The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-16

lr:i!lCS ~ ALEXASDEIh.-Mr.J oin llal-
Hgi Gilicr made Il speech at Alexandria
Monday night. in favor of President Gran;
As it was announced that Colonel Mostly
would also bh present, quite crowd ;les"nl.
| lied. bW the Colonel was not there. Mr.
GiInler> speech is thus Skctchcd by the AL
cyandria Gazette:
The speaker addressed the audience as Al
cyandrian>, Nir-inan>, and citizens of tho
United states, and having stated that the
innming Of the cannon r. salute lEt;l been
fired before tie meeting commenced WAS in
homer of the gii..'t Republican victory il
North Carolina. continued some dCsultorl
remarks Tor alout thrs,.qualtors Of III hour
during, which he said that Horace Greeley
Was Il lifelong aboliti0ni>t, which everybody
knew, and that Carl Sclilrz was IN adyen.
lurrr. and Charles Sumner half Democrat
which everybody did rot knew. Iii. priil
| Cila objection to Mr. Greeley seemed to l,c
that in lSGG. in his account Of the war, he
| had said. in reference to Il letter written by
| Mr.. Pierce during the war, that it, author
must lave supposed the people 10 whom il
| was addressed ignorant OF the OF lcrt of the
war.
As the audience did not seem to appreciate
| the enormity q this crime. angels and min.
i>tcr> OF grace were called upon TO attest that
Tie speaker lad done his part in exposing it
| lie also feared 1ha, bloody work would re.
suit from HE election Of Mir. Greeley. for tho
change in the Govcrnncnt--occ, bl
| that cuntin.cncy--wo III revolution. moi
reformation. lie justified the enactment OF
| the kukluy laws. and defended General
Grant for executing them and recommend
| ing the suspension Of the writ Of hdben.
i c0rpitS i'll time OF peace, even though he lind
| reported the South perfectly quiet to tllI
Reconstruction Committee. He was also Sc
we're upon newspapers, whose editors he de-
| fed, and held himself personally responsible
| for whit he said there or anywhere else. He
was interrupted several times during his
| speech by questions concerning his vote
| upon the fifteenth amendment. whether OF
not the suspension OF the writ of hnbcu:
| corpus III time Of peace WAS constitutional
and how much money he had made ut ten
| dollars lead for getting soldiers over
| tlrtS-nNc years OF age out of the COnfcdc.
| rate service. He demanded the name of the
nan who asked the last question, and. being
| told it WAS Stonewall Jackson, said that Inc
hid fought during the war with his mllskct
OH his shoulder, but that the queStoncr had
not done so he felt sure, for the cowardy
! heart within lis breast would not have PER
| mittcd him. lie then took his scat, and
after loud clIs for Dclanay, which were not
responded to. walked TO the Mansion House
escorted by those who had been sitting Will
| him on the stand.
Just previous to the speaking Larkin Pat
| ion. who had charge Of the stand, requested
the police to drive the boy away, us he said
| Lr ''smelt rotten eggs" And the boys were
accordingly made to stand back.
1t was the pretty generally expressed
| opinion of those who heard the speech
| among both the friends and enemies of the
| present Administration, that Nj. Gllmer did
not make any converts. and one went sc
far as to say that smart man would have
said all he had to say in ten minutes, and Il
very smart mun would not have said il at all
There were some cheers for Greeley and other
disorderly proceedings during the speaking,
which were deprecated By all except the few
who were engaged i'll ctilSing them, for, Us
Mr.. GiImer said, those who did not want to
hear him should have taken their hats and
gone home.
A LYNCHBuRG Box FOR GOVERNOR OF
LouIsIANA.-Dwidson Bradfute Penn, the
candidate of the Liberal party for the office
oil Governor Of Louisiana, was horn III thls
city on the 18th of May, 1886. He IS the son
OF MIR. Alfred Penn, formerly Of Lynchburs,
but for many years prominent citizen oil
New Orleans; and his mother was Miss Eye
line Carter Bradfute, of this city. Colonel
Penn is a graduate of the Virginia Military
Institute ut Lexington, and of the Law De
nltment of the University Of Virginia.