The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-21
YitI1mond 1ispattlr.
rp,pAY. AUGUST 81, 1858.
W, FILLMORE ON the Presidency.

~ FILLMORE on the Presidency.
Thc following letter, which has been
,-,aa3 ont of our columns for a day or
~, we copy from the Stanton Spectator.
-. written in reply to one from Hon. A.
T. H. Stuart
''' "DAuY COURIER OFFICE, !
uBrrrAr.o, n. Y, August 10, 1868.
auon. 1. II. H. Stuart: Dear Sir,-At
-n,ncst of cx-Presiden: Fillmore, who
we lad me passages from your Letter Of
,,s 5Sth Of July, write in response to the
,~,niry, Can you give me any ground Of
%,ga for the future viii the people of the
y,-th rise this fall in the majesty of their
..-rngth and hurl the usurpcrs from the
.,,b rlaces which they now degrade and
diy7ace!'
, ho So,,fb ut the New York Convention,
rsn fully appreciate the earnestness OF
-. solicitudc expressed in your letter, and
,I,nld much regret to excite expectations
rl;cb arr not to be realized, but am con-
sjrot that the result OF the fail elections
viii Justify me in saying that there is good
~-aond for hope in the future. In the first
s'.oe. the Conservatives of the North are
;r;,ei in orgauization-united upon the
Ir.laraticn Of principles adopted at New
York. and resolute and enthusiastic in
the support Of the candidates. From
the moment Of the adjournment Of the
convention every recognized Democrat
and the thousands Of the old Wing
rsrty who are sincerely antiRadical, were
announced for the ticket and among this
class Of men there is no variableness or
.aadow of turning. A party comprising a
,siority Of the citizens Of the Union stood
.2lid and determined on the 9th Of July.
Events show constantly-increasing re-
seton against Radicalism and its attendant
evils. The masses Of the people are weary
4 iaxation and misrule; business men are
oppressed and uneasy; manufacturers
-aslizc very small profits, which they are
cancelled 10 share with the Government !;
copital, in consequence of the high rate OF
interest paid by the Government, is beyond
Ts reach Of men of enterprise who are
.rrLinr fortunes. The laboring classes are
vi,bont steady employment, and the nomi-
paDy high wages they receive IS barely
.uficicnt to provide them the necessarles
~, life They are in favor Of one currency
Jar tho Government and the people, the pro
l,cer and the hondholder. In addition to
these considerations, thousands Of lntelL-
rent men are beginning to see that military
despotism in the South means oppression
in ,he North. and that the bed of thorns
arpointed for the punishment Of southern
er. reaches above Mason and Dixon's line.
And there are thousands, too, who never
voted Democratic ticket who confess to
The Injustice of white Acknowledgement,
and lament the folly and wickedness of the
congressional schemes Of reconstruction.
Negro equality is distasteful to many who
are not prepared to denounce as unconstl-
,u,ional and void the Radical programme
for carrying President ial election.
There is no enthusiasm for Grant, and
low that abuse of Seymour and his cop
rprhead friends nfalls fiat upon the public
car, the only considerable weapon Of con-
.rcssional usurpation is the republlshing OF
the utterances Of the injudicious southern
politicians. There is not an election dis
}r.ct in this State, and similar reports come
rom all parts Of the North, i'll which Re
tuUICiUS are HUI COEllhS out "oAuAy i''
SEYMOUR and Blair. "The beginning o.
tie end is approaching. We are gaining
.;rcngth every day, and the result Is not t'
he war, but the peaceful victory of the
lcople at the ballot box, and the rcestab'
i-hment Of constitutional government over
very foot Of American soil. The cob
houses of reconstructed States will give
lIace to Democratic structures, and then
We shall have "Peace." do not violate
1rivate confidence in saying that ex-Presi
,icut Fillmore and the men who honor hin
:or his patriotism and craftsmanship arr
trm supporters of Horatio Seymour. Con
ricnt that q large majority Of the northern
States will vote with New York ''to hur
the usurpers from high places they now de
grade and disgrace"
:" ain, very respectfully,
JOSEPH WARREN"