The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-15
The Gala in the Ray State.

uificant declaration from that staunch lte'
publican paper, the Boston Adrefhser,
which evidently thinks the resolutions
adontetl by the Worcester Convention do not
go far enough:
;. Governor Bullock struck the
kcy.notc for the Convention in his eloquent
oncnirr address. No one could lnlsunder-
stand him when he said that the conscience
the determination, and the action OF thc
| party must rise to general ana unquii'ieu
demand for publication in all the Offices ana
in AL the practices OF the Government ser
vice. Whatever particular dclEquencleS
no may have had in his mind, there could
be but one Interpretation put upon his Ian.
o,ure. and to that the Convention responded
| with hearty enthusiasm.
| The platform unanimously adopted by the
| Convention contains many things usellll Tor
eyomple and instruction. The resolutions
relating to back pay and the interference oil
Federal officers with their retalners 10 aeieaI
n fair and free expression Of opinion. II not
| iron.cIad are sufficiently firm IN texture 10
| hold till another year. so far as they feia'e
to national interests, they do not oVerstate
| We think they fall short of stating the full
l
achieved. Massachusetts is not ON The de-
| fensice she asks no fucor ofUe AdnaintStrd-
ton. and she ariN not ditoc ats incompetent
subordin0tcs 10 crack its riip orer her hedd.
| she demands far treatment for herself. dnG
not only for herself, but for EVERY STATE
IN THE UNION"
| The italics and capitals are ours. If Mas
sachusetts will only stand up to such talk as
this she will be powerfully reinforced. But,
then. the resolutions at Worcester were in
some sort deprived of their teeth by KIND
| of auooyy to General GRANT for denounclng
the acts of his appointees, and also for de-
nonncin@ his own act in approving the sal
ary-grab. in apology like that might have
been due to King, bat not to President
| of Republic whose marked distinction
| from arbitrary rulers is his direct re Sponsl-
bility to the people.
| We suppose the Adrcrtiscr thought this
| apology altogether uncaled for. That paper,
bv its boldncsS-much 10 its credit-las in
| Cured The ccnsllrcs Of the abjrct press. The
| Utica UerdM speaks Of the recent hiSh-toned
spirit ofthc idrcrtiScr rs ''drivelling idiocy.'
This it should have expected. If the i'd
| cpr,jse, stands to thc proud and patriotic
position it has recently so ably occupied it
| will be an honor to the land in which it is
nrinted, and deserve the thanks of every
intelligent and true friend of Republican,
ism.
From the - Ston POSt.-Dcmocratic.
| # is difficult 10 see how the Republicans
at Worcester could have done less in the
way of dcnunciation of the salary-srab and
Federal interference. Even While Slnarting
under the infections of the Administration,
thcv refuse TO trace the corruption to It's
source. While c0ndcmning congressman Tor
| increasing their own pay, they excuse the
President for his share in the :nlqulty on the
ground that the double salary is "just and
necessary" While reSentinS the interior
cncc of Federal oflice-hodcrS in the State
canvass. they ask the President to remove
men whose only crime is too great zels' III
the Presidents cause. 1t is this tlmldlty IN
seeking out the responsible authority Of
these evils which renders the Republican
platform weak and unsatisfactory. Butler,
at whom these Quaker guns were all aimed,
| showed his appreciation Of their harmless
ness when he accepted the platform as one
containing $50 much of good and so little OF
evil"
GBoston Globc-In1.l
Putting aside the strong re;ictionary ten
dcncy which has been observed during the
late canvass and which has all but carried
some prominent supporters OF the Repubi-
can party into the ranks of the opposition,
| il cannot be denied that there is Il belief very
generally entertained by our citizens that
| th. party in power must do something more
| definite than it has yet done towards carry
ing ont the reforms it proposed ut Philadc!-
phia, and BY means OF which ii gained its
great victory year ago. As Governor Bull
| lock saws. il is not that the civil service has
not been pressed with rigor, for this is but
4 minor con- liberation. The best of men
may differ is 70 the wisdom of making oih.
ciil appointments subject TO literary cXaml-
nations; the matter is an experiment, and
rs .rc! is neither better nor worse than
hundreds of others. What is asked is that
there should be common honesty shown in
administering the affairs of Government,
from the country poSt-oticc to the Cabinet
chamber We have had two many Cicdit-
Moblicrs and the like for our political
welfare.
Here interest or Ignorance blinded the party
| leaders to the importance of the questions at
issue. Had they accepted the required re-
form. and made opposition to railroad mo-
nopoly plank in their platform, they would
have carried the day. As it is they have
been dcServedly defeated by large majority.
So it is all over the country. There is every
where demand that corruption, fraud,
railroad monopoly, and special legislation
shall be put down.
| lBoston Transcript-Rcpublican
! The preparation Of these dishoneStieS,"
in all their odious chameleon changes, in all
the many di>guiscs they wear from ward
robes of dcnmgoguiSm and selfish monopo.
lies, is what the people are now called upon
to rise up and oppose. Since the adoption
Of the Constitution no work has been more
imperative than this. More or less of polit-
cal corruption has come rs one Of the ugly
but necessary consequences OF civil war
Il poisoned legacy Inherited from its posi-
ton by the dominant party and that party
TO live to any patriotic purpose, must repu'
diate it, crush it out wherever and when
ever it makes its appearance i'll any shape,
however seemingly speclous or lnslgnill cant
| Worcester Press-Democratic.I
From the day on which the Boston I'D
certiser warned the party of "breake r:
ahead" the Republican press of Massachu-
sets. as if by consent, have taken up the cry
and have been, if more guarded, not less Sc
we're than Democratic papers i'll denouncine
one of the gravest faults OF the present ma
tiona Administration. If there was any
doubt before that these utterances meant q
"ncw departure" for Massachusetts Repub.
cansm that doubt has been removed by the
action Of the Convention. The mention Of
General Grant by name, which not long age
would have called the Convention to its feet
was now received with marked GOODNESS and
indifference. not even the Butler men caring