The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-06-04

thanks, and nought besides, except the oil.
cloudless glory which few mems is-to
save his country.
He asked what great actions have these
men performed What great merit have
they achieved to entitle them to claim the
suffrage Of this peopleY Alexander the
Great was renowned as o warrior. Napo-
leon ruled France by his military and civic
genius. George Washington was elected
first President Of the United States because
! he was o warrior, o statesman, and the
father of his country. John Adams sue
ceeded him because he was statesman and
patriot of the Revolution. The author of
the Declaration of Independence was re-
warded with the Office of President for his
patriotism and craftsmanship. So that
Office has followed as the natural sequence
and reward Of merit and distinction.
Where, he asked, Mr.. Porter and Mr.. Mad
dox, were you ever distinguished, in the
field or in the forum ? We're you in the
Federal army, and in what great battle. did
you distinguish yourselves Did either of
you ever kill q 'liUe Confederate or a dead
Inj.m % Did you ever kill bear or a
wolff No.! | imagine that if you ever
killed anything it was polecat or mink.
In the great revolution through which
we have just passed, which convulsed this
continent from its extremities to its centre,
and threw. you, like the volcano throws its
lava, to the surface, pray tell me where did
you land? In other words, what States did
YOU come from? Mr.. Porter replied, from
New York. Mr.. Maddox replied, from Ma
ryland. Then, said he, why did you not
remainin your native States and plead for
negro suffrage there, instead of coming here
and insisting upon negro suffrage in the
South 7, said Mr.. Cox, can answer
the question for you. You held no position
in your own State by which you could ex-
ercise influence or gain Office hence you
come here to delude the poor ignorant ne
gro, and get his vote for your own benefit !!
You are playing monkey with the cat
using their paws to pull the chestnuts from
the embers, to be devoured by your own
voracious appetites. 80
Mr.. Cox then took up the so-called Con-
stitution, article by article, and in graphic
language exposed its injustice and its black
ness. As he dissected and exposed to view
as with o skilful lscalpel the enormity and
absurdity of each article, he turned to Mr..
Porter and Mr.. Maddox, who were sit
ting by him, and asked Mr.. Porter: Have
you really the impudence and audacity to
ask herpeople of the nineteenth. century to
adopt such an article. Don't you feel o
tinge of shame enough to crimson your
cheeks |? If you do not, you can't be made
to blush at all. Mr.. Maddox, when you ask
the people to adopt this, don't you feel
mean If you don't feel mean, you look SO,
and must be sick.
Mr.. Cox drew q marked line between the
northern adventurers and carpet-baggers,
who come for office, and those northern gen.
tlemen who come here to purchase our
lands, to settle amongst US, and to be-
come part and parcel of us. These last
he welcomed with open arms. de wanted
their capital, their ingenuity, their skill,
and their industrious and frugal habits.
He wanted them as neighbors, companions,
and friends. He welcomed such men as
General Stone, of Goochland General New
berry and Colonel Ralston, of Petersburg.
These are true Conservatives, as all such
men will be under such circumstances. In
our forlorn condition we have their sympa-
thies at the proper time they shall have
our votes. He (Mr. Cox preferred emf
grants from the North to emigrants from
Ireland, Germany, or any other country,
when they come here to make our country
their home, and not to eat up our substance
by preying upon us as ofice-holders.
Mr.. Cox continued his excoriation OF
these men more than an hour, enchanting
during that time the attention of his au-
dience; but, suffering from severe cold, was
compelled to leave the stand, his voice al
most entirely giving way.
Mr.. Porter attempted a reply, followed
by Maddox and two colored Radicals.
The meeting adjourned.