The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-26
Ritf,n,ond 1ispatth.
TUESDAY. -. VI ANY,"
,.4,o- Humiliating.

,,;,;o,;np 10 tho nation TO oosei'e
"S h. - ,,o factions in the southern
",,,.s oyer the Federal offices al inc o'spos''
.r,he president. Those factions manifest
=" ~ 'n,os.ness and ferocity in their struggles
th., show the individuals that compose '''''
w., 10 mon devoid of decency as well as 'ntes'
.;.r The tricks and stratcgics they resort 10
for the purpose Of defeating each other ~,
,nscrum,,ols and lawless, and the '"''"'''
,ses they make of the public money "'''...,
they have control of it exceed m ''' rnown
any abuses Of public office ever 'N'''' ''
in the country. .n,, slow Of the
.,os, factions, and that Is ''ic'l ''
60 - ~, National Executive anu INV
a, shown them by the head % NV
covcrnmcnt. We do not "'le'c ','.' 49,
pras;dcnt before General GRANT "o"'u ''a''
.,,or.tcd the sq,ahhlcs OF these n'Sc ''"'',
y. NOT believe Mr.. LINCOLN woliio, anu
;, ,.ou,d he a gross insult to the memory Oh
anv President before him to suppose 'la, .N
MIGHT have allowed them to enter 'he " n','
uar.o~ These wranglerS are all dlshonoreo'
and 70 hold correspondence with them Is 10
1870. o,a dshonor the Federal Executive.
And what have we seen: "hy' n'S' o'''
and then the other of these "rc1cncS i"-
t;ently heard by the President ana '''e' ".
oo rho President endcarorinS 10y carving
I'M the Joints OF his patronage ana d'S'r'oo'
ting it amongst the beasts of the mehasef'e
If ofice-holdcrs and hunters to quiet 'hem
down. This scene has been OF rclea'eu'
Tho strife over public offices i'll the SCUM
amongst the carpet-lnggers has occurred III
almost every city: and General GRANT HIS
descended to the low level OF giving them
audiences and endeayoring to heal their dis
scnsions when they were known to be r'S-
cal. all, and all should have been repud'ateo'
Their regulations as undoubtcd TlScls were
national and yet they have found no diff
Guilty in getting the Presidents ear when re-
spcctable people were compelled to wait WIN
ratiencc the Presidents leisure.
The fact is humiliation to the nation. IL
is disgrace to the public service that sucll
knaves should be kept i'll position; ana
the Administration dccradcs lis dignity III
listening to their examinations and rccrlnlr''
t;ons, which on both sides are Issue ci
f4lsehoods. no doubt.
It's nm illustration of theerror of the adj
ministration that such men are i'll office III
the South. 1t was the policy of persecution
of the southern people, and casting di>tru>t
and odum upon them, that drove the Adj
miniStruton to the appointment OF such
men. They belong to small population
of whites who. it is supposed, have con-
troll Of the black vote. They divide upon
the offices, and each claims the power to
control the negroes. General GRANT Is
afraid to offend irretrieyably either Of them.
since. not knowing how closely he may be
run for the presidency, he docs not want to
lose Il southern State that he might carry,
if his PARTY of few whites and the negroes
could be kept united. And this is why
backg,mrdism and vehement alteration
have found their way into the once decorous
salons of the Presidents mansion. The na-
ton should indeed feel Inundated.