The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-02
Outs Run by Grants Stear


We have published lately several tele'
-rams showing how the GRANT parry are
running the Stra!ght-Out movement-he'p-
;n,, Rt ANTON DUNCAN and BRICK PoMERoY 10
,oitate-doing the Straight-Out y printing
and circulating their documents. 80 all
the "Sfruight-Out" steam is furnished ny
the GRANT party.
BLAsros DuScAS acknowledged a few days
since that the Straight-Outs had no fund
tn draw upon, and would have none till they
created it at the Convention. He could not,
therefore, print paper which was offered
him. So what has been done in the way of
printing and circulating must have been done
in great part, if not wholly, by the GRANT
party, That thisi is so is abundantly proved
by the following letters. which the Washing
ton Patriot has captured, which are auto
graphs of the postmaster at Washington,
and which speak for themselves:
"IISIoN REPUBLICANS CONGRESSIONAL
"ExEcUTIvE COMMITTEE,
WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 81, 1872.
"Mr. Howell, Let Mr.. Taylor have lot OF
Duncan circular. D. NJ H.
"AUGrsr %, 1872.
"In reply to yours of this day have to
saw that we have no means of procuring
masses, and cannot undertake their pur-
chase.
awe send few samples of documents,
but have others that would be applicable
should You desire them.
1--WE regret our inability to meet the re-
quest first made in your note.
"Very respectfully, your obedient servant
"J. NJ. EDaUSDs.
"Gcorge Taylor, Esq, Present"
81 send two packages New York Times,
"30 Circulars,
"File Of Documents and Constitutions.
q would like to see you moment.
J. Nj. EDMgNDs."
"August %, 1872"
"WAsuINGToN, ID. c., July 80, 1872.
"Dear Sir,-Please send incloscd circular
to active Democrats in your district who do
not support Mr.. Greeley and will cooperate
in the Louisville Convention. Send me
list of such men in each county Immediately
81. M. EDMUNDs, Secretary
| So here we have Straight-Out" docu
ments printed with the funds of the Rcpub
ican Executive Committee Of Congress and
circulated through the post-olfice. and
furthermore, the postmasters are pressed into
| service to spy out the men who won't vote
for GREELEY and will cooperate with the
| Louisville Convention, and TO send forward
their names to the Congressional Committee
that the sorchcads may be steadily piled Will
! documents to agitate them and TO infiamt
their discomfort.
The point in one of the letters about free
passes relates to the application on behalf o.
the Straight-Outs for tree passage to Louis
vile. That was more than the congressional
committee could give them, but the obligine
postmaster, in postscript, which has beer
already published by us, informed the mar
who made the application on behalf OF the
impecuniols and Strengthened Stralght.Outs
that he would endeayor to arrange for hal
| fares for them.
So it is plain that the "Straight Outs urt
the awards" of the GRANT party. That
party is managing their affairs just as Il guar
dian manages the affairs of minor. The
Republicans are trying to make the most OF
their scanty effects. And yet these Straight
Outs will go to Louisville pretending to op
| pose both GRANT and GREELEY.
The movement is simply fraud, and can.
| not fail to benefit GRANT, do what those con
ccrned in it may, aud those who are not
crazy amongst them know it. The Con-
gressional Committee can well afford to keep
the movement alive and give it all the steam
that moves it on. But we should think there
are men identified In some way with the
movement whose regulations are too good
to be submitted to the communicating effects
of political venture whose disreputable
alliance with the party in power is too APP
parent to be questioned or denied.