The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-29

attempt to deceive any one. He started out
sto fornsre ON flss A ADMINISTRATION party made
his-sss!d urians the White Hanse; captured
what HE wanted. and told thetrnth about it.
As he Saws. he dcafe for immediate delivery,
and OF course will haze it EHe Will have
few or no followers, but he don't care iof
that, as he did not profess to represent any
BODY but himself in his dicker with Grant.
It was pi,Ircly n,attersof business, without
any atrectation about sentiment or cohflc-
ton. ...,5
Mr. Voorhees, succeeded mainly in ast0und-
ing and notifying himself. heIiler ne u
knave OF fool do not assume TO Juuee' Dut
he either wickedly or ig1orihtiy TOOK tlie
Administration lead, and got up the MS.
Grant campaign document. ms Sl"e.Ii 10
now being circulated by the hundred olou
sand. under the direction OF inc 'fraht co'Ii.
mittecs. If his speech does not mean tna.
he has been transferred s4,lareiy 10 4r'hS he
is most incapable in the sclectioh Oh lansuase
to express his purposes. rue uhue, .,ie
pressure of Democratic sentiment, anu Tue
,ibes and jeers Of those VINO urged MIN 10
hasten for his pay, he has ALREADY attetnpteo
to explain, and will doubtless Keep explain.
ing his explanations. In an hour he found
himself transformed from leader to dis
trusted GTuIuDlel, sptahiiS 'haii eapIy. "hh-
out followers. He simply went woolling and
came home ShOrn. ...s.
Brick Pomeroy will most naturally sup
port Grant. / am not aware that he ever
did decent thing in his life, and his consti-
tional cuSscdness can take him in but one
direction rs between Greeley and Grant.
Your people do injustice to Senator Scott.
He is not a bad man. nor is he demagogue.
4 1, 1p1n IN, $I,n Do
publican vineyard, has been very literally
paid, and feels like rendering the best equiv
alent he can; but he believes all he says
about your people. He thinks that every
anti-Grant man is kukIuX murderer, and
that the carpct-baggcrs are prosecuted saints.
lie believes so because the carpet-baggers
have told him so and sworn so before his
presence. He does not know that the same
witnesses could have been had the same day,
at trtfling advance, to swear that he had
been guilty Of burglary, adultery, Or any
other crime contracted for. His error is OF
the class for which men are not morally re-
Sponsble. Morton, Chandler, and Cameron
selected him for the business because he is
unSophisticatcd and honest. You will find,
however. that the House, whose members
arc about to return to the people for Il re-
view of their official acts. will overthrow the
kuklux bill and arrest bayonet elections in
the South. The people will do their own
voting this year.
Union of the clements opposed to Grant
will come from necessity. II it was mere
struggle between men for place, there might
be doubt about it !; but the people opposed to
Grant agree substantially in their convic-
tons. and they will compel ambition to
subordinate itself to the public welfare A
few will revolt and fall. as angels and men
have fallen before, but they will he unfelt in
their efforts to embarrlss the great movement
of great people for their diScnthlalmenf.
We have some Bourbon Democrats who
doubt whether there ever was a food in
Noall'S time. and who are quite sure that we
have had no WAR. Had they been with you
in pickctt's bloody charge at Gettysburg, or
behind The Federal battlcmcnts on that
memorable day. they would have been liberal
lied in their views of the duties of the pres
ent; but, as it is, they believe in the resoltl-
tons of '2S, in slavery, and in the Constitu-
ton as ii was. BY and by they will bc dead,
and he cllt!rilably forgotten. ....
The nation takes note of the fact that the
greatest anxiety for straight Democratic
nomination at Baltimore comes from Grant
and the ulsu upulotls leaders who direct his
administration. Their efforts to control the
Democratic Convention are tireleSs. They
are appealing to the cilpidity and ambition
of every Democrat and southern Conscrya-
tive that they can get within the range of
their appliances, and you will see most OF
your people Of easy political virtue howl
against surrender" Of Democracy at
Baltimore. They will he hired to chatter
like so many trained parrots ut the Convcn-
ton and would he well rewarded if they
could succeed. When they fail, as fail they
will, each side of the contracting parties will
truthfulIy insist that the other is Il fraud.
Be patient and hopeful my dear friend ;
the war is over at last. We will heal its
CHASTITY scars. and restore the di>rantled
column OF the Union by the peaceful, irrevo-
cable verdict of the people of Our reiInited
country. Yours, Nc, \. Is. MCCLURE.