The New York herald., 1872-07-23
VIRGINIA MOVING FOR GREELEY

Great Meeting at the Montgomery
White Sulphur Springs-Speeches by
Governor Walker, Hon. John Goode
and Others-Views Of Prominent South.
erners.
grand Greeley and Brown ratification meeting
was held at Montgomery White Sulphur Springs,
Va, on the 18th instant at which Governor Walker
presided and made speech.
GOVERNOR WALKERS SPEECH
gave brief outline Of the origin, rise and progress
of the liberal movement In Virginia. and argued
that the present one was Identical the only diner-
ence being that this was more comprehensive, in
cluding the whole Union He cOntended that the
present administration unless speedily hurled
from power, would eventually sap the vitals OF
liberty and constitutional government He called
upon the people to rally around Honest Old Horace
Greeley, the nominee OF two conventions and to
unite themselves in solid phaanx under the
OF liberty peace and
rule. He closed amid deafenIng applause.
Hon. John Goode, of Norfolk. was next intro
SPEECH OF HON. JOHN eoopE
He was one OF those who believed that 1t is the
duty Of every good citizen to take part in the
should not be left to the management OF trading
and professional politicians, i was his priv.
had recently assembled at Baltimore, and he
had no hesitation IN saying that the delegates
sn$ s$ sn asa to Ss sfnS e q the %og great xsS
well. They had come together not to make
or Serve party, but to save the country
They had come prepared to sacrifice Melg
RRdepeS the uG@ Cincinnati platform as Sn
OF Just and correct principles ofgoyernment. They
unanimously nominated the candidates OF the be.
ral republican party for the Presidency and Vice
litica phenomenon How could the representatives
OF the democracy nominate Horace Greeley as their
candidate for the Presidency 1t means great
from the strifes the hatreds and the animosites OF
the war into the atmosphere of peace, reconca-
tion and good wln 1t means that in the deliberate
Judgment OF the American people 1t is high
been the lifelong opponent OF the demo.
cratic party; but the question Is not what
he was, but what he Is now and what does no
upon the vital Issues, the all-absorbing questions
OF the hour Is he for or against us in this
supreme moment OF onr despair Docs he hold
environ and the dangers which threaten .us lie
has been an anti slavery man through e, and has
dealt the South some hard blows on that subject
But the question Is not now one or slavery anti
compromise or the Introduction of slavery into the
Territories; 1t Is not question OF secession re-
construction. All these things are with the past;
they settled. The question Is shall the white men
OF the South be equal to the negro Shall the white
people OF the South be emancipated from the
fetters which bind them' Mr.. Goode proceeded to
ministration, and noticed in detail the multiplied
evidences OF msmanagcment ineillcicncy and cor
ruption In all the departments OF the gove nment.
lie said that the crowning act OF infamy In the HIS
tory Of the administration was the cruel and re.
lentless war II had wagcd against our unhappy
sister States Of the South.
Professor Bledsoe, formerly ol the University OF
Virginia. was next introduced. HIS speech was
astute and scholarly and convinced his hearers
that they should vote for Greeley instead OF Grant
Attorney General James o. Taylor Of Mont