The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-09


relations OF the Democracy to Mr., Greeiev
: But what is our situation what on,
, duty? You have all read of or seen Vesu
ylus. Your imagination can picture tn
internal commotion-the mountain yomii
ing its Tires and sending out death and de
structlon for miles about its base--poN
spouting forth its fiendish missiles at peace.
ful and quiet homes, and now plavins
Its destructive sport with human life and ali
vegetable forms, until blackened walls AND
smouldering ruins attest the madness Of
Its fry commissions.
You have seen, my fellow-citizens, the
little cloud in the far off sky, growing in
size as it marched forward until It assumed
the proportions of the storm and tornado
You have seen the horrors of its wav. the
homeless wretchedness it left in its natb
Man, like nat ure, INDUCES in political
eruptlons, dreadful as Vesuvius. terrible as
the storm or the destructive Simeon. We
stand here tonight amid the debris of such
striie and surely these crumbling walls,
theSe monumental chimneys, these wasted
nelds and mangled humanity, should not
awaken IN our hearts hate or passion, dis
trust or enmity but should awaken as
oeileye 1t has, the profound desire of each
ana all OF us for peace that shall perpettl-
ally endure.
This is what our late political enemies say.
ana Will believe thembelieye that the wear
OF Jubilee is here. But surrounded by our
ruins let us bind our efforts and our hearts
with "hooks of STEEL" and quarry from
them that success and prosperity toward
which we all look as to coming elysium.
While 1 hope for this; while deem it
possible, | am reminded of bad faith bv
many of these new converts. I am led
sometimes to, distrust, for l remember the
figure some of these gentlemen cut when
they became harnessed in "True RepubIi-
can gear They reared and charged.
kicked and took the studs until thew
ousted from office every Republican in Viz /
gina; and assuming the official robes. /
solemnly took the following oath: 81 |
-. do declare that am citizen of
the Commonwealth of Virginia II do SOL
EMMY swear that will support and main
tain the constitution and laws of the United
States, and the constitution and laws of
the State of Virginia that 4 yecoqnize and
accept the cira and political equality Of all
men before tie lao, and that IwM 3aahJaL
q perform Me duty Of" &c. 80.
Say, candid friends, tell me if you think
III these new made Republicans under
tand that oath as many of us do. / fear
means one thing with Liberal Republi-
ans, and quite another with Republicans of
onger experience and equally honest mo-
ives. e y :
But aside from all this, and higher, and
qualify exalted, there is another subject
nat demands our attention. Our beautiful
tate is pregnant with undeveloped mineral {
esources. God, in his bounteous gen. j
rosity, has iInbedded, side by side within Y
ur borders, the utilized flora of the great t
rlmitive period of creation and an mex
austible supply of iron, sufficient to meet p
ne demands of the civilized globe. His gem c
rous hand has studded these fields with h
olden nuggets, and given us a climate dis
ling almost perpetually the sweetness of L
'ses, grasses, fruits and flowers. n
And vet we are supine. We develope c,
lem not, and heretofore have pursued n o,
'llcy at war with the possibility of pro- 2,
lrlng aid, by bitter Remuneration of the It
,ople to whom we can look for capital to b,
liable us to develope these vast resources Ii
ur rivers are filled with the accumulations Sc
the war, with sunken hulks and stone
lbs. We need appropriations to replace r
these graceful waters the white sail of :"
mmerce,to gladden. the hearts and homes
these impoverished people that stand &c
'out us. vi
Yet we send gentlemen to Congress from o ",
any of our districts whose business seems ",
be to denouncc their compeers in that Ia,
dy, to,mpugn their motives, and. in placing a. ,'
In hostility to them. shut ont w.,
possibility of national aid, while we Eo
BOULDER on In our ruins and poverty. ~
ould it not be well for once to send IN =. ~
ere gentlemen who would make peaceful ~
atIons and seek and find the aid and COM III III
It we so much need. Now that.we are III III
Republicans, what is there in the wav So
this procedure? ~ +9.t ~
tell you the young men of Virginia de- ~ ~
md this. We have inherited nauyht but ~
moderate notes and ruin, and we beg ors
u, grey-haired sires, to pursue thai :; ~;
lrse that will build us up speedily that ~,
u give us the grand old State as ro, "
md and heiredit. This done, and believe vol
days that shailmark the going of the next a W,
II years, will be as peaceful as the scenes FIJI
It surrounded us so tenderlv tonight. r ~,
that with Grant to cooperate with such hn '
ngressmen, we shall come to the enioy- ~
Mt OF greater glory and better peace ~
n we have ever known. The speaker W. W.
n in glowing words and eloquent strains IN
npared Grant and Greeley, and his invo- th H.
ions to Confederate soldiers. beg ~; shs
m to desist, to stem the tide, and refuse ,uo,
oedaub their heroic record by signing mo'
If names By ballot to the Infamous Ian. s a,o
&c of Horace Greeley as quoted in Col. p Of
ghes' letter. ~t - vi
he speaker was as happy in his conclu- Enc nS
as IN his opening remarks, and secured ao9S
oughout close and respectful'attention. b b;S
effort stamps him as one of our best Of l,r' a.,
readiest public speakers, and we must NO
st him for the campaign, however dis o.,
etul it may be to him. His calm and w. w.
erous sentiments, his eloquence and ond
lner on the hustings, all bespeak for "nu
anywhere listening ear. a3ul S Smo
lon. j. Harmer Gilmer, of this city. was a. a.
introduced to the meeting. He said he trv
an Old Line Wing, and as such indors- my my
the Philadelphia nominees. He had D'AA
INT the Democratic party for forty
fss. That party had nominated Horace
eley, and he now, as heretofore. was =
ting them. The 18th, 18th and 18th Ane
ndments closed up the "bloody chasm, p Gre
It may be opened by the very man not
ace Greeley-Who mazda tho nooae,;t,r A. =;