The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-05-03

Blood and Carnage.
TIE Commosreaiih Is entitled tosr op,n-
son.. Il msy rest assured that the public
viii receive them for what they ste worm.
We shall not undertake 10 convince tnss
journal that nobody bwt The mase ana ie'na'e
ala women OF the cowutry are opposed 70
another war. On thc cou,rsr, we VIII Md
n 10 disseminate its due programme IL
SAYS ,,.
Z. v,nt we yc,, The Dispdsth that the bone
"a strcc and :mra bood'1 the Dcmocraec
49,, 49,, anafor its candidate man VINO
ruI .ssc4rt their rights at the expense %
~sS.s.s :. a carnace II esitremc measures oe-
ss~srs,.s ressarys aud.if they have not aoso-
Ire con6dencc that tnrir candidate Is man
az hrs SORT tkey Will tske no more inserest
An the eIectisn than saey would take va
xaNN- battie.s
We have ,an idea tat judge OF inc So
nreme Court Of theUnited States IS not OK
actIy the rleh BIT man to stand on tha' par.
Sorm. General HANCOCK would DC our
choice II the nosaise were iirstto DC e'eo'es =
nv tho people and then to raise aa arl'' ""u
Sabt his way to tie White House. 1ene'a'
u,xccsx out ofsbe way, the next best man
wo,,Sj he MIR. 81 YMoUR, who would 30 mo
~. contest with New York at ms Dack.
.ror,,,r,v .yude, FIELD has "nerer set q
spuadron in tie field, nor the DIVISION OF d
hattie kuowss,ore than srinster." be-
sides. his lnsss' Pacific States are 100 lar on
10 come early into the actioa-
Jndoe .Fw Id was our second choice Ior
president ecfore imprudent friends urged
his claims upon the ground that ne haa o,s-
scented freyn the Supreme court OF 'ue
uTnifed states on certain important ques-
lions. and before lie Tor bis friends) had
established a bureau at washington, ana
undertaken to promote his interests by pay
ing for tue printing Of articles intended Tor
that purpose 10 the newspapers OF the
country. Bat as at present advised, we DO
not think that he is an available candidate.
His cause has been damaged by the iacts
we have named and by the course OF indls-
Greet advocates. We do not believe that
there will be a hundred delegates in the
Cincinnati Convention who VIII support
him. No party will IN eur opinion nomi'
nate a candidate for the reasons which his
indiscreet friends give for his nomination.
Judge STAPLES mightss well run for Gov
erner Of Virginia on his dissenting opinion
in the coupon cases.
But we need not argue that point fbe
Commonwealth itself in the same article
which we are noticing answers itself so
completely and conyincingly that we need
only TO repeat its words. II says:
q. Now, as for General Hapc Dck, we would as SION
Gee General Hancock The nominee as anv man IN
the country. II he wee not soldier That iact puts
him. In orr judgement, outside OF all consideration .
1Iur contest is 10 be contest for q government oil
law within the limits Of The Constitution Inc re.
publican contest Is to be contest Tor
70 il BY the people II shall deem necessary Tor us
purposes. And for this reason they WI put up
General Gran, the strong and iIt1exl0ie solGier,
equal 10 any u.urpali0n and force that the
occasion NAV require With what force c"uia
we appeal 10 the people 70 vo.e aga,nSI Genet r
The people would reply, Why, if we must
vote for soldier in either event. we prefer TO vote
for The more distinguished soldier OF the tw0 they
would say 10 The Democratic party, You are making
q great ciack about q gOyeTnment OF law, and no
military interference with the civil government,
but here you go and put up soldier 10 0ppose tne
idea of military government We should cut from
under our feet The entire ground on which We pro-
posed 10 stand.
'.Ourcandida,e must present In his own person
an embodiment OF the idea Of government OF law
and constitutional government, and he must I've q
man who has The force and courage TO assert M
rights when have elected him, and this man will
sweep the country as II was never yet carried"
Now, that il our programme exactly. We
are for government Of law. We are for
electing our President, and inauguratins
him, under the Constitution. "'Our contest
IL to be contest for government OF law
not for fight between General GRANT and
.Jsdge FdElDi "Tbe Republican contest is
to be contest for government OF force"
Just so. But ours Is not. We are for con-
stitutional methods. "Generai GRANT Il
equal to any usurpation and force that the
occasion may require" Surely, then. Gene
rsl HANCOCK, with his sword, and not
Justice clothed with the Judicial gown, II
the man for us to run-unIess, indeed, We
intend to depend upon constitutions
methods. The people would say to ths
Democrats who propose to elect Judge
FIELD because he will "assert their right.
at the expense of blood end carnage
.'You are making great clack about
government of-law and no military inter
ference with the civil government, but herr
you 70 and put up man TO oppose the ide
OF military government on the express
ground that he will resort to "blood ant
carnage" "Our candidate must presen
In his own person an embodiment OF tn
idea OF q government Of law" He mus
not he man who threatens beforehand Il
resort to .'blood and carnage" The TIVE
characters are Incompatible. A mai
must either stand upon the "divinit,
that doth hedge aking,"-that Is, the law
the right to be king-or he must threaten
resort to the sword. As we said the othe
day, II we we're in the Cincinnati Conyen
tion, and It should appear that the NOMINEES
OF that Convention could, il elected, get hi,
seat only by resorting to "bood and car
mage" we should vote all the time for Gen
eral HANCOCK. Bot il, on the other hand
II should appear that the contest was to b.
ga contest for government OF law and or
der" then We should say nominate Mr.
SEYMOUR or some other ,cirilian.
We intended to say only few words OF
this question, as we have not thought |
best to antagonixe any candidate. We hav,
departed from cur rule In the case only O
Judge FIELD; and in his case only because
almost compelled to do it.
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Pay your capitaion-tax, and then OF
election day you will be able 10 do YOU