The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-01-19

President y. |s8
We admire the cool naa ~ Ntlch &c.
publican editors 1t the Nesth srelsctur,ng
General GRANT. Loeb at ag foiioNsag ron
The semtotncial organ at New ofk--Ine
Times .ss ~, ST. g sss
!. z Even II. the faults Of General Gran.
. :, ,,o n ,,ch rSrse than they really are, tney
wo,,id erercise no adverse influence npontne
pan,,hiican marty, unless The party lolloWea
al few of Its representatives
hlnl siat ~ ~ he has mfsmar-
app lS th,s narticuIar nomination, aud for that
49, 49,. ~. ~ b;s advisers are largely responsible
Wn can only hope that he will now taKe
,,ood care to commit no fresh mistakes a
bird failure would be little too absurd.
Let him forget friends and enemies Tor
time. and nominate the very best mau ne
can find for the vacant post. It Is pubic
posItion-nos private one-Which ne IL
called upon to fill up; aud we would ratner
trust his own good sense than the cunning
counseis or Mr.. Butler, or Senator rms, or
Secretary That. We confess that we await
his decision with no little solicitude.
It is not enough for the Times to chide the
President for misconduct, but. like an 4 anx.
ious mother, it warns him against bad COM
pany. such US BUTLER's! How dainty tue
Times has become
The Tribune, which sustained the Pfesl-
dent so faithfully until '6S, now sees only the
froyard disposition which he has always dls'
PLAYED. Hear it:
g The simple truth is that General Grant
is unable, through the very constitution OF
his mind and character, to make proper
use of the appointing power, so far as ln-
nortant civil offices are concerned, while he
relies upOn his own unsided Judgment. HIS
enormous majority in 1872, ana the unceas-
inc adulation Of his friends and supporters,
have succeeded in making him rely upon
his own strong common sense more than
ever before and consult the opinions OF
others even less than he was formerly IN the
habit of doing"
But the following is more bitter still:
"The natural antipathy which be cher
jshes to men of elevated character, hlsn cui-
ture and self-respecting manners, has been
enyenomed BY recent events to such point
that of all his surrounding no one dares to
mention to him the names Of any OF the
great iurists of the country who alone are
fl for the place of Chief-Justice. They have
done nothing to deserve his resentment.
Most of them are his friends and the sup
porters Of his Administration. But they
are not OF his personal following, and his
whole nature reFolts against the praises with
which their names have been repeated to
him during the last month. The country
has had enough Of these men, he said the
other day, with naive indignation"
We would think tue remark still more
true if General GRANT had said that "tbe
country has had too much of these men.
But observe how General GRANT is no" So
TRIED by the journal which exalted nlih -
greatly in his .JoHss IN scrlmmase' ano
during bis first canvass, and almost curing
his whole first term. Traits that were 1nen
extolled above measure are now Sharply cen
sured. General GRANT, according TO the
Tribune. hates excellence of all kinds lie
is vulgar! This is the cost of greatness!
But General GRANT is made of very solid
,tuff sa-.'