The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-12-28
aer the Holidays

AFTER the HonQdyS.--
80 s,,,, probably turn over q new leaf
), no,it;cal affairs. Our good President will
probably be quite thawed out by Christmas
reniality, and under the Christening effects
OF a few days Of contemplation upon do
nestle concerns. and possibly Of his "latter
end"--for Joys are apt to make men remein-
Der that a day of solemnity comes also-wiii
he quite altered In disposition. Fresh ap-
peais from CHAMBERLAIN Just after Christ
mas must CRATE harshly upon the feel
ings of the amiable President. And old
ZACH. CHANDLER will probably find good
deal Of punching and launching needed to
awaken GRANT to the eXigency. He will be
thinking of Galena and his prospective
happy cruises on the sea. he will hardly
have stomach for CaANDLER's or CHAMBER
LAIS,s opportunities. As sure as we live
this will be the mood Of the Presidents
mind, or he will wake up more irritable and
cantankerous than ever. We incline to the
idea that he will show to the brutes that
have been egging him on to violent usurpa'
tions that he is tired. and wants both peace
and rest.
We shall sec; but unquestionaby there
has been enough in the disgusting counting
and frauds OF the returning boards and
their developed blackguardism and rascal1ty
to make every man in the nation ashamed,
and we cannot except the President from
this proper exhibition Of a sense OF public
dishonor. The spirit OF the stoutest and
most enduringly obstinate persons must DC
sorelv tried by such scandalous scenes as
We have had in the South, and which are In
great degree due to the countenance given
bv the President to the men who have hg'
ured in them. This he must know, and Il
be feels not remorse now we should feal
that he is past praying Tor
So with the President. And now We LOOK
at the Congress, we cannot help belleVins
that the ultra partisans will come bach to
Washington morally improved by fc"
DAYS with wife, children, and friends, anc
in presence OF those dear interests ano
sacred ties which, when rightly considered
they would die rather than put in Jeopardy
bv any act OF theirs. Oh, no. Perish, party
Perish, ambition! Live, country. Peace
to society; and to all the sacred walks ano
delightful retreats OF yirtuous life be all Sc
curity and all protection from the rude in
vasion Of public disorder and public peril
The good men must feel and think thus
and there are good men amongst the u'tras
They are made OF good stuff, and only want
the humane influences OF home and its in
habitants, and OF the warm greeting OF
friends and the smiling peace of neighbour
hoods to call their better part into action
= and even hcroism.
Therefore we hope for better things after
the holidays. The original bitter partisan
feelings with which Congress opened have
fortunately evaporatcd, and as men and par.
ties have been brought face to face with the
perils growing out OF the political distrac-
lions OF the times, they have grown more
calm and more earnest, and every day puts
them and the whole country farther from
any danger from violence.
We shall cherish this expectation until it
is disrupted, if it shall be, and then we
shall have the reflection that we have
thought better Of the public men than they
deserved That won't hurt us.