The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-23

81 srchy here would be d pdrpenu OF tbes MS
y fniserabIe Eort, wh esefa the Heak womb q
i acorned by the strong wfeYe3H The strAgxf
L ffor rank and wesltlI, for faYefy place, Sspt
81 power, would ssat he and boil tsse he'll efdtt
!. of vice and passion more deadly than na
tcooked By Masbeth's witches fins their s{arI
4 aYe. until qaiet was restored by the strong
sihant OF some one despot, as In the tsVt
4 French empires g 81
!! Bythe election Of General Grant TO Q third
j fera,,.it is argued we can break the-hs
i publican party. For one, although as thor
Tough d Conservative as breathes, Would
IIratfer have The Republican party In te
lremedy is worse than the disease. 20.
Should the etaergencNO arise winch
should render q dictator an absolute neces-
sity for our existence, let us have dictator;
land let us call him dictator, that al may
know his title and tbe temporary tenure 81 OF
| il. and that none be lHIled into false security
by thinking him only Presidents for third ll1t
term. IA. ~. y
But quere: Would E' break down the Re.
publican party? For enc, do BOT think
| it would. Would II not, on the con-
trary, give them new lease of life, and save
them from that disintegration now gofng on,
to terminate ere long in its utter prostSation
| from chronic and internal Gisease?
If we adopt the third-teyn princip!s We
and they would change places, They would
become the Conservatives ana zoe the iDHO-
vators and revolutionaries. They would
rouse the people to their support by the a2-
peal that they were their defenders against
US and OUT aristocra,ic and monarchical ten
denotes; against US as aparty which, in it's
desperation, or in its savage thirst for spoit
and power, was ready to run rOugh.shof
over every safeguard, break down all de-
fences which were In the way OF our rule or
ruin policy.
Let as have no third term. Better "bear
the ills We have than 1y to those. we know
not Of" Better endure the evil for space,
trusting to time, to the better s5nse Of
enough of the people, to our own msuhood
and energy to right the wrong by the law as
it is, than to setthe precedent of Wrestling
law or custom to suit our temporary ends.
] have no personal reference in this paper
TO General Grant. I gladly bear testimony
to his steady, though slow Improvements, as
be has gradually leagned bis trade of Psesi-
dent. When he FIRST Weut to the White
House be was as ignorant Of bis business as
you or I would be- of the. duties and ell
1uette required of the Emperor of Germany,
and he was helplessiy in the hands of ye-y
bed advisers. But be has gradually emancs-
pated himself as he has acquired the profess
sisnal education in statecratt Reedful to en-
able him to think and act for bimself-and is
is more than possible that in third or o,
fouTth term be would show himself still'I
ADLER and wiser ruler-nay, msTe, the prob
ability is that he would never abuse the ex.
tended tenure for personal ambition. But
then the precedent then hissuccessorS!
~ ~ fN 4. -.
own all the eXcellencies of. Washington,
and Clay and Lee, would neseiect him to
third term. All The good he could do
would not compensate for the danger and
evil consequences of the act. He is well
come to his fourth tenn, but leahim be ut
terly ineligible to hi5third.
Let not the Conservative party. and espe-
cially let not the Conservatives OF Virginia,
be'those to leave ths.ancient wag and their
time:honored principles at this crisis.
Let rot the South ignore the Grand princi-
pie for which she fought and blsd and fell,
the sacred rights Of the States and the safety
Of the rights of tha individual. secured by
them. 50
'Twould be no remedy; 'ty+ould array
agaiBst her those the people who are turn
ing toward her; expediency at the sacrifice
Of principle has ruined every political COM
hInation. which has ever tried it.
Let not the tear nf the ciyil-rigbts bill and
Of African supremacy fright them from their |
Rropre;y. The ciriIrignts bill will never
be a law. The African bias eoneas far as he |
aver will in the violent assertlonof equality. |
The rejection has set in, and if the southern
white. stand firm and true the community |
iot luteresC between them and the West and |
North will be felt and acknowledged.
Again, let not .he people OF Virginia, the !
.ehildren OF Henry and Mason and the great |
sta esinen of the Revolution, put forth their !
hand TO remn%e one OF the Limitations of
Federal Executive power; let them not open
the gate TO such innovation, mar do aught to
make usurpal!on easy or to giTe it any faci
ties or opportunities Of which it may now
Or hereafter avail itself. JOHN n. ORR.
Leesburg. Ea., July 20, 1874.