The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-10-07
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A very significant letter appears IN pl -
from General ScHorrELD 10 General asAs - =
| written in May last, congratulating n,m "
hi, nomination 10 the Presidency. - -,
presses the opinion that the Union .00a o. ;
only be restored BY taenaen tn''o pu' .one;ns
rebellion. % and II goes on to say 'nu ~ .heo.
g upon the country extreme haaa ZEE -
q riss endangered the "steoili.y %
RES en aaS. aGreat reforms" Gene
r ra scHorrELp says" require time iof .nelr
/" dsyelopment-time in which theories
. NV he analysed, and that which is sound
a. and of practical utility separated from
:. the unsound and chimerical." This is .
severe rebuke Of the Radicals, who rushed
pell-mell into the great reforms with 1oiiy
and wickedness unexampled, conferring
suffrage and participation in government
upon negroes just taken out of slavery ana'
indeed, placing them in authority over the
white race that has reached its present high
civilization and knowledge of government
after centuries Of patient perseverance ana
gradual improvement.
We are struck with the alacrity anu
affected satisfaction with which the poil'i-
cal tricksters and partisan editors nall Inis
letter from General scHoFIELD. The 1T.-
bune. the "wickedest paper in the world
is delighted with it. The spaniel could De
no more delighted at the arrival OF MS
master. 1t is type of the servility OF the
corrupt politicians to the military power.
There is no installing General scHoF1ELD.
he is too clear thinker, too accurate ana
exact in what he says, to be misunderstood +.
He knows who "put down the rebellion"
and we all know who he means when ne
oavs thew alone can restore the Union. He
n,oces General GRANT at the head Of them.
He certainly does not mean CoLFAx, whom
he rewards with a savant's cap. The SOL
der knows what to do with the Swans !;
and his order always is, "Asses and ssvans
to the rear"
The result is doubtful, but there is at
least some consolation in the fact that the
letter of General ScHoF1ELD indicates the
probable disposition of pestiferouS Radicals
in case GRANT be elected. The work OF re-
construction in that case is to be taken up
by the men who did the work Of the war !;
and the riff-raff will be ordered out Of the
way. When General LEES army was re-
treating from Petersburg, and the Federal
cavalry harassing his line, BILLY MA
HONE" one day marched rapidly to defend
O point which was attacked, but found his
course impeded by body of men belong
ing to the engineer corps. He rode up
rapidly, and waving his sword, cried out IN
his treble tone, sect out Of the way here,
and let my men fght!"
General scHoF1ELD prefgures similar
order from the soldiers to the Radical party
workers, and it will be meekly obeyed
if it is ever given. Philosopher GREELEY
will head the column consigned to the rear,
and will be the very " beau ideal " of But
LER's hero, mounted on donkey, with
breeches legs high over cowhide boots, with
his old white hat Tapping in the air, and
hands on crupper and main, holding on
most awkwardly, grimly, and fearfully. A
sight worth seeing
We publish General scHoFIELD's letter
this morning.