The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-06

hitting, h1eausS las vfosent, the civil usur-
per is often more angeroEs 70 public liberty
than the warrior ewho 1tnfnrls his banners
an1s challenges to battiesi The open field.
Especially is this so when nation Inns just
borne all the eSactions and despotic
government usually incident to pro-
tratted war. it invites rulers to the
exercise of extreme and exceptional pow
crs, and blunts. the sensibiiities OF the
people to measure of tolerance that makes
them slow to resent usurpations which, in
tic healthy and sensitive public opinion OF
peace, would quicken popular reprobatien
and effect the speedy overthrow o. the faith
less ruler. War is destruction. 1t destroys,
and only destroys. 1t sweeps: away the OBJ
stinate barriers of progress bit leaves mo-
tbinrbut ilesotatfon. :, It's tlWs of might and
SURFING currents Of despotism remain, even!
linstbe most civilized countries. When It's
tempests are sttlIed, its campaigns closed, fits
dead gathered to their mother dust, Its yan-
qIished Submissive, and its flags flirled, war
itself has to be conquered by the armies Of
peace, Peace must mould the victories of. the
sword BY its wise and beneficent direction,
and SOW, and water, and reap the harvest Of
enlightened advancement. In its great work
fs greatest foe is usually the Spirit OF ,lsurpa
ton, created By war, which only too often
endangers the stability of government and
the happinesso Of the people more profoundly
tlan,its grim-yisaged lauthoE. The history,
of nations is replcte with tine gravest admo-
nitions on this subject, and when SUCH dam
GERS threaten a free government, every die
tale Of patriotism calls citizens of every faith
TO maintain their Liberties, regardless of po-
liiical associations."". -, :,.!ai,s,gt sa59 IL.
Colonel Mcclure said: j, <s~ftttn, - st
" :. Citizens of New York, the war of arms
is oFcr; its lingering relics, which are pre-.
served in ,p,lf. Governments are maintained
by nle;iu ambition, or neaner passion. we
arc battling for peace. for liberty, for law.
Amnesty must be universal :; civil authority
must bc supreme in New York, Philadelphia,
Charleston. aud New Orleans. The ,humbleSt
citizen, whether in tue busy, progressive
North, OF in lie dcsolated, sunny South, or
in tic golden States on the sunset side of the
treat mountains, shall vote this year in obe-
sicHcc 10 his convictions and the dcspotism
If proStitutcd power will learn the lesson
for all time that here the voice of freemcn
c!:IjIcsscd without lawlcssncss OIL COERCION is
The sovereign power of the nation. With
alich great issues, appealing to every patriot
and to the faith of al Overwhelming najori-
" Of the people of the Union, the path Of
duty IS plain, and it demands. no surrender
Ut formal political association Let Demo
Gratis be, Democrats if they will, and let Re
,ipIlblicaIs be Republicaisi ftlley prefer; but
LEI patriots be patriots above all. Let lis
save our threatened free institutions before
we decide on questions of the details of go
ycrnmcnt. Let lis first assure free govern
mcnt TO ourselves and to our children, and
then we may struggle for issues we respec-
lively deem wiseSt in the administration of
The Government" -------~--.-..
He closed with the following ferYid and
patriotic sentence 49,.
"Thc Keystone will Join hands with the
Empire State IN this restoration Of orr land
to peace. The palsied South will speak from
the homes of enllancliised slaves and DlaStcrs
for her safety and prosperity. The column
of the East will be broken, as New England
divides her States between right and wrong.
The plrirics Of the West will reverse the
mighty nlajoriti,S given in the name of peace
in 1868. rs they renew the demand for peace
i'll 1877; and from the Businesses of llle
Rocky Mountains and the I;lr western coast
will come IN llDbrOkcn voice, whose battle
cry will he peace for the living, and self
government assured rs the priceless legacy
of Successive ages to come after u.s."
Every speech was rcplete with the spirit
of manly opposition to the party i'll power,
and ardent devotion to the honor, liberty,
and power OF the nation. We could fill
columns with extracts in proof of this; but
I,n ,I,nre. sIl(fipinut