The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-29

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o. tie SecoFa Congressional Dfstr c: In re-
cent editorial OF the Richmond Exarsiner
MANY and most forcibie reasons were given
why you should elect to the first Congress of
the Confederate States your respected fellow
citizen and distinguished statesman, tx
President TYLER. If further reasons were
wan ted they would he found in the spirit and
ability eviDced in his recent eloquent and
patriotic address 10 you and far more in the
great moral weight which his presence in
mat Congress would have, not only witt the
congress and people Of the Con fedora te
States but with or Northern enemies and viii,
foreign nations, t0-Ehom he Is so well known
But let him be defeated by any OF the COM
peuu% cani,dateS and this reeuit will be
deemed a broad and exultantiy reioiced over
by cur Northern foes rs a rehuhe by this dis
tr'ct 70 his patriotic zeal ana services in til
Southern cause. Especially will this be 80 if
ms successful competitor be one VINO taxaiiy
and reluctantly acquiesced in secession, and
III the Convention voted against the exntI-
sion OF an dcc0mPJjcc If Garlic ,tol, in The FED
srdi Congress- And by that com pptitor he viii
De defeated, II defeated at all, I refer 10 Nj
Macfarland.
Bat my purpose is net to engage in the un-
necessary task Of advocating Nj Tyler's
el"ction but 10 give some reason why his
competitors should net be elected
OF Mr.. Lee httre need be said II he should
not tas we till h0pe he will see. and ,rorn ut
Iy act or the proprItty Of Withdrawing from
q ROpsi less canvass, tGe Ouly elect Of HIS psr-
sisteAcc i'll his delu$iou viii be to himself n
great inortiicauon, ana the diversion OF &
very few votes from MI Tyler in .id To that
extent OF AIR. II aclariand's success for be-
twees the latter aud Ar- Tyler the contest
nnqrtstoaabiy VIII be. And this last OBJ
JectIoA IS appllc&oie with far greater Io1ce 70
Mr. Lyons.
Although every impartial man IN the dis
tricl can see The moral certainty OF his defeat.
by r large "jortry, yet he viii doubtless pol.
ii culislQer3pit Aurib o. votes, aud every oue
Of those votes will BE- taken from II TYLER ;ld
aid plgCtirp III EIf,.{.- II ia.
ammo uncIn% himself CanGid2t. h stated tbs. I
he did 50 because neither Mr. TYLER nor III
Mactar!and were candidates. They were both
cundlGa5es = far dqsas nflcr Elr vler's aoloi-
nation appearing in the neyvsr&pers ia. ne1s lqg
G1tsr Mr.. LyCrs's, IL is believed, and prOa;iblT
written before Mr.. Lyous's. Let the people
hoiG Ac- Lyons 10 his own voluntary oner,
ana II he VIII not withdraw, As was expected
OF him, let the people themselves execu tie Ms
first (a7d bcst) inten tion
To blT, mcfarland the objections have
been already partly minated. A strenuous
opponent up to The last moment Ct saca ssicu
II lne Convention of Virginia, where le DE-
"Ied "a dTSa3aet ne S0rsrseBtg u TIE stats md
tas night OF secession aj,Hr05tfe' a7ifGTflig
t"t1r2 Ht Carfte and his perry before lie -Ct Of
st'teHi. n AMI }0AE after tEat even g -ainsl
he expansion from the Convention Of Brown,
Ctriiie'S }coOmp ilco, and Iiuc0lu's congress
mHn- what could more pr judice this district
III the tst'mation OF the waole Sou bern Con
gGeSs ana tonteder&cy, o. give more 1nCour-
aE*ntHf 70 our enemies, Tban the election Of
such q man to Non ertss, and that 100, as
"9ajnst such c0Tpe.il0r is x-Pce>idaAt Ty-
Ter,
And yet such a disastrous result may De So
rlo"sly hazaCded by the IerS >teuce in tie
Canvass OF Mr.. LYONS.
Another great objection &c rLr. Nactlrlaud
is his Office OF Bank President which, while
IL gives him an extensive and powerful infia-
ence, Is inst to thu extent iuimical to the
proper exercise OF the elective franchise by
lie people 20 dangerous 70 The purity ana
paTma nerce a our Institutions is this money
power that il is q serious problem Wit h MANY
whether our Constitutions, State ard Con
t-Gerate, ought rot 10 render Ineligible 10
Office any ctioar Of a money -iei-s!ius Ilstita-
ion.
Besides this. one OF thu most in portaut Cu-
ties o. th2 first Congress cf The Confederate
States viii - 20 est.sg!i5I and put in opera
ton, perhaFs Tor many years tie ngiicy oI
the Government IS 10 lis finance @rfei car
rehey. To deal win these IuoraentoUs suo-
jeets il the councils OF the ConIeieracy. a
Bank President is the last man who should
be selected They shculd be dealt with Or
erp.rseaA ~ end impartial stdfc>msn, whose inter
eSts are Iden titled WIFI th0se of the pcoD}s Il d
not by the represents tive o. a cJy9oratsea
whose function IS TO make as laucl money Is
possible our of the community.
DNE or TIE pFoPEE
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