The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-04-14
The Next Campaign-Good Advice.

General GoRpoN, OF Georgia, Is one OF 'i'e
;scst Of the statesmen who now stand be-
fore the csuntry us counsellors III na1'ona'
af,irs, He has recently passed through the
cruciSae Of the iutervie"er-that n''uein
means of analyzng politician opinions
which IA not unlikely to DO ono OF Two
things: to elevate or to lower Tue p'o''e ~
s,cc, for anv man that passes tarougn IT,
ssorora, GospoS loses nothing by gong
,hronch the trial under the hands OF the
Atlanta Heralds interviewer. In nouciog
some Of the wise and fcrvent opinions Ut
,ered by the General. we extract the io'lo"-
;nc concerning the GREELEY campaign, which !
.,nnot fail 10 arouse feeling OF sympathy
in every hearts
.Mr Greeley, Carl 'Schury, Gratz Brewn,
and Governor Curtin, Representing thf' ois'
organized and scattered army, proposed
platform at Cincinnati on which 81 was
thought all the elements OF opposition 10 tue
corrupt sasiriStration might ue unlca.
The movement failed 9sst then. not because
the Liberals and Conservatives dia not 90
sheir part hat because there was not SUR =
c;ent time allowed to bring the Democrat &c
sincere and honest elort iof ieeeh'i''"' ion
and restoration.
"The elections of last fall were the |" sili.
mate spa the necessary results q that Cal
ton Something like the Greeley move ment
uas absolutely necessary. Tbs mort bern
s,eor,ha had become incrustated With gran
lite formation of passion, preIaos,e, AND. bate,
beneath which thcir mello~er and better
feelings we're imprisoned. 1t seemed impos-
<sible TO break through this bo:gid ca sement
ti,at had cafsined The kindly northf .rn and
western heart. No idea conld pene frate ii {;
no outrage could sh,yer it, no aIgument
could phrase it. 1t was solld, nnteelng
mass. against which all iRapIlscs 'fell impo-
.ent. But Horace Greeley, with fSne stroke
of his pen, as with q wand, sha tered thls
miserable shell. and threw tie wor ds truth,
and right, and justice, like Sun bea aus, in upon
the soul. and the brain, apG the tIeart OF the
r,aopIe To use his own eXpr essiop, 4" A
.chasm yawped between the p .ople OF this
,Rspublfc that must 'becsoSed or flled.'"
Like another Cur,iuS with AS b eroc heart
and as high a purposeII arn sure, Us moved
the ancient Roman, he !fuug himself as u
sacrifice into the abyss. lie gave his pen,
his speech, and bis fife 80 To e cause Of re-
cancellation. Aud he did not. give them in
vain. Through his sacr1Sce The chasm was
closed. and bis people stand over his grave
united and victorioGs-
"loppesed the Gneelsysslo Vement at first,
but ann not one Of those who insist now
that it was mists&e. I think that it was
the wisest political meyefse,lt in our poiti-
cal history. 1t was the carrying out Of the
policy Swallowed in ,iiasol MS memorable
words We have conquered them by arms:
let us win them by magran unity heard
Senator .Bayard, who, yoI will remember,
opposed the coalition bit tery and de-
noupced it on the floor OF the Baltimore Con-
Fenton, say in the executive session Of the
Senate, CAST n few days ago. THAT after seeing
its fruits be estimated the, Greeley movement
as q Use, polite, and patriotic movement. 1t
gave the South the .earGl the North and
West. This was all we wan ted. We did
not need arguments we ory lacked an au-
dience."
There is much feeling i'll ;his-not at all
TOO much when we consider ;the great in
tereSs of the patton that were at the bot
tom Of the morement-interests, indeed, OF
the people in contrast with the vi lie interests
of party to which they were oppo sed. The
sentiments Of General GORDON " i'll find a
hearty response in thousands of he arts who
when the GREELEY movement was on foot
were bitterly opposed to it.
General GORDON earnestly urges that we
should hazard nothing on account of .preju
dice or party opinion, and assumes chat upon
the next national campaign depends the
perpetuity Of our free institutions. He de.
clareS that there are four cardinal principles
which should enter the platform Of tue
Democratic and Opposition PARTY: 1st.
Economy, purity, aud fidelity in the admiuis-
tration Of the Government; ID. A restora- !
tion of concord-an equilibrium between .
the sections; Sd. A pledge that we, the people |
of the South, sill protect the negro in all his |
rights Of freedom and franchise; and 4th. A /
return 10 the constitutional methods Of the |
Government, both in the State and in Tie
nation.
Upon the second point-concord-thc
General contends that all Men must be
taught to "love the national Dig, to guard
"thc national honor. and to further the ma
"tional prosperity" And, he continues,
owe can solve no question satisfactorily
"while we are divided" There must
" be uniy-a oneness Of feeling and Of pur-
"pose-an assertion that the people Of this
"republic are seeking common end, de-
offending common right, building up
"common country" If anybody has 4 bet
ter right than General GORDON to talk in this
manner We do not know him.
In reference to the fourth proposition, he,
In the spirit Of patriotism and good sense,
remarks:
awhile we must yield to the General
Government all the rights has, or all that
the Supreme Court by decisions will give to
it, we should insist upon the right of the
States to manage for themselves their own
internal afflirs. Unless this right were (
fully protected and its maintenance guaran. I
teed wouldn't give cent for any victory. I
There is an alarming tendency just now 10 ,
consolidate this Government, to gather all
the power at Washington, to lessen more S
and more The liberties of the States and +
make them dependencies upon the great CEN g
trail power. This must be checked, and that. -,
too. promptly AID decisirely, or the repub.
lie is lost. | have letter from Mr.. William
NJ. Evarts, OF New York. one of our purest I
and wisest men, in which he says: Il do not i
think there are one hundred men in this
country who realize how near we are to d
complete change in the form of our govern
ment."
Views such as these should command the
serious reflection Of all sections Of the people.
They derive force, coming from General
GORDON. 1t is Of vital importance to the peo'
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