The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-07-20
The Power Of Liberalism.

behalf Of the Liberal movement. ne i"tei-
,ect the standing. the numbers, ail pre-.
nondc.aic immensely in favor of the Liberal
cause. Take the press, for instance !" ''''
So,tb cave here and there Radical news
nsner and again here and there an oDsll-
nate and visionary journal, so imprtct'caoie
+,,ot Nothing seasonable or reasonable can be
oxncctcd of it, the entire newspaper frater.
nity are supporting the Cincinnati ticker an"
niatform as the only means OF defeating l'''
war party and restoring peace ana u''''"'
Turning 70 the North, we find t'la' Tue Cur
tire Democratic press, save the E'cs'i'e' i''is
Now York World, with its doubtful support,
and the Chicago Times, with It's oppos'tioh'
is manfuIlv sustaining the GREELEY t'cAe,
while Of the Republican press the Liberal
cause has the support OF the New York 1r'-
baac. Ck.caso Tribune, Cincinnati Con1"aer-
cial, New York Sun, Springfield (Mass.) re
n,lJlican, and Il number Of less distinguished
newspapers. Thus, so far as the press is con-
cerned, we have power never before COLI
centrated upon any national ticket in the
Union.
The real statesmen stand very much as
the press. All the really great potitica'
economists and constitutional lawyers OF
the South. except STErnENs OF Georgia, arc
sunportinr most earnestly the Liberal cause,
that il TO restore real peace and fraternity 10
the Union. There are few, bakers
dozen Gf so many, Of distinguished men
in one way and another in the South VINO say
thew can't 20 GREELEY,-as If GREELEY Only
was the o,cstion--and who modcstly call all
the balance of their fcllow-cltizcns fools Tor
supporting the only movement that has the
slightest prospect of relieving themselves ana
their countrymcn from oppression. lhefc
are no constitutional lawyers, nor yet men OF
influence enough to induce others to follow
their absurd course, who take any suc2
ground. And this is all that can be SAID cN-
ceptionaly to the general Endorsement III The
South of the Liberal movement.
Directing our attention to the North, is II
not true that the mental power us well us
the power of numbers is decidedly in the
majority in support of the Liberal Gl'lsc
Take Massachusetts the AnAMsEs, VINO
tower above all the public men OF that State,
are strongly in favor Of that cause Which Is
alike the cause of the Union and humanity.
Look everywhere the fact is the Salne--ln
New York, in Pennsylvania, in Chic, i'll III
diana Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri. DC. All
the superemincnt statesmen arc on the Llbc-
raj side. THURMAN, DooLTTLE, TRrMEULL,
GRoEsBECK. SCmuKZ, HENDRICKS, VOORHEES,,
every statesman of Kentucky, and with few
exceptions every public man above lncdloc-
rity, everywhere is on the same side. Nor
ton, Of Indiana, is bitter, INSCRIPTIONS, ana
relentless partisan, who, with all his ability,
has no claims to be considered statesman.
CoSKL,S,i, of New York, is Il fop and Il fool by
the side of the great men on the opposite
side. Speaker BLAINE, OF Maine, is the best
balanced mind of the whole Of the GRANT
leaders. BINGHAM is Il wrctch-unrclmble,
unhappy, malignant, vicious, and cap!lciouS.
Mrs. SuRRATr has not done with him yet.
DAWES stands very near to BLAINE. BrTLER
is a thief and Il liar, and though very Gull
min. rascal, cunnin" is not the virtue to re-
licyc him of the odilm of his vices. WILL
son, the vcc-preSidenta candidate, is no
lawyer, no statesman; only partisan o.
narrow calibrc, whose prcjudiceS are 50 great
as to exclude him from all national popu-
larity and honor His war on foreigners
seals his fate if anything were wanting to
finish him. boutwell, is another of the
poor politicians, and is doomed, like WILSON,
to be imprisoned in Massachusetts. They,
with a few others, might be regarded as So
far resembling PRoMErnEus that they arc
chained to Plymouth Rock, and the bird OF
prey is ever tearing their hearts.
Really there is Il poverty of mental power
in the GRANT ranks never before cquallcd III
any party that sustained a presidential cln'
didate, much less an incumbent of the prcsi'
dency. WILLIAMS, the attorney general, Is
a man Of force, but not man of national
fame or popularity. The fact is, that to sup,
port GRANT and his policy in violation Of the
Constitution and all the principles and ideas
of the Republic, will inevitably. damage Il
mans reputation for acquaintance with law
and constitution, and even WILLIAMS OF
Oregon, with all his ability, because Of his
GRANT partisanry, cannot beawardcd Il place
of eminence ;ls statesman even with his
own party. The best and ablest of the ultra
Radicals are diScrcditcd Us statesmen by sus-
tanning the outrages upon the Constitution
under the GRANT administration, and must
sink to the depths, whence rest all things no
longer of use and no longer adapted to the
spirit of the times.
Take the masses of the people: The South,
except the negroes, is unit for the Liberal
ticket, which will get every southern State
except Mississippi and South Carolina, while
prominent South Carolinians say that State
will vote for Greeley. In the North the
Democratic party will stand solidly for the
Liberal cause. We have but to look at the
table of the last presidential election to sec
their strength and to see what little change
is required to defeat the war party in nearly
every northern State.
The whole majority Of GRANT in the Union
was 3l0,5SS, excluding Virginia and Texas.
A change of one vote in twenty would de-
feat him. Can we doubt that there have
been changes more than are required to turn
the tables against him? The army of Liberal
Republicans at the North will more, than
make up this required change-nay, it will
by the day OF election be enlarged so us to
overwhelm the war party fatally and finally.