The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-02-27
From the National Intelligencer.
What the peODle Saw.


From the National Inteliigencer.
What the People Say.
The mails for the President of the United
States are loaded with assurances Of popu.
lar appreciation of his course and proffers
Of popular support with men and money
whenever needed. From among the mul.
titude Of these letters and telegraphic
dispatches we select the following as q
sample of popular opinion of the situation
Of affairs here
ST. LOUIS, February 25.-The people
here are with you, and ready almost to q
man to sustain you in whatever way may
; be necessary in upholding the Constitution
and resisting congressional usurpation.
AUGUSTA, Me-, February 22.-Your
course is approved. Our people are ready
to aid you with men or money.
MANCHESTER, N. H., February 23.-As
Sumner said to Stanton, "Stick." You
are right. Ali of US believe in the pro-
priety of your act. The conduct of Con-
gress has already secured Democratic
majority in this State, and every Demo-
cratic voter will aid you, when necessary,
with their lives, their blood, or their trea-
sure, to roll back the tide Of congressional
revolution and usurpation.
PHILADELPHIA, February 24.-Geary's
silly dispatch is the subject of ridi-
cule here. Everybody knows he cannot
move g single company, Of militia. The
masses of our people are with you heart
and soul. Stand firm, as you have done,
as the defender Of the Constitution. Penn
sylvania will back you.
Fohruor1v Our foraipp
population almost unanimously, and a
large majority Of our native population,
applaud your course, and are ready when
wanted to sustain it with their good right
arms.
CHICAGO, February 23.-Keep steadily
on. Oglesby has made himself ridiculous.
He knew when he sent that dispatch that
it was impossible to fill the bill. When
you want either men or money, more than
half the able bodied men in the State will
promptly respond to your call.
New YORK, February 24.-Our bond
holders and business men are seriously
alarmed. The revolutionary action of Con-
gress has convinced them that it is only fit
for mischief. The whole population look
to you for relief. They will sustain you
in preventing the breaking up of the Co.
vernment. If necessary, you can have
half q million of men and millions of
money.
The following letter from John Hecker,
large -four manufacturer, and the reform
candidate for Mayor Of New York in 1865,
appears in the New York Express Of
Monday:
"NEw YORK, rs RUTGER PLACE,
"February %, 1868.
"Rehection upon the startling events
which took place in Washington city on
Saturday last impels me, as an American
citizen, to protest against the arrogant
assumptions of the dominant power in
Congress. The President Of the United
States, by virtue of the authority con-
ferred by the Federal Constitution and the
laws of our country, has deemed it expe-
dient to remove a subordinate officer, and
is resisted in the exercise of this consttu-
tional right by the Senate and Congress of
the nation, who, regardless of law and
time-honored precedents, threaten his i'm
peachment. An imperative obligation
devolves upon all who value the preServa-
tion and perpetuity of our institutions
who desire the administration of our
Government to be conducted in accord
ance with the principles upon which it was
organized, and who feel that our liberties
are at stake, to assume determined op-
position to this fragrant abuse of consti-
tutional privilege. Thus impressed, and
calling upon all lovers Of their country to
unto with me, offer myself and all that
I possess to sustain the President in this
crisis.
"And I hereby declare that will re-
tain no man in my employ who will sup.
port the fanatical party which is now domi.
nant in our national councils; that will
have no intercourse whatsoever with any
man who will not uphold the President OF
the United States in this fearful juncture
and, in the event of impeachment, cal
upon all citizens whose sentiments accord
with my own to make public their views
and unite as vigilance committee in bis
support, and resolve never to yield unit
our constitutional rights are secured.
"Very respectfully,
"JoHN HECKER."