The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-28
THE CITY CANVASS.
GREAT CONSERVATIVES MEETING
LAsT NIGHT.

GREAT CONSERVATIVES MEETING
LAsT NIGHT.
IMMENSE AUDIENCE AND SPLENDID
SPEECHES. #
By far the largest and certainiv ,he rnost
enthusiastic meeting OF the eaYnn,ion tooS
place last night In frent OF Ford,s Hntsi
Under the auspices OF the Cils Conservnt;vs
Sommittee. Is was deemed Nv soine
hazsrdous undeTtakfpgtto hold sa, roeatsna,
during f'air week, when so many aftracainns
Claimed the attention Of the peopla. bnt fI,e
result showed that party spirit ia stronger
than desire for mere pfeasure. -
T. The porctes Of the hotel, The sidewalks.
and the middle Of the streessWere crowded.
The size of the audience Was 0nly, limited by
the range OF the speakers, voices. Double
as many would have been present could thew
have got within hearing Of the speakers.
While Of course our own true CITY yofsrs
composed the majority, there were mary
strangers present taking part, and here and
there an Independent was seen.s solitary and
alone - no synpathizer being near.
Colonel John 81. Guy. chairman Of the.
City Committee, called the meeting TO order,
and in q brief and handsome speech intro.
dnced as the presiding officer ex Governor
Gilbert G: Walker. = tsisS
As Governor Walker advanced to assume
the chair, he received . welcome which was
in0thfng less than grand popular ovation;
Ha returned thanks and spoke OF the doings
of the Independents In Richmond, charac-
terizing them as disorganizers, mischief.
makers, and traitors to their party, and
expressed the belief that at the com.
ing election the people of Richmond would
80 powerfully stamp them with their con-
demnation as to effectually prevent them
from rising up to do mischief 10 the future.
In illustrating what be considered the duty
of candidates defeated for nomination he re-
ferred to the contest between Colonel Guy
and himself, in which the former was de-
feated, and yielded not only gracefully but
went heartily to work and gave him all the
help and strength possible. This allusion to
Colonel Guy was heartily cheered, and the
point, so well made and illustrated, had good
effect.
| Governor Walker was very happy In
presenting the speakers. About each one
he had something nice to say.
UNITED STATES SENATOR wIrnRRs
was the first one on the list Of speakers. He
addressed himself to tho consideration of
the pretensions Of the boilers; exposed their
selfishness referred to- the, good the Conser.
vative party has already done; and the things
II is yer capable Of If maintained intact, and
urged his hearers TO be true 10 themselves
and not be caught in the company of the
Radicals, as the Independents are. BE re-
quested the, voters when they went home to
set down and deliberate coolly upon their
l,,y1 Hos1 %kn,, =
trolled by the shafts hurled by personal pre-.
Ejudice. He opportunely recalled to mind
the condition of Richmond So it was under
Chahoon, and predicted that the disruption
of our party now would lead to the very
same thing next year when our municipal
Ielection comes of.
Colonel .Withers spoke well. Like Gov.
ernor Walker, he did not mince matters, bul
expressed his disapproyal of boilers and In.
4 dependents strongly and forcibly, and there
was every evidence that demonstrative
multitude could give that his views were
Thoroughly endorsed. p ..@'
! Governor Walker, in introducing
! UNITED STATES SENATOR JOHNSTON,
alluded to the unveiliBg OF the statue OF
/ Jackson, and said that Jackson, bonored by
good men every where, dearly beloved BY
was his supreme watcbword. Senator John
ston, as one or our senators, had been true
to his duty, faithful to Virginia, and though
bis efforts, owing to the Radical majority ir
the Senate, had often been unayaling, his
devotion was none the less marked.
Senator Johnston made plain and earnest
tappeal for the preservation of the party ir
Richmond and wherever else assailed, and
condemned all those who for personal pur.
poses undertake TO war against its nominees
he regarded the presidential contest soon te
Commence as the most important in the an
nails of the country, and desired that Viz
gpia, by maintaining strictly the ConserVa
live organization, should be enabled to per
form her part. He declared that he would
take by the hand his deaIest foe rather thar
surrender his allegiance to the Conservative
party; and that, sink or swim. survive OF
perish, his fortunes were cast with the party
j HON. THOMAS s. WHITEHEAD,
| of Amherst, who was next brought forward
made one of the most entertaining speeches
Of the evening. 1t was full OF anecdotes anG
1 bumor, and pleased the crowd wonderfully
He gave the Independents many hard blows
He stated that the boiling from the PARTY
here was encouraging boiling from the party
inall parts of the State, and that many Of the
Independents were preachers. In his opin.
ion, when preacher turns Independent the
devil is not more than three feet Off, They
were not even like the free niggers before
| the war-they belonged TO the r idicals. Mr..
| Whitehead said he meant to go home to the
mountains and help "clean out" the Inde.
pendents up there, and had no doubt we
would do likewise here. a3.
| GENERAL JUBAL A. EARLY
followed Mr. Whitehead. His views about
1 Independents and Radicals were expressed
| IN striking and forcible lansu In the war
| be never had much confluence in independ.
| ents; he believed in the regulars. General
Early was surprised TO know that there was
! some opposition to General Bradley johnson.
He knew General johnson as brave and
honorable soldier who possessed the conf
dence of Stonewall Jackson, end was fore.
most iD battle while many OF those now en-.
| gagged 10 reviling him were at home. Gen
erai Early said he would not be surprised
TO hear that these Independents had de
nounced him tEarly) as impracticable, and il
was true tbatlhe did a good deal OF kicking
and eursing, but he always came In right al
| last. s. s. :
Il GENERAL BRApLEY JOHNSON II
was introduced by Governor Walker as on
who had the confidence and esteem ofStone
wall Jackson. Talk about che Indepepd
: ents," said he, "give me the man tina
StoneWall Jackson said was honest AMI
true.u At that General JOHNSON came for
ward. and was greeted with tnmnituou
! applause. His reception would have beel
fjattering to any man iR the land. It demon
strated that the attacks Of the boilers hal
!. only strengthened bis friends, and mad
them more than ever determined to shoV
their friendship.
General Johnson's speech was an exec
lent one. He spoke for the integrity an