The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-08-04
eo,.tor Morton-The Cue.


cnra,or MORTON, OF Indiana, has made
his deliberate speech for the campaign. Inc
Tribune, Of Nev York, justly sty les II Ia
no, worthy Of his reputation as an "ao''
ard INSCRIPTIONS politician" Mr.. NOR
IONS speech Is meant to cah the aePuo''
cans together, and unite them for the cau
paicn. Therefore he winds ms morn IL
loudly and as clearly as he can.
He attacks the Democrats ~ having ~
,s,licy and no ccEsistency-having platforms
in the various States much diferen. ana IT
,econeilable the one with the other. But h'
ou.i,s 10 refer to the equally serious dlscfep
apcies IN the Republican platforms ana De
tween The policy OF the Republican Con
.-reSsional Committee and the avowed poitc!
nf The Admins; ration. Tie Tribune says
..ue boasts that the Administration party
hos investigated its own corruptions; bu
carefully omits to mention that II utterly
.fused the task until driven to 1t by popu
lar c,smor. and that its leaders IN each CASE
,tu,t,d ard denied down 10 the honien
Of conviction, while their associates Id 'oei'
blind fury, have been making WARFARE
upon the press that exposed them ana com
relied the investigation"
MIR. MORTON claims victory Tor the In
n.,ionis,s" and bitterly assaiIs the contrac
t:onists. emitting to say how he gels along
with General GRANT ca these points, ana ut
,,>h toll
defend GRANT from the charge Of hostility 10
the civil-rights bill.
The main motive Of Senator MoRToS APP
n,srs 20 be 10 force the country INTO TWO
,,orties--the same old two: Democratic and
r.uubIicup-and TO drive them to renewal
Of the fight upon the old issues Of SECTIONAL
ism and f:,naticism. He cannot succeed lG
This, The fires of sectional hate are too 10"
TO be famed into flame, and 1t is impoSsi'
bic 10 bring the same old combinations into
the conflict.
The East and the West cannot be held to-
celber. They are irreconciubiy opposed 10
one another on the money, tariff, and manu-
featuring questions. This opposition is
merely one of business character. There
i not much passion about it; but the
grounds OF alienation politically are substaE-
,ial and immovabe.
Turning to the Democrats, it is true that
they are not 10 the most harmonious condi-
,icr. They are disturbed by some of the
sectional incongrui1es that so much en-
bnrrasses the Republicans; but those incon-
crui,ies cannot affect the Democrats as much
as they do the Republicans; because the
milonaircs and capitalists are mostly Repub-
leans. and exercise great control over
party measures, while the Democrats have
no powerful monitd interest to produce dis
cord amongst them.
But there is a disturbance of politics in
this country, and a state OF confusloD
brought about chiefly By the exposures of
the failure of the Republican party measures
for reconstruction in the South, and the
dreadful condition to which they have
brought southern society, which cannot be
quoted. MORTON cannot diSpcl the diScord
that prevails, and he cannot with his strate-
gy bring TO the field the same old parties and
issues that buve been so long arrayed in the
national canvassCs. The masses are swarm
ing, and MORTON has not the magic tin-pan
whose beat will bring them TO rest.
|, is a great thing tor the country that
confusion exists in the political arena. We
hope good things from it, and from the re-
quotation OF corrupt politicians such as MIR.
MORTON. IL is time for Il new class of poll
ticlals 10 take position in the national coun-