The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-07
The Passions Of the Radicals.

The Passions of the Radicals.
The violent and greedy propensities of the
GRANT Radicals are boldly displayed al
Philadelphia in the contest over the wee
presidency, In which we are Informed that
the rage Of the advocates Of CoLFAx and
WILSON rose so high that they almost came
to blows. This exhibition Of temper is i'll
dcative of the moral condition to which wa'
and usurpation have brought the party in
power. Men think the offices belong t.
them-that there is a certain acquired right
to them-a right acquired by loyalty, strug
cling for the "lifc Of the mation." and all
that--which IL not to be questioned. TO
question it IL to become rcbcllious, and tn
entitle the questioncr to the doom to suffer
the penalties Of rebellion and exclusion from
all participation in government.
The head of the Government teaches this
idea. He undertakes to settle the disputes
of the vulgar cliques which quarrel over the
offices. He allows them to crowd his salons,
listens to their abuse of one another, and
finally takes one side under his wings and
banishes the other to the desert where there
are no offices. AS Mr.. SUMNER says, he sits
behind, watching and feeding the ami
mails" and the animals growl and fight and
rend one another After the amusement has
been enjoyed to his satisfaction, lie banishes
q part of them to the forests, and the
others he keeps in his cages--his offices.
Filled with the ravenollS passions the
teachings Of the White House inplants in
their breasts, these violent advocates of the
opposing candidates in Philadelphia show
that they would tear one another in pieces to
accomplish their ends. The factions have as
little forbearance for each other in the strife
for Office as they have for the rebels.
And the leaders OF these factions are the
sleekest and most alniable of bad-hearted
men. CoLrAx is a lovable man-full OF all
sorts of philanthropies, except charity for the
southern people. That Is out of the qlleS-
ton. To deny charity to them is Il plank in
his platform, and it would destroy Ill his
hopes to surrender it. AS to anything else
from shirt for pickaninnie in Africa to
rope to hang-a kukluX-his heart is wide
open to the tender appeals of pity.
Unfortunately CoLFAx, initiating the old
rat who retired to Cheshire cheese under
pretense TINT he had gone of to die and do
sired nobody to seek him, printed last year
AL emotional letter announcing his with
drawal from public life and his sacrifice Of
all personal ambition. Everybody knew it
was a mere piece of hypocrisy; but the
Radical aspirants for houors took advantage
Of It. Several arool-dyed Radicals immedi-
.ately set to work to get the viee-nresidency.
That artful and cunning man, HENRY Will
SON, of Massachusetts,, got the inside track OF
them all, and may, indeed, be nominated in
Philadelphia before this reaches the eye of
the reader. 1t was great error committed
by CoLFAx thus to profess indifference to
Office and yearning for the peaceful shades Of
retirement Likean imprudenl lrOntierSlnan
he trusted too much to his barbarian neigh
bors and ventured too far from his cottage.
II he is not scalped he will make very mar
row escape. WILSON will probably get his
scalp, and will be sure to line Il pair Of slip
pers with it for his own comfort.
While CoLFAx is an arrunt hypocrie and
the shallowest man who ever reached the
eminent position he fills, his competitor is no
less hypocrite, yet man OF stronger intel
lect. He is as pretentious about philanthropy
as CoLrAx, and little more cruel and unre-
lenting. He is as selfish and as memorable as
ever man was in Massachusetts, whilst he
persistently wears the dir Of sanctimonious-
ness, and his football is az soft and gentle us
that Of the cat, which he so much resembles.
These two attectionate men-these two
amiable and humane hborers in the cause of
cherishing the sectional hates engcndercd by
the war that they and their party may long
ENJOY the offices and easy honors of Govern
mept-hnd in the violent manifestations of
temper amongst their followers the reelection
OF their own true motives, which they have
80 discreetly endeavored to screen from pub
lie observation. They would seem to walk
the howery paths of peace and good will.
while they tread the way of bitter passions
and all uncharitableness. And so the :" ami
mails " OF the arena in their "jostling, wric-
CLING, chmbering over one anothers backs
and squealing," betray the true nature Of
the present party in power, its greed, its
violence, Its contempt for propriety, right,
and justice, In appropriating the emoluments
and powers Of the Government as though
they were created for the qualification OF
their passions and appetites, and not for the
welfare, the independence, honor, and dig.
nifty Of mankind.