The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-02
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JUNE. . 1915


Tberc seems TO be, amongst editors at
least. but little difference OF opinion rs 70
,he moaning Of GRANTS letter to the ifesi-
dent of the Republican State Convention u
PENNSYLVANIA. All agree that IL clearly H.
d;ca:es a strong desire on his part 10 De
President during third term, IL not fourth,
. fifth and so on. The New York Tribune
;s charitable enough to profess to believe
,ha, Grant intended his letter for deciina-
,;on made in good faith. The Herald and
.nc World are not so liberal. The Times
Significantly remarks that the Republicans at
less: mus, accept it as q positive assurance
that GRANT is not q candidate. The Baiti-
more american reads the Letter as meaning
shat GRANT would rather run than not. The
Sxn seems TO be rather more charitable, but
hits the mark when it says tha the letter
"means nothing "-,bat is, it leaves GRANT
as free to accept the nomination as he was
before he wrote it. The Philadelphia papers
sneak 10 much the same strain as do those OF
other places. The Presidents little organ"
as the World calls the Washington Repubh.
can, talks now just as it has been talking for
the last year or two on this subject. 1t Is for
GRANT first, last, and all the time. BY the
wav. GRAXT's letter reads exactly as did the
editorials with which the Republican favored
the public last winter. The letter and the
editorials had common origin, though
GRANT likely dictated rather than wrote the
editorials.
We thiuk it is pretty certain that the hint
thrown out by the New York Times is the
one upon which the northern Republicans
will act. They will profess to believe that
GRANT is iu earnest, and will proceed not
oaly 10 declare Tor new Candidates, but 10
depounce their opponents for ever having
dared TO suspect that GRANT would ike TO
run for the third time. They must feel as il
burden had been removed from their
shoulders. The fear Of The Ce:arism that
nigh. he concealed in third term had much
10 do with the great successes of the Demo-
cratic party in the elections of last fall. Geue-
raj Dix is supposed 10 have lost the govern
orship of New York in consequence of this
fear.
1t may be assumed, then, that GRANTS
letter will strengthen the Republican party
IN the NORTH, and not 1T all weaken it in the
South, in which latter section that party Is
composed Of such bad materials that the
character and qualifications. Of the cand!-
date are not elements either OF success or de-
feat. Ire Republican papers and orators OF
the NORTH will go into the canvasses oil his
year with renewed hopes and increased en-.
ergy. There is but one drawback, and that
is GRANTS hostility to every nan who al
tempts TO lhwart his ambitious purposes.
He may give his off e.holderS to understand
that he desires HARTRANFr and all the rest OF
the anti thirC-!erm candidates Of the Repub-
lican party to be beaten at the ballot box.
It is known that he has referred with appa-
rent satisfaction to the fact that whilst The
RepuI leans lost almost every other State in
which elections were held last fall they saved
South Carolina, the only Safe which had
openly declared for third term for himself
Altogether, it is rather difficult to foretell
what will be the results Of the publication
of this singular letter. Ii he chooses, GRANT
can organize large personal party. The
Radicals OF The southern States be can con-
troll absolutely. Perhaps we snail have TWO
Republican national conventions, after the
manner Of the DOUGLAS and the BREcKIS-
RIDGE conventions OF 1860.