The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-17

~ AASAeA = AOANAN T. Ia, 1881,
tn. AePRoAcnlEas ELKcTloSs--The cleo
ton for President, members Of Congress, are
elossas hand. They take place on the first Wed
nesday in next month. With regard to the
Presidential election we have nothing to ray,
except that It 10 important for every man wi o
has . vote TO give 1t. Tho Yankees. With
LINCOLN al their head, have been contending
al along that the recession of the Southern
States il a mere pastizan movement on small
scale, gotten mp By discontented politicians.
and that the great body OF the people not only
do not sympa;hize with it, bu; are n, heart
bitterly opposed to it, This is or was one o,
the prctexts alleged for invading the State OF
Virginia It was eentended that reign OF
terror existed here, and that the people voted
under It's influence II was confidently stated
that if freedom of choice were allowed, the
large majority would be found opposed to Sc
cession, and the Federal army was designed
to set opinion at liberty and enable the
friends Of the Union 10 express their prefer
encc without the fear of bodily harm
Even now the Yankee papers, in sketcbing
their programmes for winter campaign III
the South, reckon largely upon the sympathy
Of vast bodies whom they suppose TO be at
,ached to the old system. There never was u
falser assumption, il is true. But 1T has not
been without it's effect ut the North, where
men, if they could be convinced that the
whole Southern country was arrayed IN heart
aud soul against the restoration of the Union,
would be apt to see the folly of waging u
long and expensive war for 30 unattainaoe
an object 1t is proper that these men-that
Europe--that the whole world-should be
taught the true state of the case, and they can
only DO taught by tie voters OF the Southern
States Let the vote be thin, and ,he people
careless and " Hing 20 suffer the election to go
i,y default, ami they will still have ground for
maintaining their present position. Let the
turn out be general, the movement enthusl-
astie, the vote large, and no ground will be
left them TO stand upon. We therefore hope
that there will be no remissness in this re
spect. Let every man who can get to the
polls deposit his vote. Let none think that be-
cause there is no opposition, there Ii no dan
ger, aud therefore Ro occasion for exertion
large NOlc, we zen Sciin fOSNu ~ III
dulge any chimerical notion to the contrary, j.
more important now than it ever was before
We must show the world who are watching Us
with the deepest interest-we must show our
friends abroad, who are watching us with the
deepest anxiety--we must show the Yankees
and their Government, who are watching us
with the deepest maiign,y-that we are
81 Dot fl,n ,f.Ay,
among us is 30 small as scarcely to make up
that sort Of exception which is said to prove a
general rule. That the whole Southern peo-
pie are united in opposition 10 the old Gov
eminent, and in favor of the new. That the
crisis. in the midst of which We exist, Is a
mighty revolution which ii is wanton wicked
ness, in Il supreme degree, to attempt to sup
press by means of an armed force. That it ie
the strongly expressed desire Of a vast coun
try to change its system OF government, as
every community under the sx, Aas All un
doubted right To do.
The Congressional election is, if possible, to
Virginia at least, ii matter OF still greater i'm
portance than the election of Presidential
electors The soil OF Virginia is invaded. A
Potomac, and its very presence there is work
ing immense mischief throughout our State
The Yankees, we cannot believe, have any
serions hope of conqueriDg the South. But
they do hope to hold their present hne-to
make Mary land "A Yankee State--to keep
firm grasp upon Alexandria-to run tie king
dom of abolition deep into the heart of Viz
ginia--to make Virginia the border State, IN
any negotiation for peace which they may
hereafter present--to render negro property
valueless in that portion of the State-to drive
slavery gradually back, according 20 the plan
of Col HUGH Forces as developed after
JoBs BRowN's unsuccessful attempt ~ pro-
duce an insurreclion-to render Virginia a
Yankee State, and to clear it entirely Of ne
groes, as they will do Ill less than thirty years.
if they he allowed to make it II frontier State
There lies our great danger, and we deem it
highly proper TO point il out. 1t is the fear of
this contamination that renders the whole
population of Virginia SO uneasy. 1t is this
which induced them to hope--while there was
yet room for hope-that an advance would be
made upon Maryiand 1t is this consideration
which should forbid them to vote for any man
who could be supposed capable, under any
difficulties, under any danger, to consent TO
any treaty establishing that line AS boundary
Let it BIZ understood at once, through this
election, that Virginia never will lay down
her arms az long as there is Yankee soldier
on her soil, or Oh the condition that MARYLAND
ia to be the Yankee frontier.
We trust, that in the multitude of candi-
dates before the people, they will make their
choice with an eye single to the great object
now presented to them all. The successful
conduct and triumphant conclusion Of the war
ID the only question now at issue 1t is like
the rod of the prophet. II swallows up all
other quesiions and all other considerations -
Settle that first, and settle all others after
wards. Let all the energies Of the people and
the Government be directed TO that point, and
10 that point exclusively This is no time for
quarreling-no time for splitting hairs-no time
for wrangling about small matters. We are
thankful for small things in the day of small
things but this is no such day We hope
therefore, no man will be voted for who is
not a man Of energy-who will not 20 to the
greatest extent in forwarding the military
operations of the 0Oyernnient--whO is not
enlisted heart aud soul in the canee We say
t. the people, forget ancient distinctions, bury
party animosities, vote for the man who will
push forward the war, no matter what his
SINS no matter what his proclivi.ies, no mat
ter what his party.
MONSIEUR TossoE CoNE AGAIN."-For
the third time, the Virginia Convention, which
was elected with sole view to the subject
Of Secession, WILL ere long assemble in our city.