The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-07-19
rRI:'.lpl.AI,.Y s.
presidents, mot General.

Liberal Republican paper that once sup
ported Grant thus puts its case against him
now: s.
:. II Is with President Grant that we have
10 deal. And IL IL because he has ignoml-
no,sly failed to fIl his high office as oeie.
Executive or the nation, and has degTaaeu
Tint Office In the estimation OF the peopfe
and the ewes of the world, that we oppose
his reelection. His civil career has dasap'
pointed the expectations Of his best irlends'
His Cabinet has not single first-class states
man i'm il. unless it be Mr.. Boutwell,. his
chosen associates are men whom few OF our
hest citizens would invite TO their taoles:
He has bilieted his personal relatives ana
sayorites upon the country by appoint
ing them to offices for which tnes
are VIGOROUSLY unfit. He has usea
the vast patronage Of the Government as
though 1t were one of the pcrquisites OF iis
position. without regard to the pubic seI,Ice
or welfare, pledging every appointee 70 mo y,
for his reelection. He has accepted presents
from all sorts of persons, ana Ie"mueu s,'e
oiycrs by official donors. lie has hiied inc
southern States with his creatures anu GU.
forced their extortion WIN me ihti.i
power, until one-.hird OF the Union sIaiiqs
TO-DAY on the verge Of ruin ana anarchy. re
has bullcd Congress into the support OF Ill,
pet measures: winked at corruption anu
fraud retained Infamous officers long aiter
their unfitness was demonstrated; sulTouhu-
cd himself By staff OF military Officers, III
violation of the Constitution; lowered tle
standard of our public service abroad colil'
promised the national honor III DIS aez''ilis
with England !; inslllted honorable ana Wv
triotic public servants who have opposeG Iis
wild or wilful schemes, and nnaliy di'iaco .le
Republican party by insisting upon his owl,
denomination, and using all the power anu
patronage of the Government 10 secure II.
Nothing he has ever said or done gives tlie
impression that he knows or cares anytniiS
either about the letter or the spirit OF inc
Constitution. the genius of our institutions,
the GREAT principles on which the welfare OF
the Republic rests, or the policy of sound.
consistent administration of public affairs.
His government isa complete failure in every
respect. and its failure would have been dis
nstrous but that the country has been at
peace. 1t is such President, whose unfit
ness for the chief magistracy of the nation is
striking and notorious, whose reelection we
oppose on every ground Of national policy
and honor.
IL IL Ho ailsNtl W luSSc ooit0 o"Jo~
to tell US of General Grants noble eXertions
and heroic exploits in the war. Admit all
that may be claimed for him on that score.
1t is not General but President that we
are to elect. General Grant was elected to
the Presidency in 1868 solely on his military
record. His election was an experiment, and
the experiment has disgracefully failed. He
comes before the people now and demands
reelection, not Dig General but as President,
and on a civil record which should cover his
name with obloquy, and make every patriot
hang down his head for him in very shame.
And it is this incompetent President, who
has not single qualification for the trust be
holds, and whose unfitncss has been demon
stratcd by over three years Of corrupt mis-
rule, whose reelection we shall do our ut
most to prevent"