The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-05-31
c-oeIev's Letter.

-, ,be lines, GREELEY s letter
heau s,,,;rcrs in Kansas IS worth! I" "-
20 n He SAYS in ne gative way Nha'
.eh'.o n have said aflirmatively. He Is
w, he ayers, a candidate Tor any Office, Se.
h. a,,u not decline one wherein he cou'o
serve his countrymen. In plain language
GREELEY would like to be President, OF
even an unsuccessful candidate lof ,".
Presidency, defeated candidate Tor t''''
bieh office ranking next to a successiul one
and both being far above ali o'hcl n
GREELEY continues his negative 'ei''' n
He has not as vet fixed upon the man " NV
ouobt to he the Republican cahoioa's'
That fs to saw. Mir. GREELEY Is poSsioH
the best qualified man. and "ouiu ti'Se
the mas, available candidate; hut ne
himself is not yet ready to give ut'eT-
onco n the opinion that such is the
act There Is, however, one ques-
t;on upon which GREELEY has made up
his mind. and this is that General GRANT Is
not the proper man to be run IN 49,.
GREELEY is "free to maintain" the trtlIh
of this assertion. He desires that the cam
didatc shall be ga steadfaSt, constant be-
CLEVER in the good old Wing doctrine Oh
lone presidential term. This shot comes
from a double-baTclled gun: 1t not only
Kills off GRANT. but it marks GREELEY him.
self as the proper man to be the candidate,
since he, among all the Republicans spoken
~of, is the only one perhaps who. having
come down to us from the generation III
which the doctrine aforesaid was 'auSh' ~
fJrSpy CLAY. has been "a StcadiaSt, con-
slant believer" in it. AS to GRANT, lie Is Il
mere politicai mushroom: he sprang up, ~
il were. Yesterday. He is a JoNAHS Sollfa'
,o ,,;tharcd almost as soon rs he was
hroucht to light. Indeed, he never was !"
believer in this "Sood old Wing doCli!ne'
having been rather sorry specimen
Of Democrat previous to the war. But
GREELEY doesn't leave GRANT chance
even ifGRAxr should claim to be believer
in that "cood old Wing doctrine, for ne
niles I'D his conditions precedent. The can
dldate should be "a Steadtast bellever-ohe
who would not desert SO good doctrine
even for the sake Of 4 reelection to the pre-
sidencv. He should be "conStant be-
lieyer-not sound to-day and unsound to-
morrow-not Il mere present believer, but
one whose record or whose history would
show him to have held this doctrine Tor
wears. We like this letter OF GREELEY 5.
1t is transparent. 1t is 30 easily unuer-
stood. 1t diSposeS of GRANT so curtIE'
cutting him off at the knees as it were.
And then those magic words, "Good Old
Wing Doctrine" how they will penetrate |
the hearts of thousands here and elsewhere, |
and make warm place in them even for |
GREELEY. Who would ever have suspected |
GREELEY of being demagogue: Yet who
can deny that this letter is well calculated |
to please the masses:
GREELEY's nomination would strike no
terror to the souls Of the southern people. |
They would not cast their votes for him: |
but they would not fear any acts of injus- |
tice from him in the event Of his election. |
He is said to be man Of great kindness OF
heart. lie has Influenced events in this |
country more than any other living man.
He is a man Of extraordinary industry. |
His labors have been abundant. But why
talk Of such man in connection with the
He has done too much and
written too much ever to. be candidate
;or this position. We cannot but be sur
prised that he should suppose for mo-
nent that he stands any chance even for a
nomination forit.