The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-10-22
Whose Funeral?

Whose Funeral? gt
On Ills way to Washington some, one
asked Mr.. BLAINE what be thought OF the
Ohio elec,ions Tn reply he said that
cit was none OF his funeral Mr.. BLAINE
ia mistaken. 1t was exactly his funeral,
and also OF the half-dozen "sorehead ultra.
Radical aspirants who are In the same
drowning boat. with him. The extreme
/ Radicals, who, like BLAlSE and CoAKLIScb e'
id omne geaus, desired the prolongat'on OF
the sectional war and the persecution OF tile
South as the only means OF prolonstne
the existence OF the war-party and'oi pro-
noting their chances for election 10 the
presidency, could not forgive PRESIDENT
HAYES for his policy OF Cancellation, to-
wards which they are as ayerse as IS the
devil to holy water. Cancellation and har-
mony are rank poison to the party OF war
and hate, which lived and survived by the
nourishmcnt yielded by rancor and the I'M
forgivins spirit OF sectionalism. Their
lifc-brcath was the fame of sectional dis
cord. .
The Presidents pacific measures were
poisonous to these unforgiying people; SO,
like BLAINE and CoNKIlNG, they grew
sulky and withdrew to murmur and brood
over their fate; or they desperately allied
themselves with impractical and futile COM
bina,ionS that could only succeed in mar
ring the good that sensible and patriotic
people might accomplish. And is their de-
feat, in whatever they might desire, unless
it be the defeat Of the party to which they
had formerly belonged, anything but the
defeat OF the men who hoped for promotion
through that party? Mr.. BEAlNs need not
Law the flattering JUNCTION TO his soul. The
reverse OF Radical Republicanism in Ohio
is. beyond question, the funeral OF himself,
and Of CoSkLlNG, and OF every bitter Radi-
cal leader who has misled the administra-
ton Of the Government for years and kept
the land in trouble and fearful apprehen-'
sion all the time. 1t was funeral, and
their hearts kept time in their pulsations to
the steady progress OF the march towards
the dark grave Of Radicalisn. brought
vividly to view by the light OF the Ohio
elections. t.rs ...- :| ..eEt
President HAYES is too wise man, too
much gifted with the genius OF forecast,
not to have apprehended that the State OF
Ohio would choose the Democratic capdi-
dates at the late election. In that State the
people had been indoctrinated with the
most bitter feelings towards the South. Mr..
SHERMAN, now Secretary OF the Treasury,
was one Of their most energetic and unfor-
giving teachers. Then GARFIELD, and
scuENcE, and BINGHAM, and many more,
never failed to pour into their ears the poi
sonous diStilments Of hearts full Of rancor
and uncharitablencs>. .. -..s
Mr.. HAYES is altogether unlike these
teachers; man with humane and just
principles, as different from them as is night
from day. His counSels and his policy could
not possibly be embraced suddenly and gen.
orally by the pupils OF such men. Oh no,
that could not bc. There must be among
them soured and discontented men--per-
sons who had been taught to cherish malice
and believe in persecution as righteous.
Mr.. HAYEs's generous and just disposition,
indeed, threw its light over the land, and
that WAS hailed with JOY by the great body
of the people, which is a fact honorable to
!. mankind. But still it fell upon, numbers
: who had learned only to bate and never to
relent, never to forgive, never to be at rest
under the gentle shade of peace and concil-
iation. These men could not be reformed
into; kind and gentle citizens, and they were
ill-natured marplotS, dong the thing best
calculated to exclude them from participa-
ton in guiding and ruling the affairs of the
nation. Most fortunate indeed it is for the
country. uGsrr =
President HAYES has the glorious conso-
lation of having performed his duty to the
= nation, to the Constitution, and to human
ity. His position is unassailable and his
policy will triumph. Whatever forms may
be assumed by parties, his principles Will
triumph. No party opposing them can
achieve victory. And this will, unless Mr..
HAYES should transform his own nature,
be his consolation in life and his immortal
fame after DEATH. There is, politically
speaking, no "funeral' for him.. ~.