The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-11-18
The President and the Attorney
General.

ne 1IcS4AlCuL etl4NA li4O <AbSOAADJ
General.
The Washington correspondent OF the
Baltimore Sun says: alt can be stated with
the utmost confidence that the President
has not accepted the resignation OF AttOr-
ney-Gonerpl MACVEACH, and il his opinion
does not undergo change he does not, for
the present at least, intend TO accept it."
However. Mr.. MAcVEAGH seems to be Us
determined in his purpose as Mr.. ARTIUE.
II is true he has tccn advised by those
friendly TO him to withdraw his resigna-
ton; for II is argued by them that il on
account Of the Administrations support he
fail IN the successful prosecution OF the
star-routc cases, he will have exonorated
himself and thrown the blame where 1t pro-
perly belongs. Mr. MACVEAGH, neyerthe-
less, does not wish to run the chances OF
becoming q scapegoat in the hands Of "his
friends the enemv." Viewing the Worlds
estimate, herewith subioined, Of the man
he has to oppose, it will be rather curious
10 sec who will give in first;
President Arthur is man of personal
fidelity. lie argues that the man who i.
not "iaithful over few things" his
friends, is not fit TO be "ruler over msny"
lie is not disposed to believe that his friends
are less patriotic than his enemies, or those
who arc not or were not his friends. He
is OF clanish descent and temperament.
His father was an freshman, and he has
much OF the Irish warmth. His middle
name, Allen, is sufficiently Scotch, and he
possesses the genuine Scotch tenscity and
canniness. He Is the son Of a Baptist
minister, and comes Of close-commU-
Mon" stock. IT is interesting to rccollect
that the ancient King OF the Welshmen,
the Arthur Of legend and song, was tho
ruler of people who called themselves
Cymri, or countrymen, to distinguish them
selves from foreigners, in the spirit in which
the ancient Greeks called all men barba-
rians who lived outside Of Hellss. And so
IL will inevitably come to pass that the men
who will be invited TO enter the Cabinet OF
President Arthur, the men who will re-
ceiyc his social and political cordiality, the
men who are and will be his advisers, the
men who will be the benelciaries of the
enormous Executive patronage, will be
the native Cymri, the true Hellenes.
What would such q President be ex-
pected 10 dor Calm, confident, reticent,
keen-eyed, persistent, loyal in his personal
friendships, with a metropolitan political
training; worldly, virile, aggressive, of
administrative force and without sent-
mentalisn, as certain qualities OF head and
heart are called-whom would he he likely
10 gather about him in the administration
OF the Government? What class Of men
would naturally enjoy his confidence? or
course the Grants, the Conklings, and the
Jonescs, and the Camerons, the men whom
the President regards as the strong men Of
the Republican party, the men who have
achieved its victories. II ia 4 vulgar mis-
take TO suppose that these distinguished
gentlemen arc engineering the Presi-
dent 10 suit their purposes against the
inclination OF the President. They do
not engineer him more than he engineers
them. The plain and comprehensive fact
about this matter is that he and they think
alike concerning the republic. His ways
are their ways. lie is President himself,
but he Is precisely the kind OF President in
whom these gentlemen and their followers
believe, aud their views Of the administra-
ton OF the Government are also his views.
The alliance Is n fellowship, not 4 capitula-
ton. The Knights OF the Round Table do
not quarrel or disband because one OF them
Is suddenly become king. The Arthurs.
and Conklings, and Grants, and Camerons
do not belong 10 Platonlc school OF po-
litical philosophy.