The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-31
VIII Horace Greeley Support Grant
yyho will Elect the Next President

VIII horace IrccieS Hafp
WHO will Elect theNext President!
The 7r,b,.ae of Monday contains pro
,,,,,c;omiento from Mr.. Greeley, defining his
,,ns;tion In regard to the presidency. He III
aaIscs in some plain talk to his Republican
associates. Hear him After telling no"
tba Democrats carried Missouri in 1870 be
cause the Republicans wouldn't come out fo'
genera, amnesty, he adds:
"Whilc the canvass was proceeding, Presl
dent Grant was induced to remove ccita's
Federal officers who favored the Lioei.
increment and appoint Regulars IN Ihep
stead. This interference, however well III
tended. ONLY served to add fuel to the ragin;
flames, Between thirty and forty thousand
Republicans, many Of whom ma louSna ss'. .
lant,v for the Union, voted the Liberal tichet ,
and Of these large portion were pI IoSa,,l
or rcpresented in the Convention ~ oI">.
son CITY last week when cire -. :,
mass National Convention OF Lioe "a,
Republicans to meet at Clnclhhatl Oh, LUG o.n
OF Nav next and nominate c'snaluates loi
prc~;fert and vice-Prcsident. We mean to
avoid prophecy, but 1t Is very sale 10 assume
fiat this Convention will not renomnate
&c u
tain that the Democrats rs party m'eho ~
ryucc this year that simple common sehoe
which they Displayed in 1870 Ill Missouri.
md which was conspicuous by its absence
il .hcir nomination and canvass OF 1868, ne
i very rash who undertakes now to predict
Tie issue Of the presidential struggle before
10 rrocls;ming that nothing but death can
urryert the election Of this or that caht,i-
datr. To sav the least, the political atmos-
,,hrre Is hazy, and they who would lie
@+tccmcd weathcrwisc will predict with cau-
49," .Thcn the Tribune is going with the
sho!crsD
NO: the Tribune is likely to be oga'ns'
ilc lo!tcre, since they are almost cert'n 70
make hostility to protection one OF tne plains
,,r their PLATFORM. aud that the ITaotn' can
ra,rr abide, no matter who may be the rival
c.,.n;,,4trs for President. Now that emanci-
,a.ian I, fixed fact, impartial suffrage nearly
G, AID universal amnesty inevitable, there IS
no remaining national issue which Is iall so
,.r,,o.+ant in the view Of the Tribune rs that
o. Protection Is. Free Trade. We have no
shc,jow Of doubt That the overthrow Of pre-
trn.iaD would he speedily followed ('s ii
1slC-2o and again in 1851 by sweeping
tyt;r.;rial collapse and commercial bank-
rtn;cv. which would carry hunger and dis
1rc-s Into the homes Of millions Of our coun-
-yry,an. 10 such n calamity the Tribune
c.4nnj contribute, even passlVeiy, Tor any
Conceivable consideration.
..Hut tao Ti1Juncs good wishes did not,
INV more than General Grants prescription
Of Liberals, save the Missouri Regulars from
o,arH hcming defeat in 1870; and the poi-
t.gis Of coming disaster are such that II
vl:i.l be treason toignorc item. While our
lim.Ignr anniversaries appear to be acting, OF
n"u,tiir TO act, with wisdom and polite
,i.,ra!ily. those who have the running of the
r,.alar Republican machine seem to Us bent
on bindly, madly rushing on disaster To
instliicc hut two points they arc blundcrlng
sadly in their higgling, grudSing, mean-soulcd
dealing with the subject Of amnesty, and III
their attempts to brand every one az anti.
l,cpublican who does not favor the rcnomi-
nation Of General Grant"
lie then refers to Governor VAscE's case
md continues:
$50 with the contested seat from Texas. II
votes have any meaning, D. {. GiddnSs is
the mcnLer-cect to the seat which William
+. Clark holds, and evidently means to hold
to the end, by virtue not Of majority in his
district, but Of Republican majority III the
House. OF course that majority can crafty
lin, but it will cost the Republican cause
more than any dozen carpct-baggers' necks are
worth.
"Now. with regard to the presidency, we
say only that, if the issue is to be 50 made up
that only those who prefer General Grant to
all other men arc TO count on the Republican
silr, everybody else on the other, we shall
moIlalIy hate to sit up for the returns tie
night after election. We appeal to all who
ne familiar with the currents Of opinion out
side Of official circles to sustain our position.
General Grant may be stronger than any
OTTER Republican: he doubtless has more
supporters to-day than any other; yet no
i,.uicious friend would wish him pitted
a@r,inst all who would prefer some one else
to lnin. Yet those who engineer his canvass
seem determined to make up just exactly
that issue.
"Mcn and brethren! a new leaf must be
turned over, or there are breakers ahead.
Tie proposed Cincinnati convention may
prove :. tiasco or it may name the next Presi-
dent"