The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-25
european View OF the Presidential
Field In YankeedOm,


now. The letter Il of sufficient interest to be-
read, and We give portion OF IL:
The regular National comm.ttee Of the Republi-
Ga" pasty, appointed ut Chicago Ia 1850, To call (
!0te COnvrhtt0ns And FIX the place ri meeting.
haSe named the Tn II June, and selected Bald,
more. IL IL proclaimed as a move necessary IN
sneck the schenes Of the Presidents personal fol
lowers 70 Hustfnte the action Of the Convention,
~ getting up nominations for him by popular meet
iies and State Legislatures, as to furnish pic
that convention nomination Is superduous, or
10 exert an outside pressure TO compel 1t 10 take
nim 9p, rs a'Feady designated by the voice Of the
people. They adopted another measure, which Is
held t0be q rchuke Of the President, and sign Of
opposition to his denomination. They made q rule
that no Delegates shall be- received at the Conven
lton from States not represented IN Congress -
shls SHUTS out the expected Lincoln delegates
nom Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, aud
Tennessee, In all which States the Lincoln process
OF DEMONSTRATION" IL In various stages .ef aa =
vance. II sttgmatises, TOO, the costly and bloody
experiment upon Florida, As great political blum
der, no less than military failure and an official
crime.
simultaneously with the outbreak of these signs
Of discomfort with Mr. Lincoln is the sudden
development of widespread concert Of effort
among the friends Of the Secretary Ofthe Treasury
TO have him nominated by tho National COnven
ton over VI. Lincoln, on grounds boldly stated,
which read very much like charges against Mr
Linc0ln's administration, and which, II uttercd
two years ago, would have subjected Democrat
~ tuC pcttIb VI 81 tA0Ot&ut UIbGSt Dy ulc OI SOL
diers, and confinement during the will of the Pres
ident In some military dungeon. mentioned IN
my last the circular issued by committee at
Washington Of the friends Of Mr. Chase, Of which
u ) Senator PomcrOy, OF Kansas, was Chairman,
which was the first public breaking of ground In
favor Of Mr Chase for the succession. 1t Contained
some severe reflections Mr. LincOln's capacity,
and some offensive tmputations against his admin
istfatiOn as corrupt aud feeble. II was met-n0t
exactly answeled-in the House Of Representa-
tives last Friday by n speech Of Gen Frank Blair,
representative from the st Louis city district Ia
Missouri, brother Of Montgomery Blair, who is the
Postmaster General in Nj LincoIn's Cabinet. II
was tremendous philippe against Secretary
Chase, whom he denounced as II dangerous and
ambitious in,riguer, and boldly charged with cor
ruptiOn In Office, saying that for the truth of the
charge he held himself responsible as ga soldier,
gentleman, and Representatives" Such Ian
guage reminds one Of the furious debates Of the
Mountain, during the stormy days Of French ia
cObinism.
II aid of Mr. Chase, pamphlet has been Issued
by his friends, and circulated among the members
Of the Legislature Of Oh'O-Mr (hase's State 10
influence them against the nomination Of Mr. Lin
coin for election. IL Is said To be an emanatiOn
from the central Committee Of the supporters of
Mr. Chase near the Department in Washington civ
II contains formidable recapituaton of the many
reasons for the opinion that Ar Lincoln ought not
TO be nominated, snd il nominated cannot be cleo
ted without the use Of unlawful and uncOustitu-
iOnas means, which II inslnuates that he is appar-
emily ready to use; and that his re election, with
or without such appliances, would be a public
caamity. Ii asserts that the nation weary of his
feebeness and lncapacity charges that he has had
no policy, but has been SWayed to and fro by in
torested persons, or by considerations OF personal
interest in retaining Office draws an unfavOrable
comparison between him and Pres dent Davis !;
ridicules him as a A." jOcuar President )" pronOun
ces the pptlIet of "honest old Abe" as a can't
which WIS Sat first amusing,'' then became ridic
ulous, and is now absolutely criminal and calls
far the nomination for President, In place of Mr
Lincoln, OF 'an advanced thinker, u statesman
profoundly versed in political and economical
science, one who fully cOmprehends the sDirit Of
the age In WI ich we Iive.''
The name of this angnst coming man Is not given.
but the fingers which traced these lines were men
tally describing the name Of Salmon P Chase.
The war grows thus in bitterness every day and
will continue until the nominations are made i'm
June, il some convenient arrang. mrnt between
tue chief belligerents does not In tha meantime
furnieh a plea for the reunion Of the factions on
one or the other Of them, or ON some third man
who will engage to restore harmony by a reasona.
