The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-12-25
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,TTIrYparky DECEMBER %. 1919.
Alarmed!

/ from shipWfeSks Luz N0"
soeciaI Washington correspondent " speaAo
:, from positive knowledge "--that H. a. We
understand il from information given n'ln
hv Mr.. SHERMAN himseli--when X asse'e,
rates that this gentleman "does no' ano
will not" support the movement. " man l.
General GRANT a candidate. de neios 'na'
.,n General would make weak nominee
AVID vot,ld probably be beaten. Dir. shEs-
MAX is a presidential candidate hlmseIi' aoo
doesn't care who knows it. We appiaua
him for his candor.
Tho same correspondent IL sable TO say
nositiyely" that Mr.. BLAINE has no inten-
t;on OF withdrawing in favor OF General
GRANT or anybody, else. Mr.. bLAISE>s
friends will not support GRANT, by. whom
their wing of the Republican party "Was
decidedly cut" during the last two years %
GRANTS administration.
MIR. HAYES, too, Is youched lot Dy Tue
same correspondent as one who "does not
look with favor on the renomlnallon OF
General GRANT.
Then the national committee is brought
m: and we are assured that 1t IS laise
claim TO saw that the election OF Don CAME
RON as Its chairman was GRANT " success.
On the contrary, SHEaMAS's friends Vo'eo
for CAMERON, and BLA1SE's would nave
done so If he had been in Washington.
Next. and strangest OF all, the same cor,
respondent has ascertained that the senIi-
,nent for GRANT is weak in all parts OF the
country, and especially in The West ana
Northwest: and that ii is regarded as certain
that with GRANT as candidate the hepuo-
licans would lose Ohio, and his nomination
would make Illinois and Wisconsin uncer'
tain States, and make Indiana sure for the
Democrats. That is good news lhoeeu.
Those undemonstratiye thoughtful Re
publicans whose existence we assumed
the other day are beginning TO make thclr
influence felt already. Let us nope that tue
days Of the republic are not yet numbered.
:. a-ain: We are told that the GRANT men
ore by no means confident that they can
nominate him.
But the unklndest cut Of all is contained
in the remark that I" il is now universally
taken for granted among Republicans mere
TINT General GRANT desires third term,
and has set bis heart upon denomination"
He, the man who wouldn't have nomiha-
ton unless it came to him nnso'lci'ca'
spontaneously, and unanimously VINO
wouldn't engage in scramble lor any
golden apple that could be thrown GOWN
,eyore him-is now ready 10 be among the
first to get upon his knees In the dust 10
secure the prize. II does not surprise us
10 learn this last fact. 1t has seemed 10 us
alltbc time that General GRANT was bent
,Ipou being President aSuin, and we nave
said 50 in those very words. We are only
surprised that it should have taken the re
publicans SO long to open their eyes 10
fact that has for months been apparent TO
the Democrats.
But, after all, what can the bloody-shirt
sbrickers do at this late day to defeat the
man whose nomination their own speeches
have made possible II not ineyitableI "The
stars in their courses fought against Sisera,"
but they fight for GRANT. AS in 1868 SO IN
1880. In the former year the Republican
National Convention was held before the
Democratic National Convention met, and
the Republicans, being desperately alarmed
lest the latter should nominate GRANT II they
failed to do 50, surrendered all their princi-
Mes and nominated him, though he bad
always been known either as n Democrat oras
nothing in politics. In 1880 the Republicans
will be in the same dilemma. They kno"
well that General GRANT cares no more for
the creed Of the Republican party than he
does for the stumps OF cigars which he
threw away yesterday; that he would ac-
cept nomination as readily from the
Democrats ny from them; aud that he
would be just as strong candidate
when placed upon Democratic platform rs
when standing upon RepuL lican platform.
They will therefore be afraid to leave him
for the Democrats to take up, and may be
compelled to nominate him in self-defence.
WILLIAM III. OF England was, like GRANT,
silent man." he had no better title to
the crown OF England than GRANT has to
the presidency OF the United States. Yet
when his name had been proposed as the
successor of his iather-in-law, and he land
ed upon British soil, the nobility, the
clergy, and the commoners, all fastened to
be among the first to welcome the new
king-the deliverer OF his pcople-the hope
OF his age. Poor JAMES III. was deserted
by almost everybody. WILLIAMS progress
to London was like General GRANTS
through the United States. He seem.
ed to be the idol Of the people. He
became King In violation of the British
Constitution, in total disregard OF the ira
ditions Of the Kingdom, and in spite OF the
undoubted rights Of his own father-in-law.
General GRANT may become President aga,n
without violating the Constitution OF the
United States; but he cannot without
throwing contempt upon the traditions Of
the republic. he has no more right tt
tranlple under foot the example OF WASH
INaToN and the advice contained in the fare
we'll address Of the Father of his Country
to the people Of the United States thar
WILLIAM had TO mount throne aud don s
crown 10 which he knew another had the
only coed title. Yet as the multitude il
England Goeked to WILLIAMS standards, 81
We shall probably soon see the masses 0
the Republican party In this country flock
lug to those OF General GRANT.
BLAINE, SHERMAN, and the rest OF the as
pirants on the Republican side can thanl
themselves for the state Of things which ha