Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-07

peoplc are too obtusc to caro- for official
integrity In their rulers. II that pers''a
sion should be justified by success In
November--if the people decide that
huckster Of official influence shall occupy
the chair OF Washington, II Il impossible
10 overestlmate the lasting and deplornble
influence which such an example VIII
exert on the future Of the nstion. Tue
Republican party triumphed because u
was the party Of moral ideas. II has now,
by the selection OF It's stsndard-bearcr,
become the party OF immoral ideas. and
only defeat can regenerate u.
This committee has delayed its appear
TO It's fellow-eitizens 10 see whe.herany ex'
plenation Of the charges against Mr. binine
would be made which would relieve him
from their weight, but the apologies offered
thus far have only admitted the truth OF
the accusations. while seeking to extenuate
them"
This language Is forcibe and significant.
The delay Of the committee in making the
appeal shows conclusively that there has
been no reactionary movement in the ranks
Of tho Independents. as 1t was claimed by
Dir. BLAINE's organs there would be. II
shows also how utterly futile have been Mr..
BLsrNs's etTorts TO explain. Yet 1t IL not
bali so significant rs are the comments OF
the telegraph upon the address. That ps-
per says:
"1he address of the committee OF Re
publicans and Independents who are OPP
posed IN the election Of the presidential
snd yice-presidential candidates OF the Re
publican party, which we publish in an
other place, is an important document,
which well merits the careful and thought
full perusal OF all good citizens. The docu-
ment Is digniiied in the extreme. rs Is most
becoming, for i. discusses subject OF
the highest dignity and importance; and
whatever opinions may be arrived at con-
cernmg the conclusions OF Mr.. Lea end
his associates, II Is not possible 10 withhold
respect for the position which they have
decided TO occupy, or for the arguments
by which It is supported
Agan:
1.-THE issues OF the civil war have been
met and decided - decided irreversiby.
They as much belong TO the past az do the
issues OF the civil war; and whatever the
more INSCRIPTIONS among partisans may
claim. they should be put out Of considcra-
tion ~ II they never had existed. ON the
other hand, the issues OF the present are OF
the first magnitude, and are demanding
settlement, and upon The result Of the COM
ing presidential election will depend
great deal whether or no the impOrtan.
administrative problems which the Ameri-
can people arc called upon TO grapple with
shall he put in train OF settlement now. or
whether the sore places OF our politics
shall continue to plague US indefinitely"
And again:
"Thc question now as ever IL. Who are
those behind this or that presidential can
didatc who will materially exert a most
powerful. II not an entilely controlling, in
fluence in shaping TIE course of his admin
isiratIOn II elected?
II Mr.. BLAINE can extract any consola-
ton from the support OF the Telegraph,
as evidenced in the above, he is welcome
to it. In the last paragraph we quote from
our Philadelphia contemporary COM
parison IL suggested that Mr.. BLAINE has
every reason for avoiding, and Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND has every reason for inviting. In
making occasion for this comparison
the Telegraph gives its candidate q ter
ribIe baGkhanded blow. Behind Mr..
CLEVELAND are the wealth, the intelIi-
gence, the honesty, the patriotism. the
businessmen, of both the Democratic
party and the Independent Republican ele-
ment. He is supported by the reformers OF
the country without regard TO past polisi-
cal predictions, and the logical deduc-
ton is that the best people will exercise
the controlling influence in shaping The
course OF his administration. should he be
elected. Behind Mr.. BLAINE are the spoil
ers, the corruptionists, the st.r.rOute
thieves, the Credit MobIlier gang, the bur-
rah element, the bloOdy-shirt shrickers,
and the revenue spies and informers and
blaekmailcrs. His main supporters are
the men who have systematically kept
open the sore places IN our politics, and
are to-day trading on sectiOnalism and the
issues Of the civil wal. Is it reasonable
to suppose that these elements will
not shape the course OF Mr.. BLAINE's
administration il be is elected
Is the Telegraph so simple-mlnded
as to suppose that after securing Mr..
BLAINE's election they would turn him
over to good influences even were he
amenablc TO such influences. The 1ele-
graph has, we think. fully decided the
question rs to how every man who has the
good OF the country at heart should vote.