The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-06
Airbnnab Dispatrb.
MORNlNa. rev .. 1881

AttVnluAu Ul1f Idty.
WEDNESDAY, MORNlEu.. rev. ., 1851.
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Tux DAr OF Etgcrios--For the iret Tin .
the people of the Confederate States VIII to day
elect their own President and Vice President,
There Is no opposition to either of the candi-
iatee for these high positions. Busi il most I'M
rortant that this fac, should not be permitted
To keep single voter from the polls. Every
loyal citizen of the Confederate States should
feel that he has duty to discharge 10 his
conntry to-day by voting for the President
and Vice President, and thus ensuring full
vote, and thereby letting the world zee that
the new Government s the work of the People
of the sonth, and not of faction, as is falsely
pretended by the Yankee despotism. The
pclitice Of the past have no concern with tho
present The names Of Wing and Democrat are
eutthe rubbish of the old partition wallis ola fal-
len political eiiiice LEI the dead bury their dead
1t lie not even the question whether DAVIS and
sTkrarss are the men best qualified OF all
others for the positions they occupy. 1t is
enough that they are the updoubsed choice of
a great majority of the people; that they are
tho accredited ensign bearers of the greet
popular movement, and that TO SAage them
DOW. or even TO elect them by feeble ex-
preston OF the popular viii, would tie to iIn-
pair the moral aud political prestige influence,
and strength Of our own cause. Wnilst we
cannot expect disloyal citizens TO vote for d
Government which at heart they believe has
nc claim upon their allegiance, we are sure
that every faithful and true son Of the South
Will perform his part to-day in demonstrating
TO the world the depth aud universally of the
Southern movement
OF the public career Of JErrERsos DAVIS
II 10 unnecessary that We should speak This
paper, which was behind no other in Virginia
in advocating Secession, has never failed to do
justice to the Southern leaders, with DAVIS al
energy, the Southern people are indebted for
their liberation from the chains of Lincoluisn
In the Senate of the United States, and as Sec
Rotary of War, President DAVIS achieved q
reputation for craftsmanship which has been
more than sustained by his brilliant and
successful administration of the Confederate
Presidency. His iron viii and inexllaustibe
courage are tempered and adorned by ii rare
moderation of character, and humanity of dis
position The tributes paid by the Feder>l
Journals to his administrative ability, at the
time they supposed him dead, show the real
estimate in which he is held even by an eui.
Uttered enemy.
ALEXANDER Ii. STEPHENS, the candidate for
the Vice Presidency, has long been known to
the whole coantry1,s one OF the ablest, purest,
and most eloquent of the public men of Anne
RIGA Indeed, we know no American Of the
century who combines in q more eminent de-
gree the best qualities Of craftsmanship aad
h.losophic moderation Of spirit than Ir
STEPHENS. He possesses rare faculty OF
equaniIaity, of self balance. and sef-possession,
which enables him to think clearly aud reason
calmly amid the most exciting events Whilst
other vessels are heaving and pitching bows
under amid violen. storm, there il / life boat
which moves as buovautly in a heavy sea as
IN cain, and which never catches drop { 1
water upon her decks. Mr.. STEPHENS often
reminds ns of this life-boat We have read
ctCSSuIs VI A4s, uChfCICh siitiiu the W nubSi
of party excitement, that might
have dropped from the calm, blue depths of
midsummer sky, so fraught were they with
wisdom, 30 wonderfully free from excitement
and passion. And yet, the same ,nan, as an
orator, had no equal in the Congress of the
late United States. The same calm atmosphere,
through which words of wisdom and modera-
ton can drop as softly and unsteady as sum
Iner rain upon the roof, can thicken with the
tempest of powerful emotions, and dart forth
streams of electric light that thrill every heart
and gild every subject they touch with flashes
Of beauty and grandeur. The name of such
man lis a tower of strength TO the Southern
1t has within It's bounds no
loftier intellect, ne heart more loyal, no nature
more svmpathizing and humane. no man for
whom every Southern citizen and every man
who has son or brother in the army,
should more cheerfully, promptly, and enthu-
vote than for him who, in
his merciful and transformations visits to the
-ick soldier has proved himself the Good Sa-
marian not less than the great statesman--
II. STEPHENS.
With such names upon the Presidential
ticket az JEFFERSON DAVIS and A. ii. SfE-
pHkEs, the whole South may unite az one
man. AL former party distinctions may well
be oblitsrased. The strongest advocate of the
Did Onion yields TO no man in enthusiasm for
The President, and we, who were among the
frst advocates Of Secession in Virginia, be-
ieve that we speak the voice OF all our 90. |
shorers when we give to STEPHENS as warm |
4 heart and az cordial a hand as we ever gave |
% DAVIS. We recognize no longer any such |
distinction as Seceesioniets or Union men.--
The past is dead and buried Since the war |
began. the Union men have contributed as |
much by their labors, sacrifices, and perils, TO |
he common cause as any original secessiouiss
NJ Va all "Greater proof Of love can no man |
give, says the inspired volume, than that he |
ay down his life for his friends" This il |
vha. both Secessionists aud old Unionists have |
lone and are doing every hour and every day,
md man cannot demand a better test of aifee- |
ION and loyalty than that which God has pro.
!simed
PRooLAxATioE FOR FAST DAY-The |
of President Davis for a day of |
NATIONAL fasting and prayer will be univsr- |
ally observed through the Southern States. |
Ne rejoice that the Fxecuf;ve of the Confad