The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-03-29
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believe what We zee IL SaE II. De pcSsiole
Ia General GRANT-the hero of the late
wss4shs who saved the life Of the Union
and restored peace--he who has been
praised and honored almost to dedication
for HIS services IN the cause Of the Union
to be. dissrusted r Is he considered to be
unworthy Of confidence in so email :, matter
as shs nliine or the Offices in the Executive
Department, OF which he is the headf Is
this the evidence Of the appreciation Of his
services, Of his good faith TO the well-being
os,the country he saved from dissolution :
What Q shame 1t is upon the nation What
Blot upon the history Of the Union
And who raises the question OF trusting
aluan so lately honored IS the Romans
wonld have honored one OF their gods
Why, who else but the politicians who'
whsn GRANT was fighting the battles Of the
Unior,--when he was enduring the long
marches and bearing up under the fatigues
and trials Of a campaign prolonged by the
heroism Of the Sonth-were trembling in
the capital, safe from the perils Of the bat
tle-feld, and putting their whole faith in
the commanding Generals These are the
men who now propose to tie the hands OF
their political saviour, as they have often
called him these are the men who, like the
scuryy politicians Of Rome, would condemn
their BELIsARIUs to helplessness and even
blindness, IS return for his patriotic de-
votion and the victories which he won for
his country. ar 'ra
How faithfully these plotting and schem-
ine men are repeating history. Like .
spider in its nest, they have been. securely
ensconsed in corner during the winter
and storm, and now, when the GUNNER
comes, they venture forth, and with cum
ming denberation envelope their victim in
the filthy web secreted and held in prepara-
ton BY faculty as ingenious as it is ma
licious. K 10
We cannot anticipate General GRANTS
purposes, We know what JAcKsoN's acts
would be. General GRANT has everything
in his own hands-he has the trump cards
he can win if he chooses. We shall not
undertake to predict; but upon every prln-
ciple, of generosity and justice we may
hope that he will triumph over the migrate
full and notifying manifestation Of dis
trust and opposition in Congress. 1t is q
shame to the nation. It could not at this
time be evinced towards man the nation
owes 80 much to, and it could hardly be
shown in a matter more contemplate.
It J. is yet not month since General
GRANT was installed, and We find him in
q minority Of the party in Congress which
nominated and elected him Inthe House,
however, with the aid of the Democrats, ne
has the majority. C., the majority there
supports the dignity and integrity Of the
Executive Department-its power to esta-
blish discipline and enforce accountability
and competency in the administration Of
the Offices under it's direction. That we
consider sustaining General GRANT. All
men who sustain the dignity and authority
Of his Office sustain him. He should accept
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by him now as his friends.
With the majority in the House, he may
defy the Senate. That body dare not long
combat the popular opinion and feeling
which will undoubtedly favor General
GRANT. He has the popular side of the
struggle. The people are not ungrateful.
They are not unmindful of his great SER
vices. They will neither tie his hands nor
put out his eyes, They will secure him q
victory overth scurvy politicians in return
for those which he won for the Union.
General GRANT has but to be firm to win
this victory. He has the material in the
House. The Senate he can bring to terms.
Reconstruction taken in hand by him will
give him achievements, and from the body
as it already stands ne can gain recruits to
his side; for there we're members of the
Senate who were deluded by the statement
that the tenure of-ofice bill as presented to
that body had been accepted as compro-
mise by General GRANT. With his real
strength in that body, and the accessions
which wise policy in the South will bring
to his aid, he can defy the ungrateful poll
ticisns who would throw around great
General who had saved his country filthy
web to cripple his policy and enable them
to control the dispensation Of the Offices and
emoluments of the Government.
We repeat, we do not know what General
GRANT may do; but We do believe that the
great body Of the people Of the United States
earnestly hope that he will show in this
emergency that determination and perse-
sersnoe which in the battlefield gave the