The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-10
The Presidents Visit.

President GRANT and the members OF
/ his Cabinet propose tour through the
southern States after the adjournment OF
Congress. The first capital Of the States ne
i will reach will be that Of Virginia. Gene.
TEL GEASr is the President Of the natiop' anu
tie people, IN compliance with pioPc,
sense Of the respect they owe Inc National
I t;oyerpmcn., shcufasalways exhibit Tor lis
chief magistrate becoming public courtesy
and hospitality.
we have had orr good reasons for complaint.
we have. more In regret than in resentment,
objected to the stern. determined, silent, and
apparently uninquiring manner in which the
President has pursued his policy Of prop
ping up the corrupt strangers in the South
and pressing the intelligent, capable, and
true southern men to the wall. Resentment
would be idle. Remonstrancc, although 1t
has produced but little apparent effect, has
unques,ionably made its impression. The
presidential campaign restrained the Will IN
favor Of concessions, If i, existed, as we be-
iieyo 1t did. But that election IS long over !:
the prcsident-eleet generously followed TO
the grave his good-hearted adversary, and
party resentments have, wc may trust, sunk
into the grave also. Now we may take fresh
hone Of better state Of things. There never
was time when the community should have
treated the President slight;ngly. But at
this time we should be farther from 1t than
ever.
General Butler, few days since, pro.
claimed the pfofrer OF the hand Of brother
hood and peace to the southern people, and
the Presidents official paper rcechoed the
sentiment Of General BETTER. This Is very
significant; and General GRANT, 1t Is stated,
IS about to 20 through the southern States
to Judge for himself Of the condition of the
public feeling of their citizens. He should
be frankly met and treated with the courtesy
and distinction due to the Office he holds.
And give US leave to say that he should be,
moreover, treated with the regard due to one
whose harsh treatment, in many cases, was
The result of misintormation. We have
always believed that bis natural disposition
wos to be fair.minded, and had he correctly
understood the South he would have acted
differently. Had his avowed policy when he
entered the Presidency been carried out he
would have won the support and heartfelt
gratitude Of the whole South, and would
have had no opposition to lis reelection.
Bit bis counsc!lors misled him, and hence
the cause of much distress and injury to the
national welfare.
But all these things have passcd-Gencral
GpANT is about to enter upon his second and
last term-he has no inducemcnt to resent
ment towards any Of The people, or to Use
his Office for bis own ambition, aud we should
by no means throw the slightest obstacle in
the way Of his natural inclination situated
and circumstanccd as lie is-to the side OF
friendship and brotherhood between the sec.
tious and confidence between the Govern.
,.neni and the people.
e. Therefore we suggest that it would be
proper for our city authorities to extend to
General GRANT the invitation to take Rich
mond in his route, and to receive him will
the courtesy and decorula due to his hist
Office and to the reputation Of this State ant
this city. We nre sure the whole people
will heartily unite in the propriety of plomp
measures for this purpose.