The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-02-04
n,.o,,,,,a a. Home and Abroad.

Trouble Of Home and ABROAD.
The life of the Radical party has oeen
construed By that bad party to mean " the
life Of the nation" (Fanatical slang , ANA
4 il ALWAYS @cheming to find out how 70
nroIoue this life. GRANT and his eouncl' Of
f;,some followers settled that the comolna'
zion If q foreign war with vigorous policy
for putting down the southern "n,te peop'e
and exalting the negroes would 20 Inc
thing.
A more unstatesmanlike and vicious
scbeme could not have been eoncocted. That
division of the plan relating To- the southern
policy was fatally at variance with the pros
meets of the successful management OF
foreign war. Any one could foresee that 1t
would ALLEVIATE the South and cripple the
energy and resources Of the country not only
In the southern section, but everywhere IN
the Union, by inspiring dstrust OF the ca
inability aud the honesty Of the Admlnlstra-
ton, and causing general disineilnation 70.
submit the country to the evil consciousness
of impolicy and general disturbance. 10
cops with foreign enemy there must oe
neace and concord at home; and the proionga-
ton of southern misrule-the effort 10 SUP
ordinate civilization TO barbarism-is promo
If domestic disturbance that could hardy oe
ouleted though the enemy were at the gales.
II would do more 10 admit him as con.
uueror, were he there, than anything else.
Discord at home Is worth more than armies
to the Invader. 4 &.....
And now as to the foreign war 1t Is q lu-
tile plan. It Is truSGeneral GRANT has en-
trusted the manufacture of row to CALEB
CUSHING. who 10 his old age Is as queruiouS
~ an old woman, as was seen In bis strife IN
the police Justices court in Washington
about the barking dog OF bis neighbor. II
has been facetiouSly said that he would not
allow ALFONSO to keep dog In the back
ward of bis palace. We doubt not he would
quarrel upon the ninth part OF hair, and
riot in the struggle brought on by u" bark
ing dog!"
But, however ripe the Administration
may be for u war, under the hypocritical
pretepce that we ought not to deal gently
with the Spanish monarcby-howeyer the
United States Government might feel bound
to help on the Spanish Republic and con-
tribute to the establishment Of CAsTELAR's
utopian "ideas ''-therc are considerations
that do not seem to have been thought of by
the wise Federal Government. The United
States may demand compensation for life
and injury as far as money can 20 to COM
I,ensate for them las England has donc), and
the Spanish Government will pay it and
thus end the difficulty; for she cannot
90 too war. and must settle. But
It should be remembered that the European
monarchies would be equally impressed with
their obligation to sustain monarchy as
GRANT may be with his obligation to discour-
age it. We have no idea tina! demands that
are unreasonable and oppressive, made
merely to arouse trouble abroad and crafty
sentiment opposed to monarchy, would by
the European governments be allowed to be
enforced on poor Spain by the United States.
SO let the Federal Executive have care.
No such tyrant rs he is at home will be
allowed to 60 forth to put down abroad
tyranny no worse than his Is. ''..: BE.
We have not the slightest idea that the
war part of the plan will succeed. Pro.
voked by the hypoeritfcai professions and
the bad purposes of our Government, Il.
would be one of the most scandalous wars
that ever occurred. Europe is not going to
allow any such thing. The power and the
ambition of this country, displayed through /
one of the worst Governments In the world,
could not escape the notice of European ma
tions, and they would treat it as an odious
aggression against the peace and dignity of
Europe. ..4.. ..... ......
We, therefore, are firmly convinced that
/ both branches of the nefarious plan, as 1t Is 4
will utterly fail. THIS nation
Will not permit the 1873 southern votes to be
controlled by the Federal Executive, and
EUROPE will not allow the Invasion of its
peaes by any scheme to prolong the life Of
in this country. |