The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-08
THINGS to be Gained.

THO asn;rants for offlce-thc hungry Psos'
.>o,.ors n thc nortv area--haye their objects,
their schemes, fer personal benefit ana iof
announcing themselves in places OF honor
and profit. A great many manifestations o.
discontcnt, highly colorcd and impassioned
inyectives touching violations of principles
and honor, and protestations against cringlns
and hulnb'ing ones self, are ensendered 10y
the disappointment these selfish schcncfS'
We doubt not that n good many OF inc h.i'
protestations against the decision OF ''c .".'
cinnsti Convention proceed from dlS'Ppo'"'-
ment. There were more states s'E''' Que ,u
ried to Cincinnati with their tlS's Oh h's"
officials The custodians CT all but one were
necessarily disappointed and dissatisfied ana
cxnrcsscd their discomfort with more OF less
yehcmencc.
Rut the people md the country had but
ono slate-viz., the nomination OF ticket OF
honest men opposed to the present Admn'lS-
tration, It's war policy, and It's corruptions.
The people had only that to desire, and
would have been satisfied with any of the
distinguished men presented to the Con'cI-
ton. After some reflection we are satisfied
that the strongest ticket that could have been
framed in the Convention has been fixed
upon. The people, we believe, are satisfied
with it. They gain all they wanted. The
disconnected murmurins of the disappointed
aspirants will not affect their opinions. On
the contrary. we suppose that the srumblerS
will have to acquicsce and take their chances
with the triumphant party. They know
that it is useless to fight against the popular
tide. The chances in floating along with it
they know to be far better than TO make the
idle attempt of opposing it. which would
only end in their Icing washed away and
swallowed up in the ocean.
II was this difference between the office
hunters and the people, which we pointed
out Yesterday. as accounting for the protes-
tatiops against the Cincinnati nominations i'll
the North and the quiet and content with 1t
that prevailed at the South
Here there are some on the fence who az"
not complicated with the otticc-hlntcrs with
their disappointed States, but who have been
infected by their complaints, their plotcst;'-
tons against GREELEY's "protcction" doc
trine and the expressions Of extreme rcrer-
ence for the will of the Democratic party.
Had their states been successful would we
have heard from them in this manner? Ger
tainly not Yet our good contemporaries.
who are perfectly sincere, have netherwlse
settled down upon the fence, and our
esteemed friend Of the Fredericksburg
Herald swears that he will "poSSess
his soul in patience" until he hears
from the Democratic Convention. We'll, let
him possess his soulaS long as he can. That
article is about all any of us can individually
call our own, and until we succeed by break
ing up the war party, our earthly possessions
will hardly have Il more extensive range. SO
he would better adopt ut once the policy OF
splitting up the war party by the Liberal
movement. II he sits upon the fence until
the Democratic party by itself loosens the
cords that bind US, he will sit there till the
crack of doom, and we know he will suffer
awfully with rheumatism to be exposed so
long to the weather, and what is worse, Rad
icll miSgovernment.
Pray, gentlemen, quit the fence--leave the
politicians and their states and join the poo
pie. Their gain is yours. But if you cling
to the disconnected politicians you will gain
nothing.