The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-07-13


separated By distance. But rs he could not
wait for an initiation, he proceeded, without
apology, to give his views on national poll
tics. He described himself as an Old-Line
Whig so long as there was any Whiggery.
When the Whig party was dissolved by
repeated defeats he became 4 Republican,
and Republican he continued up to this
time, being about as radical as possible to be
healthy but when slavery WIS abolished,
when the sword of rebellion was sheathed,
and equal rights were guaranteed to all by
constitutional amendments, he conceived
that the policy Of war should give way to q
policy of peace. But there were others whose
voice was still for war, and they determined to
keep alive the Goals of strife with o view to
their own political advancement. The decree
went forth from the White House and from
King Caucus that all who did not act in ac-
corfiancs with this policy should be con-
demncd to party excommunication and po-
litic1l execution. The first uprising of Re-
pubicans against cGhtinttancs of military
rule was In Missouri, and then it was that
Gratz Brown [applausel and Carl Schurz, for
detlarihg IN favor of peace and amnesty, were
made the objects Of presidential denunciatlon.
The decree went forth that no Republican
should hold an opinion which had not been
filtered through the brains of the White
House (God help the brains of the White
House,: Laughter and applauscl God help
the braltis, say; If Umhipotenee can bless
what docs not exist. IRenewtd taiiehtet:]
The speaker then fluently recited the history
of Grants war upon the Liberal Represent
ativcs and Stflators: and its disastrous results
| to him aiid his policy iii Missouri, Mi-sis-
sippi, New f94rh, vifgint; &fkafisas,
Nebraska, and Georgia; ana described tbs re-
volt of schurz, Trumbulf, and other senators
in fa4ot Of free Thought and free speech,
and their ultimate sattaAactHent from the
Administration. The result was the in0te;
| ment which eliminated in the nomination
cf Greeley and Brown at Cincinnati,
and the ratification of that nomination
by the representatives Of the Democratic
! masses at BaltimGore: tAFplause.l These
| nominees We're the chief APOSTLES of free
dom of thought aid tpeeeh; Of uni
| ycrsal liberty, amnesty, and peace; and
already the people were rallying to their
standard with an enthusiasm unparalleled,
| and which rendered victory in November
do,lbly sure: Hc then reviewed III mas
terly manner the legislation Of the United
States ConerreesSs for the purpose of keep
ing a corrupt A,tm'Elsttatibn III power,
and denounced in glowing and eloquent
words the criminaly of that legislation.
He and the Liberal Republicans with
whom he had been associated could
not lend their voice, vote, and influence to
such acts of oppression and Violence and
now they stood ip' bold and uncomproinising
opposition t. the Administration party.
They were for amnesty, iI%'t..;.a' and union ;
for States rights, and against tyranny auii
centralzation, and on this platform they had
unttlrled the banner Of Greeley and Brown.
[Grcat appiarse.l Whatever can he done at
the North to insiire the stteeess Of
that ticket aI' hs aohe; ahd 1tow
he exhorted the tGEGGt;ft II Virginia
and North Carolina to their whole duty.
Every legal, honest vote must be polled
for Greeley and Brown. wantan honest
| President, and we mean To have one in the
person of Horace Greeley. As to Greeley's
record, he did not care to examine it every
body knew what it WAS. He did not care to
know what he thought on every sub
icct. He did tdt believe all Greeley
believed, but he did know that Ho-
racc Greeley stood on tho same plat
form with him on national affairs, and
that he never ayowtd belief which he did
not entertain but the truth is, VIC have ibid
rather too much President of late. We hear
too much of the Presidents wishes and the
| Presidents policy. The homeopathic doc
trinc is good in this case: small doses pro-
,luce tremendous results. We want Presi-
dent who will merely veto bill or enforce
its provisions, executing the will of the peo-
ple. Such President will be Horace Gree
lev. In conclusion, Senator Upton crossed
the platform and shook hands with Senator
Ransom. of North Carolina, and the two,
amidst tremendous applause, az representa-
tivcs of the North and South, and as former
political antagonists, pledged themselves to
sacrifice all personal prejudices upon the altar
of their country and to united effort for
peace and union. "
| spcech Of Senator Stockton.
Senator Ransom then, with brief and
| happy reference to the prominence OF his
family in the history Of the country, and to
his own gallant stand for liberty in the
Senate of the United States, introduced
| Hon. John 2. Stockton, senator from New
Jersey. Dir. Stockton was enthusiastically
received. a
He spoke of himself as Democrat of the
straishtest sect, from State always Demo
cratic. He had never scratched or altered "A
ticket. His State had gone Democratic in
| 1860, and again in 1864 and 1868. For the
first time in his life he was addressing an all-
dience south of Mason and Dixon's line, aud
to his great surprise he found himself about
| to advise that audience to vote for that old
areh-enemy of Democracy Horace Greeley,
| of New York. lApplause.] Exactly when
his conversion took place he was unable
| to say, but be was inclined to think that It
| occurred On the cars between Washington
and Weldon In conversation with the Sena-
tor from North Carolina. daughter and
applause.l He was sent to the late Demo-