The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-12-12
The President TO tho Front.

r,he r,,mors have been abundant OF iate
ahort interviews between President Gk ss1ssr
and Messrs. Hewitt and RANDOLPH. very 'les
much has been inferred from the reports OF
those gentlemen as to the gentle alsposle
.,ons Of President GRANT. These reports
have caused uneasiness amongst the ne
nnblicans, and they have no doubt driven
him to do what be has done: disavow all
the reports and differences Of Messrs. HEw-
.r-r and RANDOLPH, and place himself in
public estimation where he has stood
always: the usurper and ruthless Radical.
who deems 1t his duty to use oil the power
OF the. Government for promoting the
strength and duration Of che Black Repub-
iican party. 45ss.. sSrozas
For this purpose he gets old Mr.. Co
BRIGHT, agent OF the Associated Press IN
Washington, to interview him and the pur-
mort OF that interview appears in our paper
this morning. Mr.. COPYRIGHT is reliable
reporter, and what he gives to the public
was no doubt revised by the President him.
self. 1t is therefore authoritative.
IL this report does not awaken the nation
to the peril OF the republic nothing could
likely arouse it. To our apprehension
it is bold defiance OF the Constitution and
law, and Of the nation itself. 1t is pre-
Stunning upon the indisposition to resistance,
which the President recognizes when he
SAYS: GAS VIC have had one rebellion, he
"did not believe the people were anxious
"for another" Exactly! This explains
the continued usurpations and the bold de-
fiance of that people who arc mot anxious
for another" war.
Plainly, General GRANT ayows all his mil
itary measures as called for by apprehended
disturbances-the usurper's ever-ready eX-
cuse for restraining public liberty in a
peaceful and orderly community. "This
peace. says he, ''is hypocrisy. These
"people will rush into disorder and
evidence tomorrow, and I will put
1'them in chains now to prevent this
"expected INSTRUMENTATION" Heprevented
bloodshed by his peace measures in the
three contested States, and now he will
maintain peace in the national capital. He
informs the people of the Union that he has
900 to 800 troops in Washington, and also
informs them that if stronger force shall
be needed at the Federal city to maintain
peace he will have this stronger force there !;
to fight for it." A war for peace would be
nevertheless ocdr-a thing he has no APP
'prebension OF, as he tells us at the conclu-
sion OF his conversation-yiz., that he did
not believe the people were anxious for
another rebellion.
All of General GRANTS uSurpationS have
been for the prolongation OF Radical power
in the land In every instance he has sue
ceeded in bolstering up the Radical party
and eiecting the Democratic or Conscrya-
tiveparty. His backing and filling and re-
pudiation OF acts of subalterns as not ALL
thorized by himself have never been
followed by one single order that
surrendered any ground gained by
Radicalism by any unauthorized act OF these
subalterns. President GRANT has held every
position carried by bis military usurpation.
His explanations and disayowals, his apps
rently altered and more gentle dispositions,
have never been sincere and real, The only
were sincere would have been to undo the
unauthorized acts, to recall the presumptu-
Gus subalterns, and promptly to punish them
for transcending their authority. When
was there anything OF this kind in the con-
duct of the President?
Messrs. HEWITT and RANDOLPH were VIC
TINS OF the latest discrimination OF the Presi-
dent. They were SO much pleased with the
apparent good temper Of the President that
they went forth to their friends with cheer
fulness, and informed them that an encour-
aging spirit prevailed in the White House;
and furthermore that the President had said
to them things that cheered them-things,
however, which they could not repeat. Like
NICK BOTTOM in the play, they had seen and
heard wonders, but they would not tell a
word about them. All these fine
and cheering things are utterly denied
by President GRANT: and he, with
an affected sensitiyeness, declares that
he did not think after the free and frank
conversation between Mr.. HEWITT and him
self that Mr.. HEWITT "would make use Of
"what he had said for the purpose Of de-
'ieating the party which he (the President)
"rcprcsented.''' So here, in crushing all the
pleasant impressions and differences OF
Messrs. HEWITT and RANDOLPH, we have the
bold avowal by the President himself that
lie represents the Black Republican party.
1t is as true as it is frank. He represents
the Republican party and not the people Of
the United States. For that party troops
have been sent to the southern States to turn
out lawfully-elected State governments and
put in others through fraud, backed by
force. The power and the extra judicial
authority Of the Federal Government have
been steadily used to prolong the carpet
bag governments Of the States, and now
threaten to stife the will Of the people Of
the United States. Three southern States
have been forced by the President to cast
their votes for HAYES; and now the
question is shall the Congress Of the
United States be forced to recognize
this decision as lawful and bind
ing? The question is momen-
tous one. 1t is plain to all rejecting men
that President GRANT, by his bold declara-
tfons, brings his power directly to the doors
of Congress. He argues the question OF
frauds in the South, and decides it in favor
OF his exercise Of force for sustaining the