The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-05-07
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B s.rhe aanirants Is the presidency are NOV
mixing and nnmakiug calarces ZOE sse.a-s
,elyss General HAwLgy as 4 Rspuesc g. Z.
was one 81 The leash repnlsise 70 mes s.i.o-
,eral and national mine in the Kepao,iean
y,,,,4y and was no doubt regardea WIN "a, 3
Itss,,n ! 81 kIndness by many outside o. the co.
.s.,s ,sish which he is enrolled But when
.s,scnasine the Kind gofs treatment tney
shanId show 10 she Democrats 10 their aegls..
IatIon 10 succced the vetoed army approprla-
sion bill be very unnecessarily advised 9
n.ssfonate determination very absurd ana
rather unlike his consilerate disposition.
he saia that .sH the bsR contained the Ten
Comrnandmcnts, = he g would say sote
against it:s, This wasa borro ed 1dea' u"l.
rowes, from ZscH. CHANDLER or some ot l'ital.
mira ,rnpracticabie. Let General al H y
have his say and do his do. His say ne'l's
him not at all. -
Tire itch for Presidentmaking increases s.
The Tfldenites are pressing him earnestly !.
There is much sycS TO take Place nnd De nc
yeloped, and there is not, after ALL muc Ia
tbe Vay o. certainty about him.
Judge DAVIS essays a !" flirt !" pretty early
Z i'm the race, which we fear promises fot
long TO be maintained. The Judge would
fnd no Surrey opponent in us; and we
only hope be may find proper amount OIL
public favor- -. -.
Secretary SHERNASsis no triner IN tue
matter of the presidency. He nominated
AFR. HxYEg: and weall know that it is very
natural that when man gets to making
Presidents be is very apt to think that ne
wonld make by no means 4 lad one him.
self. He is out in Ohio, and is no DOUBT
docking about him TO see how the land hes.
Naturally SHERMAN would not incline to-
wards GRANT, because that would be aVerse
to bis own advancement. ssurely as GRANT
is elected he will be in for eight years or
permanently: Eight years would do ior
Secretary SHERMAN. That he is able ana
that be has conducted the national finances
In manner that will give him lasting
fame cannot be denied. But he Is man
of irreclaimable prciudices and irrcpressl-
bile hitternesses. GRANTcould hardly be more
inaractable; but we dread GRANT. we
would rather take a chance to tame ana
tone down SHERMAN than to endure GRANTS
permanent rule. "n.'' .s''' ,''.-' !.
1t Is not question for the South alone
what are the ctIunces of the nation to elect
man who is statesman and who may do
something to bring back the country to re-
publicanism and the Administration to the
proper limitations Of the Constitution. Il
the nation can do this we may live under
the restraints OF constitutional liberty yet
for years and be happy. But if the people
hurry forward in their partisan impulses
and think it better to defeat all Democratic
efforts to choose a President by elccting
GRANT in 1880. the country is gone. II that
be done the blind and bigoted Republicans
will sadly rue the day OF their folly.
~ Now is the time for every Republican
who has the slightest residuum OF repubii-.
can patriotism in bis heart to exert himself
for the prolongation OF constitutional lib.
erty. Any man who does this will honor
himself and deserve well OF his country.
We are convinced that GRANT will come
home to contend for the presidency, ''to
have and to hold" We do not believe that
anything short OF his own physical inc:pa-
city will restrain him from the attempt, and
we do not believe that anything else will
prevent Republican ultra partisans from
using him to defeat the Democrats and
achieve decided and permanent victory.