The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-06
oeners. Grant.

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We remarked yesterday that DR.. baeDr
natter upon the subject Of Generai oHN
caud,dsoy had. appeared at . u'e w"e" ~"
ss..srsr. prospects for nomination were
-, "a s~scht by q long odds as tney "ao
s,s.r ! mort time previously. HENRY WAT
..s.r . close observer Of the tides IN pen'
,.c. s,ss come TO similar conclusion. we
re.l in his paper the following;
:, c.r.r.i Grant may walk over the track
.-s,hn", . competitor In the National re
s,,,S,;can Conyertion Of next year, out t,e
II a;ca,ious are not In that direction al tue
present time" -
Yesterday to correct partially the femarN VI
4 prominent United States senator tna'"e"'
ara, GRANT would be a candidate "easy 10
cnm,rate hut hard to elect" The General,
a now appears, will not he easily homi-
mated. But even IL nominated, he VIII DO.
be elected. The indications which we hho
in the very large number OF leading noi.n-
eru and northwestern journals with which
we exchange lead inevitably to the concur
sion that the northern people are afraid OF
the experiment OF electing distinguished
military man to the presidency for 'h'ro
term. OF course these indications may De
succeeded by others which may point 10
different result. 1.-THE promise and po-
tencyv OF boom" in the case OF
such a man as General GRANT cannot well
be oyerestimated. But The new DOOM II
another should be got up to insure his nomi-
nation, will not last till the election. Ihere
are thousands OF Americans who Will not
under any circumstances which are hkeiy
TO exit this year vote to give General
GRANT, or any other man, third term IN
the presidency. But the Republican ior-
eigners, and especially the German Repuo'
Iicans in Ohio and New York, will, 1t is now
said. absolutely refuse TO lend their support
10 n scheme which threatens to result IN
substituting hereditary rule for an elective
one--a life estate for tenure Dependent
upon the will Of the people and the tradi'
tions Of the republic.
The New York World. persistent
Joker, declares, with what Is no doubt in
tended for satire, that it Is very kind and
disinteresied OF certain class OF Democrats
to give up so much time as they do to try
ing TO make the Republicans believe thai
GRANT will be weak Republican candi
date, when in the Wortd's opinion more
might be done towards victory in 1889 by
bringing about n Democratic agreement oil
candidate who can beat General GRANT At
the polls. or course that Is the WOrtP'
way OF telling the country that it must take
the candidate advocated by that singular
journal. New York, It repeats, is the key
TO unlock the White House and then i
adds a classic touch in saying that "ye
there are not a few Democrats who seem tt
fancy that by bowling at The idea OF such
nomination by the Republicans they car
elect Democratic candidate"
The World mistakes the point. II il
good.poIicy to convince the Democrats o
what we believe to be true-tbat. Gen
eral GRANT can be defeated by anybody
but Journal which is devoted to the for
tunes Of single individual would like L
have II understood that Lobody but its ia
yorite can beat GRANT. We are not at al
afraid OF GRANT. We would rather EMO.
the idea of having him to beat, or, If tn
people so will, having him made emperor
There can be no better time hereafter thar
1880 Is to test the capacity Of the people 10
self-gOvernmeDt. At any rate, our lnstitu
lions are based upon the idea that the.
have that capacity; and those who believ
such to be the fact need not fear TO IT,
conclusions with the Republican part
headed by General GRANT