The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-09-17
r., Radical Wedge.

can leaders is SofI VI Iii,
,,rom;ses t. catch the uitfas III 'i'e SP',
thov make. In this State pains ana peh''
.;n: .pd nrolbnscd acknowledgements sweep
tbem before the storm Of public lnaiSn'
ton. and the question of universal "'''
saesty " is troubling the Republican e"''
paipns in several States.
The Republicans of Missouri are AT 'h.'
time plunged into strife on tins su"''e'
They have divided, as we have ALREADY sa.'
and have two State tickets III the neio' Az
Liberalists, who favor general amnesty '"'
a non-protectivc tariff, have up d. ""N,'
RsowS for Governor, and the ultra h'"'
Gals. who, for sake OF the offices the! 'oNe''
are anxious 10 continue the u's' 49,,
ment of onc-iourth OF the people %
souri,. have nominated Met L'k"' TT, p',
sent incumbent. Senator [ Akt cent N" '''"'
tho Liberal party. and h. and others OF 4
committee have addressed an able anu polu
nauer to the people of Missouri IN ""'cn
,box 3,cIarc the time has come Tor " gene
ral amnesty" according TO the pledge OF
The Rcnnblcan party oil Missouri; that the
performance of this pledge Is opposed u!
politicians who desire to monopoliZe thc
local offices and that these "spollsmeh'
together with class of narrow-mlndcG
.persons. whose only political capital an"
..wiSdom consists in the rcscntmcntS ahu
battle-cries Of the past, formed the scheme
"of maintaining their ascendancy at any
"price."
The committee further expose the man.
ner in which the Convention which noihl-
mated MCCLURE was packed: mentioning,
among other things, that in the apportlon-
ment OF representation one delegate was
given to every ninety blacks, while the
whites were awarded one delegate TO every
14O white constituents. OF course these
blacks were ali packed on the diSfranchiSe-
ment and MCCLURE side. After criliclSln@
the Convention effectively, the committee
proceed generally to discuss the fatal conse-
quences of the illiberal policy of disfran-
chisement. In the course of the discussion
OF this point the committee say :
"Look at our candidates. Is there sin
Gle one whose past conduct IS not lden'lne0
with the great achievements OF which the
Republican party is so justly proud: But,
faithful to the true Republican faith, there
is not one among them who. Tor his per-
sonaI advancement. would deprive any
other human being of his rights. y party
cannot live on the glory Of its past achieve
ments alone. Ii cannot quarter Itself Ike
an idle and hungry penSioner upon the pub
lie crib on the ground that it has once well.
deserved of the Republic. 1t must come
I'D to the living eXigencieS and obligations
Of the present and the future, or it will 60
UNDER
The committee address q strong appeal
TO the negro voters. from which we make
the following extract:
"a word to the colored people. You
have just been admitted 10 the exercise OF
political rights. And now there are I'M
scrupulouS men who advise YOU, when YOU
are to exercise the franchise for the first
time, to use that franchise for the purpose
Of continuing the diSranchiSement OF
others. Do YOU not see that such course
cannot fail to strengthen the prejudlce>
which are still arrayed against you: lfyol
are wise you will repcl those who thus
strive to Seduce and make tools OF you IA
your most dangerous enemies, for 1t must
be clear to every one of you that YOU
rights can be secure only if no other cla>>
of citizens is deprived of the privileges
which you enjoy. Your safety can be only
in "A perfect equality OF rights
How different the advice here given from
that offered to colored voters in this State
BY the PORTERs, and HUMPHREYS, and the
tribe of northern Methodist preachers who
control the Republican party in the south.
The Liberal party in Missouri has gone t"
work nobly, and we hope willtriumph. The
st. Louis Democrats, Republican paper 0
great ability and influence, supports The
Liberalists with great zeal. In the last Off
issue before Us it gives TO the Republicans
an editorial sermon. Of which the following
is the fist paragraph:
Religion, education, social culture.
community of feeling, active bencyolcncr.
all these powers which make whatever i,
best and brightest in our civilization, a!
plants which cannot thrilein an atmosphere
OF Hate"
And the following is the conclusion:
els it not the duty, We ask it in all can
dor and ealnestness, of every good citizen.
to drive that spirit out Of power III Mis-
souri,: Is it not the first duty of citizen
ship, of civilization. Of Christianity: Dc
we not all owe it to the State and nation, t.
the poor and needy. TO the working maj
and the capitalist, to the generation now
rising, to our wives and daughters. to that
religion which is the soul OF all the
churches-to crush out of power in Mis-
souri, this demoniac spirit Of eternal hate :"
The Cincinnati Commercial, another one
of the most able and influential Republican
papers in the West, warmly sl.>tains the
Missouri Liberalists. 1t thus concludes Il
long article on the subject:
Whether the time has come for permit
ting the people OF every part of the coun-
try to take the government u their local al
fairs into their own hands, and tor their re-
lease from military or quuSa-military rule,
ana whether, IN order to raise one dollar
Tor revenue, three dollars must be levied al
the same time for the benefit of manufac-
turing monopolists, are questions which
the Missouri campaign may fetch into such
prominence that even in Ohio an express
sion on them can no longer be evaded."
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