The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-11

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nnsed and uncontrolled either by Federi
a.atnofity or its organized partisan tyne
nat we must first contend for and achieve
!. FRIENDS and felow-citizens, / cannot con.
s.uae without urging you ag,in, rs have
you Faie your liberties. They are threat.
.nea more seriously than many of you real.
"n ~ military aseendancy luying its lines
.or Tue control of popular elections by cor.
rupt practices and official intervention. On
.he other hand. you have presented to you in
| ,ne person OF the distinguished candidate for
| ''e presidency named at Cincinnatia g,Iara,l-
| "c ol peace, amnesty, reconciliation, and
| reformed administration. No man bos eyer
| Jared to say that Horace Greeley was not an
| honest man. He may not be what some
| would call fine gentleman of elegant man.
| ncr and refined presence, ana, he NAV he adj
dlcted to what are considered by them nc low
| and common pursllits--such as farming.
stock-T'ising, looking after the INDECENT.
gathering supplies Tor the starving abroad,
and illustrating in all ways philanthropy at
home.
But tell you, my friends, that old white
| hat OF his covers the largest brain and
shadows the softest heart in America. Let
me ada, moreover, and he pardoned for say
| my, That rs To the matter of executive
ability believe the man who has served ont
4 long life i'll the conduct of great leading
Journal, requiring administrative talent of
the highest order. and giving body and form
10 pubic opinion upon the most intricate
questions OF foreign complication, will lie
found better qualified for the position TO
Wmch he Is so sure to be exalted than any
other who may be selected from the camp of
the Congress-
renewing my thanks to YOU, my friends,
ana pledging myself again not to lie untuith-
iul to this Few mark of confidence which
mas ecen conferred upon me, must close
this hurried response.
Horace Greeley.
Twclyc months ago, when nobody else in
he South thought it, when some denounced
it, Others laughed ut the idea, and many
looked" grecnsa @ripcs" ut us for doinwit
with single line and Il III to it We wrote :
HORACE GREELEY for PRESIDENT. And we
followed il up.--MLSjoro' ca. c. Rccordey.
[Trur, as we can testify. We copied the
line and credited 10 your paper and TO YOUR
good sense, friend Evans.
The SoUt...
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change ot0piIEion OF Il majority Of Democrats
now here from other sections of the rounlry
indicates very clearly that the mass of the p,,o-
pie composing the Dcmocratic-C onsciyatiy,
party accept the platform and candidate. Of
the Cincinnati Convention us the only true
and proper solution Of our national political
troubles; ami so decided and outspokrn *
this feeling, more especially in the SOU lcln
and southwestern States, that, added to the
large Liberal Republican vote already exist
ING i'll those states, it is apparent tina; the
running Of 4 Radical, Liberal Republican,
and Il third and right-out Democratic
trkrt, would result in the success Of the Radi-
cal administration party i'll nearly all, if not
all. Of those States"
The South for the Cincinnati Ticket.
With remarkable llnanimity the southern
| Conservative press gives the Cincinnati ticket
| aNery favorable reception. Ii is true that
| here and there are papers that utterly rcpl-
| ulate Greeley and Brown. and some are tenn
PORTING IL see what will turn up; but for
| the most part the papers Of the South accept
Greeley and Brown and the liberal platform
! upon which they stand rs tic only practical
solution OF the problem, How to Leaf Grant.
SouthSide Sentinel.
| Southern Democrats.
Southern Democrats in WASHINGTON .av
the South will 90 to Baltimore and demand
the adoption Of the Cincinnati nominations
by the Democratic Convention. 1--WE fur
mish the votes" say they. ":lud we insist that
no portion OF the northern Democracy, who
are unable to help rs, shall come in and pre-
vent lis from taking the hand that is extended
to lis hy the liberal mrn among our former
| adyclsal1es.'
| KasltIraly.
! C;lSSilis NJ. Clay, of Kentucky, * repre-
scntcd rs expressing himself confident the
Democrats would make no nomination. lie
did not see why they should. Ii they assist
the Liberals in elccting Il President, why,
then, said Mr.. Clay, "we can afford to assist
them to elect their men for Congress. With
Liberal President. we will have Il Liberal
Congress" Mr.. Clay thought that the party
names Of The future would he Liberal and
Radical.
| G.. ~. G.
The alltcrative watchWOrdS Of the day are
Greeley against Grant. Under the rhetorical
ems IN of W. rs. W. Virginia conquered cor
ruplion. Under the banner of ). Us. S. Ten
ncssec broke down the most internal drspot-
| ism in the history Of American States and
| WHY CS VI. ttItll
the honest and progressive masses OF the
Union will now break down and wholly
overthrow 4 conspiracy which has all mrcm-
petcnt and unscrupnloilS leader, driven 10y
! the most dangerous and talented scoudrclS
whom the hate revolution was successful in
uncovcr'ng. - Bristol Nc,cs.
PoLITIcAL GOSSIP ABOUT GRANT.-U Wash
| ingt0n, May Sit is among the political
gossip to-day that 4 combination is forming
| to place Other presidential candidates before
| the Philadelphia Convention with the evil
dent purpose of inducing Grant to with
draw, Speaker Blaine, Nice-President Col.
fax, Senator Wilson, and Judge Wilson lo1
| Iowa., are among the names mentioned.
| Whether any such movement will develop
into anything or not cannot, Of course. be
predicted now, though there is no longer
any doubt that il is seriously considered ny
some of the loyal adllerents Of the Republic
can party.
An effort will probably he made to induce
some of the western organs Of the party to
come out in favor of such course. If that
is done, then the reported combination will
usSnlnc positive shape, and an earnest effort
will he made at Philadelphia 10 retinite the
Republican party on Il ticket headed by some
other name than Grant.-iSpectdl dispatch To
the Baltimore Sun.
GREELEY RATlFIC ALTON IL SOUTH CAROLINA.
(IorJpcf0oI Nav A LARGO DIiblip meet inc