The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-05-08
IFor the DIspafsh.I
rho Proposed Alliance os-yhNIksan1as1"
with Gonornl Grant.

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ItIateIy happened, accidentally as tar " !
was concerned, that the Aiexanafla uases \,
OF April 18th was sent to me py mai, NAL, :.
contained an article signed fdPpanun, .n,
and feel bound -inidUty TO sayfpuo!eiy ~,
only that dissent from every posiuon taasn
Ia that paper. but that ! think sucn Pqslsloais
taken by the Conservative party OF vllRIn.4
would be disastrous to our WeliaIe, sut
render OF all present chance 10 regain par,
ticle Of our lost liberties, aud deyraoins ~
the character Of the State.
The whole drift OF the article Is toHaIui
Mo formation of "au alliance" with General
Grant aud the party In power against ~. ~.
aronnd that az tho Conservative party OF
Virginia cannot continue TO exlss mlSnou'
any national Connection ana 'tne Dolno,
cratic party is In hopeless minority, We
ought to "form an alliance wish pc ner'" ano
so "put ourselves In power" for the gooo
of the people, OF course. The speeches. OF
Governor Kemper in the late canvass, ano
his declarations since-both alleged :te: DE
founded on particular part OF the pro
gramme of action announced by the COZ
yention which nominated him-are az
duced to prove that such Is the Poll.
CIV foreshadowed by him in snas
canvass sanctioned by the vote he got, al ~
now openly commended to the peoino ".
Virginia by "Rappahannock, "no 1.us
his preference for Colonel Mosoy orc, ,, go y,
ral Hunton, the present represe 'int an the
Congress from the Loudoun uisi, ~ oi;t;csl
ground that Colonel MosDy IS tne E Hunton
friend OF General Grant ana oentiai a m
il his political enemy. NO" .no . s.. 49,,
ouoted from that programme Is " sne Sn..'
That Virginia recognizes no olnulns ~ S',,
tion to any national party oreah'Zs'oN, ~
ia ready to cooperate Win men VI any pa. .ry
&c. and will cooperate cordially ~ 80 -
, ,n of the administration CALCULATED "
promote the welfare or our peopie-"' -
would be very foolish not to 90: IN
Now, conceding the right to form an ALL
snce from instructions not 70 lorm ah
alliance, would be glad to know how can
" form an alliance with power LOT sue SAKE
of poTer-i. e., become MEMBER, An ints'
grail part, of a political party Gin 4 position
10 control its policy" and at the same tlme
declare TO that and all other parties tnat L am
bound "by the obligations OF good faltn ana
Justice" to say that recognize no such
as bind me to any national party
In other words, how can say
TO the same party, in the same breath ana IN
fine same connection: will not form any
political alliance with any party, and l ,o,n
form political alliance with yours. l DtIi
10 it because "good faith and justice" bind
me not to do il, + would be glad to see that
point explained. For the present assuming
he purpose to "form an alliance with
power" on the ground alleged, it strikes me
bat the plainest way Of doing it would have
,een to have voted against Governor Kemper
md for MIR. Hughes; or, more directly still,
or Governor Kemper to have Withdrawn in
av or of Mr.. Hughes.
And supposipg that the purpose, as 1t is
low avowed TO be, was to form the alliance
With power-i. g., with General Grant,
would inquire what there is in General
1rants character, personal or political, to
make it safe to trust him In the dark! or
What in the administration Of the Republic
ans to commend them to the support of
Virginia! know very well that they can
eward individuals who have sold them.
elves. That Is proved By the little squad
Who now have pay and Office here. But
hey are not the people. There are not
fiices enough for all Of them. How, then,
hall the people be benefited? Only by the
nactment of good laws, the repeal
+ bad ones, and wise and honest admins
ration of affairs. And what guarantee caa
Rappabannock" 1--WE ofthats He says that
e and Governor Kemper and Colonel
iosby, disclaimSng all purpose Of captious
ostility to the President, will judge him ~
OF have judged him, but will judge him
learly, then, in the future-"by his 9th
ial 1T. e., future efficial-'-actions." Well,
am curious TO know how they can do it.
t being "captiousy" they say, to judge him
Y the past, all experience derived from
lcts in General Grants career must be re-
,cted in coming to conclusion;
nd as every act becomes past the
loment it is coasummated no future
ct, not even the passage of the
ivil.rights bill, can have any value in.I
ne case. And so, according to logic, "ho-
orable men" are bound "by the obliga-|
ons OF good faith and justice " to down
ght absurdity, or to San alliance with
owen, which, if made, as "Rappahannock
rges it shall be, implies blind, uRwaveH-
10 submission to the future, or, at the best,
D perpetual suspension, and consequent
adseison, of judgment as to what is or is
ot good for the people. Really, one would
hink it better for them to 60 to "gueSsing
chool." of which they will find several
mong their "allies" in New England, and
where the pupils are always matriculated
,Iindfold.
Now, say, and the people Of Virginia
Yill bear me out in it, that if the convention
which nominated Governor Kemper under
ook, as I contend they never dreamed Of
Icing, to pledge the people Of Virginia to
INV such declaration as, according to Gov
,rnor Kemper, now buds honorable
men," that they usurped authority which
never was or would have been delegated
% them. / know that on more than one
occasion that ground has been openly taken
in the State, aud it will be maintained. The
people will not form any "alliance with
bower" merely because it is power; and
they will disown any man who attempts to
form it for them. The people have fixed
and settled distrust of General Grant and
the Radicals. They know both perfectly
well by direful experience; and "cap-
tious or not, they will judge by that ex-
perience and thus forecast the future for
, "Rappahannock" speaks of "the crime :"
of voting for MIR. Greeley. do not pro-
pose to run parallel between him and
General Grant have neither space nor
materials. But can well believe, What
heard at the time of Mr. Greeley's demise,
that his insanity and death were caused by
an oyerpowering sense OF the irretrieyable
ruin he had contributed so much to bring
upon brave, highly civilized, and unoffend-
ing people, whom he had never really known
until they magnanimously took him by the
hand, after he had renounced the Radical
party, and upon much more distinct un-
Outstanding than " Rappshannock =" seems
10 think it necessary to have with General
Grant, who has not renounced Radicaisn.
I en- not the apologist of Mr.. Greeley, for
whom l voted under a. sense Of duty to the
p,,t ho1s IL