The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-01

OF course sbe bnNsii of - railroad on
James rfver Is too great q; blessing 10 Yir-
'u.nSa and her people TO be usssined 10 Wisnout
q greet aesloI slnbor! ~. 80
n4Szss Z 81 n
ssngtor Carpenter.
senator sasyEsTER's arrival at Washing
son. city called forth an ovation. H H.. was
T received With nnusHal marks OF respect and y
rejoicing. N do not remember such hon.
crs paid TO .enyt senatoes in forner times.
we Suppose 1t is rather attributable to the
sensational Character Of the day than to the
Idea that ar. CARPEnTER Is really more en-
rjt,ea toss,1ch honorthan many OF his pre-
&eces50rs.
Ne certainly are not disposed 70 under
rate him. sWeis,ave already placed BIN, we
think, in his. proper piche,ias an able and
Ssearhe aied seoDst islfional lawyer, rapkilng
Mish,tbe leading taen la the senate, and ", we
haye called attention to the evidence be has
aGou)ed of Ibis unwiilingness to tbendtthe
CopstitutioH md Jaws to accomplish 2 par
assan obdecs.: Effgu estiouab!y, however, he
isa decided Republican, and while we. have
no agiaity gor iKeppb licapisn. So called, 10
these tines soTl ior.iits principles, II itibas
any, we prefer Ia, fran and decided man to
one wbose opinions are not mn derssood and
whose position is not uDciouded.f There
fore tie nsse entirely Just to him, no mat
ter about bis .politics-1li 4: Oh ~ }
Our correspondent represents his speech
on the occasion Of bis reception to have
been liberal, aud showing that he is a great
int1rovenentn upon the bigot HOWE, whom
-AAsHeeeedss
1t is reported, however, tbat Mr... oiaPRs,
who made the welcome speech. declared
that BIir... CsRpESrER owed his election to
his being d pronounced Chairman" II
tits be TRUE, 1T is matter of regret Mr..
CLAP Is thorough partisan; and WhHe
supposing that be knows more than we do
about Mr. CARPENTERS opinions. we trust
that he has made Ills compliment to him a
little tso pronounced. Mr.. CARPENTER is n
laWwcr and statesman, and we should
hardly think that character would be easily
accommodated to partisanship for man
whose very candidacy, not to speak Of his
administration, would tend to disturb the
public serenity, and revive passions and
partisan methods that viii by no means
s,ramose' the national peace and content
49,. fItIf WttaE
What. the nation wants Is rest and free
dom froal the signs and emblems andisenti-
fieHts thdt recall the. Tancor and .discord Of
civil conflict and sectional aversion There
was was d lime when General GRANT himself
WAS In d proper and patriotic condition OF
mind, when bis ruling motto was ".Let as
have peacc,s - and at that period he reproved
a,Feaeral soldier Yor coming to the raiIway
station be honor him with his uniform on,
Inthe. kiRdest manner he begged him to
gofome and put away the Uniform, remark
ing9that the war was over and peace re-
tasned.a That was indeed q; happy time for
General GRANT: There was not southern
heart that was not won over TO him, by this
aet,and his declarations at the time. le2.,l
But wbnt trouble he has given The people
OF the Union since that day! He has left
reeolleetions that are painful to everybody,
and certainly none in the latter partof his
administration that were akin to the mani
festation above alluded TO. s,.-i 49,
We repeat, what the whole nation wants
ispeace; and 1t never can come completely
until the nation passes by the men and the
measures, the signs and the dispositions,
ttat were in the ascendant during the pc
riodo sectional animoslty, andaWhens the
policy OF persecution OF the: South pre-.
vailed. .~1ta,i.iliG n TO-. ~ its'ts X
Fiat policy hurt the North more than it
did the South. The South wants peace not
more earnestly than should the Nprth.I We
cannnt lives int harmony with one half the
Union alien 70 the other! THAT condition is
worse ia It's effects op commerce than it, is
upon our social order. And the sooner VIC
are delivered ffom aii that tends to reeise
thespassionsaand methods Of the past, or
even remind ms Of them, the, hetter.als
WhethRrI .Ggnerni GRANT Will obtrude
himself upon the nation again is d, gHestion
which he alone en- settle. r. hsa does it
will be bad for his fame, and will rhode no
good to his country = Els becoming q cam
didate against all precedent, and promising
80 much Disturbance In the lpoIiticulJ arena,
may well excite the suspiciont hat In looming
forward he would he prompted by 10 mo.
ttive approaching desire for the public good,
hut only from his own personal vanity.
This is not d question exclusively for the
South. Far from IT, II IS q question for
'the.whole nation.sl1he North having more
wealrh, larger interests, and more TO lose
thaeftke South, the question is far more i'm.
portant to herr than the South. Certainly it
ia aneanGn which the leading public men
should.ehsn and reflecs most patiently and
anxiously. ~ issf -
80
The Virginia Springs.
Onr Washmg ton correspondent informs
us that afr. ". A. STUART, oi the Washing
ton and Smgta Sa!t-Worhs, is endeaYoring
fn Ilnfte canataifsts End skockh q ders al the