The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-05-18
A Good Name.

"A good name IL better than grest
richcs.'' AS the Athenians inyoluntarlly
turned their eyes towards ARIsTIDEs when
in public assemblage where he was pre-
sent an honest man was spoken OF, SO now
in this country when retrenchment and re-
form are under discussion the name OF
TIspES as Democrat and that OF BR1sTow ~
Republican at once spring to the lips. We
had remarkable illustration OF this universal
recognition OF these men as 'ncorruptloie
enemies OF official corruption in the speech
made in New York city on Tuesday by Mr..
ADAMS CHARLES FRANCIS, Jr., we suppose)
The asscmblagc which MIR. ADAMS adj
dressed was a very small but very select
one II consisted Of only party OF
UNDERSTANDINGS hundred or more.
PARKE GOODWIN, OF the Evening POST Mr..
WELLS, CARL SCHURz, Professor sEELYE,
DIR. WooLsEY, Governor BULLOCK, and the
others are, however. men whose words
carry weight with them, though the gather
ing itself may have been small. Amongst
the Democratic candidates, said Mi.
ADAMS, there was one wnom ne
would DC willing to support il BEIs-
TOW were not nominated by the Re-
publican party, towards which latter party
Mr.. ADAMS is naturally inclined. BRIsroW
isnot on our side. and therefore we turn him
over to the tender mercles OF the Republic
cans. We are decidedly OF the opinion,
however, that he will be ostracized by that
corrupt party because Of his reputation as a
reiormcr. Every word said in his praise Is
one uttered in condemnation OF the corrupt
officials hv whose aid GRANT has brought his
administration into contempt. HENRY CLAY
DEAN once said OF old Moses TICHENELL, an
crotistic preacher OF his own denomination,
that he regarded compliment TO any other
preacher as All insult to himself. SO 1t IS
with the crowd o! plundcrers VINO cohtrol
the organization OF the Republican party
they regard a compliment to BEIsToW as
reflection upon themselves, as we'll they
NAV: and it is not at all likely that they VIII
allow him to be nominated at Cincinnati.
So much the better for our candidate.
Mr.. ApAMs's conditional promise to sup
mart TlLpgN because OF his purity OF charac-
fer indicates state OF things In the torth
which should be taken into the account wheh
any estimate is made OF TlLDEN's strength
in that section. There are thousands OF
Penuhlicans in New York and other States
rho would vote for him rather than for any
Republican who can he run against him en-
cent Mr.. BEIsT0w, whose prospects Tor the
nomination OF the Republican party are, AZ
we have argued, by no means bright. For
every vote that the Tammany plundcrers
and the canal ring would withhold or could
withdraw from him, he would be compen-
stated by accesSions from the ranks OF the
Republican party. There arc many men In
that partv who arc determined to put an
end. il possible, to the disgraceful condition
Of the civil service. They have fully made
1p their minds to aid in the election CT
whatever candidate is the best representa-
tive of purity in Office. All OF these men
look upon TILDEN as the only Democrat
who has claim TO their support 1t will
be well to recollect this fact when we under
take to estimate the votes that can be COM
manded by the several Democratic aspirants
to the presidency.