The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-12-19
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General nt--Agssa.
ca the Reoabiiesn. National Executive
s,ommisiee has decided to hold tne kepup,
1,can National Convention in Genefal
sss,sr.s state, and a majority OF It's menu 4.
hers are in favor OF bis reelection 70 sue
presidency. 1t begins TO look as II NC Msse
TO be the Republican nominee. b.Alss'
sueax.S. and all the rest OF the asparanaas'
NAV we'll wear long faces. 1t IS not easy 20
..y .yben Genera, GIANTS ambition Wou'd
he satisfied should he again become tue
rn,cr 81 this vast country. These DE paf-
1ous Zines: and no man can tell what a Gay
nav hiring forth. General GRANT may
nhanoe his mind after election even II ne
thinks now OF serving for only one more
term.
The GRANT organs laugh to scorn the as
snmption that to elect General GRANT next
wear would be to elect him for HE. We 90
not doubt their sincerity. The same 1efs-
ing aust predominant in any free country
which Is passing under the yoke OF ne
reditary ruler. That sort CT confluence IN
the stability OF Inc republic IS one OF tae
conditions OF the success OF the movement
tn convert II ilto an empire or monarchy.
There are but few people who foresee tne
end. or have The sagachy 20 anticipate IL.
Mr.. Tooass, OF Georgia, Is denoWaced Wy
the GRANT organs as sittle better IMAM
mailman because he said substantially tnat
10 elected in 1850 GRANT would be Pfesi.
dent for life. And yet Mr.. TeoMBs's Ut
terances were exactly In The Hoe OF tnose
az CATO the younger under somewhat sln'-
Tar circumstances. at is better" said
C.ro. Hto ahoo~e ronster THAN to "a'1 '"A
Inc tgrant whom anarchy viii impose upoT
,,s,n Most Of the Democrats In the South
who favor the reelection Of General GRANT
favor IL for the very reason stated Dy CATO.
They despair Of the ancieut principles OF
the republic, and "seek In the authority OF
personal ruler protection for the State
and for society,"
uGeneral GRANT is to serve for only one
more term, why should he be reelected al
all? Four years is a very short time. Ii IL
Ia necessary TO elect bipa now as menace 10
the South, it will be indispensabiy neces'
sary to reGlect him again in 1884; for ftmay
be set down rs absolutely certain that the
rule OF GIANT, SHERIDAN, and the carpet
bagcers and scalawags, would cause the pco-
nile OF the southern States to be much dis
satisfied, very turbulent, and irrepressibly
restless in 1884 Indeed, General GRANT
would be almost more than mortal II he
should not seek by means OF bis own acts to
pcrDetuate his rule. when we see TO what
sxpedicnts men OF reputation eud high
standing will resort TO secure com paratlVely
insignificant offices, we may we'll conclude
That il General GRANT should be reseatcd in
the chair OF state be will either find or make
n way to the continuance Of his rule.
But he has no, yet been elected. Awell-
known United States senator has said that
GRANT is man whom it would be easy to
nominate but hard to elect. We are i'll
cl;neu to think that the senator is right.
The a.. GRANT boom" will not outiast the
contest for the. nomination. All his rivals
would sec in his election the end OF their
hopes; forfeit The GRANT organs say what
they will, there is no sort OF probability
that General GRANT would be satisfied with
less than two terms more. Every man
In the Republican party who has any hope
OF ever being elected President will join
the ranks OF the malcontents. These men
could, II united, even now prevent bis
nomination.; and it is not at all certain that
they will not. But even IL he is nominated
they will sulk in their tents. They will
not assist in blasting all their own pros
perta And there will be found Ia the north
ern States thousands of uudenegstratise,
tho,ightfIl Republicans who VIII be afraid
TO vote for General GRANT; who will say
nothing to anybody, but who will when
election.day comes deposit their ballots for
his opponent. The time for the accession
OF personal ruler has hardly come. At
any rate, nowis good time to test The
question. Let 'us, therefore, not fear but
rather encourage the nomination OF Gene
ral GRANT. s.a