The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-03-24
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WASHINGTON, who has no ea"'' ~ ana who |
,,.,aa,, ,,,.o,;n, 70 his country, ana WI"
"iS -. If hero worship 10y ms |
GUINNESS turned the current OF |
- ,;,,s IN favor of the civil au'ho
~, purc aud Well ordered keP"oh
- which he was an illustrious exam
Tra constitutional dictum that the civil
-, hc supcrior 10 the military anthori'S' |
;,,,rresscd itself upon the popular sentiment
aud here. worship was regarded with utter
adherence Nv the American people "frh
cinles not men" was the motto OF the daS, |
and the public virtue and Republican simph-
city which were Inherited from the ReNoin
,ioparv fathers. and stamped upon the ma
tional character by their example, were pre-
served with Nigor for some years
For wears. there was no sign OF hel'
worship taking possession OF the re"p'' "
until 1921 did il begin 10 manifest ''''"
Then General JACKSON, man ho' - o.
known for any civic ability, was taken vi '''
Tho Presidency Defeated then 10y tue carry
inp of the election into the House OF h'Pi'
Observation-Disclosures. through MIR. CLAY ih'u
,nce Joux prISCY ADAMS WAS o4''''o-h
friends pressed him with red"ublea He''' I'LL"
in ISIS he was elected 10y an "\erWhe'ih'"t
majority over ApAMs. There We're, II Is u"''
uopular grounds of opposition 10 MI. apANH-
osoecially because Of an alleged bargain between
him and Mr. CLAY, who was a member oi th'
CONGRESS- which elected him. by when WI.
CLAY secured his election, ana he 'PPoii''
Mr. CLAY 10 the post OF Secretary Vi "'"''
Years before his death, the charge was "ilNei
sally regarded rs false.
There can he no doubt of the tact mat be"''
raj JAcKsoS's military renoWn eiee''o MN.
He turned out however, 10 he man ol stea'
alility-one Of the strongest men VINO wa
ever in public life in this country. lie was "
man of most decided character ana lhoouii'"-
bla will He therefore had warm irleA"7
and bitter enemies. But after This death, III"
the aSperiticS Of party feeling were buried III
the grave with him, he was acknowledged ny
even his enemies 10 have been patriot ana Il
statesman.
This first demonstration of hero worship,
which resulted so fayorably, was soon fol
lo,vea nv other instances, showing that the
tendency continued. In the JACKSON ileSl-
DENTAL carnpaignS, great efforts We're lh''"e u
defeat him by censuring the spirit OF nero
.,rsh;,, os hostile 10 our institutions, ana the
ouno>iug candidates were ardehtlS com
mcnded for the wide contrast presented by
their civic virtues hy the side of the Genelal
military fame 1t had no more effect IMAM
y,-hiS1liug against the wind. "OIp HICKORY
wont into the Presidency with the irreslsnhe
force of Il hurricane.
After time, came the HARRIsoS campaign.
And here we had turning of the tables. The
pariy who had opposed 81 bitterly the admin
istration Of JACKSON, and decrl"d WIN Huch
energy the spirit Of hcro-mania, took up cen
pl,rl HAKKIsuS aS their candidate, and ran nm
into the Presidency upon his military renoWn.
They found military chicttains We're tn" men
for the people, and they c@'"G." Heh' opt"a"'S.
This was in $40. General HARKis"N was
superannuatcll and feeble old gentleman, and
soon died.
Great military names his was not towering
bv any mcaus,) were pretty much exhausted |
with HAEKlsoN. II i true, there was Gene
raj S,nrl: but lie had been fishing Tor the
Presidency for many years, ana ShoWed
such an over wceninG vanity and imla'lehcea'
the deferrng Of his claims, that he dlsSusteo'
instead Of conciliatcd the people and though
he was afterwards nominated by the party
that elected HAKKleoS, H. was defeated 50
badly Is 10 cure all his aspirations i"i' az
least the Presidency.
The Mexican War Of LIS gave Us more Gene
rails. and was hardly over before TAYLOR, the
Wings a. their candidate. He was elected
and he too, died within the first year Of his
Presidency.
Again there was Il want OF Military men
for the concentration Of that popular admira-
ton which had plainly taken possession of the
people SCOTT was the commander in chief
in Mexico. He, although esteemed as a Mill
tary commander, couldnt be thought of the
rpuIln't hp brpurht Ia him
and az the remaining Generals We're all rather
on dead level of equality, with no promi-
nent man amongst them, we had an inter
regnum of Military men until the recent war.
But that has given large crop, and now
we shall have Il plenty of objects for hero
worship for years. General GRANT is already
named In fact, this paper was the first to
suggest him as 4 fiji candidate for the next
Presidency We have learned rather TO like
military men. They love order and order
gives security, and order incineS TO justice,
The General seemed to b. not only Il man OF
order but Il fair man, and Il calm man. SO re
gardng military men, we preferred for our
State and the South an out-and-out Military
Government to the nominal civil authority
oyerriddcn by the military. Expressing our
selves III this wise, and extending the remark
TO the United States, we suggested that Gene
raj GRANT would make good President. As
military men were certain 10 fill the chair for
some years, we thought it rs well TO begin with
him.
II is plain that he is to be run. We fear,
however, that he is about TO be caught in the
tolls of the Radicals Could he but hold Off
and there is a plenty of timc-he might see
how he could serve his country better than to
trammel himself by obligations to party
whose whole line of policy leads TO the per
petuation of sectional disagreement and dis
cord, and the prevention of re union, so far rs
the Union can live i'll the hcnJtS Of Tie IJeopis,
whether in the North or the South.
Should General GRANT, by hasty conclu-
sion, throw himself so unfortunately into the
hands of the violent men of this day, who are
so soon TO pass away, his situation will
be critical. IN that event, the party chess.
board will exhibit another great GENERAL,