The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-12

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and other Virginia towns will send large aee'
cations. Richmond has one list OF three nun
dred. They go with GREELEY hats ana neg
lyent mir, and pants stuffed in their boots.
Such demonstrations will be responded u
we know with heart and hand by the North
and such meeting and greeting will be WITH
ont precedent. An aIicnated people Will DC
restored to fraternal relations, and the peals
of rejoicing will reverberate through all the
mountains, valleys, and plains of the Union
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The Observation-Disclosures
We have been looking for Governor
SMITH for some days. lie has come i'll the
columns of the Enquirer, and gives us ms
views Of "the situation" concerning the
Presidency. Mr.. LYONS was ahead of him;
but the Governor don't 20 as far as Mr..
Lyons docs. He docs not travel the road
whose terminus is the GRANT party.
The Governor opens bis letter with some
reflections that have the ring of the spirit
and pluck of the pure repuDlicanism of other
days. He truly asserts:
81 do not hesitate to say that in the Fed
enl Government we have the most colh-
pletc and vicious dcspotism in the civilized
world. say dcspotism because those who
WELD the supreme authority OF the Stttc
with unlimited power are deSpots, and that
is now the case; and | say vicious because
the power /. exercised eorruptly, mali
ciousIy, and tyannically in the lust de-
gree" sa...
Introducing the practical part Of bis letter
in a manner which must be responded TO ny
every friend of true rcpublicanism, Governor
Smith proceeds to discuss the policy of the
South in the presidential campaign. lie is
clearly of opinion that we should elect Mr..
GREELEY if we can; but ne wants Suaran-
tees that Mr.. GREELEY can bring forces from
The Republican party sufficiently strong
with the Democratic vote, to elect him.
Those highly respected and venerable gen
tlenen who call for guarantees resemble the
miser, who holds the pursc-strinss very tight
" in his fingers. waiting to see his purchase
clearly and indisputably weighed and told
and deposited at his feet before he will I'M
loose and part with his sinners. But our re-
srected friends forget that they are not tra-
ding for commodities, so to be weighed and
transferred, but that they must trust to signs
and the causes that influence mems minds.
They are not buying sheep nor cattle. They
are proposing TO unite their forces with
others to defend n common cause, and the
strength of the forces cannot he fully ascer-
tained until the day of struggle. One side
has as much right to ask for guarantees as
the other, and neither can give them after
the manner of barter and sale in trade.
We venture to say to our very much re-
sected chatierers that they are drawing mat
tiers little too fine. The signs are very en-
couuaging at the North Us well as at the
South, and we ought to be content with
them. And we further know that these
signs have increased in number and force
since the nomination # GRANT, and that they
will I've immensely increased in every way al
ter the Democratic Convention should that
body endorse the Cincinnati nominees, or,
advising all opposition men to stand together
against the present Administration and mp
proving the Cincinnati platform, shall al:
journ and go home. That will be the signal
for such a burst of enthusiasm throughout
the Union rs has not been known since the
HARRISON campaign, If it does not exceed all
the excitement of that memorable prcsiden-
tial canvass.
Governor SMITH makes very forcible and
true remark as follows q" Whoever votes for
"those now in power endorses their notori-
"ous corruption, their fragrant usurpations,
"and their expressions 30 wanton and wicked,
"that every just and humane man should cry
"aloud for vengeance" .S''.7
There is good deal In this. II gentlemen
determine to give such vote as this in pre-
ference to voting for the Liberal Cincinnati
ticket upon its liberal platform of peace and
unity, restoration of the dignity and al,.
thority of the States, and restraining the
power of the Federal Government within
the constitutional limits, why nobody can
help it; they must give the vote. But We
are Of opinion that gentlemen will think
many times before doing anything of the
kind. in an impulsive moment, under some
sense of evaporation, they may rashly swear
to do things that they cannot be justified in
doing; but few, very few, will, when the
time comes, carry out hurried and heated
pledge.
In short, we trust that, seeing how the
great body Of the southern people are going,
and how the most distinguished leaders oi
the southern armies, who knew the perils OF
war and know what the trials of maladmin.
istratioD by the war party are better than
other people-we say, seeing how these men,
who command alike their country's gratitude
and their country's confidence, are going,
would it not be befterfor all to stop chaf1eriue
and calling for guarantees, and also to re
press indignant feelings and avoid indiscreel
pledges! Guarantee" about numbers Of
voters cannot be had formal exchanges OF
nuster.rolls cannot be made. A manly and
generous manifestation of confidence. a stern
expression Of determination to stand I'D for
the country with all the allies who are ready
to enter the field for her defence, win be
worth more than all possible guarantees. A
demonstration like this will kindle q fame
that viii spread over the land, and while we
mishtbe chaftering aud disputing, the victory
could be assured. .s,I 5..;;fssIs5 !.
Away. then, with all this useless debate.
Inc Democrats cannot elect q President.
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