The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-19
EractlY.

Exactly.
Acton tho war we took the ground tiih
thare was nothing left TO hold the Repuoia-
can party together but the Offices. They M"
accomplished everything that they were o'-
ganizcd to 10. a.;,o
,rhis was true. The oifices-the cohesive
nowcr Of the public plumber "-were strong
IN ccncnting the party together for time.
Yet. even that cement was not sufficient
without the aid Of the resentments, preju-
dices and hates inspired by the war, to pro-
long the existence of the party. Tile artf'l'
and mprineiplcd politicians saw this, ana
took steps accordingly for the interval be-
tween the war and the election OF Genclal
GRANT, They then made sure of getting
him under their control, and prevailed upon
him to practice the very policy when ttey
had pursued so vindictivcly. The measures
for exciting diStrlst of the Soutll-the plans
for misrepresenting and slandcrinS the south
err people through subomcd witnesses ana
dishonest judges-were all vigorously ana
cunningly put in force; and we know Tue
result Thus far in this way has been
maintained the supremacy OF the sadlcal
party. But, as the mere preludiceS OF sec
flows ond rncors of war cannot he en-
during, the capital in trade of RadlcliIsm Is
,oor,v all exhausted, save the offices, ana
they are rs much or more the motIve.of OPP
position than of support to the kao'cal Ao-
ministration.
So that a change is come over the country
at last. and We find high authorities decf'r-
ing that the Republican party has performed
its mission, and that now there must be new
;.s,,cs and new motives for the formation ana
Government of parties. The New York Try
buae (high Republican authority boldly pro-
claims:
"The Republican party has thus accom-
nlished its original object, with very iilich
more. 1t will soon be transformed or ais
intcrratcd by reason Of its complete, con-
rlusjye successes. A party with ms name
mav o,,tlast the century, but il must contcln-
n,,te other obic,ts and work to other ems
ihan those which united and animated the
Rruul,Iicars Of lS5G-'GU. lourpreScnt duty,
vonur men. is TO read. observe, and think.
The party cries daily raised OF keep the
nar living - sStick to the party ''No break
inS rauksn &C., &C.. appeal rather to mems
MISSIONS than their reason. They are mainly
imncllcd by those who expect to retain their
nrcscnt Offices or achieve better through the
marty organization. \ good many OF those
now most Jealous for maintaining the Re
publican organization are building the tombs
of prophets whom they stoned not many
years ago."
And lest there should be some vague ideas
about what issues and motives may now ac-
tuate parties the Tribune says:
"Free trade Us. protection; universal am
nesty; the one-term principle ; the subordi-
nation of military to civil authority; the use
of official patronage to achieve purely per-
sonal or narrowly partisan ends; rctrencli-
ment of public expenditures; better safe
guards against dedication and peculation-
these and other such should now have their
turn"
The Tribune omits the grand Issue Of the
day, which Mr.. TRuMBuI.L did not fail to put
in its proper grade of imporlance-viz, the
restoration of local State authority and the
restraining of the Federal power within its
constitutional boundaries.
But the main point to which we desired to
call public attention was the prominent one
that the Republican party has, it is confessed,
accomplished its mission. 1t would have
died with the war but that it was fed with
the extremely dangerous and explosive fluid
of the war;" camphine." We believe that
is about to be repudiated, and that if the
Republican party with GRANT at its head
does triumph, it must be with the under
standing that there must be something better
than the sectional hates Of the nation to Sus-
tain it. But we believe the deatll-blow has
been struck to both General GRANT and the
Republican party. He might have saved
himself if he had acted independently and
honestly in accordance with what we believe
| to have been his own instincts; hut he was
mised. He allowed himself TO he fast tied
to the party of ylndictirene>s and the policy
of prosecutions. and he will have to shoot
over Niagara with them.