The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-16
"Go Your Ways"

Ar csrx,rv. at the "monster Liberia
meeting on Friday night In New YORK. 'oo'
notice Of an overture from the Adm'nlstra
t;on organ In New York to the Lsberais III
wiling them to be represented at the "Con
vcntion Of weighers and inspectors rs M'
GREELEY called it. This Convention Is to b'
held at Elmira, New York, on the 10th May
lie gave the organ to understand that tnt
Liberals would not be represented on III
occasion, and that they had taken fheir own
course and separated from the ""e'she ,
and INSPECTORS" and did not mean " n.,''
ANYTHING more to do with them. '"' LAW
,,,s were going to Cincinnati and 10 any con-
,.n,,.;o,, th., might be appointed for future
dsy bv the Cincinnati Convention, ana iu'th-
ermore. that they were ready to :" take the
consequences.
This was very plain and unmistakab'e. Ii
WAS rs plainly final "socd-bye }" as could
he We do not see how the separated par
tics are to come together again. Mr.. GREELEY
was immensely cheered, and his plain talk
evidently struck the sympathetic chord in
the body Of the vast assemblase. We give
elsewhere this brief "good-byc" to the ultra
Radicals by Mr.. GREELEY.
% Mr.. GREELEY only gave form and
70 the tndoubted separation
.NI iberuIs and ultra-GEA*T
Radicals. The brcac. - o.."i', ,', ''nr .
party has "gone its ways !" WV" ''''>' 49,
own household. .h,t .,o
Now. does any man believe 4 .,@.
Liberals carry nothing but the names OF l.
leaders with them? Can any one be so bllho
as to suppose that the 7r'b"nc, one OF the
most famous and able papers III the oh'oi'.
world cast off from the dominant party OF
the Government without teellns-aye'
kuowinr-tlat it would he supported by
strong body of the people from amongst TIC
a,ty which it has for so many years SITS
tainedy Can any one suppose for Il moment
tha, TRrMBrI1. and SCH, NJ and DIX, and
number of other leaders, wou.f separate
from their party without the assurance ''"''
they were accompanied by enough OF their !
fellow-citizens of the same party 10 give 10
their act of separation something OF tue
dignity and responsibility of nun'bers-num-
bers of sincere and honest men, whose opin-
ions are unwarped by sordid motives, ana
whose patriotism is not to be intlmldated 10y
the fear of power:
Persons who are attached to the present
Administration by the tie of office or the en-
recitation of Office may affect to believe that
such men as those we have named would he
guilty of the folly of marching OIL alone III
opposition to the party with which they nave
ro0perated so long. They are not the men
to 90 into the business Of comedy upon sseh ;
solemn issues as they have laid before the
ration. Oh, no; Mr.. TRrMBrLL is not a CO.
median; neither is General DIX. the great
political prophet, as he is called. Nor, indeed,
can any of the prominent men of the Liberal
party he suspected of entering upon the stage |
in "A mere burlesquc. Merely forming an
opinion from the character and saSaclty OF
these leaders. we arc convinced that they are |
most serious, and that they are powerfully
supported by public opinion. The ultra
Radicals will lind this out. and will learn
that this Liberal Iarty has cut out rrore work
for them than they can well get through.