BILE provision out Of the abundance Of the spOijs of
success for the chiefs Of both sides Of course,
purely for the patriotic purpose Of the better ena.
bling I'll I'm 10 save tho nation
You will observe that, In all this revolt agai, st
the Administration, there is not the slightest trace
of reaction against the war, against the wicked
and cruel passions of which ii is made the instia
Ment, Or the horrible purposes for which il has
come TO be waged, as war of spOlialiOn and ex
termination against gallant people struggling he
roically tor independence. The stimulus to revolt
Is, titS contrary, Simply anUtiltr form OF
frightfui passion for power aud plunder, and that
shocking Indifference 10 crime and carnage, which
the war has developed as u national trait The
chiefs ut the movement rather assai Mt l.incuio,
because they believe he sometimes hesitated be.
fore going forward In the career OF violence blood
shed, and spOiiation because he is suspected If
having had d lurking Willingness TO close the re-
belIiOi if possible, by restoring the States as they
were with their original rights, il they could be
induced Or compelled to submit; and that 1t is mot
with his whole heart, and On y tor the chances of
renewed power, that lie has become The Radical
which his recent measures would show him to be.
They denounce portion OF his policy, not because
1t is unjust, inhman, lawless, and tyTannica!, but
because il Is setshly devised for his owa profit,
and Is employed 10 retain in his own hands tho
tremendous powers which they are eager to seize
and clamorously pledged TO employ, II they can
tain them. with hercer and more unrelentng en-
ergy Of dcstIuctveness against the Southern peO-
Pile than MIR. Lincoln is capable of exer,iny.
IL Is history repeating itself. In all popular ffen-
zIes, when nation goes mad, the demugoeues
who first excite them are speedily ontstrippei in
zcaiolry by the disciples they made. Unless they
march onward with the accelerated pace of the
multitude, they are pushed out of their places and
left by the wayside When ttis conflict first com
menccd as a war Of opinions, Mr.. Seward was the
radical whom constitutional and moderate men
shunncd AS the most dangerous fanatic of the day,
although his fanaticism was only cold Hooded
calculation of political profit. Tie popular pas
sOns which he kfndIed got beyond his control, and
undoubtedly went far beyond his original wishes
and he was left behind when the man Of action was
wanted Mr., Lincoln was taken up In preference
is the representative man Of Northern designs
against The SOuih, and Mr.. Seward, taunted and
suspected, was dragged after Mr.. Lincoln into ex-
cesses such as he had pronounced to be calunnics
whsn imputed by his advcrsaTles 10 he the inevita
bic consequences OF his art ul appeals 10 the frenzy
of the fanatic and 10 the s0rdid appeiites Of the
greedy. Now comes another brood of fercer aud
greedier chiefs of furious factions, who are clam
Oring to set aside Mr. Lincoln, AS Mr. Seward was
.,siA Az
vanced" prophet and statesman-tlie more violent
faction always coming In 70 dispace and absorb
their rivals who may not, In the language Of the
Chase pamphlet. sufficiently ''comprehend the
spirit Of the age"
There might be the hop, of some possible good
to come out Of these quarrels among the wrany-
ling factions Of the dominant party IL there were
virtue enough among those who affect 10 oppose
them on principle 10 seize the opportunity and use
II courageousIy in effort to restore the national
sanity-tn dscOuragDg by every possible means
the evil passions which made and which support
this war, and invoking peace, even at the cost Of
giving mp the struggle for territorial dominion
an unwilling people. and taking the broad ground
that the first duty Of the people IL TO stop this Or
rible bloOdshed and turn their s0bered thoughts to
repaiAOg their own shattered institutions repair
Ing ana consolidating anew their own lost liber les,
and iaboEiny In patience to recover some portion
Of that social and ateriai pro periiy which they
have recklessly cast away In the obstinate perpe
nation OF a self averaging wrong.
but there u mo- such courage or vfrue in the
Democratic party. There are q few inen Of rare
qualities within II who give sane cUunseis, bnt
they are Overp0Wefed and OutvOted IN the Organi-
cations which direct the combined acllOn OF the
party, aud which are under the sway Of leaders
who have not convictions strong enough 10 enable
them 10 face popular clamoS, and are mostly
mere traders In obsolete mAxlms and traditions for
the sake Of gaining power. These men are making
haste and taking the party along with them, tn get
rid, for the purposes OF the c0inins Presidential
election, of the apprehended Odium that they, too
are not xeaous for the unconditional prosecution