The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-19

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES VINO HAVE BEEN
on THE STUMr.-Mr. Greeley is in error when
nc says cit is part of the unwrittcn law of
our country that IL candidate for President
may not make speeches in vindication and
commentator Of the principles wleretnoh
he Z supported or OF The measures which h's
election Is intended to prcmct'4 though Il
candidate for Eicc-picsi1ent is under no
such Inhibition" Such speeches have been,
more or less, the practice of presidential cam
didatcs for the lust twenty years.
"Gencr1l Scott made circuit through the
West in 1852, delivering speeches all THE
way; and if he injured himself it Was by
want of tact IN what he said. hot by shocking
the public sense OF pioprirty in the mere fact
of speaking. IN 1850 Mr.. Douglas made an
active campaign in his own behalf, address
ing large mass meetings in various parts of
the country with great vigor aid earnest:
ness. Both he and his associate on the ticket
for Vicc-Prcsident spoke IL MONSTER mass
meeting at Jones's Wood, in this city; and
nol,odS chh have forgotten the remarkable
speech he delivered at Norfolk ia till' ,ain2
paign, in whirl, he gave sh niuth offence by
saying that if elected President he would
baug listinionists thighcr than Haman.'
His speeches did not elect him; but, Oh the
other hand, they did not hurt him, his vote
having been larger than If he had not taken
the stump. BE this as it may, nobody uc-
cuSed him of indecorrlm in thus advocating
his own election. Mr.. Lincoln. though he
did not take the STUMP IN 1854; iliade
many political speeches on incidental oc-
cssons evidently designed to promote
his reelection. He was nominated OH
the It'll of June. On the 10th lie attended
Il fair in Philadelphia and made speech.
On the 18th Of August he made a
speech to some Ohio volunteers, and OIL the
odd another under similar circumstances,
both political. A week or two later lie NV MY;
Il public conversation with scfe!tss;ii prominent
Western inen, IL Which he discussed the
negro question and made imputations on the
Democratic party5 the conversation being
equivalent to campaign speech. On the
10Th of October, in reply to Il Serenade, Mr..
Lincoln made a speech relating to his own
election. Ii Mr.. Greeley is shining against
propriety, lie has had ilistrious predecessors
| in committing the same sin Wing, Demo
| cratic, and Republican,. Governor Seymour
took the stump In 1865, and made numerous
able speeches ii, THE lust month of the cam
paign, and nobody criticised him except for
his matter. Mr.. Greeley apparently thinks
| that the rule which he protessrs to Recognize
is more honored in tho breach than the OBJ
servanee' and his supporters must leave him
to his own sense of eNpcdiency, and forbcar
| accusing him unless he falls into some in
discretion.
"ln England all the most eminent states
men, men who aspire to be prime ministers
and govern the country, have always been in
the habit of making speeches on the hastings
to promote their own election to Parliament !;
and an American President exercises less
real power than British Prifie Minister.
We will not, therefore, be hard on Mr.. Gree.
ley 90 long as he continues to make good
speeches.