The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-15

was round Of Kisses which rendered 1t iti-
possible for fine General 10 proceed IN .. nt !.
Itempt was :p,a;ie to eltAa the offenders. but IL
was at once CLEAR that they were Too 1neoy
for the police, and they finally gave up the
job. The General then attempted to con-
| tinue, but he was still
NIT WiTH GRoAss AND RissEa,
| which were continued until tile strength OF
! the Indignant inembe r. of the audience WIS
exhausted. As soon as he could make nun
self heard the speaker poured oil upon inc
| troubled waters by .rehearsng the laws Whlch
| the Republican party had passed Tor the pro,
Election of Irish and other emigrants Who
made Americas their adopted home. He also
adyerted to the protection OF American ana
naturalized citizens in foreign countries I'm.
der the Republican party, and claimed that
In the Cincinnati platform there was PLANK
ignoring siich protection.
| THE so-cALLED KUKLUx
legislation for the protection OF the soutil
was next referred to, the substance OIL us
argument being that such stringent legE''
| ton was necessary for the protection OF the
| oval mon, both. white aud black. The pal
ance OF the Generals speech was chiefly Il
reIteration of,ewhat he has uttered before
during the campaign, the substance Of which
had alreadyappeared in the Herald.
SECRETARY BoUTwELL's REMARKS.
| Secretary Boutwell, was as warmly re.
ceiyed us tile General, and his speec!l was as
often interrupted by applause. lie INDUCED
first in a few happy prcliminalics, and then
gave a comparison between General Grant
and Horace Greeley, so far rs lie deemed il
proper to allude to their public careers. lie
conplnented Greeley as an editor, pnngcnt,
incisive, and man who has often been on
tho best side of public questions, but still he
was without the power to either organize
| ideas or men; without the pcrsi3tcncy OF
purpose whiclrmarks truly great mind and
a man who bad mo clear result OF his liic's
labor OF General Grant he said il: won 10
special honogs at West Point, but Il glimpse
of his genius as soldier appeared in Mexico
when he assumed command, took posses
sion Of church, placed Il hoWizcr IN the
beltry, and drove the enemy from fortified
position below. The Secretary then followed
TuE~cAREER OF PRESIDENT GRANT
through the late civil war, and told his hear
ers 10 imagine fifty or hundred wears
hence, and consider whether the General OF
| Mr.. Greeley would have the better claim
upon posteriy. From all this, however. he
| said it did not follow that Grant WIS i great
statcsman-a part which he would assert
rather than admit. Having enumerated nl!-
merous high qualities he believed President
Grant possessed. he said he RETAINED from
any comment up0n the marked ami often
melancholy absence Of slich high qualities in
the life and character Of Mr.. Greeley. Con-
corning General Grant and his administration
| in connection with
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS
tic Secretary said After many delays and
through nanydifticuties he has secured for
| Great Britain the concession of Ollr right to
the judgment of an impartial tribunal upon
the question Of the liability of the country to
make compensation for losses inflicted upon
our shppin" by vessels fitted out in British
waters in alleged violation of the neutral Oh
lirutions of the British Government The
tribunal at Geneva is not only bound to do
Justice to thcU United states and to the citizens
OF the United states, but it will also make
! clear the law Of nations in reference to duties
| of neutras. The opinions and decisions OF
| that tribunal will diminish the occasions for
| war, while in its own existence it will eyer
he historical example Of the means by which
two great nations avoided the calamity OF
war. If the President had been trained to
the arts of peace only, could he have done
more to diminish the chances Of war!
General Banks Going to Take the Stump in
Maine.-Whas He Thinks of the Campaign.
A New York letter of Tuesday says !:
| General n. p. Banks called during the day,
and had conference with Mr.. Schell and
Major Banks. BY invitation he IL to address
meeting on Wall street some day next week,
probably Tuesday, on the issues Of the day,
NJ, IN fpr,niri1 and finpnri.l
| policy of the Government. He is to take
| the stump in Maine afterwards, where he is
wanted hy the, Liberal Republicans, who
have sent numerous applications for his ser
vices. KIr thinks that the success of the
Liberal Republican ticket will he complete in
| November in most of the New England
| States. In New Hampshire the detection OF
the Hon. L. H. Rollins from tue Grant and
Wilson ranks virtually settles the election
and secur, 3 the State for Greeley and Brown.
| The influence Of Mr.. Rollins carried the
State for the Republicans last spring, and his
| assertion Of Grant is the most serious blow
the cause could receive in the Granite State.
| General -Buliks declines to say anything
about the feeling in Massachusetts, alcgir.
as his reason that he has not spoken to Il
dozen prominent men in the State since he
published his letter"
| GaIvaniZing the Grant Party.
4 letter in, the New York Heraid from
Long Branch gives the following evidence of
the desperation Of the Grant party:
Politically speaking, there is apparently
lull among the confidential advisers of the
| President, but 1t is the lul before the CON-
ing storm. have most reliable information
that great move IL contemplated to revive
the dropping spirits Of the party. 1t is felt
| that demonstration is necessary to counter
balance the turbulence Of the Grrrlcyitr>.
The leading spirits OF the Grant cOteric have
determined TO issue call for the indorsc
inent OF PRESIDENT Grant to the great manu-
tacturcrs, railroad and steamship magnatcs,
bankers, directors OF horse-car railroads, and
persons of like ilk who control votes. 1t is
intended that this move shall have double
end-that such prominent men shall be i'll
duccd to give the moral weight Of their pull
lie Endorsement and influence the votes Of
their employees in favor of the Administers
ton. One great manufacturer told lie him
SELF that he has been asked to siga the call,
but that he declined.'
| Political Notes.
The Aurora FOiksfrcand, the only German
paper in the fourth Illinois congressional
district, comes out for Greeley and Brown
and theentirc State ticket. In the West and
| Northwest tlfe changes from Grant to Greeley
among German citizens il most noticeable
and apparent.
While Mr.. Boutwell, was a member of
Congress he wanted to impeach Johnson be-
cause two members of his Cabinet attended
political convention. Now nearly all OF
Grants Cabinet travel around the country
| making nolirical speecheS and Boutwell, does