The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-25

GsDsrAf EWlDE speak
IAygRY GENEEAL ExpHEss10N or POLITICAL
5s y1KWs.
fFrom She wazhirgton gostJ
stG eaerai, do you believe you VIII De
lelected3 y asked the Post YESTERDAY OF Gen
eral Ewing, Democratic candidate for 10y
1erner OF Ohio. -
eyes, lie. replied, I'm very positive
| manner 2. / believe the people OF OHIO are
swim us In this fight, aud thai we anail WIN
Lit In spite, OF all the money and. Official In
fluehce oil. the Republican party"
! ~What viii you make the CHIEF Issues IN
your canvass" w 80. I, !, =, =
81 shall stand squarely on the Demo-
cratic platform. Free elections AND: nhan-
ciaI relief are the chief issuesatzI nose ques-
Itions areiof equal Importance, and. are par
amount to all others now being discussed.
The platform adopted by the convention
which nominated me defines the Deinoeratlc
position, and the principles set iortni are Inc
0s.frhe Republican, papers have asserted
that you will eyade the financial question"
ooh, yes; but that is like many other
assertions they make; it is not true. l
shdIls maintain the same principles have
always advocated, AS L have stated, the
tOhio Democratic platform speaks plainly
tupon- the issues we put before the people,
aad L stand upon that platform. am not
given toldodging upon political questions
myself, and in the coming canvass lntend
| to stand by my weil-knownprlncipies
MWill the Greenbackers Of Ohio support
yon : ~ .:u, 4s:i,, & -
~ think I shall get two. thirds OF the
Greenback, or National vote, and feel Ger
tain I will get more than half Of it. The
abIest and strongest leaders OF the parry
in the State openly support me, and outsioe
Of the State such leaders OF that, party as
Hon. Hendrick B. Wright, OF PennsYlva-
MIA: Governor W. Ladd, OF Maine; WILL
liam M. Lowe, of Alabama; and Stevenson,
Of Illinois, honestly favor my election, anu
will make speeches for me In the State:
| When the votes shall have been counted L
think Secretary Sherman will ind that MS
Greenback allies only number such men rs
the Lee Crandalls OF the National party.
The solid men OF the Nationals are not dis
posed to make Secretary Sherman fresloent
OF the United States"
nIs il true, General, that large sums OF
money have been subscribed to aid IN your
|election?" NJ
arr it is true I am not aware Of it. We
must make a canvass upon principle ana
truth to the people to sustain US. Inc Re
pubIicans have the advantage IN having the
ability 10 raise all the money they want;
bnt we have new law in Ohio, enacted by
the last Legislature, making all forms OF
bribery and intimidation, all uses OF money
TO influence electors, punishable by I'M
prisonment in the penitentlary. The Demo
Gratis intend to see that law enforced. Our
faith, though. is in the uppurchasab!e cltl-
zsns who believe in and will sustain the
right"
Do YOU believe Fosters election would
aid John Sherman's plan ?"
eyes, believe his election would make
Secretary Sherman the next nominee OF the
Renublicans for President. In fact, he
rms ~ Sberman's friend for the prcsl-
dencv, and that is understood and not de-
MED"
lance between yourself and Tilden 2"
"There is no truth ut all in the story. 1t
ia nure fiction, nonsense. / have no alll-
ances with Mr.. Tlden or any other man
except such as legitimately belong to our
State ticket in Ohio. / have no preslden-
tial alliances with any man. am the can
didate of the people OF Ohio for Governor,
and nv only ambition is to win the position
to which have been nominated. shall
endeavor to keep the presidential question
out Of this canvass. The Democracy Oh
Ohio have their well.krown preference for
the presidency, and this State election will
have nothing to do with that"
nAnd that preference is Thurman ?"
eyes"
"Did you see Mr.. Tildenin New York ?'
eyes, in company with Senator Randolph
and ex-senator Barnum / called 10 pay my
respects TO Governor Tilden, and we spent
about an hour with him. Not word was
said about the next presidential contest or
about contributions for the Ohio canvass"
.sHaye you seen the New York 1Tibune's
story in regard to Senator Pendleton's
seacmines FOR the presidential nomination
in 1882"
II haven't read it, but have heard about
II. That is too weak and silly to merit any
notice from me. All the Democrats OF Ohio
are united and harmonious in this canvass,
are determined to win the coming election,
and no leader has any ambition beyond
success next fall" ..
"Now, General, give an explanation Of
your celebrated sOrder No. IL that is so
often quoted. and the Post will leave you
| TO your work ?"
cit hardly needs explanation" he said.
So It was a necessity of war, and necessary
| to save the lives OF the families and friends
OF the guerlllas, who were almost the only
persons affected by it. The town Of Law
renee had just been burned by Quantrell,
and 1874 unarmed men murdered in cold
blood. That border district was already
depopulated, only two or three hundred
families remaining, generally as spies and
purveyors for the guerilas. II 1 hadn't
ordered them out, the Kansas people,
led by Jim Lane, would have burned
them out. The order was executed without
the use OF single soldier. 1t executed IL
self. 1t was in the middle OF August, whch
the people could move without discomfort,
and so far from the order to them to remove
being hardship, any decent family w etna
have preferred to live in HI rather IMAM
stav there. The order settled the border
war by cutting off the supplies OF the que
riilas. It was approved by Malor-General
schofield and by President Lincoln. Cen
eraI Schofeld said, in letter published TWO
years ago, that President Lincoln, hlmself,
and mvsef were responsible for the order.
in in the proportion Of our respective rank
and authority"
Wherever the "repeal" speakers have
been met in debate they have accomplished