The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-07

oUEXT SPEECH OF HON. A. H. II. STUART AND
OTHgRs-UNUsUAL EXCITEMENT AND IN
TEgEsT HERE.
tCorrespondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.l
July 6, 1891.
The large meeting OF citizens which as
sembled Monday night ct the couit -house to
expless their indignation at the attempted
assassination of the President was called to
order by Mayor William l.. BlIthis. Hon.
A. II. H. Stuart was called 10 the char, ana
the editors Of tue city papers chosen secre-
taries. Mr.. Stuart, on taking the chair, sald :
We all feel that great calamity has De-
fallen the country. The President oil the
IJnIled States has been stricken down In the
national metropolis by the hand OF vile
miscreant.
This murderous assault Is not merely
crime. perpetrated upon the person OF the
President, hut il is an offence against the
whole people of the United States. lie Is
the chosen representative OF fifty millions
of freemen, aud when the assassin made his
felopious assault on him he struck blow
al the whole American people, and indeed
against the free institutions OF which he
was the representative. Differing as many
Of rs did with the President upon political
Guestiops. we all feel that he is our President.
We all concede that he is man OF great in
telIect and integrity. We believe that he Is
q true patriot, and we recognize that The
feIonioIIs assault on him is a personal
wrong to ourselves. We have met here,
therefore, to give expression to The
righteous indignation which fills our hearts,
i'm view OF the atrocious crime which has
been committed, and OF our profound SYM
pathy with the ilustrious sufferer and his
devoted wife and family. And we would
also offer feryent prayer that bis life may
be spared for the benefit OF bis country.
crime like this is not merely an offence
against the laws of God and man, but it IS
an attack upon the principles OF social
organization and free government every
where.
By the theory of our representative insti-
buttons the voice OF the majority OF the
people Is the only legitimate governing
nower. But If assassination is 10 be sub
stituted for clection-if revolutions are to
be effected by the bullet or dagger OF the
murdeTer-what becomes OF this funda-
mental principle OF representative govern
mentS 1t makes us almost distrust the
institutions under which it has become
possible for one murderer to thwart
the will and blight the prospects OF a
whole nation. In despotic government,
where, as in Russia, the will OF one
man is the supreme law, and where that
will is often directed to the oppression OF
the down-tr0dden and hopeless masses, we
can understand deeply as we may deplore
and denounce the criminality OF the act,
how men goaded to madness by oppression
may seek to redress their wrongs, real OF
supposed, by striking down the arm that
smites them. But when we remember that
this great crime has been perpetraied moi
against tyrant, who was warning against
the best interests OF the cOuntry, but
against the man who was fairly chosen
| bv the voice OF the people themselves o:
their trusted representative against the
man who is the servant and not the master
of the people, our indignation knows nc
bounds, and we feel that no punishment
could be too great for the vile scoundre
| who for base purposes could strike such
fatal blow against humanity, against repub
| lican institutions, against the cause OF free
dom throughout the world
But | must give way to others who
doubt not are better prepared than | am tC
give voice to the feelings and sentiments o
the large and respectable audience which Is
here assembled.
ADpTOpTldtc ItSOlutlOuS MtIt luCu OnCltN
by Mr.. j. YOst, and Colonel j. II. skinner
loudly called for. That gentleman respond
ed in an eloquent speech which was loud
ly applauded. Messrs. NJ. +. White, j
Yost, and Judge j. II. McCue were alsC
called upon, and spoke with much feeling
and elOquence. The resolutions were ther
passed without dissenting voice, and thC
meeting adjourned.
Tho r,ocf infonca iufaPasf hos hppu m an
tested here throughout the four days whicl
have passed since the reception OF the frs
news Of the attempt on the life Of the Pre-
sident, in which all classes OF our citizens
have shared. The bulletn.boards have beer
anXiously watched, and all through the ola!
ana far into the night crowds, irrespective
! OF party, have gathered TO hear the lates
news and discussed the probabilities OF tht
recovery of the Chief Magistrate. Th'
supply OF city dailes has been altogether
inadequate TO supply the demand, and the
full accounts given in the Dispatch have
been most satisfactory, though the pape
has been bought up each day by the crowds
waiting at the depot, so that the carrier
could not reach the streets with them; anC
many times the price OF The paper has beer
offered again and again, without success, 10
q copy. II has been no unusual thing for 2
cents to be paid for a single copy OF III
/ Dispatch, and numbers OF our citizens from
The country who came to the city expressl.
to get paper have gone back home disap
pointed.
/ Nothing since the war has so stirred on
people, and the interest in the condition o
the illustrious sufferer and every circum
stance connected with the tragical affair re
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