The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-24
A Great Dcll,sion.


,,,o, ou,hid tiREkrrS III hbcla'Hv.
Srcb an idea concerning GRANT WI" mas
Gov four wears grown steadily more and More
n.rsh and cruel towards the South. aud
nhos> friends arc even now asking Tor ~
ry,cpsicn of the law authorizing him I" '''S'
ncnd the writ Of ho5caS corpus to ail'ici INC
South and spread woe among her people :,
indeed absurd. \ man stultitic> h''nHc" y,
,,tcriug il in The t,cc Of facts VINE" ~
l}y forbid lis entertainment. One '''''' a"
-, s Cor .,m. rxr,.,c for supporting
Gs.x7--whicil his own >!H-"c''' 'e''e mum
no sbor,d oacr--whrn hi rests his 'Vh'"''
,,,>o, .rch .t,.ecr>tion--a suggestion hud'!
within thc rnngc Of possibility.
,.,o-J t;s.xr set out with the motto
s.1,t NC have peace" He had as 'fcnds
and advisers RAwIlHs. SCr0f,tlr. ana Town
x,<, They woald have placed him on the
,,ch road to "pcacc' They ;orc>hadowrd
The rnlicy tina, would restore the lmon and
make the people contcntcd. They desired
20 sec the southern people trusted, and 10
.ce them relieved from the expressions oil
<=rret-has rule. They desired that the PROOF
that the Government trusted them Shon!d DC
afforded in contidng public offices 10 them,
and in restoring to them their rights It,
EQUALS of other men in the Union.
General GRANT seemed TO acql'irsce III
their views. and before nc entered upon Inc
rr,,ilenrv he assured Nirginians tina; he
would do all in his power to relieve them
from the Objectionable features OF the "
pysvoop Constitution. for which he protested
70 have horror. declaring that no people
ought to he required 10 live under such II
constitution H. that,
What did he do: With manifest reluctance
he tardilv sent message to Congress a>kln"
that body TO permit the people OF Virginia
10 vote separately on two of tho provisions
in the U>prRworp Constitution. Ills pledges
had been ~ positive that this he could mol
avoid: lult ~ rapid bad been his lEtcNsildln@
from the liberal views he had c>rou>"d that
all Mist remember we here considered that
TO had male a most narrow escape. 1t was
generally believed that nothin. but the al'-
,lic7,,ion Of the >pur hy McS>r>. GRESHAM,
STrAR>s X Co. saved IL. and that even th''i
r,r.r,a.inns would have been llntNaI!ln2 Il
fe~ hours later.
The tendency of General GIANT to ilIihe-
raj measures then shown grew stronger daily.
He soon placed himself in confidential rrE'-
tinn> win the most ultra and vulgar mem
hers of the Radical party. He admitted L"
hi, favor the most dsrcputahlr Of carpe'-ha+;-
gers from the south. and IS fir as hr cou1a
Ito 50 placed the people OF the SCUM ohocr
the rontro! aud in the power OF those s;Iail-
gers who followed the northern army liz"
birds and hc,>t- If prey. ana RENAME" aA''l
the wax to eat out the Substance "t >nt]u-
gated and afflicted people.
TIr>,. creatures bad not office """'lSh Tor
.lcir greedy nrpcttr~. and they p';&JreI'"t:
over he spells and carried Their W!HnGiiiS
into tlr White House. We uccu not say
that in nearly AL casc>, from some unac-
counl.thlc faulty, Gencra! GEAET took TIC
side of tn. most NJ, al sud III" most corrupt
of the wrar.lcr>. From Tic NcW York Gus
fom-lolis. 10 the New Orleans rings he was
consistent in the obstniry with which h"
adhered to the policy Of keeping III power
the most offensive persons, aud uPhott!nS
the practices which caused most affection 10
the people.
III his own executive measures he Sfoadt'!
followed up the plan of Furnishing the Sou'l'-
.rn white people 1t was through his scllcl-
fatinn that the AM hority to place the bayonet
over the whole country. but especially the
South, WAS placed in his hands. II was
through his solicitation that Congress made
the courts the a,lXliarics of his military RUE,
md subjected the white people of the South
IL extraordinary penalties for the dement, oi
negroes. bribing negroes with large SUMS 10
ht informcrs against them.
The history of the prosecutions OF tho
whites through the infamous acts OF The
Federal courts and the Infamous acts OF
GRANTS appointces is familiar to us all
Early in his administration the President
in his message recommended that the iron
clad oath should be applied to Georgia. The
recommendation was not respected ny even
the ultra Radicals, and the Georgia act was
m.,sed without, we believe, an attempt to
Incorporate the iron-clad oath in it.
General GRANT has in several messages
made the oral statement, Of Elsc;llly carpet
baggers the basis of complaints aSaiis, the
South and the pretcxt for asking either for
greater power to punish the southern poo
pie or for the extension Of powers pre-
yiol,Sly granted for that purpose. He has
but recently communicated to Congress 4
budget of accusations against the South,
gathered from the worst of men and most
lying of carpet-baggel$. Mr.. BECK mdis-
nantly pronounced the whole riglnarole false
Immediately after it was read.
As we have said, even now his most trust
cd friends ask for u continuation of his I'M
limited power over the persons and tateS of
The southern people. and back up the petition
hv such false accusations as we have spoken
Uf-accusatons known to be the net;lrious
inventions OF unprinciplcd and malignant
men.
All this, too, when General GRANT is look
Ing for denomination for the presidency, and
when he is unquestionably taking position
for the campaign. Does any man doubt that
he rests his claims upon the continuation of
sectional hatcs, and that he thinks his surcst
way to success is to fire the northern heart
against the South: In short, IT, the head of
the war party, General GRANT by his conduct
confesSeS that he can alone succeed bv cher
ishinS the PASSIONS and rlncors OF war: and