The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-01
What is the Matter :

A., .,u,,,, ah,aihly declares that 9ehei'
:. 49, ,l,;esl himself with the very me-
..,,hosc names are by-woros 'hio''e n.y. W.
uoount,v for those vices when nc i'i'''Ss.'
:, ~ ,,.s;rc 70 root out ; he has lent his warn
:. assistaucc to petty factions, warning not 10
. INV ,olitical objects, but for the control Q
.ryundcr" and that "he now demands III
. reelection on the strength Of these service
.to the country" This Atld"hr hC"""'
represents the moro intelligent ana o.'"'"',
oc Puritan circles of New '""''
49,, :, may I've inferred that they
are d,iftcd away from GRANT anu III >: n
en-, ,;,h tho Liberal Republicans. 1c'
,,o,,,d socm that so fur as the policy OF Tue
government is concerned in its admlhistra
ZION If southern affairs they could haiull
find pretext for opposition to GRANT az
hos been assllrcdly rs ruthless rs they couie
desire and has left no stone unturned IN III
mans for maintaining social equality, IRE
sncct;ye of color and everything else, ant
has not neglected in any way to make use o
the negro with tho view of maintaining fadi
"a, nrcdominancc under the plan which was
concocted in New England, and whose hrs
step was to confer the ballot OH the uneou
Gated and incompetent African.
Certainly, on these grounds there Is nc
pretcxt afforded for the proper and dccorou'
doublc-rcfincd philanthropists OF New Eng
land 10 fall out with General GRANT.
Therefore we may conclude that they have
withdrawn their appreciation and smut INN
of from the sunshine Of their benign and
sanctilnonious countenanceS, at least partially,
on account of certain vices limited at by the
1Nonthiy. Among them is his love OF cigars
and liquor and FIST horses, and his assocE'-
ton with very bad fellows. distinguished for
vices which he had declared it to be his pur-
pose to put down! This is Il heavy account
against poor GRANT, whom the Wing calls
"the good mainland it derives piIllancy
and force because ii is an indictment drawn
up by men who would have been content
with any amount of cruelty and ust,rpation
that General GRANT might have practiced in
his policy towards the southern people if he
had only kept good company like their own,
made long prayers and wore long face.
The indictment in the Atlantic has GRANT
rather on the hip for taking part in the fac,
tiouS qlmrlcls of his followers. They are a
vicious set of creatures. and were, indeed, as
charged, fighting for the plundcr. GRANT
lowered hin>cll--if that could I've done---hy
always joining one against the other Of the
over the plumber was the consequence of the
sordid and malicious policy initiated from
New England. by which, after the war,
measures were taken to perpetuate the offices
in the hands of Republicans, and at the same
time to hl,niiate the South. Such motives
and such policy could not fail to eXtinguiSh
all principle, all integrity, and degrade the
power and Executive authority Of the Gov
crnment to the mere greed and passion Of
the party. Is it. then, surprising that the
"men whose names are hy-words" should
rise to the top and find their way TO the
places of preiermcnt and to the cars of the
President? Could men of any other sort
get ascendancy under such Ubiquitous mis-
government? Are men of any other kind
tit for the vile uses of such Government?
1t is some assurance OF safety to society
when the men who sowed the seed are dis
guSted with the fruit. 1t is very gratifying
that we find the men who have done more
than all others to switch off the Government
from the ways of honesty, accountability.
and respect for the Constitution, getting very
tired of the consequences.
We think or Massachusetts felow-citizens
are indeed Disguised with General GRANTS
associates, and without themselves havin.
anything like horror of Office, tley do not
like to see it dispensed amongst blackguards
and thieves, rs it has been in considerable
degree. Giving them credit for at least this
much, we suspect that there is something
else at the bottom of the discomfort amongst
the more proper and select people of NlaSsl
chusetts. There is Il growing prospect OF
the defeat of General GRANT, and that prob:
ability gives keener edge, or something Of
impulsiyeness, a sort of "irrepressiblencss,' .
to their aversion 10 him. We look upon this
Massachusetts, movement, therefore, as one
of the best signs Of the times in favor of the
Cincinnati movement.