The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-21
THE LETTER.
WARRExroS. May IL. 1872.


NJ, Dear Sir,-I have received your faNoi
iruujrlug my position III the lrr,ia'h'i'!
contest. OF course II l'eln"rral i ioii',,
u,tcd shall support his election VIII III
nv heart; but it il i reduced |" question
OF choice between General ''r1ilt ana "''''
lev | shall support the former My own
Law. of uolicy we're. after the failure OF the
Cincinnati Convention 10 nominate 4 iiE'i'
accountable 10 Democrats. that the S"nts'
sho,iId hold from the contest and no, com
mir itself 10 either until the phlladciplE'
convention had nominated its candidates
and declared platform of principles iof II
the whole south were committed III advance
oy-,inst the election of General Grant, Wla'
motives could he or his party have 10 u! L"
ronciliate lis! Now, why should the South
urray itself OH the side OF Greeley, her liii'
repentant lifelong enemy, against dcl'r''
Grant. [ am no apolo-ist for the oppfr>-
sion we have endured from the Federal Go
y.rnlncnt but will the partl>ali> ~ uf'ci'H
,,pjn, TO one act that was odious 10 H. !lia'
he Ina. not justified and approved: Nay
more. The tylinuiral acts OF congressman
LEGISLATION were an expression ol Il north
,ru sentiment Of hostility Ia In" sol.th iol
which Horace Greeley more than al! oihri
uuu i. RESPONSIBLE. General Grant iE> ''''''i'
the instrument of executing: many Laws ON
u,,iolls 10 liz which were rE'rird tlih'tl tue
1,rr.surr Of bubble opinion rrratru' I '''''-
l., vhirh no man could resist. The pen M
miaht;cr than the, sword. Now, Wlrll i I"
frrrd 10 the southern people by the h'iiiiiI''
of the Cincinnati Convention HN 4 ''h>i'h.ia-
ton for their votes Amnesty: which slll
pIy means the relief OF 4 IL" thousand 'i'i'
from the disability imposed br the Iotrir"h''
amendment. But thu President has II" '''''-
troll over This; it requires 4 tW'-'!iilts> N"t'
of Congress 10 effect IT,. II the southern
vote. is TO he bartcrrd for such 4 lssliry con-
sidrration ~ this. why not bargain directly
with those who have the 0h'hfy To pay WlE'i
they promise: Does any man doubt that the
partv in power would gladly grant universal
amnesty Ia secure the electoral vote ol Nlr-
yinia alone: If 80. how l. there less OF DIS
honor in i coalition with Greeley on >nsii
condition uS this than with the party VINO
can give YOU nor Ill You ask The only dit
ference that can see i that in the cue ease
YOU bargain with 4 set of political bankr':pt>
and adventures whose pledges VIII be re-
deemed about n soon Is the confederate
debt. and therefore they will be proillSr III
promising: IN the other You INA! al least eX-
pect 10 receive the small pittanre required.
Tell Inc oae single reason why i southern
man should prefer Greeley to Grant. They
say THAT Greeley is honest; then 50 much
the Worse, ii he Is honestly npio~cd 10
all | hold dear. They say he ha> abused
CARPET -haygerS- which. 10y the 10y. are
only The natural product of institutions
which he planted among lis 4; but as he i i'll"
debted to this class (who assumed 1t Cmcin-
natl to represent the Soutl) for his nomina-
ton, surely HONEST Horace won't, if elected,
90 tack on his friends They say, too that
De is the friend of amnesty, aud yet he auvo-
Gated the impeachment Of johnson for par
donny rebels. On his recent elrctonrering
tour through the South. when he looked on
the land where he chad made 4 solitude aud
called it peace" Ills heart was fora moment
touched with sentiment of pity for the
southern people, aS we'll rs Il desire for south
ern votes, and he WAS tempted to say Il few
kind words. for which he WAS swift to make
atonemcnt when on his return to New York
he retailed 10 Il gaping crowd OF his adlnl-
Ters the fabulous stories of kukluX horrors,
and applauded the vigor of the Administra-
ton in Su>pending the habea> corpus III
South Carolina and enforcing the huklliN
laws.
The men who, as old Isaiah tells us, cooked
tuSlE DTSlhllSI WIFI OuS VIM vi q -ci>A
wood and made an image of the other, which
they worshipped, We're not more unreasoning
idolators than those whoare now prostratlng
themselves before Horace Greeley. In both
cases the virtues of the idol exist only III the
Imagination of the woEShippers. doh't
choose to bow ut such shrine, and AN not
led captive liz such entertainments: and ii We
are compelled to go through the ceremony Of
choosing Il master. to me there l. less of hui
initiation in accepting the soldier 10 whom
Lee surrendered his sword than the t::nalic
whose teachings have been 1.-THE Had Of all
our woes
! AN very truly yours,
JnnS s. MOsBy.
Captain 4. G. Rahc0ch.
The General thinks that the only conSide-
ration we are promised ny GREELEY is the
removal of the disabilities Of few thousand
men. In making this renssrk he shows that
he does not understand the situation. A
one Of the very first to declare for GREELEY,
we affirm that this consideration never en-.
tered into our thoughts. We are not battling
for that kind of amnesty" We want peace.
We desire that the carpet-haggcrs shall be no
longer supported out of the revenues of the
Government. We wish to srr men who are
bone Of our bone aud flesh OF our flesh sill
ting "at the receipt of customs" We would
have the spies, detectives, and vagabond-
generally, who are now paid by the Fedora.
Government to haraSS our people aud e:lt oui
their substance. and who elcctionecr at Oh,
expense for Radical candidates for Congress
we say We would have all these addressed in