The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-02
The GreeubacR Convention.

Editors ITushinqton Chronicle We avail
ourselves, with many thanks, OF your courto-
Gus oil.r to print our statement OF The De
troit National Greeuback Convention. We
have seen with surprise the report circu-
lated by the local agent describing the meet
inc rs Il failure. From personal knoNtdge
we state that the meeting was in al! respects
surccss. aud in a remarkable degree satlSac-
tory to its promoters and friepdS. In the
weight of character and intelligence OF lis
members, in numbersand in the di.n't'd ana
candid spirit of its deliberations, it met all
inst eynec,ations. The speeches, letters,
and resolutions were EXCELLENT. and were
received With lively and we!l.sustaintd en-
thusiasm. It was not designed rs hon
show nor to ir iuence public sentiment by
mere parade OF multitude. 1t was Intended
To be a representative body, from that class OF
thouuLtful men who see radical defects in
our currency system, and who desire to CO.
operate for lis reform. The purpose was to
fix among ourselves aud publish TO the coun-
ttv those measures upon which we could al!
agree. Thus we hoped to correct popular
misapprehensious as to our plans and pur-
poses, and gain the support of all honest
and patriotic men who would save their
country from the financial luin which now
imperils it.
it is tue that no great number of dis!in-
guished politicians hODored this meeting
with their presence. Indeed, their absence
was a most notable and possibly not unfa-
yorabe tact. There was no concealment, or
time.serving, or ambiguous statements by
nybody.
The Convention was composed of men
who represent the country In its largest
m ,fs f,,rF "a mr. t.
shops, its marts of trade, lis rolling mills,
and forces. The press, the pulpit, the bar,
the scboo-room, and the university, the
study of the scholar, and the laboratory OF
the scientist all sent able representatives.
!, was eminently meeting of the captains
of industry and en- 'erprise. There were
few who lived by politics, or upon the rental
of money, or by gambling in stocks. Men,
hers of this Convention came spontaneously
rrea, distance at large expense, from widely
senarated States, inspired by patriotic I'M.
pulses, Thirty.eight hundred letters were
received from all parts of the Union, iudica-
no the wide interest in the subj ct OF none
Iary rcfru. Many Of these letters bore
names distinguished in the highest tanks Of
PHILOSOPHY nd economic science.
The addresses delivered were marked oy
crest ability and temperate ana palTlot,c
spirit. The opening speech OF Judge heiiy
was exceedingly able. and VIII aau TO MS
fame as The most elcqueLt defender OF I'M
periled industry and Ira de since Ine oays VI
Henry Clay. ao,;o,
The Convention was held with no ueslsn
of promoting the interest of e>Lner poiitlca'
party or of any aspirant for Wace. ~ ile'
to demand tie repeal Of speci, '-fesunIpt.oD
and the restoration of the curr. 'aef ~ Tue
control of the people. These pr 'pe,stions
were closely set forth in the re- Vfuno.s
adopted. They are admirably de'eL yea ~ )
the powerful letter Of Henry &. Cal V Va
PhiadeI pbia, the most distinguished anu re-
yered economist in our country.
A course which can boast the warm sup
port of such. names as Henry Gay and Peter
Cooper NAV we'll afford TO endure, though it
cannot deserve. disrespectful treatment. Its
hearing at the oar of the American people
cannot long be postponed. Our present
money system is built upon the ruins OF in'
dustry and trade. It's foundations are moving
with the premonitions OF doom. An arouscd
nature wI!l soon demand from those who I'M
dertake to govern that their children Will
not be sacrificed to the golden Moloch that
the priests OF the money ring bsve set up for
That potential yoic. VIII summon
President and Congress alike with an i'm
peratiYc emphasis thut will brook no denial.
r.. j. DURAkT,
E1was0 DANIELS,