The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-05-26
The !, e J, J, for tho Presidency.

he che first battle In sac wy ASs 80
close with the grand engagement OF tine
second Tuesday in November next. Ine
nrss;dent;al Office is . fortified position, the
a.s0nanev Of which would give immense
49, n,ages to the Radical cohorts enlisted
nnder the banner Of GRANT. The utmost
.sar,s Of these desperate men viii be di-
rac,ed to the. oustiDg of Mr. JOHNSON and
the filing Of his place by their miserable
zoo, BEN WADE. If they fail, they must
cease to expect to carry the presidential
election by force, fraud, and bribery. They
must 20 before the people upon the record
of their past acts, and claim their support
on the ground that their success would re-
dound to the benefit Of the country. What
tina, record is, their opponents will not be
slow TO make known to the voters. 1t IS
record for which no parallel can be foano
in history. The wrongs endured ny the
southern people are such as would nave
stirred the blood Of all Europe if they had
been perpetrated upon the most lnslg
can, nation on that continent. Ihey are
such as no other highly enlightened Cnris-
tan community has ever before been SUD-
iected to. In order to their perpetratlon,
the Constitution has been violated in aimos1
every section Of it by men who had sworn 70
support it. , uonor thot
whilst the possession of the presiaen.iail
oe;ce would greatly strengthen the unprln-
o;nled Radical faction, it adds nothing to the
aggressive power of their opponents. Mr..
JouSsos's hands are so tied that he cannot
use the appliances which were formerly 50
no,ent in influencing elections. All the
appropriations are made by Congress. All
the office-holders whose positions give them
influence may hold their Offices in spite Of
him. He cannot turn them out without the
consent of the Senate. In case, therefore,
no shall continue to hold the office, the
Democrats will derive only such advantage
as may result from the silencing of power
full battery on the other side. They can fire
no guns themselves from that position.
The Democrats will nominate their can
didates on the 4th of July next. If they
are wise, they will nominate, not man
who was known during the late rebellion /"
as an anti-war Democrat, but one who was
in full sympathy with his section. AS Mr..
STUART, Of this State, says in letter just
published, they should fight for success.
They should be wise in their day and gene
ration. They should not attempt too much.
We Of the South would, Of course, rathersup-
port man who stood by the true principles
of the Government even during the shock Of
war than one who gave aid and comfort to
those who, in subjugating the South, de-
stroyed their own Constitution and convert
cd that which was intended to be govern
meut Of consent into o despotism. But
VIC cannot hide our eyes to the fact that
nine-tenths Of the northern people are
guilty of the crime in question, and are
therefore not at all likely to vote for any
man whose election would be condemna-
ton of their own conduct. We are in the
most deplorable condition that any people,
even nominally free, were ever in; and
We are anxious to be relieved from our
perils. Hence we have no choice but to
support cordially any candidate who could
probably defeat the candidate of the fac
ton that has attempted to degrade US. We
are not concerned as to whether that candi-
date would agree with us in all things. We
only ask him to deliver us from this
dead body of Radical reconstruction to
which we are at present tied. 1t has
often been said that just before the battle
of Talavera the soldiers on both sides filled
their canteens out of tho same stream.
Giving this incident different application
from that which it has usually had, it may
be the best policy for the Democracy to
head their ticket with name taken from
that immense army of conquest from which
the Radicals drew out the name of GRANT
General HANCOCK fought us while the WI" '
lasted, but he has never tried to Cypress Ut
since it's close. We would support MN o.
any other gallant and chivalrous feoera
officer who though ans enemy in war II
g in neace q friend - We loathe the Boba
dis Burrpn and LOGAN; and we despigs
such ours as SUMNER and STEVENS, ano
other towards who kept out Of the army
while war was raging, but are red hot with
hate and fury now that it is ended. Fol-
the real soldier, however, who honestly
fought us, and quickly made friends when
the fight was over, we have all due respect
And if the northern Democrats shall con-
clude that they can elect such q man to the
Presidency, they need have no apprehen.
sions as to the course which will be pursued
by our people. We will do all that lies in
our power to secure for him the votes Of
our States. How many Of them could be
carried for any Democratic candidate, it is
no. easy to predict with any certainty.
Perhaps only few of them; it may be not
more than one or two. But this melancholy
anticipation is only an additional reason
why: q candidate should be selected who will
carry as many Of the northern States as
possible.
Mr.. TRUNBULL.-1t is stated in dis
patch to the Philadelphia Telegraph Of sa-
turday that such Republican senators as
Senator TRUMBULL are anxious, it is under