The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-10-15
VAR. Greefey's Last spaects- his sie"D
on sE,c Death OF Slavery, the sep"
ton Of Parties, and the Necess1AeS VI

in which he said: fifth.
a believe that great abuses have silently.
gradually grown up in the ADMINISTRATOR -, ol
our Government, under the influence vi 'uI
extraordinary and desperate clVi' wa.
lr;iryr thai a change Is de.ifaoe III y"
that these abuse; miy be aSoaIcd an" col :
cd En-, will not speak OF Thee thi,l1S' W.
,o;,,ni .4,m ~ be commencing my
self. ,,,,,.,..
81 ct me saw Il few words rs to the caiiSe'
If ,l,. .cn9ratinn of PARTIES. We all kho"
,h,, slavery existed in this country dl'I'n-
eli il. lone cyiStci,rc down In seven OF c'@'''
v,,r. gro, We ai know that good men
n,.rin.ir n,cn. differed. think not 80 ll'!: :
with rcs.;.r,I Ia The nature Of slavery. uS ''''
t,i,,s il. wrongs, III with regard i" our ~" =
Sc,nr homes, men, patriotic men, sau, W.
yyr nave abolished slavery IN Nc" l r w.
.,,nnt ,loli.b it in Virginia; therefore we
I,.., nn,i,i;,,. more IL do. Other men |
.,,,,,r :Lrr, said, We have abolished IL III
T.,, ,.,rl; we ought 10 do all we can 10
aLoIiuh il in every part Of the country. we
.,,.t... II variance with regard to slavery III
,,,c Territories. and 80 on. W eli, Sla'elS
!, dead and il every man in this country
,,cr. to undertake TO revive they cottI1 not
r,y;rc il iii Il good many years. lhcfc i no
more possibility that Il should he revived
;;;an there is that the thousands oil inrn VINO
died Gor our country should come I" lie aha
! pir;icilatr in oar present struggles. 1t i
moi o.,iy dead, hut YOU OF |. OF any one WHO
should now rc called TO office. must ;Hke il
solemn oath 10 obey IL" Constitution, which
forbid, lis ever being rcG.tablshcd.
W,ll, then. say slavery being dead, ne
;,1, ryrcc,s il ever to come to lie again,
md ,1.rrc i, no reason why YOU and should
: a
rrr;r,lej il in the past, il is not Il practical
,.iuu issue now. Well, then. what was the
next difficulty i, to the way in which we
.lo,,il deal with tie efforts made by certain
.nutir,rn state, 10 dissolve thi, Union: III
IA fine ii,tr Wien war WAS Wa-cd upon Us.
IN tn tl," time when the Guns OF slaughter
run;lrr.d AGAINST Fort sumter, tins peni'G
I;tiar,J y. to how we should deal With tHc
question %; di>uni1n. But that contest ceased
- H., = l;yiu- j. ,ic # the time when thai Wal
was vag,lt upon Is i'll behalf ol secession
Had !hry waited rMlil Wc struck III" iIr>'
i,low t,.in!l they might have waited some
tiipr. hut they having struck the Iir7i blow,
thr North rose up ana sad. Al! these Gllc&-
lions are dead. We hayc now ~ save 'i'
, roIlntrv' The WIZ WE Wa-cd llFoli-i
four hIcody YEAR. The tnion Is established
NOW. and t5rrc i. 10 rmc tilou:ani men o'
l. thc fort, ,i,itrnS of men who ;mvr III" >!i3'li'
- dr",Hn That Il en- ever ~ ",'.''' ~
e Whatever m,y have hccn your OPINION 81
= my nui,jnn twelve OF fifteen years ago, Il !,
/ certain that the Union cannot b" dissolved
now. aud could not hc dissolved then.
Il any one undertakes 10 raise question
. about di,uuoa. tr!in" YOU That General i,IA
aid ii~, or Mr. 1r"'naln s''d l!l',' 81 VI
Greeley ..ld ihc Otter i!,''1S 'H'i't Hca'
40. tii@ answer H. ''''' , ,E', ""l''.".
nrGi /" 90 WIN u h'". 49, ,""''' a.. -,
united. Hud VII i"'E',' ~ w ''', W.,
i'f'd WA i"-"Th 10 tue y ~: .,'.
rr>ii"d WIN reference ~ '"' '', ,' low
"!!cn tree. mere were ''''. ~ 1'' az :, !
lived WHO >iiu, w ''|''"> ''' ~, ''' W. :,
rjr". They are ignorant "e'h'>c',; anu !,
would 10 wrong ~ aiiili' '''''ii I" 'l,' 'l!T
rights -! Suffrage. ',E'iS ,"'' ar" >,','
"tGtint all You @ay about 'hc I "'E'f"'l'il,
and iGn"lInrc. II YOU make 'lchi = Si"rtm
c'a>> !hcy VIII "i"dN> ic''''ih 80 ~" 81
have 70 educate thcin' you mus CIV ,!''l'
:hc ri"it ii Suffrage. ana tnch you VII! nave
Ia rdnra" them 80 that they can '%c'ei>c II
I'M, i!i-rntiy.'
We fought that ont ,and io-ilal II l. ll'>i u
firmly established ~ I'll" everlasting ii!I' l!i!l
Tic rights ci the black nan are III" "itin' -
.hn white. and if all III" people oi All TIC
State tried to chln:<" ii they could n"i
change il. K l. in the CONSTITUTIONS IN" -
in il li.at no sensible man VIII ever Tell you
, thii il can ever br taken "iii. l"crc Is ~
question about negroes, aiiou! nl;tct> men, ~
= white men. The Constitution does moi
know any race, but recognizes III" rights :"
man. and every person and every rae" arccA
actly equal, ami That cannot hc changed:
Now, then, these Gir>;i''i> ht'iiS dc!o
clo.cd ~ utterly ou ot place. Is Is the I'lc ,
ton whether this country shall he d'lvn0
,nt u,l Great Britain OF t;"p"ndcnt-lorti'1'
p w;,,. once a living i>>Ilc-!hc>r questions 10
= in. dead, iuS!.t that they shH!l Le buried.
= sv That wc ,'llIl no more undertake. I" ial't
them, but shall - forward to living I'Ha
: irn-, and the first l. is'o AL the Wi''ic PEG
pie shall i" cnilinr!ii%cd .la>t - l'c hf'cH
: people are. [App!aII>c.J
" Thought "i lhal i"h@ before YOU "ri'
= ready. Said impartial suffrage; said IL
/ u, make ,h, country one again and EG
/ ,i.yc flat the Judgment of the country HOW
: i that that was the wiSr>l cnuclll>inH-
moi merely luu~uanimuu<. M@Inaniuiiy may
!. be folly. but This was p.aciicll, statesman
. like wis,lon-nOt TO kill The people after III,
war wrH over because we had killed tl!cn
while the war was "uli- on.
i,ut NOW there are whites 10 be rn'lan
I .hi-rd There are twenty thousand propi,
! ;n thn 4.,tr If arl;nn.,s d;.lIanchised ted "
t 'rhav arr men If pryrci;v. and their prof.,
! ,nfy'i. wasted hy bad ln,n who lave ~ prol.
criy. i,l,t As our property in New York city
WAS s,u,an:rrcd by the rHg-rnhi1crs for year.
until lie pcopIc rose in their might and d!ny,
e Them on. ask that The American people
: ..;,r their syluuothy and their generous sup
norI +, ti,,. ,',,nl, az the Snllth. who lo,
/ .ryr, wears lave tricl TO do tlIci, duiv -,