The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-12-30
Signs and Rumors.

General GRANTS last confession TO katner
GonRrsHr has been made the sublec OF sun
dry rumors and speculations, none u Wnscn
.we look upon as sagacious or well fonndea.
Those which assume ,discord between Cen
oral GRANT and the ultras, MoRroS Co.,
are. in our opinion, utterly absurd. We
believe in no such speculations. There Is
no sign or reason for any such Inference.
How can we suppose that there is any
change OF "situation y in the ranks OF those
determir cd to prolong Radical rule at TINS
stage Of the game The programme by which
the Republican party was to be perpelaa1eo
has depended for eight long years on GRANT
and most faithfully has he performed bis
part Of 1t. The very day Of the presidential
election ne indicated his purpose by declar-
ING that HAYES was elected; and that meant
that il there were not votes enough for him
at the polls that day, GRANT held IN MS
hands the means to elect him and make MS
assertion true. "
The moment It appeared that TILDEN was
elected By the informal returns, GRANT SET
his agents, backed by the army, az WORK
with the determination to count enough
southern States in favor OF HAYES to elect
him. The act was accompanied Win an
amount of parade most WONDERFUL
also OF yirtuous professions OF honesty
NJ purpese, and the brave declaration that
no man should desire to hold the preslden-
tial seat by fraud. The President thougnt
not of supervising the count OF preslden-
tial votes in any other States than those
southern States; and very clearly, because
he dared not undertake any such supervl-
sion except in those States which are nomi-
na)ly equal to all the States, but which are
essentially and practically subiugated, and
in which General GRANT uses his military
when and how he plcases.
General GRANT, having carried out the pro-
sramme to the very "farthest point" sends
in the States he has captured for HAYES to
Congress, and is awaiting their disposal by
Congress. And just here, the letter-wrlters
say, he takes the studs and tells the ultras
they must devolye no further labor upon
him. Stuff We can see no reason for any
rupture amongst them. 1t is matter OF
very little consequence; but we regret 10
see people at time like this elated un-
necessarily, possibly to be depressed again
Just when they are very hopeful and sat
isfed. .'"
There is TO reason, at the end OF long
presidential term, to suppose that the Pre-
sident is to be transformed by any sudden
conversion. We see no reason to hope that
there will be any relenting in the President,
or any of the ultra Radicals. Our only hope
is In the constitutional lawyers on the Re-
publican side; men who have regulations
to protect and prospects to cherish. They
will hardly be willing to blast their pros
poets and destroy their regulations as
statesmen and men Of judicial acumen by
simply conforming their opinions to the In
terests or requirements of party, and, above
all, upon so great an issue as that OF the cleo
ton Of President Of the United States in
accordance with the Constitutions
Even this reliance is one OF hope; by no
means one OF certainty. We tell the people
that they should not be surprised at any
turn the news from Washington may take.
These are most uncertain times. .a