National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-15
No Convention Called.

delegation.
No Convention Called.
It is not true that the Virginia Repub-
lican State Central Committee has called
a State convention. 1t is not true that
the Republican State Committee has
taken any recent action. The Republi-
can State Committee has been confounded
in the newspapers with the Executive
Committee, which is small sub-commit-
tee. 1t is to be hoped that no snap judg-
ment will be taken by any few members
of the Republican party in Virginia; but
that the committeeman assuming to be
the party-will take ample time to con-
slider the situation. Ex-senator John T.
Lewis is the chairman of the State Cen
tral Committee, and his views on the
State debt are not in harmony with those
of the Bourbon Funders. The Republi-
frown on any hasty action, based on per-
sonal interests or feelings, by which the
Liberal cause in Virginia shall be deliy-
cred into the hands of its enemies.
The Republicans of Virginia are true
to liberty, free schools, free ballot, and
honest treatment of creditors. They will
| be wise if they act in harmony with all
| citizens of that State who can insure these
against the enemy. They should pay no
heed to any who seek to keep the Bour-
bons in power. Let the members of the
State Central Committee counsel with
such national leaders as they have most
faith in. It will be difficult to take the
colored voters of Virginia away from
General Malone in merely State con-
test, and this the advocates of straight
Republican ticket must know. The Re-
adiusters have protected the blacks in
voting and they will not forget it. There
may be some white Republicans who fear
division of the spoils of Office if a
majority party is formed on a liberal
basis but their interests must give way
to the general welfare. There may be
private financial schemes and specula-
tions which require straight Republican
ticket to insure Funder success; but our
cause must not be prostituted to any such
base ends.
1t is now a week since General Malone
described, in a widely published inter-
view, the McCulloch bill, under which
Virginia and her creditors were impair
TALLY feeced; but yet no answer comes.
Meanwhile the Virginia Bourbon Demo-
Gratis in Congress are very sure that the
Republicans will carry the State if they
run straight ticket. OF course they
would not say this unless it was true.
They are honestly trying to show us how
to defeat them.
Will you walk into my parlor
Said the BourbOn) spider to the Republican, fly?
Grant and Ord.
The effort of designing persons to create
an impression that General q. S. Grant
has rendered as valuable services to the
country as General E. O. c. Ord is likely
to fail. Sparks, N. c., who has world
wide as well as a wild word repu-
tation, hand-in-hand with Bragg, NJ. c.,
who has injured himself among the De-
mocracy by opposing rebel claims, and has
to make atonement in some way-these
two patriots have up and told the House
of Representatives not to do single thing
for Grant; and the Post, in recording the
action "jest gloats into it, as the Bowery
boys would say. That vigilant protector
of this country against Grant says:
The House Military Committee discharged an
imperative duty yesterday in strangling the bill
to promote U. S. Grant from private life to the
ST,1.- A.
said about it.
Imperative duty! Strangling a bill to
place General Grant ON the retired list.
Don't they wish they could strangle
Grant at the same time? These Northern
Democrats never will get over the bitter
feelings engendered by the failure of
Southern arms. They staked their all on
the defeat of the Abolitionists. They
went against their country, their section,
and their States, all to crafty party
spleen and hatred. Then to fail! They
have not the excuse of the Southron-
that he went with his people, his section,
and his State. What can be expected of
them but to hate Grant, who was the
architect of their political ruin?
But their feelings are assuaged when
they can do honor to some Union gen.
eral who was opposed to "nigger domina-
ton" General E. 0. c. Ord proved his
reliability on this subject shortly after
the war, and hence it is, perhaps, that We
find in the same number of the Post the
following under the head of "Justice to
General Ord"
Mr.. Johnston, of Virginia, reported from the |
Military Committee of the House yesterday bill
to retire Brigadier-General z. o. c. Ord with the |
rank of major-general, and it was placed on the |
Calendar. The committee, in their report recon- |
mending the passage of the BILL say that they find
in the history of the of the United States that
have occurred since 1859, and in General Ord's |
military history by General Culum that that Off |
Ger has high reputation and great military merit
and that he rendered valuable service to the coun
try Reference is also made to the recent letter of
General Sherman, in which he fully indorses Gen
eral Ortl's high military qualities.
1t is barely possible that the Grant who |
has been jumped on and demolished by
Sparks is not the one who led our
Union legions to victory. tseemsincred- |
ible that even to a Northern Democratic |
Congressman it should seem quite decent |
to begrudge a place On the retired list of
the army to General Grant.
PERSONALITIES.
PROFESSOR HUXLEY has been appointed |
of the British fisheries, to sue
ceed Mr. Francis T Buckland.