The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-09-20

Itpyal. | ask them to let them IN, and If they
turn out not TO be so, then turn them out.
ICheers.] Now, fellow-citizens, I have
said more than intended to say here to-
night. ["Go on" ego on."l have made
a pledge TO speak ct every stand around
the park tonight, and mean to keep it.
loud checrs.l Having undertaken that
somewhat laborious task, and inasmuch as
there are other distinguished gentlemen
who will address you, shall ask you to
excuse me. Three cheers for Governor
uotiman.i
A Snort EXTRACT FROM GOVERNOR PARSONS
SPEECH.
On the 9th Of April, 1865, General Lee
surrendered. Generals Johnston and hiroy
Smith followed In rapid succession. Iheir
surrender was endorsed by every man from
the Potomac to the Rio Grande in iessthan
sixty days Ichccrsl, and defy any man
To show any hostility TO the laws or Consti-
tutjon of the United States in the South
from that day to this. That there have
been disorders and outbreaks | 40 not
dcnv: but they were political; they were
such disturbances rs happen anywhere.
We hear it said that there is no liberty IN
speech down there. Well, will guarantee
if the President visits us he can have d
hearing; and that is more than he gets IN
the Northwest. [Great laughter and APP
plausol What would DO said If, because
the President could not be heard in In
diana, Congress should propose to keep
that State out of the Union? Laughter
II makes a vast difference whose OK Is
gored. IIaughterl The fact OF the mat
ter is, some people don't like us because we
don't sing out of the right psalm-book.
[I.aughtcr.l You may have heard of tho
old Methodist lady who objected to the
Baptists and PreSbvtcrians when they be-
gan to hold camp-meetings. "Why, don,t
YOU believe in camp-mectings they said.
Don't YOU believe in bringing simors into
the fold in that way ?" "Why, yes" said the
good old lady; az wouldn't object if they
would sing out Of the Methodist hymn-
book" Great laughtcr.l That is tho
case with the Radicals; they are afraid
the representatives from the South won't
sing out of Republican hymn-books.
Laughter That's what's the matter.
Renewed laughtcr.l Gentlemen want
You to understand that this is struggle in
which We of the South arc as deeply and
intimately involved as yourselves, and,
rely upon it, We will do nothing to bring
dscrcdt upon you. lApplause.I We
will stand by you and bear and endure
Just as long az you bear and endure.
[Cheers.l If devotion to cause can 6e
manifested by submission to whatever its
friends think is necessary for its success,
YOU will find us ready to do it. If we can
do nothing else, wo can pray for you.
lLaughter.l There are thousands in the
South looking forward with fearful eyes to
the result Of this struggle. Is it to tcrmi-
nate in favor of that party which says
there must he more war North and South 7
Voices" No, no."l Are our homes to
be dssolated again, and what little we
have left to be taken from us? t"No,
no.'l Will you, while we stand by you,
stand by us! ["Yes, yes."l Then, gen.
tlcmsn, in Gods name, success to you.
IGrcat cheering.]
RAYMOND SPEAKS.
Raymond made speech, but he did nat
excite much enthusiasm. The crowd
probably thought he would be speaking on
the other side before the week was out. :
THE FEST OF THE SPEECHES.
Hon. George +. Comstock, of Syracuse,
made the speech Of the evening. 1t is
very long, but very able. lie argues the
questions involved in the pending canvass
with mastery ability, and clothes his
thoughts in tcrse and elegant language.
The following extracts will give tho reader
a taste of its quality:
Again We are told that treason must be
punished. This has become a party cry,
and is uttered by thousands who have no
Just conception of the subject, or Of their
own meaning. The punishment invoked
in It's true sense only calls into exercise
the constitutional power Of the govern
ment through its judicial department. The
President cannot punish Congress can
not. There is no power in this land to
punish, except Judges and iuries, proceed
ing under the Constitution, and according
to the prcGxisting law. And this is the
highest glory of our institutions. The
burglar, the thief, and the traitor must be
indicted, arraigned, tried, and sentenced
according to the course Of law. Topunish
States or whole communities cOntounds
the innocent with the guilty, and makes
no distinction between the different de-
grccs of guilt. You punish the whole
people of State when you withdraw the
Constitution and deny to them funda-
mental rights. This is not constitutional
punishment. 1t is despotism. 1t is revo-
luton. 1t is unknown to the govern
mcnt of this country, or to any other con-
stitutional government on the face of the
earth. What is the punishment of trea-
son! First, what is the crime of treason !
1t is an individual offence. If many en-
gage in it, then many individuals are gull
~. As is the crime 80 is the punishment
individual. The only constitutional pro-
ccsses arc indictment, trial, and judicial
sentence. If there is Il single principle in
the Constitution more valuable than any
other, and fixed immovably in its very
foundations, it is this. But you cannot in
dict a State. You cannot try State.
You cannot imprison nor hang it. Nor
can you confscate its constitution and laws,
or subject it to any form Of penalty, unless
you exercise the power of lawless con-
quest. What arc the rights Of State 7
First, all its people are inalicnably entitled
to the benefits and blessings of the Consti-
fulton of the United States. And the
greatest of these blessings is exemption
from penal dcspotism until individual guilt
or crime is ascertained and declared by
jury OF the peers of the accused. Second,
they are entitled to their own State 60
yernment and laws; to their reserved sove-
rcignty, co0ordinate with that of the
Union. AS these were never derived
from the Union but existed before it. so