The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-11-01
as an institution Of learning and sE
hopet1ll terms OF the future Of the Ss,..-
NR, SHERMAN,

MR. SHERMAN.
Secretary Sherman was next introduced
by Mr.. Hayes. He said:
Fellow-C -CitiZens,-1 cannot express tine
qualification with which appear before this
large assemblage OF representative farmers
OF old Virginia. The President informed
YOU that am native OF the State Of Ohio.
I was born in that part OF it settled ex-
clusiyelv bv descendants Of sires from this
good old State. In that beautiful region
the Valley OF the Scioto every old and
honorable family is now represented by no
Bile men and beautiful women who bear the
names of weIl-known and cherished
families of the Old Dominion. 1t is the land
OF farmers. There is no large city in TINT
section. The farmers, it is said, are too
conservative. They are the great element
upon which all great and permanent lnstitu.
tions rest. Something have observed about
farmers. | know twenty or thirty years ago
in Ohio the only crop upon which the
farmer relied to get ready money was wheat.
At that time wheat was hauled in wagons
sixty miles to the lakes, and then through
the lakes to the Erie canal, and the returns
brought back little money. A great change
has come over their industry now. They
raise very little wheat now. We buy our
wheat in Minnesota and Wisconsin for our
family use. We find better profit in
eggs, milk, cheese, butter, barley, beans,
oats, &c. So lands worth a little while ago
thirty dollars per acre are now worth from
sixty to one hundred dollars.
Nv countrymen, am not sure but That
you Virginians will find your farms more
productive il smaller. You must diversity
your industry with these minor crops. You
are in sight OF great cities. while we have to
send our products 900 miles to New York
to find market. You are interested IN
commerce and manufactures. These give
the farmer a market. Agriculture is the
foundation OF commerce. Everything rests
upon agriculture. 1t produces that which
must be carried upon the wings OF COM
merce. Agriculture is 10 the physical
world what faith, hope, and charity are to
the moral world. / trust that we shall nll
have charity for the natural differences OF
opinion that spring up among all branches
OF mankind.
MIR. THOMPSON.
Secretary Thompson being next intro
duced, said that although be had been g
long time from Virginia-nearly fifty
years-hc had not forgotten to cherish
wholesome State pride, and had still warm
attachment for the good old State He was
concerned for the prosperity OF Virginia,
and wished the greatest success to the far
mers Of the State. He spoke ut length in
favor OF united country, and was heartily
cheered throughout his speech.
GENERAL DEvENs.
The President introduced Attorney-Gen-
cra Devens, saying that he was gallant
soldier from Massachusetts, and that he car
ried in his body piece OF lead, and it might
he Virginia lead, and he thought that he
might be more interesting to his hearers for
that reason.
General Dcvens said that when son OF
Massachusetts stood on the soil OF Virginia,
and in the presence of a Virginia audience,
he was entitled to remember that their fore
fathers were the companions OF his in inl-
tiating the great conflict resulting in the in
dependence OF the United States. He con-
tinued in Il strain OF patriotic sentiment
which elected much applause.
SENATOR MORGAN.
Senator Morgan, OF Alabama, was pre-
sented by the President, and made re-
sponse in behalf OF the people 10 the con-
cilatory utteranccs OF the President and his
Cabinet. and in favor of peace and concord,
which was appIauded to the echo.
DR.. LORING.
DR.. Loring, member OF Congress from
Massachusetts, and President OF the Agri-
cultural Society OF that State, was the last
speaker introduced. He addressed the
crowd at considerable length in practical
speech, filled with advice and useful iafor-
nation, the whole peasingly interspersed
with humorous hits and illustrations, which
were received with much applause and
hearty laughter.
Personal.
The President speaks deliberately, but
not too slowly. His words are very dis
tinctv uttered, and his voice is full ant
sonorous. His political experience evident
| " taught him how to speak we'll in the oper
air-iudging from his success Yesterday
when he was under the disadvantage o
being elevated too high above the audience
when the damp weather was calculated Il
make him hoarse, and when the diabolica
music from thetent OF a side-show drowned
some of his words. lie is very apt in in
Producing speakers-a duty that he has I'm.
dertaken and admirably discharged in his
several tours. Mrs. Hayes, handsomely
dressed in black, with Mrs. Sherman and
the younger ladies OF the party, occupied
seats on the porch near the speakers. Mr.
and Mrs. Hayes gave the crowd full oppor-
tunity to see them, not at ali "shrlnking
from the public gaze" Their thoroughly
unaffected manners has made them almost
| as many friends here as their pacific policy
| lJhis is proper. Mr.. B. Johnson Bar Tbour
said, in Introducing Mr.. Hayes, that the
| country was as much indebted to her as to
her hllsband] There are some small pub.
lie oGcers--say, for fun, councllmen-whC
put on more airs in day than the President
| does in a week.
SQUIRE PALMER.
While Senator Morgan was speaking {
colored man, bowling and scraping ant
holding his squirrel-skin cap in his hand
approached the President and desired t.
shake bands. The President accorded the
request. In the presence Of the entire a.
semblage the President and the American
citizen OF African descent shook hands.
II Squire Palmer's merit is only equal tt
his modesty he should be voted into som'
| Office 1T once.
HAPPY BEGINNING.
That was happy beginning OF Mr
doubt on toeo points: First, that the peop
OF Virginia thought very well Of themselves
second, that the people OF all the rest OF tn
country thought very we'll OF them" l
took with the crowd wonderfully well.
Mr.. Evarts thus promptly made friend
OF his hearers-a good thing for an orato
to do. II called upon at that moment the.
would have been willing to vote for him TO-
any office in their gift. Later in his re
marks Mr.. Evarts, besides saying man
pleasant and eloquent things, gave utteranc
to some OF those wonderful long and maZ
sentences which have craZed SO many pho