The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-10
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cabllty oi TOO part friends and Of eager g
atlee.hunters. : .he friends IRE devoted - toE
their fayorise and want 70 make the man
OF their cf 1oice presid dent. The ONO unt-
ess are devoted TO themselves, and van. =. I,
elect fo the presidency the man VINO .Wll'
giYo-tken efice, whereby they be a sl1ee.
to live ont Of the public crib. and thus ges
final sal,sistence which hey cannot acquire
through their industry or good sense. many 40
81 these two classes will first and las'
bring before The nation men who s'anu no %
earthly chance 4oi q nomination, muca less lNs
Of an election 4 but the discussion Of whose
clairns-so cSiled-or qualifications VIII DC
sure to help TO confuse politics, and prooa.
bly assis, ii defeating men whe stand liln some
chance. and throw the advantage more tna IAN
likely on the side OF some one whose eiec-
ton could not fail to be detrimental to the
country.
There are many indications that susges'
ideas OF this kind, and it is notaoie WIN WIN
how much arrogance men who nave no
c,,,nce whatever are brought forward
Those men are without a respectable. to'.
,owinq-men who Ia the abundance %
their -conceit and in the scarcity OF theif
wisdom have involved themselves IRENE
dfablc errors and irretrievable 1o!lY' ana
vet the country must bear with that con-
teststion which their oo-partial friends ana
partisans will temporarily force uponit. we
repeat that we fear that this may do damage
to some who have chance, ana may III
that gav assist cause not identified Win
the peace and harmony OF the country.
We have no sympathy with the class o,
men whose excessive conceit ana seif-com'
placency are ever obtruding them upon the
nation to no good end. Their attachments
are unwise, their schemes impracticaDie'
They are good enough, but they are not en-
dewed with all knowledge aud experience.
They are jealous and iDiudicious, intrepid
but indiscreet. They are unilagging IN
their eXertiops; bat their labors do not ad'
vance the true cause. We shall see vast
amount of work and talent in this way
wasted in twelve months to come. we re-
neat that we hope the real cause OF the peo'
ple and of the promotion OF the harmony
and peace Of the nation may not be serious
" damaged in the scrimmage about names
There SHOULD be close observation ano
calculation, so that the great parties, ano
especially that in whose prosperity we arc
most concerned, may rot give time to
false trail and waste energy upon the wrong
man. .... .......
This election OF President ought TO BRING
the country well out the confusion and dis
cord entailed by the war and maintained by
prejudice and passion. People ought by this
time to understand how the national peace
and prosperity are impaired by sectional dis
cords and resentments, and the great body
of men ought to set their face against tho
prolon CATION OF this state of things. Ii the
public mind should settle down upon the
propriety OF sitting out OF the campaign as
completely rs possible the preiudices which
have run riot SO long. and to narrowing tho
contest as much as possible to principle ano
men to represent the same, much that as
sists to keep up the alienation of.tbe sec
tions may be avoided, and the canvass may
rather assist to aIlay them than provoke
causes vi sectional resentment.