The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-15
NAV, I1,mnshire--T Situation.

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N.v Hamnshire--The Situation.
! Tho New York TriLunc talks about the
| victory Of the Republicans in New LAMP
shire pretty much rs other Republican prints
| 40. II doubc.cad5 its article on the SUE
ic..t, and speaks OF the result Is ii! right.
Stll, we think The effort ii "rei"rnlnS
General GRANT out OF the presidency by the
| /" opr-tcrm' rule would have prosrcrcd bet
, ter under defeat of republiclnlsm In New
llanpshirc. There is really nothing in the
victory. ANYHOW. save that II shows the cX-
is.cncc still il the northern mind OF ln'lch OF
the prciudiccs and passions of the war
General GRANT has not so much TO 90 WIN
il. Every effort was made before the c!cc-
;ion to fan into lie the dying cmbcrs OF sec
tional hate. Even that detcstablc and s!all-
dcrous car3et.buggcr PORTER was sent to
New lflmIshirc to Witty the South ana IN
fame the people who really know nothing
about us.
But if New Hampshire has been carried
4e:iin bv these means, and not ''v GEANT III
| rurncc. arc we not admoniShcd OF The CHR
cil;v in the way OF transferring that State
| from the GRANT party to another paT'?--l'c-
uu,li,au or what not-wllch is less Liberal
10 tlc South than lie GRANT pItyI There
will he the difficulty in the way Of the "mode-
rate" Republicans. GRANTS power hes III
! the sectional animoSities which his p;lrtlslhs
IL CONGRESS have this winter shown deter
mina;ion to keep alive and active. GRANT
alroit recommendation Of amnesty i is plain
they 10 not mean to adopt, and they lose no
cpportunitv 10 prejudice the South i'll the
nnrthcrn mind. He played that card TO beat
GEEELrY, knowing that his followers would
save him from the injury OF passing al am
nc>tv ill, and >upposing that he would not
lose Thereby the popularity the recommends
ton would win for him.
GREELEY is honest. 80 are TEuMBClL and
hi, noble colleagues in Conservatism Bit
thew Oppose al unlimited amount Of ctHl-
ninr. rascaIity, and corruption. They nl'-
pose an unScrupuious purity which has tie
advantage OF exciting with facility the pas
<iouS and hates cf the northern people,
which were cn"cnd,rcd iy 4 war Tie rrcol-
! lection Of which i, fresh in their minds, ana
which ha-, SGrc IN MASSACHUSETTS, left Va
cant seat in almost every house. Here lies
! ,I,,. bower of these unScrupuous politicians,
and il is no easy matter to defeat them.
| Their defeat would l.c the happic>t sign Of Il
real peace that could bc given 10 the nation.
| There can he no such peace until they are
Lcaicn->incc they resi- their cause entirely
al, the con; numnce Of sectional strife. With
cut ,hat General GRANT could not possibly
bc elected Personally he has no influence.
Iii; patronage is immense: but even that
could not save Kim without the auxiliary
support of the sectional anilnoslties. Nj.
TYLER found the patronage Of 10 service III
securing even his nomination to second
trr,n. 20 was it with Mr. FILLMORE rs to
+. Geyicn-botl Of them men rs far superior
to General GRANT is one man we'll can EC IL
another.
We take the Ecw Hampshire elections IL
III evidence that the northern people may
still be aroused by the agitator> on the h
mcntll,ln themes of the war, which sllcHid
hc allowed to subSidc 10y common consent.
Ii is true the Republicans were brought UP
against their old enemies tie Democrats,
which assisted the bitter Radical leaders III
IN, Inv I'm hon i II.
vcrsaly but the Democratic party 10 be OPP
posed to these bitter Republicans? There is
certainly no show OF any organization to
take the field as yet, and until thcle il, every
Republican victory goes to strengthen the
party in power.
Yet there is 4 view OF the New Hampshire
election which his, il is said, Dccn favored
by leading men in WaShington-viz., that it
rcprcsscs the idea Of sclfsullicicncy i'll the
Democratic party, and more plainly than
ever forces upon them the belief that they can
of themselves accomplish nothing, and must
affiliate with the general opposition. The
Democrats were so long yictors that 1t Is hard
to teach them the lessons Of defeat, and VIC
lind them prone to dictation, and, in their
condition, of course folly. They LOST the Vie
tory in 'GS, and if they take the lead now they
will lose it again. II they 90 into state OF
itlsion-mclt themselves over again--thcy
might, with The better and more sensible and
practical people Of the Unon-Who advocate
peace, equality, and harmony among the
States and people--gain the gl1,ndest politi-
cal victory ever achieved in this Union.
They might well even disband to win such a
result. We shall see what they will do.