The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-30
NcfA Aavtcs from Jolsl s1itsasi.
Thesaas 20 bittw aIwar kepeupa gainst MI

TheSBas 30 bitsef aiwar Ke t ID
Greelsy by papeFs which are &
!. wiring to wound and yetaffaid tostrike," /.
thass Ne are compelled to pubfsirfnure arf'.
cles showing his popularity than we would
otherwise do. We must Offset the speeches
of such malcontents as voorhees,, of Indiana
and others Of the same stripe. These speeches
are scattered broadcast throughout the and'
being published In all the Grant papers in,
Guiding 1.-The. straigbt-ont. Democratic), ana
franked in pamphlet form to thousands o.
people by Radical members of Congress. we
have an abundance Of articles to-day from
leading men, but from none better entitled
to a hearing than John Mitchell, who writes
in the last issue of the irish Cit'ze'' rs 'oi'
lows:
GRAST-GREELEY CAMPAIGN.
This title fts the situation. There VIII ne
and can be no other candidate aS.,iIse -
than Greeley. nor against Greeley t'i'I ui"n,'
Politicians like Mr.. VOORHEES,, VINO wy ~ G aa,.
derrnine Greeley. are "orkihs aH 49, 800 ond
Grunt: citizens who revolt against ulanSan
Grantism must come to Greeley, pe1,use .n To-.
will he nobody else to support. E.ea alo uJ,
makes this alternative more ana lioIe o,e, co.,
inevitable. All the various elements 1i ts,n-
~, old and new. that are bitterly dlscon-
MOD with Grant and Inundated in spirit
~, tho low estate into which he and his
crowd" have sunk the country. are
rallying together around the omy nun
whose name seems potent enough 10 coIl-
bine the needful force. The various op,
iections, also, which this or that party naa
arairst Horace Greeley, and which voorhees,
sets forth with aggravatlng zeal, somehow
look when examined very small indeed
they even vanish away. Free Traders love
not his Protcctionist doctrines but when
they read the "platform on which nc
stands and his own letter of acceptance they
find that protection and free trade are left an
omen question, to be decided by the peoples
representatives in Congress. In short, this
whole affair of revenue and tariffs, not being
a political matter at all, stands outside, wait
ing due attention when there is time to at
tend to it; and Mr.. Greeley in the White
House will have no more power in deter
mining it's future disposition than Mr.. Gree
Icy in the Tribune office. ....-. .-
Then, certain Germans are supposed to
cherish grudgc against Horace because be
not only drinks no beer himself but objects
TO others drinking beer; and especially fayors
penal laws against the drinking of beer in
Sunday son1mcr gartens. Tn this also he has,
perhaps, more influence as editor of the Tn.
bune than he would have as President of the
United States. Our Teutonc friends can
afford to let Mr.. Greeley drink up all the
Poton,ac--as he is said to have already
drained dry the spring of Chappeqra---witil-
out prosecuting him. Mr.. Greeley must not
think because he is vrtudtls that there can
he no more cakes and ale.
As to the part which our candidate took in
the late civil struggle, one must admit that
the tremendous spectre of impeding war,
when it arose before mems eyes. found nm
unpremred and even vacillating. He shrank
from diSunion, but shrank more tcartully
from torrents aud seas Of blood. SO at first
he was willing to say Naughty sisters,
dcnart in peace" Yet. very soon altcrward,
when the whole North went mad for war,
he went mad too. That is all gone by and
over, lin his estimation, though not in
Grant's.) and he has since shown, beyond
and above all northern men, Il disposition to
bury the hatcllet and bring back all his fal-
low.citizens into brotherly relations. Let
every reader of the Irish Citizen only read
the admirable letter of acceptance, anu
say what more we want in Presi-
dent, so far as words 60. And words
sometimes mean things. In the present
situation of this country, and Of It's parties,
where ISSUES IRE so sharply defined and have
gradually worked themselves clear. where
all men having the ear of the public at all
have expressed themselves with precision
and with force, we have a right to assume in
the case of this very Horace Greeley that his
very emphatic announcement of principle
not contracted, but Oh the whole confirmed
by all that he has been doing and saying
these thirty yearS--lias its roots deep down,
not merely in his own nature, but in the in
stincts and consciences Of the large public
which las so greatly contributed to form.
On the whole. then, taking the mars cha
ructcr and antecedents, as well as his solemn
declaration Of principles now, we adopt and
accept him as the most stalwart Antagonist
that can be set against Grant. 1t gives u
pleasure to reflect that before the Cincinnati
nomination this irish CtGsen nominated
Horace Greeley, and still greater pleasure t.
see that the powerful masses OF our nat'lral
lied fcllow-countrymen are rising on ever!
side in support of his cause.
One last consideration is that Grant is de
cidedlv the British candidate, and the Lon
don press supports him. Not without cause
he is a serviceable British slave, and there /
nothing wonderful i'll seeing the British or
gan of the New York press and the British
banker In WaH street dcroting theinselye
to his cause. The English would rather pa.
twenty millions Of dollars to secure Grant
reelection than the same sum for PREPARATION
to our ruined ship-owncrS--what we call on
alabama claims"
But this preference, SO warmly expressed
by the English for Mr.. Grant, is not, per
haps, a very good reason why we shoult
raise him up to be our ruler for four year
more. Indeed, the triumphant election o
Greeley will be the best answer we can nov
make to the arrogance and impudencc o
Granville and Gladstone.
GREELEY WILL WITHDRAW OFFICES
Washington, May PA private letter re
cciycd here from Horace Greeley within foul
or five days by Republican member of The
House aid a friend of twenty years stand
ing states most clearly that if sraight-ou
nomination is made at Baltimore he viii
withdraw from the field. in which event III
will of course abide by the Tribune editorial
written before the Cincinnati Convention, t
support the strongest Republican ticket ii
the field, thereby meaning the Philadelphi;
nominee. Aside from this, Mr.. Greeley:
friends here do not hesitate TO assert that he
will pursue such a course in case he is no.
endorsed ut Baltimore. Some western Dem
ocratic congressman who have held CONVEX
sations within few days with some of the
Liberal Republicans find that the latter eX
pect all the principal offices in combinations
OH State tickets, and all the Democratic vote.
to elect them. The programme seems to be
that no Democrat shall head a State ticket
In the case of Illinois it is proposed that the
Democrats and Liberals meet in joint con