The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-08-10
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that they run not after military chleitaahS.
The moral Of its advice is: "Put not your
faith in military mem; and, counscliing TO
patience and postponcment, it says that
nv The time when n nomination may be
proper owe may find a candidate from
ciiiPfc." Just at the moment the busy
and summary commander of the Louisl-
ana district is pressing especially upon the
Presidential nominators, the Tribune, with
a waive Of the hand, tells its people to
"let SHERIDAN alone" All this is
significant. Judge CHASE is the 1r,-
bvne's "ciyilian," and like an adroit
$. atcs;st, as that paper is, It's advice is
against military men because its favorite
is not Of that class. This cry against " mi
li,arv chicItains" NC have heard before.
1t vas O. great cry in 1928 against cod
Hickory; but the very men who raised
i, and split the vault Of Heaven with their
excavations OF military men, in the subse-
oncnt "HARRIsoS" and "TAYLoR cam,
paigns made military scrviccsthc strongest
claims upon the country for elevation O.
men 10 the Presidency. Without under
taking to defend either side, we may vel
49,. ,;a.our &c ~nrac;dent;o
campaigns in this country that there i
very little consistency and I vast afnoun'
=" 0
wy Po'" ,a.ons or military
.'0' sn,.1 tina everlasting
$500 ~ dcclarnation of those who sus-
.n;n .ho claims Of /" civilians" have gene
uan- occurrod ms, at the period in 4 ma
,:.n,, history when corrupt politicians had
, ,in State IN q condition which
u,ao .bo ;,tcrposj.ion Of a vigorous and
,oId ,rI.r fresh from tic battlefield, most
o,norluuc and merciful. Our " &C.
vrrrmcnt has been declared in the Senate
,r 1ie,incr;shod senator as the corrupt
49,. - .ho world. and taking examples
C,op other nations ard other days, sc can
~. sao ,n,. tr. Government or the pco-
,le wop,d he worsted by the advent of a
a.or, ord rn;a;.nt ruler WHO blended the
avid str,;rh,r forward di,ciyljnc Of
,,,~ win fine civil routine Of the govern
mental machinery.
But ono thing is now clear. and that is:
tic spirit Of this nation is martial, and
military ccilt is above civil fame, and, OF
Il, two. furnishes the stronger claim TO
eminent p~clitical position. 1t is always
the case with a nation much involved in
war, ard especially in internal strife. We
see nothing decidedly to dcprecatc on this
roilt. We have had four military Prcsi-
dents. The first Of them was the trucst
"civillan" Of all the Presidents lEat We
lave had. cola Hickory was a deter
mined man: but he was as much g constl-
,rtiooal man rs INV Of them, "ciyiln or
"miIitarv." as the general verdict after
lis death a.tcsted. Generals HARRISON
and TAYLOR were as mild and as little in
ciincd to usurpations during The brief pc
riod each lived after his inauguration as
any man could possibly be. So the exam
pies we have had arc not at all alarming.
Indeed. the military Presidents were as
r,oJ as any ever elected.
curro,inr ,,o Gor1 .t This ,;,no VIZ cam
No, Coz. Tim, ,h.,o i my mora n fear from
,,o ,ronor. coro~o,s ,h,, from .bo ,ro
, ,aEt.a;,o. ,r ,,o Mouth Tho
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.o,not do wor,o Fran ,ha;r odnco
,ioo-so favorable 10 order and eyactness,
To- REGULAR accountability and the faithful
performance of duty. and to the impartial
administration Of anairs-wc nav expect
much. From the politicians of these days,
and especially those put in power during
the recent period Of national strife and
diyordcr-which has been signaliZed by its
~corruplions in Office and its bitter and re,
~len,lcss opinions and political measures
there is nothing to hope: no composing o.