The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-11-11

| "No, it won't. We must have his word
backed by some official act showing hin
to be in sympathy with us and in favor O
the doctrines we advocate. We won't
take any mans word after what we've gone
through. Grant must come out and show
his hand as pronounced Republican, Oh
ne can't get my support. l don't know
that my support amounts to much; but
what little there is Of it will go in the right
direction"
| AVAILABILITY.
Now" said Mr.. Wade, cit is very
strange that when men talk of availability
they always mean something squirting to.
ward copperheadism. They never think o
consulting the Radicals, who are the only
working men there are in the Republican
party. Oh, no; we must take what we
get, suppose But we are getting tired
of that sort Of thing. notice that it is
the bloody Radicals that bring out the
vote on election day. They are the men
who scour the country for voters and send
carriages for sick men. Your Conservative
devils never do that. Why, there hasn't
been an election in Ohio carried by the
Wings or Republicans, ever since can re-
collect, except just twice, when the De-
| nocrats wouldn't have beaten us if it had
not been for the Reserve. Ashtabula
county saved Hayes this time, and if the
| Radicals hadn't been out, Thurman would
have been elected. She can give ma
jority anywhere from 'twoto five thousand.
She gave over four thousand this time.
She'll give five Thousand for pronounced
Republican President next year, or she'll
give two thousand for an available gentle
man. Men vote on principle here, and ifany-
body thinks that mere military record is
going to win on the Reserve, he's mistaken.
The best Republicans in the State will stay
at home. They don't care for shoulder
straps, but they do care for straight Re-
publican principles, and they won't have
any other. General Grant, without a plat
form and without a pledge, can't more than
carry the Reserve. y pronounced Repub-
lican will get fifty thousand maiority-that's
Just the difference between availability
and principle in this coming fight, and men
who purpose to cram no-party candidate
or no-principle candidate down our
throats may as we'll make note Of it.
And l think it great mistake TO suppose
that mere military reputation can
win anywhere in the next elections.
Recent elections show that that cry
won't avail any longer. In Ohio
they came near beating one of the best
soldiers Of the State with peace copper
head for Governor; in Connecticut last
spring they beat splendid soldier with
Mr.. English in New York last year the
Republicans beat soldiers running on the
Democratic ticket; and so on. The people
want to fight political battles on principle
If Grant wants the Presidency, let him
come out like man and say which SIDE he
is on, and if he is strong enough on our
side we'll elect him. But it is neither
wise nor necessary for US to run an availa-
blity candidate. We will have the south.
ern States re0rganized by that time, and
they will vote right. Then we can rely on
enough northern States to insure the elec-
tion Of our man, whoever he may be.
MRS. LINCOLN.
During our conversation the subject Of
Mrs. Lincoln and ber recent diSgracetu
conduct came up, and remembering that
Mr.. Wade was one Of committee ap.
pointed by the two Houses to investigate
the pecuniary condition in which Mr.. Lin
coins family was left, and report BILL fol
their relief, l asked him if it was true
as stated by Mrs. Lincoln, that Mr.. Lincoln
left little or no property behind him
No" said he iit's ID lie. We looked
into that matter very carefully. The Lii.
| nois men wanted us to give her one hun
dred thousand dollars, and we agreed tc
do SO if it appeared that she really needed
it. We sent for the administrator of the
estate, and he testified that Mr.. Lincoln
left seventy-fve thousand dollars in 60.
vcrnment bonds, or something like that
besides some little productive property in
Springfield, Illinois-in all about one hun,
dred thousand dollars. We thought then
that $4,000 would be cnough-the
same as was paid to the widow Of Genera!
Harrison. Mrs. Lincoln was very we'll ctl
and didn't need even what she got. She
took a hundred boxes Of something OF
| other, | don't know what, away with her,
and the Commissioner of Public Buildings
swore there were fifteen other boxes that
she wanted to carry off, and he had to IN.
terfere to prevent her. At any rate, she
cleaned out the White House. didn't
know but she was going to run big hote
with all she carried off,"
| CONFISCATION.