The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-25
.I I |R;Ia,,al, licall jections.

closer quarters. The light at Syracuse. New
York, was their firss serious eond et. ItWAs;
Ia aquare fight between the g ce,holders
oiigafchyn and those opposed 70 it, hesded
mainly by BLAINE. George WnLIAa Cox.
IT'S, whom the Herd4d sattrizes as the editor.
OF q fashion papers, represented the oppo.
sision, and the result was their utter defeat
and che triumph Of CoNKLisa, che pro.con.
sui OF GRANr, the, head OF the oligarehy.
The New York Times, in advance Of the
Syracuse Convention, foretold the nature OF
the conflict there, and warned the oligarchy
and the pro,consul against the peril 10 which
they, would place the party by electing .
delegation bent on making nominee for the
Republican party e., fixing their ultima-
tum oat Coukting aut ,auElus. And the
Herald styles the opposition Of the Times
that was developed in The Convention BY
Curtis " the mutiDy which came to adisas.
trous end.n '154f,isi {; y s,atfs !
The Herald, (which plays the part Of scout
amongst the parties I'm the movements on
the field that may be called skirpisbiag Ifor
position, Invariably ipduIges at such time
MA spirit off depiItry intended TO annoy and
|perpIex them all; But the Herald generally
observes during the interval the points of
strength 10 the different lines, and has, IN
the larger~.number -of cases, finally dis.
covered which wsysthe wind blew. Now it
states the case strongly for ,CoNKLlNa---tbat
he has the power Of New York to back him
and the retirement of GRANT in his favor
will be as decisive with the Republican
National Convention as the wish of SJsF7ER,
SON for MADISON or JACKSON for VAN BUREs.
But still the Herald throws an anchor to
windward and closes, with the remark,
{" There is 40. reason why Mr.. CoSELrNa
. should not be the Republican candidate.
"When itcomes TO elect a President 1t will
"be time 70 inquire whether be is the fittest
sc man for that high Office" .Exactly.8
We see that Colonel MosBY, the irrepres.i
sible, appears In che papers through repor-
torlal annoupcement thst he has seen Presi-
dent GRANT, who stated to him that she
chad no desire now1to be candidate), nor
" would be underaany circumstances accept
I" another nomination if it were profered
&c him." We are sure the conditions stipu.
lated for as necessary to make things deci.
siye in favor Of CoNKLNa are complete. And
now the war between the"s ofice.helders'
ohgarchy," led by the pro.consul, and their
/ a dversaries, led by BLAINE, MORTON, and
anybody else, will be vigorous and bitter.
BLAINE hates CoNKLNa with b hate not
equaled by. that he entertaips for
any "southern traitor" H's hate for the
former is deep.seated, and that be feels for
the latter only affected and superficial. : It
was BLAINE who gave him the name of
g Turkey. Cock" that will last as ioIg 'as
CosKLlNa himself does. New York has
greatly harried BLAINE, and we shall likely
see some show Of Iamiability and brotherly
| love amongst the Republicans soon. It is
! clear that one Of the strongest fights against
the "ofice- holders' oigsrcby" that have
ever taken place in this country will happen
| this year. -. /
q TIE Democrats will not have that bone
of contention, which is a great source
of weakuess-and by prudent counsels' and
prudent conduct they may gain an immense
advantage from-it.- They have a strong card
in the nationalvsentiments Of the centennial
year. The "highfalutin" which the Repub-
licsrs inject into their platforms relative to
sect onal love and national harmony, when
coDtrasted with their. bitter and prosecuting
policies and the ruthless and unrelentiug
sentiments of their leaders, are too thin.
One western zephyr will blow them all
away. The Democrats have the field. They
ca only lose it by supreme folly oi'Lj " ,