The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-04-13
50. ,e Renominated?


~ GnAsr's prospects Tor renoi, .ass
uem IN our opinion, none OF .he oes''
.,on N he has OF his beck ana eau an i.i-
true, n armv of ofice-holders, and in the
S S,a not only all the Government officials
INT vast mass of ignorant negroes. Never
the,ess. there arc influences at work against
him which It will be next to Impossible 70
resist. ,,;-
In the first place, the practice OF no.a',
mating the incumbent Of the fres'oeA . &C.
Office for a second term had gone ou' VI
fashion before the war. Mr.. LINCOLN was
elected twice but that was because wa
was fragrant when the Nominating 'o.t .sa,
ticn was IN session, and it was though ,'..
It would never do to encourage the 'eoo',
by dropping the man whose ciee''on "
corsad the rebellion. As he himseh
-brassd Il. "It was no time to swap horses
rh;,st crossing a stream" No such cir
cnmstances exist now. and both partses
Will hereafter probably fall Into the ante
belum practice.
secondly. Gen. GRANT has altenated the
landing men of the Republican party
those who were Republicans when 1t was
unpopular to be such. SUMNER is opposed
Ia his denomination. SUMNER will exercise
\ powerful influence in securing anti GRANT
delegates to the National Convention from
the New England States. Senator FESToN,
OF New York, is an anti-GRANT man. FEN
TON is the most successful wire-worker in the
Republican ranks. So potent Is his lpnu'
ence In the Empire State that it may be SET
down as certain that that State VIII either
send anti-GRANT delegates, or else two lu'i
DELEGATIONS, one Of which will be OF that
character. HORACE GREELEY is opposed to
the denomination of GRANT. So is GEORGE
WM. CURTIS, the bigoted editor OF Hd1pers
U-eeklv. These names alone ought TO ln-
SIRE the success of GRANTS opponents in
New York. Gov. GEARY. OF PennsyiVanla.
,nar be ranked with the New York malcon-
tn,ts. He and his numerous friends will
60 against GRANT.
Thirdly, there is large class OF poIlticai
r,e.thinkers in the Republican party,
whose self.respect is wounded whenever
they think of GRANT as the President OF
their choice. he is uncouth, ignorant, and
intractable. They want 10 see statesman
IN the office. These free.lanceS will give
GRANT much trouble. Those brilliant wri-
ters. GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND and DOM
P1Arr are among the number. They never
lose an opportunity to express their con-
tempt for GRANT; and the Journals for
which they write are nothing 10th to assist
them in their praiseworthy efforts. The
Cincinnati Commercial and the Chicago
T17bune-perhaps the most influential pa.
pers in the Northwest-are the ones to
which we refer. We refer to them, how.
eyer, and to PIATr and TOWNSEND, merely rs
types of whole class.
Fourthly, CARL ScHURz Is opposed to the
denomination OF GRANT. He is by long
odds the most influential German IN the
United States. 1t would be folly for the
Republicans to nominate man in opposl'
ton to the wishes of the German element
Of their party. The st. Louis Democrat
which, in spite of It's name, is the leading
Republican paper in Missouri-is with
ScHunz. So is Governor BROWN, of thai
State. But little comfort for GRANT ir
Missouri.
Lastly, the "outs' are opposed tc
GRANT and here is his greatest danger
There are thousands of "ins,' but there
are tens Of thousands Of "outs." A hint
is sufficien. to call up an innumerable host
Of hungry. Radicals whose only hope for
plumber lies in a change administrations.
Let them open upon GRANTS track, and
they will chase him out Of the Nominating
Convention.
Then, too, Gen. GRANT has no elements
of strength in his character. iIeis no longer
looked at as military man, but is regarded
AZ civilian, and as such az failure. We
do not think that the Democracy will have
the pleasure of beating him in 1872.