The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-05-22
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rbose resolutions, Mr. President, sum
,;o,,alr eynlain themselves. The principles
o oma ,,olScies which they enunclats require
az bponest cer,s,ire OF those only hose hos.
t tS IL sincere. Carping CRITICISM we both
exnect. and contennns For more tnan seRo
s,aars mast the bitter and hioody passion OF
w s have been gradually but sfeaasiy anu
,,relv diving out. Continual and arrecon.
c;lahle dissent upnn the new ISSUES heeessa,
r;iv horn of to-day, aud even oitter pesso.nai
discord among mon OIL Shs aseR a,,,s,..
marty who had stood toeetnef on taS an msss
Dsrnncratir party wisely remained silent
or confined itself to these new issues.
The Republican party, having fulfilled tss
original mission, was rapidly talnng
into decay. Moderation. justice, and peace
were becoming to its more violent leaders
the sentence of death. The Administration
party, into which, since the 8th Of March.
1859, It has been wholly transferred. had
begun, from causes thoroughly unde rstood,
to be oClicus and even tntolerabie TO the
people. Upon the issues of amnesty, OF
honesty liz the legislative and executive de.
partments, of the tariff, Of revenue and civil
service reform, of land grants to corpora
lions, The currency taxation, st. Domingo,
and other similar eYestions, it was certain
to he condemned, Necessity required that
some decisive movement should be made to
avert the impending defeat. Not the
statesmen, but the mere politicians, the
sscophants of the party, the parasites
clinging to and deriving nurture solely
from Executive favor, were called into
council. Tho Bourbons of the present
hour, the men who forget nothing, learn
nothing, resolved upon one more appeal to
the expiring passions and prejudices OF
their partisans. . The war cries OF the past,
Of civil war, in fact, could not again be in
augurated. Civil war in form, with all its
legislative and Executive machinery, and
all its political appliances, must be revived
in every State to secure, first, the renomi-
nation and next the reelection Of General
Grant. ..s ~ se..s ass..s i ! !,
The beliigerent pronUnciamento went
forth, the bloody blast of the war-bugle
was again sounded. a distinguished Sena-
tor. the confidential adviser and main sup.
port Of the President, himself consum-
mate partisan leader, but powerful In pro-
. portion to the unsfiltulness and cowardice
Of his foes, was put forth rs the chief TO.
menter Of this new crusade but say to
| him, and to all behind him, that the hour
! has now come when neither he nor they
| can be permitted to provoke or to die.
tate issues for the Democratic party,
! or to ignore those which the revolv.
i; ing years and changing condition OF
the country necessarily bring forth. That
ton OF time is now upon us. The aus
| picious moment, the golden opportuni.
! tv, the tide in the affairs Of men to be
taken at the flood has now, in my deliber.
tate Judgment, reached us, when the Demo
| cratic party Of to-day, laying aside every
weight and shaking from it the dead body
of the past, yet adhering to its ancient
principles, can and must at one bound
place itself upon the vantage ground oil
the present and defy its enemies to
! battle upon the living issues of the
hour. 1t is the purpose Of these
resolutions to establish the Democratic
party of Montgomery county openly and
squarely upon this firm and impregna-
BILE basis. Tacitly and in fact we have
stood upon it for the past two years, and
victory has steadily been ours. Confident
am that we shall meet prompt and very
cordial response from our brethren else
where and everywhere in this and other
States. Personally, care not for denun-
Citations or unjust criticisms from any
| quarter. Upon fullest deliberations and
| ample counsel with wise and brave men OF
! the party, take the responsibility with
l.
these resolutions are the fruit of the
joint labors and counsels of the gentle
men associated with me here at home,
so also this movement meets their hearty
concurrence. 1t IS not new departure,
but return--the restoration of the Demo
cratic party once more to the ancient plat
form of progress and reform, establishing
| the great fact that that party, like every
thing else in nature intended to endure, is
capable of adapting itself to the perpetual
growth and change which belong alike to
the political and physical world, and retain
yet intact the original principlesand laws
of its being. Moreover, as to the movement
here, we all bear witness that in it there is
nothing Of a merely personal character
either to advance or to hinder any member
Of the Democratic party, and nothing ex.
cept the earnest and fixed purpose to pro.
mote the welfare of the whole party, and
| with it OF the whole country.