The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-04-08
Connacticut-Death Of the War far'y'

The Radicals are In stunor ana i"S'
,,r tusrs because Of the result OF the Con-
nectssat elections. 1t has completely us
coc~~ted them. The New York 1fmes'
ssny;s,le ;ournal that has cndeaVoreo !"
l;os.en the dead weight carried BY the ne.
pUb,ican party, has opposed Tue '"',"
~, y and epdrsvorcd to mollify the harsh
ness Of Republican measures towards the
South. That paper sees 10 the result tue
d;sos,rons consequences of making the prln'
Gina, arguments of the campaign "a Just'h
=. cation of thc course Of the Government IN
8. Louisiana OF the attempted legislation
" known as the force bill. of the civis'rights
{" law, and cf that general purpose oil the
Administration wa;ch these measures en-
D." body anf iElust.ste." =
We an sure the Times is right. THE
Radical defence Of the Administration anaol
the conErssstonas laws Intended for the par
nose Of persecsting the South no aouot u'd
the thing. Tue nomination OF GRSE'es 'or
Governor, the man =" who was" es the
Tines says, "a conspicuous bc''eVer 10 'he
motley. of persecution, vesy d'stinc'y
marked the phn OF the Radical campaign IN
Connecticut. GREENE signallzsd hrs oafoaf-
ous idees by firing the guns whes he read
syxH,psxss" bapdit,i" dispatch in honor Of
the" butchers. dog" and Of GT4Trs policy,
and his .iGREEsR's) defeat was the pubic
s.ouaarn nation of his villsinous i2artisanTy.
As the Tribune says, be " wiki hove little tut
ther-occasion to make an ass OF himself"
Syac,H. But in rejecting upon this Con-
necticut affair, has this Mr. 'aKEESE lDaoe
h;r,seH more of an ass than have Messrs
ay .,ss and FERRY, and Others who Sought
x,ntory by.spposing the thiyd term, giving
GRANT the cold shoulder, and urging the
abaua ontseat of oppressive measures to-
wards the South !? These gentlemen are OF
the same party with the Times. Their
doubts.and their equivocatipg between the
two greet parties-their 'disapprobation OF
extreme Federal measures towards the
Southland their honorable conduct In AID
ing the exposure OF the Befarious system OF
firing the northern heart against the South oY
manufactured scandals and accounts OF out
RACES, taficleda damageaupon the Republican
par.y that could not be repaired. Northern
raneor towards the South was the very breath
of the Republican party, and as that was
moderated by the startling exposures of the
Radical frauds and ouirages upon the South,
thelRepublcan party ms declined in power,
apd.;ts. prospects have grown darker. These
moderate Republicans, in confesslnS the rot
teDness of the Republican fruit and attempt
ing to save the better part, have cut away
until II Is all gone. Conhecllcut plainly
shows TO the .Liberalists that they not only
cannot save the Republican party, but that
If they endcavor still to save il and "recon-
Struct" its broken parts, they, too, will share
It's fate and be lost.
We repeat that we are not sure that
GiRERNE is so great an "ass" after all. The
Republican party is war party. 1t was
built upon. sectional hate and strife. 1t was
born OF force. The mcn who lead it were
elected at u time of yiolesce, and their senti-
ments and policies were epsepdered by the
passions of the period. The very genius Of
the party is hostility; its life is force. 1t
must continue to exist through GRANT, and
SHERIDAN, and MORTON, and CoSKLlN, or it
must die. RLAIs, and FERRY, and the like,
and the New York Times, are the phian.
thropsts that undertake to, civilize the In
dian. They will only bury him.
So GREENE is the true Radical. He was
the representative of the dynamics OF the
Republican war party. Connecticut, in put.
ting BIN to political death, IhNt gives eX.
preston TO feelings in entire sympathy with
the national aversion 70 the only policy
which can prolong the existence Of the Re-
publican party. The nation itself cannot
exist long under such policy, Gm-! the pco-
pie begin to see this. Haralony aud equality
amongst the States must be rttstabli>hed
Peace and order amongst the people must be
restored, and as an inevitable corfslary Of
tkis the war party must die. It's fate is
sealed.