The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-12
RnEtn1old 1ispatfh.
acknowledgements ~ A0'
ecorrespon fence OF the Cincinnati Commercially
n.o,,s,tc9ss and the Presidency.

u.o,,s,tc9ss aud the Presidency.
w.sp,scroN, February 6.--If were to
,ov,rd An opinion, should say Governor
IIendrick:'s chances for the presidential nom
;nat;op are better TO-DAY than they were o
week ago. There Is still good deal OF talk
20 the coatrary, but those who were tree 10
express themselves are now ehary OF theF
views. end shrink with the coTness OF
maiden from having their names used.
taking en.picture bad drawn IN my Efsno
of a Representative southern opponent OF
Hendricks cannot, therefore, se Reproduced
for the benefit Of your readers, ana ai Tue
nth Is taken out OF notes very appropriately
headed
Nor FOR HENDRICKS.
II ;s irving to a correspondent, bit what
ean one do when man comes ana says:
am no, ia position to provoke the aniinos-
3ty of Hen1ricks." or &c cannot alsfd 10 an- |
tspou,z. Eendrcks's friends" or, earder SIN
20 resist TIE appeal, 81 10 not care myseh,
hut am not qui,e free to express my senti-
,,,e,ts. II would ipjgre others" And so the
decei.igl, treacbereus game Of President
making goes on l. No wonder man can
scarcely dip into the dirty pool of politics
without getting his garments smirched anc,
If he cscape with soul unstaincd, it must be
ascribed to provideptial nterposltion.
can without violation OF confidence,
however, repeat one conversation which ls
in manner representative OF southern sem
t,ment. II was with private citizen (thls
conversation, who assured me he bad &c
nersonal interest to subserve In bis sojourn
here, I dare say, if the truth were known,
he has more than one axe to grind. l met
him at a social reception, which Is not eS-
actly the place to angle for political views;
but opportunity is the only known rule oil
news.writing, and | observed, "aEe you
much in New Orleans?"
a. GOOD deal. | return there in few
days,'' he answered.
lyon are TO have an address from Gov
ernor Hendricks in February" continued.
dyes - was the monosylable reply. Ihere
was no kinding OF the eye, and not the lilnt-
est illumination Of the couptenance 10 s'e
token that the proposed event awahehco
measurable aniicpatiops, and L went on 10
observe
az have been tempted to follow in the
wake of the guEernatorial party to witness
their reception" 6,
ar doubt il you would he rewarded 1or
the pains" was the sententious reply.
"TTbe Sou,h is unit, of course, tor Ken
drieks.:' suggested.
..By no MEANS" was the response, with
the wary supplementary observation az fol-
lows. {" Al Least, that was the sentiment OF
fhe South when left, since the holidays.
was in New Orleans, and there was taclt
agreement among the leaders there tnat Nf.
Hendricks IS not the choice OF the South.
Sill. this understanding may not be ThaI.
One cannot count with certainty upon any
event now o. days. A contingency may arise
which will render it expedlent to support
him for the Presidency. Acannot SPEAK ueh'
nitely in the matter" -.
q An immersion has obtained in Indiana"
Jssid. "that Governor Hendricks is so much
the tirst, last, ard OILY choice of the South
that all he needs 10 nominate and elect slm
is the vote Of New York, or enough other
States to foot up the constitutional MAJOR
ity." ,. ,o,;no,
Convention were held Tomorrow seven OF
tbs southern States would GO in solid for
Tidep. Still, Tiden is not our man. Til
den would not carry Ohio, certain, anu L
doubt If he could carry Indiana, or many
other western States.
"What claim has Mr. Tilden upon south.
ern favor?" quelied.
."Tilde,f is a hard-money man, and the
South with it's cotton trade controls the gold
market OF the world. A bale of cotton will
sell as readily In Amsterdam as in New York,
at Canton'as in st. Louis. Still, as observed
before. Tilden is not the man. The South
wants a conservatives decidedly conserv-
alive candidate. | am conservative man.
There is a majority Of conservative mea IN
the South"
Here there was pause, but bad too much
Journalistic lac, 10 mar II with question,
and in q little while my companion resumed
"The South wants Judge Dayis-DaVld
Davis is now our GrSt choice because ne
comes nearer meeting the requirements OF
conservative southerners thany any man IN
the country. We have need OF care IN Tue
selection Of a candidate, especially since the
amnesty debae. we 90 not oafe 10 'ahe al
extreme man."
UTbat is rather hard on Governor Hen
dricks,n l observed; "Governor Hendricks,
Mr.. Thurman, and other Democrats o! the
North who nave stood hy the South"
.sTha,'s it,' was the quick response.
awe must not be clogged with what is called
asympathjzer. We must have some man OF
known conservative views, VINO Will not eX'
cite opposition. We cannot always recken on
Hendricks. We do not always know where
to find him. David Davis Is our man."
Another conservative southern Democrat
confirmed this sentiment, but in his opinion
Mr.. Bayard came the nearest in personal
character and craftsmanship to realizing the
beau ideal of President Judge Davis he
esteemed the most available candidate. and
proceeded 10 euoeZe him at such high rate
that Il was forced to conclude the preference
for Mr.. Bayard was purely sectional.
PRESIDENTIAL PRoGNosTICs
are as uncertain rs the wind, but there was
something novel, not to say startling, IN the
suggestion that any other candidate than
Hendricks, Thurman, Peudleton, or Tilden
would be nominated. The strongest obJac.
lions have urged against Judge Davis is
his position. No one, it is claimed, should
be taken from the Supreme bench to any can
didscy. |, does not comport with the dig.
nifty and political neutrality which should be-.
loi & to the high position.
1t is not considered patent, either, that a
man accustomed to the repcse of the bench
is prepared 10 bill the measure of presidential
requirements. The administration of justice
gets man too far away from the people. TO
be good President he must, in the Ian
gusge Of Mr.. Lincoln, be /" of the people"
in order 10 be 'for the people"
La this connection | must record the OPP.
posite views Of other observing men who
look to the courts for help cut Of the Dead
Sea of political corruption.
"If you will observe, remarked a bril-
liant Young man to me, st the breakfast
table, "the Supreme Court IS doing much
toward restoring the countrg to the sim.
plicity and purity of her esriy institutions.
There is an important decision Gccently, for
example mot yet in the booksl, which strikes
blow at subsidies and other abuses that
threaten the prosperity of republican gov.
eminent. 1t is a.ssep in the right direction.