The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-07-28

its Of South Carolina that every respecta-
bic and honest man must deprecate,
which never could have occurred In
Virginia. It never could have oe-
CURED even in the State OF Texas; 1t
could have occurred nowhere except where
the negroes and their white allies have rule.
The truth as to that affair is not yet known,
but / stand here to make prediction, that
when the facts of that matter are known,
when daylight is let in to illuminate the
darkness that covers this transaction, it will
be found that it was nothing in the world
but Radical conspiracy, q reinauguration
OF the outrages OF former times. do not
stand here in the slightest degree to palliate
it. Had been the Governor Of South Caro-
lina-and boast not Of greater courage than
other men-some would have felt hemp in a
mighty short time. [Applause.l
WHY THE SOUTH Is FOR TILDEN.
What desire to impress upon your mind
is this--they cannot inaugurate these out
RACES in States controlled by us. They have
to seek States controlled by themselves in
order that they may have the countenance,
direct or indirect, OF the officials themselves.
l said to you moment ago that my section
Of country was almost unanimous for Til
den and Hendricks. The question naturally
arises, Why is this? Why is it that the en-.
tire southern people, mean the white peo-
pie and goodly number OF the respectable
ncgroeS-arc almost q unit for Tilden and
Hendricks a? The answer to that question can
| be found in the history Of the Radical party
| for the last ten years. won't detain you
| tonight with recital Of that history. II
ought to be familiar to every American citi.
zen, and he who is fully advised Of it ought
to require no other incentive to put down 9
party that has accomplished the wrongs il
has pcrpctrated on the South. In these
wrongs and outrageS you will find the cause
OF the universal sentiment at the South ii
favor OF Tilden and reform. Loud cheers.
The South would have voted with equa
unanimitv for that great soldier OF the re-
public, General Winfield S. Hancock, or fol
Hendricks, or for any good, honest Unlor
man at the North, but they felt that there
| was, perhaps, one additional reason VIII!
they should support Tilden.
ALIvING PLATFORM.
All wars are demoralizing. We are re.
covering somewhat from that demorallza
ton, but it has spread through every depart
ment of the Government, so that it seem:
as if rottenness and corruption pervade
it from its head to its base. 1t is time that
the people take this matter in hand and re
form this Government, and restore it to it:
ancient purity and splendor. lGreat ap
plausc.] 1t seems to the people of the Soutl
| that Governor Tildcn, upon this question, is
himself living platform. [Rcnewed ap
plauSe.] Therefore it is that they 60 for him
with the more earnestness, because his
life, his public conduct, is such rs tc
afford sure guarantee that when he is
elected President (as believe in God he
will in November neXt) he will, with whiI
Of scorpions, drive these money-changers
from the temple of Liberty and restore the
Government again to honesty. The people
Of the South are q unit for Governor Til
den, because every State is now coequa
with every other State in the Union, and
they desire to be recognized as such. l be-
| lieye them to be honest in their protesta.
tions Of loyalty to the Union. Genera
Longstreet was not denounced by the Re
publicans because he yielded allegiance tc
the Radical party, but every man who sym.
pathized with the southern cause vino die
not fall down and worship the Baal Of Radi
calism was denounced as an eX.Confederate
and still disloyal to the Union. The people
OF the South believed that Governor Tilder
would be President of the whole people, ant
that was the reason why there was SO muct
unanimity in the South for him. In con
clusion Governor Walker spoke OF the
action OF the Democracy in Congress II
bringing to light the corruptionS existing II
the Republican party, and predicted that II
the election Of Tilden the administration Of
the Government would be restored once
more to its ancient purity. Loud Cheers.