The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-07-08
Their Address.
SPEECH FROM GENERAL EWING.

Nrw YORK, MONDAY, July &, 1868.
The Convention was called to order by
The temporary chairman at quarter before
n. PRAYER was offered by william Quinn,
d New York.
MIR, Richardson, of Illinois, presented n
.rr,r. of resolutions which were feierreo
without reading.
WuRKINGMEN'S DELEGATION.
c,o.r.l MORGAN, of Ohio, moved that
l..l.r,,ioo from the WOrkingmen's ConVch-
,,.,,l lr invited 10 seats on the noor winch
WI, agreed 10.
,....rr. ur ruE COMMITTEE on oRGANIZA-
TIoE.
ry,ocr. of Pennsylvania, from the Com
..,,,.. ,,, Permanent Organization, made
r..nort. I; proposed
r., president, Iloratio Seymour, of New
1..rl l5rrat chceringl, and one vicc-pre-
,;Iort' 'Ird secretary from each State. Hon.
Robert !. Conrad WAS named as vice-pre-
,iirm from Virginia., and William ID. Cole
man for secretary. Z. q. Perrin and hvc
others were named rs reading secretaries.
Healso recommended that the rules of the
'wocratic Convention Of 1864 be adopted
for the government of this Convention.
Mr.. Mackin, OF Ohio, moved the adoption
e the report and the discharge Of the COM
lutttrc; which was carried.
Mr.. Murphy, Of New York, from the
Committee on Resolutions, asked permls-
.taq .or said committee to sit during the
session of the Convention which was
agreed L..
The Chair appointed Mr.. Bigler, of Penn
sylyluia. and Mr.. Hammond, of South
carolina, II committee to conduct the per-
g,aurut PRESIDENT TO the chair.
Mr. seymour on taking the char ad-
dressed the Convention ~ follows:
Gentlemen Of the Conventional thank
Won for the honor you have done me IN
making me your presiding officer. fCheers.
This Convention is made up OF large NUN
her of DELEGATES from all parts Of our broad
land. To great degree We are strangers
to each other, and view the subjects which
ueiiatc otr country from different stand
ruints. We cannot at once learn each
others mode OF thought, or grasp all the
ir,. which bear upon the minds OF others !;
vet our session must he brief, and we are
forced to urt without delay, upon questions
OF An exciting character and Of deep i'm
lort louur country. TO maintain order, to
restrain all exhibition Of passion, to drive
out Of our minds all unkind suspicious, Is
al this time u great duty. tCheers.I | rely
urou your sense Of this duty and not upon my
own ability 20 sustain me in the station III
which, am placed by your kind Partially.
Men never met under greater responslblll-
lie. than those which now weigh upon us.
ArrMusc. 1t is not Il mere party triumph
IL t,,.t M IN n "
from the dangers which overhang it. We
wish to lift oil the perplexities and the
slnckles which, in the shape Of bad laws
@NI Of crushing taxation, now paralyze the
'usiness and labor of our land. Loud
chrrrs We hope, too, that We can give
order, prosperity, and happiness to those
sections Of our country which suffer so
deeply to-day in their homes and in all the
fields Of their industry, from the unhappy
events Of the last eight years. l trust nc-
lions will show that We are governed by
earnest purposes to help all classes Of our
citizens. Avoiding harsh invectives against
men, We should keep the public mind fixed
ulou the questions which must now be met
and solved. lChcers. Let us leave the
past to thr calm Judgment Of the future,
ANA confront the pcrils of the day.
!ch"crs.
W. are forced to meet the assertions in
the resolutions put forth by the late Re-
publican Convention. | aver that there is
not III this body one man who has it in his
heart 10 excite 80 much of angry feeling
against the Republicans party as must be
'ulret Up in the minds Of those who read
these declarations in the light Of recent
cYrnts, ana III view of the condition Of our
country.
In the first place, they congratulate the
lerpLcXcd man Of business, the burdened
taxpayer, the nborer whose hours of toll
are Icnstheucd out by the growing costs of
'he nccr-anrlcs Of life, upon the success of
,hat reconstruction policy which has
'r"ight all these evils upon them by the
cost ol It's military despotism and the cor
f"puon Of It's bureau agencies. .I
III one resolution they denounce all forms
'' frpudiation rs a national crime. Then
"Ay did thc!2 put upon the statute books OF
'hr nat!9n the laws which invite the citizens
VINO borrow coin 10 force their creditors to
'"te ae"ased paper, and thus wrong him
"N' ol large share Of his claim, in viola
'oh OF the most solemn compact? Loud
cheering If rcpudintion is n national
''He, II Is crime 10 invite all the citizens
y. inns country thus 10 repudiate their in
Dl'idHA! promises. [Applause.l Was it
"o' crime to force the creditors Of this
"N" o'her States TO take currency at times
"''!h no more than forty cents on the dol
'"f III repayment for the sterling coin they
gave 10 bulld roads and canals, which yield
Such ample returns of wealth and pros
p'r'y lApplausc.l Again, they say it
~ 10" 70 the iaborcrs of the nation that tax
"'loh should be equalized. Then why did
;nty make taxation unequal Beyond the
I"JusNcc OF making one class of citizens
pay Tor another the shares of the casts OF
HonooiS, OF roads, and of the local laws
"h'ch protected thoir lives and property, it
% %nS an unwtae and hurtful thing. Il sunk
,Hs 'H 'fe'n' OF the country (as unusual terms,
1'""Js hnrtiul to thecredit of the borrower,
1toj. lhey also declare the best policy to
''H'!hihh our burden Of debt is so to i'm
prove car credit that capitalists will seek to
,V ,V@n NT money ut lower rates of interest
% '"I" We now phy, and luust continue to pay
~ ''hS as reputation, partial or total, open
~ covert, Is threatened or suspected, Then,
""y have they used full $500 900 900 of
''e taxes drawn from the people OF this
.'uh'ry 10 uphold u despotic military
cnu'horiiy a. and to cruhh out the life of the
.@"'er' when II this money had been used
~ pay our Debts capitalists would now seek