The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-09-01
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ADDRESS OF THE ~St)NsEhfA AZ h ~ =
coMsurTER 10 TEE PEOPLE OF yIR-
c1NIA-A SEVERE ARRANGEMENT OF THE
REPUBLICAN, PARTY AND ADMINIsTRA-
TIoN-A STEERING EXPLOITATION TO ALL
coon CITIZENS TO RALLY-To eTILDEN,
HENDRICKS; AND :, REFORM-yIRGINIlA
0ScE MORE TO ASSUME HER TRUE POSI-
TON IN "A ,REGENERATED AND OLSEN
THRALLED COUNTRY, AND. HER EQUAL
PLACE IN A TRULY-RRsToRED UNION
HATE, OPPRESSION. FRAUD. AND rECU-
LATIoN TO BE DISPLACED BY FRAZIER
NIFTY, LIBERTY, HONESTY, AND PROS
pERITY., Ea
Fellow.citizeris For. the twenty-third
time since the period when the people Of the
limited States, " in order to form q more
perfect Union, to establish Justice, to en-,
sure domestic tranquility, to provide tor
the common defence, to promote the gen:
eral welfare, and 10 secure the blessings OF
liberty,n adopted, BY the ratification OF
their several States, plan Of general gov
ernment, embodied I'm a written constltu-
ton, is the Chief Magistrate and executive
head of the Government thus created to be
chosen by the people. -,r...',,4
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES b.
is invested by the. Constitution with powers
which, however limited, are yet SO ample
that to a large extent must rest with MN,
in the wise and iudicious administration OF
the Government, the ability to satisfy the
important objects enumerated in the pre-
amble, or by an unwlse, inludlclous, or
corrupt exercise OF bis functions, TO defeat
the purposes OF our; fathers, and deprive the
people OF the blessings Of liberty and good
government, SO earnestly desired to be pro-
yided for and secured to them by that in
str,lment.
Clothed with tine authority OF tribune OF
the people to stay, ii not annul, the nasty
or ill-adviscd acts of coordinate depart
ment, the tyranny OF reckless ,maiorities
NAV, by his wise interference, be ayerted
and the country rescued from the effects OF
passionate legislation: the hand OF waste
| full appropriation may be held in check, the
b1rthens OF unnecessary and useless taxa
ton removed, and the Government con-
Quoted on principles OF Justice, simplicity,
and rigid economy, 40 essential to the very
| idea OF true republicanism. On the other
hand, armed with? the vast prerogative OF
appointment to and removal from Office,
charged through his supervising power
with the collection and disbursement OF the
| immense revenues of the country, the con.
stitutional chief OF the military and naval
forces, and controlling the foreign policy Of
the Government, he is afforded the oppor.
tunity, If tempted by the lust Of power OF
self-aggrandzement, to usurp still greater
powers, to peryert the great purposes OF re-
publican institutions to his own selfish OBJ
| iects, to degrade the Government to a mere
personal establishment, to be conducted in
the interest of personal followers and a cor
rupt faction, and finally, IL .unrestraincd, tc
trample on the liberties of the people.
The election OF all officer clothed with
such vast powers and responsibilities, the
exercise OF which may so seriously affect
THE wELL-BE1NG OF THE COUNTRY, 49,.
is an event which should fill the breast Of
every patriot with solicitude and anxiety.
| 1t is a duty which every citizen living
under the benign influence OF republican
institutions owes to his country-to exer
else the right OF suffrage; it is that priyt
| lege which distinguishes him from the sub
| iects Of other forms OF government. II
makes him part and parcel of the govern.
ment itself, and he is responsible to the eX.
tent of his vote ana his personal Influence
for the calamities OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
should he neglect to adopt all honorable
means to secure the election Of honest, in,
telligent, competent, and faithful public
agents and representatives. .rr.p
eminently the duty OF the citizen to partici.
pate, as it is equally his duty to ,acquaint
himself beforehand with the principles and
character OF the candidates who may be put
! forward for so exalted position, as well as
the history, principles, and character OF the
parties which prefer them, and which they
must represent. :...- .. ~
The two great parties which divide the
country at this time-the Democratic and
the Republican-ha held their conven'
tions and nominated their candidates.
TIE CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF VIRGINIA,
as Corinthian column, formed Of the com.
bincd beauties of the earlier Doric and
Ionic orders, so fashioned of the best ele-
ments Of the old Wing and Democratic par
| ties of former times, and proud OF the mem.
cries and associations of their past histories,
has identified itself in this national contest
with the Democratic party, and endorsing
the declaration Of principles it has pro-
claimed, and sympathizing in its hopes and
patriotic aspirations for restoration of the
Government to the original design Of its
founders, presents to the people OF Vir-
ginia the names OF Samuel j. Tllden, oil
New York, and Thomas n. Hendricks, OF
Indiana, as citizens worthy their confidence
and support for the great offices they have
been nominated to ill.
The history OF the Democratic party is the
history of the United States through many
decades Of its most glorious existence. The
unparalleled increase in the population OF
the country, the wonderful development OF
its resources, its splendid achievements in
war, whether resisting invasion at home OF
prosecuting it successfully abroad; its vast
acquisition Of territory, by diplomacy as
we'll us by conquest; its establishment OF
new and American principles of interna.
tional law, are largely the results OF the
wise and vigorous measures which distin-
guished Democratic administrations. 81
The brief history OF the Republican party
is but the recital OF acts OF misrllle, usurpa-
ton, oppression, extravaganza, and corrup-
ton. ,.N n,..
Inaugurated into power by the unhappy
sectional contest which plunged the coun-
try into cruel and bitter, civil war, it has
sought, when the issues involved were set
tied, and the, results accepted by the most
solemn declarations, to perpetuate the hor-
rors Of war, the rigors OF conquest, and the
humiliations OF defeat. -. .a;, ain.
Prosecuting the war for the ayowed pun.
pose OF saying the life OF the nation, and
preserving the integrity Of a Union which
was one and indivisible, it leglslated, when
not an armed hand was uptifted, the nation
saved and the Union preserved, ..s...~t.
TEN STATES OUT OF THE UNION
and subjected them to cruel process OF re-
constructions. :" 1ls3@tti'~ .aast -. q.
Proclaiming that no State could volun-