The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-01-13
Mr.. cushing's Nomination,

81 peSsido8t GRANT has siirOWa u SoaAo--s'ss'
ID t.ae nornina.ien OF Mr.. CUSHING. II occa'
ssons "a greatdeal Of shining " aud sscriill'
nagins.D Like food in spring, this NOM
ina,:an is breaking up the long-standins
sec and threatening the removal OF some ven
cradle masses which had become almost per-
r,snent features of the scene. as our WASH
;nston correspondent iii his Saturdays eie.
gran, said, Il threatens the cold stand oys
and creates no little anxiety among them
We are not surprised at this. we co'vos-
sure that the United States Senate was never
before so completely taken by surprise al .
nomination. There is general speculation
oye- il. All wonder how on earth The Pfe>i-
Ron, cane 10 nominate Mr.. CUSHING for the
Enthusiastically.
In our opinion, General GRANT is warm
friend, and his nominations indicate as much
his friendly feelings as his estimate OF inc
Qualifications Of his nominees. The man OF
devoted friendships is never the worst OF
men by jugful. TO stand by frlend Is
noble thing. Only 10 a President OF the
United States it would be we'll that his Judg-
men, should be good in The choosing OF his
friends. Taking WILLIAMS as sample, we
sbo,;Id saw it would he best for Generai
<;a.Sr 70 make no new acquaintance"
SIT, turnin. to CALEB CUSHING, we "oulo
say there is nothing wrong there. CALEB IS
"a good fellow" if we may so speak ol
nan Seventy.:our years old. He has been
ia yolt!cs "a gay and festive cuss,' and
socially always gentleman. lie has been
on almost every side Of politics; but even
here his errors show his humanity and caaln
nm 10 mankind. If the President never
t.kes 20 his Bosom worse man 1t VIII DC "a
glorious thing for him.
But to the CID Radicals, the hating and the
,,n'orgiriog, and especially those who think
thai " RICH. divine and human. throushao'
oli.!on and through having "savcd the life
Of the ration" the Offices of Government
bs.ong 10 them, the injection of CALEB CrsH-
IN: into the ring rs the recipient Of the high
est judicial honor at their disposal is great
ou.ragc-a great assault upon the integrity
81 Tie Republican party. That party has
been united in Government plumber, and
shat was their strength. The sharpest
amongst them see the danger Of dividing
,acir honors and their power with persons
wao do no: belong 10 their "rirg."
We should not be surprised, therefore, at
sue. an attack as the following from the New
York Times, The semi-oliic;al organ of the
Administration:
MIR. Caleb Cusling's fortunes seem 10 be
IL The ascendant. A few days ago he was
!, minated as Minister to Spain; no" he
receives the nomination as Cbief-Ju>tice.
rs . supporter Of the bred Scott decision,
IS an advocate of the slave power, as a Wing
WHO became a Democrat, as politician |
whose place was never fixed from one week |
- another, as 4 gentleman who strongly
objected 10 hear the patriotic tunes OF
tie North during the war, as partisan OF
lie cause which the northern people de-
.es,ctl-in all these capacities Mr.. Cushing
.as distinguished himself. Ii can scarcely
&c his achievements IN these directions
which have moved the President to select
Tim as ChieEJli>ticc. When we get Chief
Justice of seccssionist proclivities i'll the SUI
irene Court it may fare badly with General
Sacrmau--perhaps even with General Grant
;;n,seif The entire proceedings Of Congress
s:nce the war may be called in question. It
! >aid that Mr. Gushing will be acceptable
10 Tie bar. We do not suppose the Demo-
rra,s will oppose him. There is no reason
why they should do so. But for our own
. ,r.s, we are unable to explain or justify |
N.. Cushing's nomination, and therefore we
shall not attempt 10 do either. We can only |
regard the present game Of blindman's buff |
ii reference to the Chief.JuSticeship with
surprise and modification"
This represents the hardship of this nomi-
Il ion with the ultras-those devoted men
who only know the "litc Of the nation,'
Ike teaches, through the blood they are suck
i1S from il. They are drcadfullg angry at
,,-c division Of the family loaf with stranger
aud :. Gcntile." Their groans are deep
AID heart-rending.
Even the Tribune fights along with the |
Times, and the reprobate Herald, alone OF
he grest dulles, is left to defend the nomina-
Ton. The Tribune has lost the generous
impulses of the lamented GREELEY, and
shows as much illiberality as the Times,
leaving Liberal Republicans-the followers
Of GREELEY-no organ of their liberalism
and their forgctfulness Of the past. There
is no more earnest representative now Of
ne sronhilsm and race.equalityism than the
Tribune. BUTLER and that paper now
swce,'y sleep together in the same truckle-
bad.
One would think that, having set sail IT,
der GREELEY on the line Of liberalism,
the Tribune would rejoice at any circum.
s;ancc which would interrupt the policy of
~ ms and penalties and temper the spirit of
the untorgiying. But no. 1t brings CusH-
,SG's record sternly against him and arraigns
him before the country.
Representing the history Of the WILLIAMS
nomination as rebuke to the President,
tee Tribune says that it failed, and that that
nomination was only Withdrawn 1T the re-
guest of WILLIAMS. The Tribune scolds the
Senate for having hesitated instead of re-
jecting WILLIAMS, and coolly tells that body
that so far from having a good effect their
tim!aity only provokes the President to In
form them "you would not give me my
choice and you shall not have your own"
Aad thus he sent them, says that paper.
he unexpected and incongruous name of
CALEB CUSHING"
ncoes onto say that the nomination is
hardly less Objectionable than that of VII
1,Aas. This premonitory thunder of dissat-
/ ,taction is succeeded by the following out
burst:
This nomination goes beyond the line Of
iusti6able tolerance. Coming from an AID.