The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-06-11

i anti. will on occasional legai
salary, and tDss, ,ns hulk Of bis estate"
Zee: mas ma aa up Nm has the following from
Inc bal.'n.o. q n is given rs no.able fact
an excnanss gar 'TayIor, Of Pennsylvania,
who nrst named Genera W usr nsmsd !" Gem s
Chicago Convention, also nrst nanea , usn !
eraI Taylor In 1S4S, and one o!ncr canu'o ,ss
since then. aud in each. ins'anco no o "as
nominated and elected. ne always S.' ou
INDEPENDENTLY OF his Delegates A"u ."
10. presIdsns, James a. 0nrnead.
rr,ns,no,ti Commercial. ansi-Grant i'ep1',es"' :
, m,sa nomInatIon Of General GarheId IL
s. an sointion OF the difficulty IN when
, uapf RsenubIican party was Involved py Tue
s shH candidacy. There Is no suc9
rave ,ssne before US rs that wnicn woulo
sSava .r;sen n Grant had been the nominee
Thn third.,erm crusade Of the Bosses de-
sested Ignominiously. we shall go on In Tue
rood cid way, taking comfort In our SUI
S1erst;,ions about Washington ana Jenersop'
md having confidence In the aoillty OF
,reat nnmber OF our fellow-cifizens 10 dis.
cbarce the highest duties OF government
bv The neople aud for the people. Inc I'M
nndence OF urging upon the American na-
lion that they bad but ~ne man VIII never
no rsneated. The Republic has seemed 10
no in danger. 1t is safe. II rests upon
foundations deeper and broader even Inah
tho fathers laid them, and shall stand Ior'
e y Tb,nk God, the Republic OF the
limited states In this suspicious day, when
France has grown weary OF military strong
men. has not departed from the true faith ana
the straight path 10 follow even the leauer
who halls from Appemattox. We want no
man Of destiny; no man with star whose
light Is red: no sword and spurs hung up III
the White House no personal government
with a tawdry court; no license issued 10
fayorites to plumber the country while tney
live: no upstart imperialism, believing IN
the ignorance and corruption OF the people,
yulgarly patronizing the poor and cravenly
seeking the favor OF the rich; no necessity
Of turning the country over to the Demo-
cratic marty, irrespective OF doctrines or
qualities. persons or precedents, to escape
the supreme disaster and shame implied In
the third term, now prep0sterous eyermore.
The people are sovereign, and there are
millions of them. Ohio has succeeded the
mother State, Virginia, in giving the nation
Presidents, and may she never forget or
turn back from following after the bright
examples of the line OF Virginian magis-
trates, whose glory abides with us not ray
obscured. Under circumstances OF peculiar
temptation and danger Republican princi-
ples have gained the most glorious victory
in the history OF the RepubIic--a victory
whose sDlendor shall shine when the stars
of all our generals are dim, though they
shall long be remembered in honor.
The conquering hero who commanded a
million OF men, took the sword OF Lee, and
displayed the very genius OF common sense
i'm writing the memorandum OF surrender
for the chieftaiu OF TIE Southern Confede-
racy, had the rank Of general created for
him, served as President for eight years,
and then travelled around the world re-
ceiving honors uneXampled in any age, was
dragged from repose that should have
been serene and the enjoyment OF fame that
rose above rivalry, TO serve the selfish pur-
poses Of group OF senator's and squad OF
sycophants who had gained distinction by
the cultivation Of his faults.
General James A. Garfield has been Sc
lected to bear the Republican banner, not
by us, for we had other preferences. but by
those competent to choose, and who have
chosen wisely and well. We know him so
intimately, here in his native State-where
he has been wood-chopper, scbool-bOy,
scbOol-teacher, member OF the Legislature,
general, and member Of Congress, and have
been so familiar with the contentious around
him as he has advanced from place TO place,
with talents that were always equal to the
occasion and good fortune that never failed
him in any pportunity-that perhaps we
are not in the best position TO measure him
and sum up the good and evil OF him. AS
our readers may not need to be reminded,
we have not been among those insensible to
his faults or slow to speak OF them-and we
are aware that his record may be assailed at
weak points; hut we have to say OF BIN
now, as we said when he was candidate
for the Senate, that his ENHANCEMENT, in
small transactions that have been largely
advertised, show, not the rascal, knowing
every trick and covering every turn, design
ing wrong and conspiring for concealment,
which Is the character to be Stunned and
despised. but the awkwardness OF ineXperi-
ence and inaptitude in those affairs where
acuteness Is essential and smart men fiou-
rich