The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-14

trade such portions OF wealth as can i1a DC
Wr,nv from them under forms OF ny. s ....aa
seuuenty, inn country governed W sp PILE
an aYewed coalition OF .,,a
deepls and vitals antng ticai, io !. ~. .ae
mere purpose of carrying an eiectlonsI Is nVs
honorable The participants IN 10 part VIII ~.
,,,a;r rannrd for decorrm, and it is familiar
Enoylpdtre that this is the last reliance AFTER
virtue and public spirit are extinct. unaoun.-
edlv. I'm all things there are degrees, ana I'D ilh-
arinabEe instances there may he VIDE loisi".
ton. Indeed, lam quite prepared 10 say .hs.
thnro is y Iurre number of eminent men ID
the Republican party who might wen l,.,I
asnired tn the Presidency, and whose aceep'-
a,ro ot Baltimore would not have Deeh uI-
;ns,;,,bJc The nomination which was III
r,c, made is utterly 80. It's folly Is manliest,
anJ lis failure inevitable. a public coalition.
,hourb If has all the inherent qualities OF n
consnir,cy. has not the same chance OF sue
ccss. People may he sacrificed by secret o''-
travail: they never consent to open sa'c'
Ever since the snap Judgment against p"Pu-
lar sentiment Obtained l,y deed at baillihoIe
arguments very inapplicable and very u'l'
sound have been used to prevent resistance
There is said to lie no tit choice prcScn,eu,
and that of the two admitted e!lts IL / "lsuoi.
TO choose the least. Ii all THIS were ,lle' u
should not result in favor OF tnc ba'tlii,'l !.
nnn,}noo or tiai1sceudent ability, and OF
npernv uneu,,alled. there is no room iOr coili-
n,risou between himself and his rival. jus
lice and common SENSE forbid the compll-
mont ,,rcptablc as it seems, that lie Is niue
in anything. r,
The ortcrv "too late is not just even
nov. Men travel by steam, Il commune
by electricity. II today popular sentiment
cyists. il can be stimulated into action III an
hour, Had we only the appliances OF an
tim,iiy. a national impulse could light itS
fires ,lnon thousand hills and arouse the
whole pcople. With our superior modes OF
communion let it not be said that fifty days
do not afford adequate spice for awakening
the people. coron
ton there was no commitment TO become us
nominee, and until that body adjourned l
could not have imagined such result rs Il
| total omission to name, or even to Suggest
any other candidate.
Il l. assumed that this action casts upon
| Air. Adams and myself the role response
bIitv of leaving without power to express
| itself the anta"oniSm which we had done our
part to evoke and in which we earnestly par
ticipate. 1t is therefore asserted that without
nv intervention all Democrats who dissent
from the Baltimore coalition, and many
patriots who revolt at is origin or dread us
consequences. will he left without power to
record their protest against it. If such were
the fact. it would present case IN which
citizen could havc no moral liberty. The
rath of duty would Inc plain and direct,
leaving hun no choice. His country's de-
fence would require that he should assent to
CONSUMPTION. take the place assigned him in
| the national army, whether in the ranks or at
the head. and there strive for the right to the
| utmost.
For reasons quite different from those
| likely 10 be- impaired ! cannot so regard the
present cXi.cncy. Part OF the vile code adj
yonlcd by hrclllIgS of miSrulc Is that direct
and immediate >lcccSs is the first and para
| MOUNT aim in every human effort. I'm the
| contrary, my morality incucatcS honorable
and manly struggles for the right, however
slight the prospect of immediate advantage
| to the actors, or even to the cause.
Every man Of ardent mind who is afforded
access to literature selects i'll carly lite from
| history or fiction the dCm-TOdS OF his ldos-
| try, and with more or less clrnc>tncsS be-
slows upon them through life his constant
reverence.
Mine were not the heroes whose victoria
! chariot wheels. stained with the blood Of;
vanqlIisIrd millions, conducted them TO
power and rcnown. My ideals were Troy'>
champion ut his last stand behind her walls.
| Lconidas in the Grccan pass, and the dis
scn,inr consul at Canine. Without any
claim to the hcrosm that could initiate them,
| / could still yield them my homage. To
spend in ones allotted place Il blamclcSS life
| IN, MI nf - In
nobIv contrnding in the 'rhcrmopylm OF IN
honest cause has tvcr seemed to me the per-
lection of happy individual destiny.
Neither the personal motives suggested
| nor apprehcusionS that your contemplated
movement must fail to accomplish any Use
full results. influence me.
| REGARD the Baltimore nominations Is cX-
hibitng III their climax the vices of the
!, minltinT system. with lis pledges and
nj ltIrrm:. Shocking to honest pride and
| <,uIrd mGlal. il thr career of bargaining
which is generally required Ia prcrcdr such
nominations. The platform is Il thing got
ten up for emergency. On it the candidate
is made to sit is on stool of repentance, or
rs one placed in stocks by way of holdin"
| him To pledges, now forced upon him. This
| pitiilll attitude, us the most conspicuous
| ollirc-Irmwar i'm the land, must he occupied
| h. "A citizen before lc can receive Il vote FOR
the highest and most honorable of Offices
! Faith teaches ne that the poor in spirit
will receive the richest blessings Of future
life. but it is no part of my political creed
| THAT poverty Of spirit In worldly affairs
should he Il passport 10 the respect and con-
tidcncr OF great people. or qualification
| for their chief ma%iStracy. Whatever |
might do in this respect To any other office,
| could neither accept the nomination nor
hcccmc Il candidate for the >ucccSsorship to
! Washington.
Like many others which my taste and
! Judgment have ccucurrcd in adopting. |
know that these idclS are lInEl:hinnahle.
Every ,oiT that has reached my cars con-
ours in asserting gospel truth that the cleo
TORS cannot vote for any one but the noml.
nee of a convention who has accepted its
nomination. 50 be it, do not presume to
>ubycrt established u>agcs. but sclt-rcSpcct
and m0dcsty unite in tordding me TO play
in these days of political dcgcneracy the
| part of chief pestuant in any such drama.
Some rcn>llrr will no doubt attach to this
| opinion itself, and still more to the uttcrancc
of it. | have long withheld il, and if posi-
bic would now avoid expressing ii. Many Il
man the latchct Of whose shoe ] am not wor-
thy to unlooSe has subscribed platform and
stood aS Il candidate. Perhaps, however, il
| was i'm times less corrupt. | do not suggest
or believe that any of them did anything
| which, in their day and under attendant cir
cun>tanccS, WAS uubccomin". | know also
| that you, my lcIlow-ciizrnS,a and your highly
| respected Convention. have prescribed to me
no tests. but, in conformity with usage not
now To he dcplrtcd from, YOU request ne to
accept the nomination and become Il candi-
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