The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-26
Partisan Folly.

Il
T,,o t.,ccram, III the papers yesterday al"
no,nccd that certain ottlc'h"s SeH''''e''
.,,,,,;nc 10 be leaders Of the Dem"e'''''
marty. had decided thai il CHARLES FRANCIS
an,us were nominated by the Liberal Ke'
,uh,;cans the Democrats would not support
him. bu. would nominate ticket OF '"'''
own. La,
This is impertinence and folly 10 o''',
The Liberal Republican Convention .,.,,o,
Democratic Convention, and these s,"'' 49,
have nothing TO do with IT, ~, nn,;r, 70
right to dictate to Il. II + '"''' ' n, =,
remain entirely passive anu ~ ''"
rna nsmocratic party. though strong
,.,o sustained enough defeats to teach them
,ho nronricty OF allowing Others to beat the
common enemy, if they cam
Cor Mr.. ADAMS we would as soon vote
Car him as any other Republican; but we
douh, his availability. lie has not the eie-
ments of personal popularity, and could
hardly make much Roadway in the line OF
nop,,lar enthusiasm. Nevertheless, 1t Is hei'
thor wise nor proper for Democrats TO name
Mr.. ADAMS rs one they cannot support. IL
,hcv begin this sort Of interference with the
Liberals they may continue ii al 1"f".hn',
md eusendcr sort Of impracticability in the
,uhlic mind that will cndangcr the accom-
pl;Shment of the purpose they avoW 10 De
the strongest with them-riz., the defeat OF
the common enemy.
Resides. we do not believe that Mr.. ADAMS
stands any chance Of receiving the n"mi'a-
ton of the Cincinnati Convention. Does any
one believe so9 And is the objection to HIM
a"c.sc" by indirection to reach some one
else?
The fact is, we fear the Democratic party
has been too much boiled down by some no.
torio,is persons who imagine that they have
1t In their breeches-pocket. That DELICIOUS
money-changer Mr.. ArGrsrE BELMONT, We
suspect, looks upon the party aS belonging
10 him. He recently called meeting Of the
Democratic National Executive Committee
at his own house. and this looked very much
like making close corporation Of IT. We
Are no Democrats but wedo not like to sec
a great party whitfield down to these indl-
yi,l,laities, nor is it well for the party or the
nation that so large u portion of the people
of the United States as is comprised III the
Democratic party should be subjected to the
folhcs Of few men whose Judgment is not
the best, and whose motives are rather con-
trolled by their OWE personal ambition than
by the public good. The old party in other
DAYS was managed very differently.
The fact is, the Democratic party has Ia Il"
with the Cincinnati Convention nothing more
than the Conservative party has. BotitmllS
await the action Of that Convention, and then
follow the dictates OF good policy. We do
not think that good policy can possibly die
tate the nomination Of Il Democratic ticket.
That would be "a hopeless eXpedicnt. one that
repeated failures have rendered vain and
idle.
What is particularly desirable just now Is
TO keep down the suggestions OF personal
ambition. II men go 10 saying that we Will
not support this man, or We will support
ticket which has not that man upon it, they
are guilty of the mos! offensive dictalion and
the most cenSurabc impracticability. We
trust that patriotism and unseliiSl devotion
10 the national welfare may override these
follies, and those who exhibit them. In no
other way can the country he rc>cued from
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and corruption.
The telegraph tells liz that Mr.. ADAMS
has declined the Cincinnati nomination in
advance. VIZ understan d his letter to mean
that he will accept that nomination if ten
dered to him. He wrote 1t just As he started
10 Europe to let his friends know his posi-
fiOn