor inciination 70 indulge IN the eternri tar
Roi, and exhaustion OF making presidents. That
With I'D election Of FEDERAL, State. county and
town otoers, down to the most pitifui post Of the
ssost petty muuinipality, the peopls are bored TO
death With the exercl of the elective frauch Use,
and frecAenSay stay away fr,m the polls, leaving
assw poiiticsf racks, who have made regular bn-
,ines.of the bx!st tox, 70 manage and IN onopoliza
the election Of pubsis agents We haE ard little 10
conjacturink that uinesSn4ne out Of every hun :
dred citlssns Of the United States. don't care a
dime for ashs next Pfesidens,' sad are perfect
siliinx 10 await the progress OF events, only too
has " II they can pursuef their various employ
ments.fn psacc, and secure the rewards Of honest
labor There if q resi- snd q broad Distinction be-
tween the People and she Politicians 1t 10 only the
latter. 10 whom Politics il regular vocation, who
ksep uothe everlasting turmoil spcnth subject,
. ,urmoil which to the People 10 tedioss, wear l.
some gsad ssnsslsas. - ~
Tb. mssses Of this country have discovered that,
rhst they are called upon to ratify the choice Of
nouinatiors conventions, they have often no con.
,,ot * tse selection OF candidates, but that tia
nsrior finssse, 2ire working and intrigue of che
s.v have more inauasce 10 procuring the monica.
tim * candidates than IS honest preferences q
The many. They perceive tsnt the business oil
PRESIDENT making is one in which thsi.part is that
=, mon soldiers who are to carry ousthe plans
Ia o-der, Of their commanders; to defepd a GER
..,n hau which IS placed Id their hands, arH some
t;v.sto shout for . name which they never sssors
Ir.w Nbw 70 pronounce This kind of business, ii
xh,eb tnsy al. sit the work. and others exersis,
III n. povss ssna receive MI the glory and t.,
"no,s Il not 90 faseisssrg that they desire to b,
.pn,s.d IA It without ahy .ntermission Mors
o-sr mother fact hiss soe~ 5st -ooied the popuIa
ona ns,r,otic ardor Of primitive fstses The Peep
s.. snhssrysd that, somehow or osser, the FRS
nan 81 The ,astion cannot resch the Presidency
Fra, "a Calbounp, Clays and Websters never a,
,a,n srbes position for which they were GREEN
nsntiy qualified, but are sometimes laid a.,ie TO
.o,,,,rssus Of local notoriety. whose best friend
lpor,f ns..r have predicted for them such an 81,
,,.,,ou, II may be tho fault of the People thea,
ya,...4,hs a the wissss sad the best of their coun
tryrsn 90 down, unrsvsrdsd. to the grave; tina
tbs country loses the guidsnce and the glory @
It's irst misds; but no matter where the fault o
civ. the public interest 10 snail In politica
aramss which exclude from their battle fields tb
sreat heroes Of the age, or, only admit them t
pet tseti, ikrbm,niousiy, with foul missiles, fror
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