The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-04

| nave nltDefto charE cteriZea our organization.
II Is not my pr.vince to cast reflections upon
the motives of those leaders In whose wis
dom and judgment, unfortunately, we con-
| hded. Their action is invalid and void. il
mas no binding effect upoi, other individual
members OF party. and it has already been
| Tpudnted by hundreds Of thousands.
| NO spirit Of prcsunptive forwartiness in.
dueed the gentlemen who acted with HE to
appeal to American Democrats against the
| tlagrant violation Of party faith and the ut.
ter negation of principles involved In the
nomination Of Mr.. Greeley. We did Il with
| higher and nobler motives. We did It 10
vindicate truth and to protest against offered
reward for political treason to one who had
occupied lifetime in the bitterest animad-
version against those whose support he now
| has sought.
Ii our call had been failure our duty
would have been none the less performed
| but there WAS sympathetic chord In the
| american heart which responded in entlusi.
| astic and harmonious tones to the muscians
touch. There is Il love TOR honesty, n venera-
| ton for principles, II dccp-rootcd desire tor
| reform in the hearts Of the American people,
| and the aSSemblage that | soc before me to-
day eriuceS an earnest intention to uphold
| that banner which had fallen from nerveless
! and incompetent hands, and to prove that the
old organization was not dead but only sleep
Ing. (Applause.] 1t has not died of its cor
| ruption. ns latter-day saints procl ,in, who
| are SO eager for its destruction. 1t will not
| hold out hopes of reward for purity treason,
| nor brlbeS to secure generals from the encny'S
camp. (Applause.l
The eyes OF the whole country are directed
to this Convention. and mlny anxious hopes
q lra fn ho inH faI
| wisdom or its negatives shall be the control
| ling spirit in our deliberations. We can
make this body famous in history us source
from which the future policy and destiny of
the country is to be shaped. We can make
it equally insignificant and destitute cf influ-
cnce. We want no hydTa-hcaded platform,
| which can be construed according to the
wishes of the reader, for we have clear and
undoubted theories, which have but one in
tcrprctation. whether eXpounded in the North
| or in the South. We can hive no interest to
| re6pen questions OF the past which the sword
has SO bloodily decided. lGreat applause
We will give no encouragement to aught
that looks towards 1t nor can we, whilst
| submitting to the Inevitable, and powerlesS
to reverse what has been accomplished
| stultify ourselves by commentator of acts
performed in violation of the Constitution.
lGreat applause.]
We must seek an alliance upon principles.
Wemust, If we can, impress upon the minds
| OF the laboring classes. who constitute the
vast majority Of our population, a full con-
viction Of our honesty and our sincerity in
behalf OF measures leading to benefit them.
We should prove our friendship by actions,
which may appease conflicts between capital
| and labor through wise compromises accept
ii - l,oSh py,l nj hoe
| which we should seek not to infringe, labor
| is entitled to eurnest consideration, for it Is
| the parent of wealth-it is the bone and
sipew of the country. [Great applause.l
1t is laborious work to sttempt the re-
organization of party and to create Its ne
c,,ssaIy machinery. For two months every
thought of my brain has been monopolzed.
every energy of my mind and body directed
70 the accomplishment Of that object, and the
sincerity of my motives should avert crlti-
c.sin. If there have been errors of omission
or commission they should be overlooked,
for the mainspling of my action has been to
do right and to aid in the preservation Of
the party and the perpetuation of its pvinci-
piles as the sole hope for the future Of the
country. [Great app!ausG.l
And nov, gentlemen, weary a. Lam in
mind and body. there is an absolute sensation
Of relief tliut can terminate ny self-rposed
duties and abdicate my functions. Great
,'pplause.l
1t the close of the speech Colonel Duncan
| introduced Levi s. Chatfiuld, Of New York, !,
as temporary chairman. [Cheers followed.
| Three cheers were also given for Duncan.l
THE TEMPORARY CuAIRMANs SPEECH.
Upon taking the chair Mr.. Chatfeld said:
| Gentlemen Of the Convcntion,-1t is my
first duty, as it is my sincere pleasure, to
tender you my hearty thanks for the compli-
mrnt of my selection The circumstances
calling lis together-tile crisis Of the Demo-
ratio party, stricken down in the house
of its friends-call for our careful con-
>ideraton and the application Of such
remedies as are Ill our power. Lie bad learned
his political creed In the school of Jackson,
Madison, and Jefferson, and he never had
seen the time when he desired to abandon it
! for any hcreSy. As long as the Democratic
party was true to its principles tue people Of
the United States were true to the party.
| [ApplauSe.] 1t only lost its power when their
tendency to centlalization got control. He
bad no doubt that if the party had not been
| sold out and cloven down at the Baltimore
! Convention the Democratic party would
have surely triumphcd in the approaching
contest. Their assumed representatives sold
out the party to au old white hat and coat,
''for. let me tell ynu, that is all there is of
| him [.kppalIse.l The speaker denied
that the delegates had any right to transfer
| him or his hearers to the Republican purity
or Greeley (appla,lsrl, and they were here to
see il they could correct that transaction.
They owed thanks to Messrs. Duncan,
Flanders. and others, who were present at
that scene and protested against the sale and
transfer then and there attempted. He was
d Democrat one--and would always
be one; and II he was the last remaining
man here he would wmp the old fagaround
| him and lay him down to die therein.
[Cheers.
CHARLES o'coSoa's HITTER.
Mr.. Spauldiug, of New York, presented
| sealed letter from Charles OConor. (Three
| rousing cheers were given and repeated for
UConor.l 1t was handed to the chairman,
| and read rs follows:
NEW YORK, August 81, 1872.
To the Democratic National Convention dp-
pointed TO assemble at Louisville Septem-
Der 8, 1872: 'a
Gentlcmen,-A representative democracy
must necessarily degenerate, and become at
last intolerably mischieyous in its domination
if its official corps be allowed to WELD with.
out etfectral restraint those powers, correctly
denominated legal, by which, from the very
beginning and in every cline, civil society
almost invariably hithe. to has been made tue
prey of its rulers. When founding our instl-
tutions the flthers were impressed with this
belief, and in order to curb the tendency of