The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-24
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,Ae A.v vas fSct conceded BY every body
TIA, he vas sAs sAote subsls, tcrtuous A~0 uu-
,cr-pu,ous Of demAgoeuse, no one, not Of hia
sy,v- unrtv. preseaAed to doubt or deny. He
had about htuA none Of the creative qualities
of IL staseasaan, none Of thsearAsity Of con.
s,ructlaG. 20 compreAensivenesa. Tue genius
OF the easly fasAers Of the Republic called
into being great nation, AAd tAat u their
succevsera developed, iny igoraisd and enlarged
IT. but SEWARD had no ability Of this HI nd.
His talent Wa for undermining that which
others had erected Ut great pains and cost
- elevated htoseif BY pulling down tnat
which Others had built Mp. He fomsateo Pc.
aitieal strffe, sectional commissions ana c'sH
WaT. Tor the purpose Of becoming fres'ae".'
The pearcr the country secrned 70 deetruc"oh'
tho more prosntsfne were the prospects OF teis
political ivy. which was rising npon the ruins
Of the Republic and growing green upon its
decay. We had Supposed that the success OF
this man was inevitable. He had met no
check in his upward career. He had con-
uuered the great State Of New York. ard
chni ned lie gallant and chivairic metropolis
captive al his ,riumrhal car. He was so pro-
foundty calm and cunning; he moved with
such sell. possessed faculties. snch wonderful
intelligence, aud such astealthy and elastic
step towards his prey, that we did not see how
il was possible for 1t TO escape. As to double
his chances OF success, he had the aid CT the
moet sagacious. experienced and energetic
jackal that ever travelled in couples wlin
political hon. We suppose that no pohtlcal
editor or ms ger in the United States everp
tended to equal THURLOw WEED ia craft, tact
and unscrupulousness. Moreover. As might
reasonably be expected, the "sinews OF war :"
had no. been neglected in preparing for the
final struggle. II is SAID that, through black
mailing and other nice municipal jobs. the
Regency. Of which WEED is head, had come
into possessisn Of an election fund OF about
two millions Of dollars. SEWARD had just
come home from England, where he had been
5eas, ted aud toasted as the fu tire President OF
the Uni,ed States by the ccurtly aud lorg-
headed statesmen of Great Britain, who
chuck led inwardiy at the approaching con.
summation of their schemes for the disrup.
tion of the Usion. When such a pair as SEW
AKD and WEED combine for any political
game, We have al ways concluded that the game
was like the coon when he saw Capt. SC"Tr-
might as we'll Immediately come down. We
had scarcely supposed there could he any SEE
rious opposition to SEWARD az Chicago. But
che hes, laid plans are often unexpectedly de-
sea led, and sometimes by agencies that have
breu despised. When the fable represents q
mouse AS able to render substantial service to
n lion, 1t inculcateA u truth which SEWARD.
with all his cunnf.-k, strangely overlooked in
his treatment of HORACE GREELEY. This ill.,
lustrious parsonage Of the white hat is con-
sidered by some Of his party to be SO guileless,
imofrensive and ignorant of the world, that he
can be uampled upon with impuni'y. But
GREELEY has shown that he eau bite the heel
that treads on him, and that there Is venom
enough in his composition, when scientifically
condensed aud energeticalIy elected, to annihi-
late the King Of beasts. .ole-.
The New York correspondent of the Rich
mond Enqsiye, gives Us the philosophy of the
course Of GREELEY, who is personally as pla-
cid and harmless as a lamb hut politically as
remorseless and uEmercifui as tiger. Mr..
GREELEY, according to the correspondent,
desired some years ago, to BE- Lieutenant Gov
ernor, an ONCE which he was quite as capable
OF filling with efficiency as Mr.. RAYMOND, Of
the Times, to whom the SEWARD regency
in Albany gave it instead of GREELsY.-
Again. the year before last, GREELEY strenu.
ously sought the nomination for the Cover
norship Vt the State, but SEWARD, WEED Il
CO. were again deaf to his appeals and blind
to his claims, and nominated E. ID. MORGAN
Soon after, GREELEY made a Western tour;
he wrote interesting letters TO his paper, and,
at various points, delivered lectures; but he
did not neglect the opportunities furnished by
this extensive Intercourse with the people 10
pay of his political debts to Messrs. w EKD,
SEWARD Il Co. He wandered to the disla nt
wilds Of Oregon. and, upon the shores of that
region, he picked up the smooth
stones which have just hit COLLAR in the
forehead and made him bite the dust
He returned from Oregon with the Eve
votes of that State in his breeches pocket,
which, il given at the first ballot in Chi
cago for SEWARD, would probably have
secured his nomination. But he returned to
unfurl the nag OF BATES in the Tribune, and
to fight against SEWARD to the bitter END At
Chicago. To the utter astonishment OF W EkD,
WEBB l. Co., and to the intenee and unuttera-
bic modification Of SEWARD, who is said to
be the most disappointed man to-day An Inc
United States, the vindictive philosopher OF
the Tribune proved victorious over the deepest
plots. the choicest wines, aud the largest elec-
fund ever brought to bear upon a
,striotic Conven ton. Tho result is, that
sHwARD. fresh a. a nosegay from the per-
sumed precincts of British aristocracy, is
brown under foot by the rough backwoods-
man OF the West, and . fiat boatman, = maui
II OF rails, aud, worse than all, a man sus-
pected Of being I" honest is selected in his
stead.
z We dare say there is little to choose between
The ultraism Of SEWARD and that of LINcOLN.
In point Of fact, the latter is said TO be the
[ather Of the .irrepressibIe conflict which
SHwARD, in an evil hour appropriated and
vaunted as his own. II elected, SEWARD
might have kicked over the ladder by which |
as rose to power, and administered the gov
.Ynment on national principles. ~LIscoLH is |
IA uneducated man, possibly more homes, but |
Ilso more violent in his anti-slavery language
han SEWARD. less cool, caatioas and circum. |
'pect, aud therefore more likely 10 adhere to |
lfs principles Il elected. and to b rash and !
mprudeat in carrying them out. These cha. |
'acteTistics, however. must deprive him OF the |
public confidence and d.minish the chances Of |
lie election, which, owing TO the obscurity Of |
Ais life, and his utter want of political pres
'isA, ere not very brilliant. We may, there I
lore. rejoice with unmipgled JOY a. the lesson
10 'vaultinG ambition" which has just been |
q Chicago, The country Is not /
yet 20 dead 70 the impulses os patriotism, of |
psmory and Of hope. as to be At prey fur the
'oiiueat vsltnTss. who, patieat ~ they are
persistent In their hunErr. have long how
'ssd 10 the hsiehts Of our firmamsnf, waiting
In opportunity 10 descend, and gorge their