The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-04-16
f,anera, Grants Tactics.

General (ff3nt dSSSo'
nenera, GRANT will get back 10 Sou'nero
I,,;uoi. Just In time to create for bimse't 10
saas pemocrs.ic portion OF The state boom
vhich will have moro or less influence upon
che action Of the approaching STATE Conven-
zion OF the Republican party. 'zgypt" u
strongIy Democratic. and theSefore ior
GRANT. We say, therefore. "hecansc II rs
NOW settled that II Gcnerh G8ANr shall re-
rsivc the nomination OF the Chicago COR
vcn,,on his success viii be Tnc to the sup
nor, Of states which Win NOS be able to cas-
: vote for him next E,ovcrSoer. New York
wss the firs, Democratic STATE to instruct Its
delegates TO vote Tor SssANr. The whole
seventy Of them Will no aoubt do so, despite
,hc ssct that It Is as CERTAIN as any future
s~ewt can well be t&at Genera GRANT
VIII fail To get tire vote OF that State
a. November next. Then came Aen'ucky
with her tweutylseur votes INSTRUCTED
Ter GRANT. Next week Virginia VIII no
sloust instruct Ger TWENTY-FIVE VOTES
Cor him. Miss9tri with her thirty votes
ans marched NJ, 90 bis support. Here We
bsve 1xs votes for GRANT from only Tour
S,atess aud these four States are sure 10
xo,c apains. him in Novsmber-not that
New York viii 5e certain 20 cast her vote
.aya,ns; auy osker Republican nominee, but
because In taa, State there are thousands OF
Repub,,caus Svbo will nct vote for General
<sr.xr uaaer any circumstances. We couid
ada tn ftc above list Democratic States
.na,,rh whose rotes VIII be cast for GRANT
.at Chicago to prove that he VIII unques-
-tIonatyjr owe ais nopiuution to States which
.csn by no means be counted upon to aid IN
his election.
AZ the whole nuosber OF delegates to the
sCincjraati Conversion will be only 1913,
MANY persons are under the impression that
the same will he the number OF delegates
In the Chicago Convention But not 30.
There are eigh, Territories, each OF which
will send two delegates to Chicago, as VIII
also the District CT Coumbla--ibus making
the whole number 756, OF which only 379
will be necessary 10 choice. SO thai the
four States which We have named will send
to Chicago more than ene-third of the num-
Der OF delegates required TO nominate Cen
eraI GRANT. And his friends are bent upon
having the vote Of every southern State II
possible, though they know OF course that
the northern States will have TO elect him,
II he is elected at all. The result might be
his nomination by the 27G votes from The
South, the f3 from Territories having no
votes at ali in November. and the 100 oil
New York and Indiana, both Democratic
Siates-394 in all.
Those who claim that General GRANT is
not pushing his own fortunes do NOT under
stand bis tactics. He visited PhilideIpbia
and bad magnificent reception just before
the State Convention met IN Harrisburg. He
then went 10 Mexico and else " here. but got
back 10 Texas the very day before the Re-
publican Convention met in that State. lie
then went to Louisiana, Mississippi. and
Tennessee. He was upon the very borders
OF Kentucky when the Republican Conveu-
ton met in that State on wednesday last
ard be all reach Illinois, as we have said.
lust ia time 10 contribute ail that bis pre-
senee and the utmost efforts OF his c'aqueurs
can TO the boom which bis tools in that
State are endeavoriug 10 get up In his be-
half.
IL remains to be seen whether General
GRAMS tacrics will be successful. Doubt
less he will fght II out on the same line II it
takes him till the I'd Of June. But though
Peace may have "her victories no less re-
nowned than War;" yet these victories are
not won byscast-iron soldiers such as Gene
raj GRANT. lie is handicapped by set of
supporters as Objectionable and rs MERGE
nary anu uupalriotic as ever foeked around
the standards Of a marauding chieitain,
and deserves not only to be defeated IN No
vember next, ss be will he il nominated,
but dis,stfously defeated OF the nomination
at Chicago.