The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-06-07

and most telling speeches Of his life, you
well know that few men in the Common
wealth could have done As well, and it would
be difficult to find single one who could
have done better.
He commenced by saying he was Con-
servative--a Pharisce of the strictcst sect
and had not ahatcd a jot or little Of the
| principles he advanced last summer when
he called upon the people to vote for the
gallant Withcrs. He came to Lexington
not out Of love for Walker, but from hatred
! of Wells and his set of plunderers. But,
said he, since / have heard Colonel Walker,
! | have made an advance, and am now a
! Walker man out and out. [Deafening ap-
plause.l He showed the people that it was
| their high duty to vote for him: and while
| all arc left free to vote either for or against
| the cXpureatcd constitution, he thought
| it safest to vote for the cXpurgatcd consti-
tuition. He impressed upon them the i'm
portance Of clecting an anti-Radical Lcgi>-
laturc, as well as a Governor clothed with
the veto power, and appealed to the white
men Of the Valley to come to the help of
their oppressed brethren in Eastern Virgil
MIA. He graphically pictured the condition
of affairs there; and his remarks on this
point made the most profound impression
| upon his audience. His contrast Of Wells
and Walker was eloquent and telling.
j am forced TO curtail my report OF Major
Dougass's speech III ordcrto give synopsis
of the admirable speeches Of Judge Brock
cnbrough and Major Dorman, whom / may
not again hear during the canvass. Major
Dorman, however, will accompany Colonel
Walker through the Valley, and l can do
him justice on future occasion.
MAJOR DoRMAN's srEEcu.
Major Dornan said that after the able and
eloquent addresses of the preceding speak
crS he would not utter n word but for an
overwhelming sense Of the importance Of
the occasion and of the times, and the hope
| that he might in some small degree assist his
hearers in coming to direct conclusions
upon the issues presented to them. He had
deeply felt the appeal Of Mr.. Douglass to
render aid to the people of the east in their
! lifc-strugglc, and that Maccdonion cry
"Comc over and help us!' could not fail
to move profoundly any man with heart in
his bosom. lie would discuss the qucs-
tionS Of the canvass calmly and dispasSlon-
ately as far as possible. 1T was time emil
nently fit for temperate counsclS and rcSo-
, iitc action. He could echo the words of Ken
, tucky'S great son, John G. Breckenridge,
that so far as the passions of the past were
I concerned we should be as an "cNtinct
volcano"; but us to the living issues Of the
! dav, the people of Virginia, he hoped,
would be, before, election day, All active,
| burning, cruptive volcano, ovcrllowing in
a flood OF lava to blast the enemies OF our
peace and progress.
There are certain duties on which good
| men agree with almost entire unanimity:
/. it is n duty for every man to register
| who can.
.. To vote against the clauses Of the con-
stituton separately submitted.
3. To unite on Conservative candidates
for the Legislature.
4. TO vote for the Walker ticket for Go
vernon, &c.
s. TO impose no test and to avoid all con-
tention as TO voting for or against the en-
pug;ltcd constitution.
| WHY! We must register for power.
| Without registry each man was impotcnt.
| We must vote against the tcst-oath and dis
franchising clauses for equality and right
and political salvation. The test-oath cSpc-
ciully is the vital point of all. Major Dor
man here read the oath, and commented on
it ut some lcngth.] The constitution pro.
yidcs thut no man who cannot vote and hold
office both shall be eligible to sit rs juror.
This tcSt-oath would Gisqualify nlncty-nve
Per cent. of ourlS P1hs, and the lury-boX
before him, in AHch he had so often adj
dressed twelve intelligent citizens upon
questions of life, liberty, and property,
would he monopolized bya single untaught
and incompetent class and race. And III
! Ike manncr--thc range Of selection bcin"
| so limited amongst the WhltcS-thc offices oi
the state would be confined in many sec
tons to the same race and class. Nor would
We he exempt from this fate here.
Unite III disciplined array upon county
candidates. Hush the voice Of prejudice.
ISilcncc all mere personal objections or com
parisons. Select candidates fairly, and then
stand up to them III solid column. [Aiai0r
D0rnlan here read and commented on the
clauses of the constitution in reference to
"frcc schools and the militia " TO show the
vast importance of gaining control oi The
General Assembly,
Vote for Gilbert {. Walker rs one OF your
highest duties. Until to-day he had adYo-
Gated this as Il matter OF policy; but having
seen and heard Colonel Walker. endorsed
us he was by the best gentlemen OF the
State elsewhere. and exhibiting the sure
marks of integrity and honor before them
to-day. this policy had. in his view, become
one Of the highest duties Of the canvass
Major Dorman said that he knew PERSONAL!
Mr. John r. Lewis and Mr.. Taylor, the can
ddatcs for Observation-Disclosures and Attnr-
ncy y-Gcncral. The first, however they may
have differed on many points, was as honest
a man rs ever brcathcd the breath oi HE;
and the latter he only remembered rs 4 gal
liant Confederate officer. why should we
not support such ticket!
If for no other reason, VIC should do 1t III
Difference to the wishes of our friends OF tho
Conservative party elsewhere. We must
:. stand or fall together. When the Central
Committee OF the Conservative Party, anc
every prominent man of East Virginia, lht
Southwest, and lower Valley, rccommcndcC
this course, there should be not moment:
hesitation. Let Us submit TO the ma
jority and present united front 10 lhe
enemy. Let us vote for Walker to secure
the veto power. Above all, let us vote iof
him to defeat Wells. Many serious accusa
tions had been made or limited against
Wells. but there was one not to be dcnicC
that outweichcd them all. Wells came into
the field boaStinS in an unbrokcn array o.
negroes. banded by secret oaths, and under
unScruDulOus leaders, and pledged and or
dercd TO vote for the Underwood conStltu
ton as a whole. He came with no oliyt
branch, but with the inccndiary torch II
his hand. he was initiating conflict O
races, and depended solely for success upol
r. inIlaming the prejudices and passions OF th'
colored race. This made him hoSteS human
Gcneris. With the success OF Such MAJ
and party, it was Il question with property
holders of taxation to death aud exile from
their ancestral homes.
By all means let us have peace and har
mony amongst ourselves upon suDordlnat'
or impracticable questions. Ii this constltu
ton, even when eXpurgatcd, is so odlous Il
YOU as to be intolerable, vote against 1t, o.
let it (severally) alone. If the welshty Iea
sons adduced by Colonel Walker and hr
Douglass induce you to vote for II as cxpur
gated, do so. But let each say 10 the other
God Speed YOU, brother. We may differ OF
this. but we are shoulder to shoulder on the
practical issues OF the canvass. When K. 1
Donial and Governor Smith, Edmunds ant