The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-06-28
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Key.Notes OF tire Campaign as Utterc
by General McClernand.
On taking his seat General McClernand
made the following speech:
| Gentlemen OF the National Democratic
Convention,-I thank you for the distin-
guished honor which you have done me in
directing me to preside over your delibera-
tions. You are the delegates OF the Demo-
Gratis OF the whole Union OF thirty-seven
States, once mnaturally estranged, but now
forever united in one indivisible republic
brethren in one political family, with the
same heritage Of liberty, under equal law,
and heirs OF one destiny. Shall we preserve
and transmit that great heritage2 Shall we
make that destiny the most glorious in the
history Of free people? II your delibera-
tons, acknowledgements to-day shall be
wise; IL your perception Of the necessities
OF our time, our country, our politics, shall
be Just and spacious; il your sympathy
shall be quick with the hearts OF great
people, then, beyond all peradyenture, we
shall transmit to our children and our chill
dren's children unimpaired this priceless
heritage.
THE ONLY ENEMIES OF THE REPUBLIC.
Yours will be better renown than the
renown most priced by Romans; far
greater than the founders OF empires or the
Ipreservers OF republics. There are no enc
mics Of the Union to-day on this continent
except that Of administrative centralism
which is contesting at the capitol the vital
currents which ought to flow out through
every part, giving life to the farthest extre-
mites of body political, and energy to all its
members except that corruption which is
the curse that centralism has never failed in
age or land to entail upon any Government.
Centralism and corruption have imposed
upon ten States the rapacious tyrannies OF
carpet-bag rule, and since the peace have
added 5000, 100000 to their debt.
DISEASE OF ExTRAvAGANcE AND FRAUD.
They have infected the government Of
our northern States and northern cities with
the same disease OF extravaganza and fraud.
They have debauched the Federal Govern
ment itself, and made the names of scores
of it's high officers and public men our public
scandal; our open shame-a record OF hor-
rible incapacty, venality, waste, fraud; and
the party which has been powerless to break
down and trample under foot its corrup--
tionists with stupendons effrontery pledged
itself to reform OF which it has become in
capable. So that party pledged itself to re-
store specie-payments, every year taxing us
further from specie-payments; so 1t piedsed
itself to civil-service reform, and then
droDped and Knocked its relormer; 80 IL
pledged itself to protect American labor.
and with its monstrous custom-houSc taxa
ton on over three thousand articles it has
IMPOVERISHED American labor.
MoHOPOLIsTs AND CoRRUPTIONIsTs.
A few score Of monopolists, a few thou
sand corruptionists, have been enriched, but
capita in the hands OF those who earned it
by industry and saved it by frugality is ev-
erywhere distrustful, and rrsts unused
while honest labor goes about the streets
begging bread.
Is this the final outcome OF 4 century OF
republican selt-government? God forbid 1t
Generous God, but we have wandered far
from the right paths We must return to
the constitutional principles, the frugal en-
penditures, and the administrative purity OF
the founders OF the Republic.
REFORM, REFORM REF0RH!!!
"This is the first, the most imperious ne
cessity of our day and nation. This is the
appeal we have to make to our felloW-cltl-
zens of every former political athllatlon.
This is the one supreme, commanding issue,
to which all others are inferior; ill others
trivial Reform! Reform! Reform III
you shall recognize the imperious neces-
stv: il YOU shall guarantee in your plat
form the successful achievement OF this ar
duous work OF national regeneration; IL you
shall select standard-bearers true to your
own high purposes and faithful to your
pledge, victory in the November and VIC
tory in the October contests are already
YOURS. Inculcate the vital issue OF
reform to candidate and platform, and the
States that have honored Douglass and Lin
coin; the States that to-day honor Hen
bricks and Thurman, Hancock and Parker,
Bayard and Tilden; these States, with all OF
their vast populations, will rise, like the
woods and the winds that followed the flee
ing Orpheus, and follow you to victory.
Close Of Days WOrk-.Addrcsscs from
Voorhees, and Sunset Cox.
Dir. Belmont, OF New York, read series
OF resolutions arraigning the Republican
party, and appealing to the American peo-
ple to forget the civil war after eleven
years OF peace, and put an end to sectional
strife. He accompanied them with some
earnest remarks. The resolutions were re-
ferred.
THE HOUR OF ORaTORICAL EFFORT.
After several speeches the Convention
adjourned till II O'Clock tomorrow.
After the adjournment Hon. Dan. Voor-
hces, OF Indiana, was yocllerously called
upon, and delivered an eloquent speech on
the issues OF the campaign.
SUNSET cox on ELECTRIC FLASHES.
Hon. S. S. Cox was called out. He said
the House OF Representatives had passed
twelve appropriation bills and sent them to
the Senate, having cut down the Republic
can estimates 100000 "A voice: "stick
to it.')
Mr.. Cox: owe will Let the thunders
OF Convention follow the electric flash OF
the telegraph and exhort the Democratic
House to stand BY their action, and they
will"
Proceeding to consider the asserted dam
gers Of such action, he said he thought we
could do without the army; and the navy
could be spared from protecting G. COM
mercc which bad legislation and iniudicious
taxation had destroyed. As to the Indian
Bureau, if the border men are only turned.
loose they will soon crush out these con-
tractors OF Indian warfarcs. he touched
upon and favored the repeal OF the reSump-
ton act.
ISSUES OF THE MOMENT.
In touching upon the issues OF the cam
paign Mr. Cox asked, "Who shall be your
standard-bearer? and was overwhelmed
by cries OF ..Tilden Tilden ~ long contin-
aed. Referring in terms Of respect to Til
den. he said he (Cox) also knew the strength
OF the objections to him. He also referred
successiyely and complimentary to Hancock,
Hendricks, and the '.Great Unknown"
Every time his phrase gave the opportunity
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