The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-06
] yYlsruNoros, Augslst 9, lsls i...

IL notice especially that lille a1inlaQy QyeTStDg
upon MT support Gf7 Horace Greeley YOU
say not 1i1e word in ysn.iieation OF tliat CONE
pound ofs pretehsfo,is known as Grantisn, la
|eontrrdEf fiiicfiGH to fertfb bslsaHisHI. which
|yo,i Wot,fd install zansw IN the GUsernHienf.
You are greatfs eahssrsied afjetlt the COM
pany | keep. 10 aufet yoilf soflcEude beg I
leave to say that in joining the Rebthiieans,
who brought forward an original eboiition-s
ist, i find myself with so many others de-
voted to the cause i have served always thai
I had not missed you until Fou hastened %
report your absence, nor had taken ac-
count Of the southern secessionist !, WHO,
| as YOU aver, are fl0w cooperating with meiI,I
|supft;oft 81 this Original aEoliti0nist, except
to ref5iaa thai iE, aiitioIg forthsf associates,
some like yourself lisssitate; their places are
supplied in an unexpected qtifseft
&c Yo,, entirely misunderstood NE ssfien
vol, Introduce an incident of the past and
lbuild on itan argument why / should not
s,tppoYt Hornce Greeley. What has Preston
BROOKS to- do with the presidential election
Never. While d sufferer did ansb body hear me |
sneak of him in unkiudfiess and now. after
tths tttiss of tYIo5fa than baf u gt,iefatloDt
will not nu.iiiia With s88at in dragging him
from the grave wheafFge hs sfeeps to agsgravate as
the passions of Il political conflict a,fd arrest
| the longing for concord. And here Is TIE
essential difference between you aud me al
this juncture. seize the opportunity 10
make the equal rights of all secure through
peace atid reconciliation, but this infinite
boot you would pospoiie.
aSeveR years hare passed since we laid
iaside our atriisj bit ttnhapplly during ali
this period there las Been hostile spirit tc-
wards each other; while ,ttte rights OF
cdtored feIsV%-citizc1s have been II, per,
Inetual ouestiuii: Seven Years mark natural
period of human life. sfohM hot the spirit
be changed with the body? Cat we not
latter seven years commence new ilie,
especially when those once our foes repeat,
the saving, sThy people shall obe
. nv people, and thy God shall be my
tGodf j declare my preference for an orr
cinaf abolitiohist Us President, and you seek
TO create il diversion by crying otit That
Democrats Mil support him to which re.
, tpIy. So much the betteri Their support IS
. 1.-THE assurance that fle cause hs has = 50 con-
! stantly gtlafded, Whether Of equal rights or
reconciliation, is aettDted BY the Democrats,
and This is the pledge of trtti;t tR'otf beyond
ANYTHING In our history. 1t is victory OF
e ideas, without which all other victories must
\ fail. 50.
.To intensity your allegation you insist
! that | am ranged with jefferson Davis ana
0 Robert Too,nls; but, pardon me, NOBODY
!; |knows how the foriher willvote, while Rober'
i lTo0ttibs h .boisterot,s against Horace Gfee.
" low and with Him are Stephens; Wise, ant
aiosby. This is all Veft toor' ana /. / men
J, t;on if only to exhibit the character Sf your
attempt. In the same spirit you seek t.
avoid the real issue by holding up the posi-
q bility of what you call a Democrltlc ADMIN
ts istration; and YOU have the courage to assert
of as within my knowledge, that by the election
D of Horace Greeley C6rgress is handed owe
y TO the control OF the party tsho have posi-
n tiyeIy denied the rights of the black men
Yoi1 say that l know this. Dir. Speaker,
rs know no such thing, and you should .
J. l.,,tieientIy thoughtful not to aSserbkc
}; lam entirsly satisfied that aes declared
the, present, wi'sTG til s,,,,selIs III .rsepted on
fat cincin1sit i1n1tf hot contested on the other,
one isssssnalt ID larger number Of congress
rsionaI repreSset'.stfyes sincerely devoted 10
: the rights of the eolorea tfenens than ever
> before. The Democrats Will he tled9ed US
]. t,ayer before to the ruling principle, that all
: if,'lif. srg equal Before tue law, and also TO
r the three c0iistHationil amendments with
: tbc clause in each ciHpcseripg Congress
/ | to enforce tuc sanio " "i'P1 t{.s.o
oisI,tiou. But besides Democrats There
wi,l lie Liberal Republicans pledged
| I;kewlsp, and also your peculiar associates,
4 tVS;d ffhst will not betray the cause. Sen
81 atnrs ami teijressHtatires. ca,Iing them
sAelves Republicans, iIHPe been lattefly IN
&arae majority in both Houses, bttt the hnai
: $,sos,,rc OF the civil rights to which you re-
;, ,sr. though urged by ne almost daily, his
s;iad tn j,cc1,le law less fear from Dem.
ilss;fatie opposition tlian from Republican
fs,i s,a dr;ntipss and the want Of support in
9 the Presideiit!
6 mThe great issue which the people afi
. called mon to decide in November h on the
president, and nobody knows better than
Yourself that the House of Representative
. chnzsu Mt the same time will naturally mar
monte with him, SO II has been in our his
r. tory, Now, harmony with Homee Greeley
i involves whpt 7 nlcst desire. With sue
= President, Congress will be eiattsed
' For the first time since the wal. The
. saual rights of all wifi hay6 decllret
" ,ur,,senfatiye at the head oi the Govern
+ mcnt. wll.st Drt senSe there will be o: higher
J. significance Than tilat OF any victor III war
T heinp not only testimony but ccnstah
s motive power in this great cause. Oppose
i: iifn, whether open hostility or more subfl
y treachery. viii Yield TO the steady influence
= of such 4 representative: Therefore, IN look
= ;na to the President look also to Congress
10 which will take its character in large nea
le sure from him.
Ii "Jn choosing Horace Greeley we do tn
d hest we can for the whole Government, no
le nn,v in the executive, but In the legislatiy
III hrtncb while We decline to support nepot
7: lei, t,s tet,afmettt of personal gifts by 9th
of ci,i patronage, the seizure OF the WI
Mowers. indignity to the Bllck Republic
also, the various innpaeity exhibited by tn
President; and the rings by which ne go,
g erns. none of whicli can you defend. fo'
te know well that the rings afe already con
d demned by tic American people. For I'D,
" self. say plainly, and without hesitation, tna
(, nrefer Horace Greeley. with any Congres
:, nossibIe on the Cincinnati platform, TO Pres
ne dent Grant with lis pretellsions and ms rings
q vote for whom involves the support VI a
his pretensions with prolonged power III q !
the rings. There must be another lphuenc
and another example. The Admlnlstfatloh
:, in all its parts is Impressed by the president
na 80 LET his soul be enlarged with tue senlimen
10 10 of Justice, quickened by industry, ana no no
,d only the two Houses OF CONGRESS pus vi
sf whole country. will feel tue lrreslstsple au
81 tbority oyerspreading, pefVaaiiig, leiiie '7li
LatiBg everywhere. 8,i J ~
aTherefore, Ii, proportion as yoii are carr carr
). ost fer tI,e rights OF the celored citizens. an
1T ,,l.ee MA al them above all partisan triumph, 70
Of will will he glad to support the candidate w6os
,st heart has alwaystiirobbed for humanity Iil
m country @ needs such motive power ~ "a
NJ NJ White House. II needs a generous fonnta,
m ht there, none word, it reeds somebody sda
terent @ from the present incumbent ana ,ns