The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-01-11
The Unanimous Election Of General
Grant.

"f the 3iss Decenlber, has editorial OF column
and half In length, In which sawney Bennett
spreads himself for "Uncoaditional Surrender.
Grant, having forgotten In the brief space of one O.
TWO months thar such a man rs Gen. McClel an
ever existed. We make room for the following
extracts:
Northern men have made many sacrifices for the
Union during this war; They have devoted them
selves, their lives their sons and their money! to
the cause Of their country. Now we ask them to
make one sacrfce more. 1t will be the last, and
the most effectua1, and the most succes.ful. We
ask them to sacrifice their political ambition. We
desire them to unite upon single Presidential
candidate. We appeal to them to secure the unan-
m0us election Of Major Gen. Grant.
We make this appel n t 81 much tn the people
40 to the professional politicians. We know that
the majority OF the people are with US AMI will
vote for Grant. We know, aIsO, that all the people
will vote for Grant If the politicians will only let
them alone. But IL is undeniable that the politl-
clans do control few thousand v tes by mel No OF
their nicely adjusted political machines and yet
we wish to have Grant unanimously elected
Therefore we appeal to the politicians. It must be
evident to these gentlemen that If Gen. Grant takes
the political field no other candidate has any chance
of success. Any candidate who may be named,
except Gen. Grant, either has powerful and hitter
enemies In one party or the other, else he Ii
Insignificant and unknown that we cannot sffor1 to
trusi him with the helm of State during such
terrible STORM ls.aaf on the co.
ary, has no enemies or at least he has isssrss S.s
enough to avow themselves. Yet. instead of being
Insignificant and unknown, he Is our greatest uili-
tary leader, and the greatest General America has
produced. The inconsistency Of Lincoln has leit
coarse ; kes have offended all respectable people.
Ch Sc is opposed by all the good nanciers in the
country, by the ultra radicals, like y endeli Phil
lips, and by all the conservatives ef every shade
and degiee. So Of every prominent man before
the people, with the singla exception Of Maj. Gen.
Grant.
Itis for this reason that we nominate Gen. Grant
IN n hnY nd npmo otl s,upifa 10
unite In supporting him. The politicians will prac-
ticay give up very little for they cannot, and do
not hope to be successful against Gen. Grant,
Their only hope ia to kill Grant off before the
election, and we must emphaticay assure them
that this IL impossible. II they will calmly conid-
er the matter they will find that they have every
thing to gain and nothing to lose by uniting upon
Grant They will have nothing to lose, for defeat
Is Inevitable If they run ary man against him.
They will have everything to gain, tor Grant will
make good President and a just PresIdent, and
will soo1 end the war and give them chance to
reconstruct their shattered parties upon new Is
sues. Besides this we have not the slightest
Objection to their all claiming Grants cleo
ton as victory for their own factions II
they will only unite in cIecting him. General
and does seat des He il cesbSa.ed a'S for ss
deeds, not for his words. Now, we shall not ask
him to speak before election. We shall rather ad-
wise him to continue silent. We are content 70
accept him upon his past record. The Chicago
Tribune may call him a COpperhead, and Senator
Wilson may call him an Aboiittonist, If they please.
We leave such lies to neuiraiize each other, and
are satisfied 10 take him he 10. We appeal to
men of uil parties to do the same thing. Il IL
enough to KIN thar Gen. Grant has just the qua l.
ties the country needs in President, and no one
should care pin for his opinions upon defunct
questions of color or pol tics or what not. The
war is the only question before he people, and
g n. Grant Is clearly right upon that.
We have said that General Grant, If elected
President, would soon end The war. His unani-
nous election would end the war 4: once. The
rebels have relied upon our political divisions -
and alas not without cncOuragement-as great
help 70 them In sustaining their bogus Con fdefacy
Even now they expect the coming Presidential
election TO result In Northern civil war, and this
expectation Is the secret OF their de peyatc attempt
to hold out little while longer We appeal to .h.
JEFF. Davis and his followers. Let Us show them
that love the Union better than party, and their
last hope will be swept away. The rebel leaders
ars shrewd, crafty men, and they base their cacu-
ations upon what they have learned In past years
of the politics Of the North. They forget, howev-
ev, that this war has effected a complete Tev0lu
ton In Northern politics Let us convince them
Of this mistake by eiecsi1g Grant unanimously
That win be the last blow the rebellion will re-
qure, and In month after II will lie lifeIese nj
our feet. When the rebellion began we, too.
counted upon internal dissensions and divisions
among tue rebels; but they soon put an end to
that BY tn. unanimity with which they re-
elected Jeff. Davis. Now, are We less de-
voted to the Union than the rebels are TO
t6CfluC6
they to rebellion? Heaven forbid The hardest,
the most decisive, tie most fatal defeat which we
could indict upon the Southern traitors would be
the unanimous election o; Grant. That is the rea-
son why we press the subject 20 urgently. II IL
quite time that this war we're over, and the short
est to end II IL to show the rebels that
slider everything else subsidiary TO II BY unanimously
electiDg President whom the rebel leaders will
fear and the .Inisguided Southern people respect.
Besides all1his, think of the effect which such q
sublime manifestation Of devotion to the Union
would have In Europe. There would be no dan
ger Of any foreiga war Tor At least century afef
ward. Ehgland and France would be only too glad
r. grant u everything We Justly require. Cbe des
pots aud aSissocFsts Of the Old World would zee
that when the safety Of the Republic deosands
IL every American ID willing 70 give up all 20
his country; and when nation Il thus united
II II ~ iFfeslstible ss Macedon phaisnx, snd
can make Its own terms win the w0sid.-
Then there would NO longer be any expression OF
foreign sympathy with the rebels. The European
powers would have quite enough 20 do % attend to
their own subjects. whose latent democratic feel
iass would be stirEed Ia fsver hest ~ fls scstn4s
another reason why we desire tie uhaniDoas slee-
don Of Grant. What more yOweTfut motives ttaa
The Instant overthrow Of tbs rebellion and the en-
eousasemeut Of the Democratic spirit thro.snSa'
Euvoee, could We possibly offer 70 patriotic Aniefi-
cans IL order 10 Induce them To noble act, Which
will eclipse anv popular mOvement recorded IN
history. and which will be remembered - long q
The world exists: Never could aation's imnos.
nlitv be puxhssed 20 ch<aply. The psopae srs
already wiiling and anxious 70 accompaishit Osly
The pojsirisns ohsaruct the way, aad We appeal y
thee 20 sand aside. IL ouF appeal be suceesssa
they will deserve and receive pHseic gsssiea.s ~
know with who's We have 70 deal ana how 2. go
wish theu. We have spaken fsaakiy and fhiFsy
and II mast u3selhsh and eatsiolic sPtsie, est ~
shas ~ sss il pesisioa % diesale = well = Y
request, ard thae Va have tAe power % swssp 81
of oar path those whS viii aos listen - ssaspss 80