The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-12-18
2irI,n,oIld lisgatrll.
r,ssriRs.,AY . ..DEcEMBER IS, 1879.
Restoration.

called rebellion. 4 lie mas uOnc hutoan6 ~
endear himself to Americans since ne went
on, Of Office, 10 1877 amid the excavations OF
many persons, and followed by eitaef
the contempt or dislike OF many others
Wills, ne was President be was the Doso"
friend Of such men as BABooCK, BOSS sHEr T.
uppo ROBSON, Landanlet WILLIAMS,
and others. He filed the offices OF the
Government with his pets, and was MIN
self an object OF admiration on tne
mart OF wliskey-thieves and other pa ls
characters whom he kept in place With
out regard to their qualifications, ana
in contempt OF the opinions aud wishes
Of The. public. BE fully sustained Generai
sHsnrpaY In all the outrages which tpe lat "
ter committed In Louisiana, though tney
were OF SO intoierable character that the
people Of New York irrespective OF party
held an indignation meeting to denounce
sHgR1DAs's conduct, andwarmly applanded
Mr.. EyARrs's denupciations OF that petty
tyrapt. In a word, General GRANTS repua
tation was that Of man utterly ignorant
OF the duties Of his high Office, and totally
unfit for it. The only excuse that couia De
made for bis innumerable SHORTCOMINGS
was that ne was a mere soldier. 1t was
claimed that he was patriotic, honest, ana
honorable, but had been imposed upon Dy
the bad men who had been admitted TO ms
councils. Nobody appeared TO regret tnal
his term OF office had ended. The country
breatbed more freely when he stepped
down and out.
why, then,,is General GRANT the object
OF so much attention and adulation at the
present timer We read in the papers that
his reception 10 Philadelphia on Tuesday
was marked by the most demonstratiVe en-
thusiasm. That is, the people were not
content to worship him: they wanted him
10 sec and know that they worshipped him.
j. is supposed that his triumpbal chariot
was followed by thirty thousand persons.
Seven thousand citizen soldiers, and as
many veterans from the Grand Army OF the
Republic, marched at his heels, not dragged
against their will, as in Rome the custom
was two thousand years ago, but with iight
stcps and lighter hearts. In San Francisco,
in Chicago, in Cincinnati, in Galena, SINH
lar imposing demonstrations have attended
his visits. The papers give up their entire
space to stories OF his life, and remarks
upop his dress, his appearance, bis words,
and his habits. Nay, they all issue double
sheets, and speak his praises in almost
every column OF them. The cities are illu-
minated in his honor, and eXult as IL Dask-
ing IN the sunshine Of his smile.
What does all this mean? Whether they
acknowledge it or not, his admirers thus
INV obeisance to him as the future ruler OF
this country, and especially OF the southern
States. He is expected to return to the
White House, and SHERIDAN to return to
Louisiana. The solid South is TO be dis
solved by processes with which they know
he is familiar. 1t is lively sense OF favors
TO come that constitutes the gratitude exc
pressed By our northern brethren in these
remarkable demonstrations.
"see, the conqueslng hero comes"
is the expression Of their hearts; and GRANT
Is stillra conqueror, or be Is nothing. No
body supposes that he is at to be Presi-
dent except as ALFONSO is tit to be King
the one because he has rebel blood on his
hands; the other because he has royal blood
In his veins.
General GRANT was absent from his own
country for long timc-two years, we
think. He returns home as CHARLES IL. re-
turned to England from tho Hague. ellis
Journey to London" says the historian,
"was one continued triumph, and the
whole OF the country through which he
passed bore the aspect of 4 universal fair
day. So great was the rapture OF loyalty
with which CHARLES was received that with
his usual wit he observed to some one OF
his company that he could not see for the
life Of him why he had stayed away so long
when every bodyyseemed SO charmed that ne
had at last como back. He was received
with open arms, and reinstated without
being asked to give q guarantee or make
concession" ....
Isn't that good picture Of the scenes be-
fore our eyes to-day? The "rapturc OF
loyaltyn describes precisely that Demon
stratiye enthusiasm in Philadelphia. GRANT,
too. is received with open arms, and il he
goes back into the presidential chair will go
",c;thout being asked to gire guarantee
or nagte concession" ~
wilt the parallel hold good to the end?
How did CHARLES act towards the
"rebclS"? A fortress won by rebel SOL
dicrs was "ignominiousy sold to the
French" 1.-THE bodies OF CROMWELL.
BRADSHAW, and 1REroN were disinterred
and hanged upon the gibbet at Tyburn.
The Duke Of Argyle was executed in Scot
land, and Sir HENRY VANE In England"
His reign was one OF " bitter religious per-
seeution." The unblushing RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF the court was disgrace to England. His
unbounded eStravagance SO far exceeded
what was justified sy the money voted him
by Parliament that people expressed their
wonder as to where so much money came
from, though they firmly believed that ii
came from France. War followed. So did
the plague. So did the great fire In Lon
don in 1868. A financial panic and great
distress ensued. JoHN BuNYAN was kept
in Jail twelve years. From 1878 to 1850
the King and Parliament We're ina constant
contest. His court was utterly corrupt.
He himself received at one time 100000
crowns for an net of treachery to his own
Kingdom. Arbitrary government was