, 1865-08-02
The Aichmend Fiction.

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In the fret place, the bAlicts cast for Mayor
AID other Officers, were cast by community
forming part Of 3 people Who have peTcr
skunk, End who under thB provideCc. OF
Gcd never will shrink. frnm any fesp,nsibili-
| Il that devclTss upon them. Being Virglui-
sns th"y can never be elavas being A,n-r.-
| cans they can Lever surrerdes that iaalirna.
bic right of free opinion that b:cam. part
Of tEesr existence with mo.htr's milk. To
be othGfwfse than manly and shove disrn -
In Their dealings with their political fellows
would be the act Of eniye!lc.s and time sery.
trg creatures crawling between heaven aud
Garth with the brand Of the coward and Tie
moral lcpe1 upon their fcrehezds--obisc.s W At
oLce Of feoIn end dcrisicn to every hoporable
mind. There vas no pol!ti1a1 Issue raised IN
the Choice for Mayo:.-thete we're no psrty
cries around which to rally the friends Of Ids
Or That candidate. T.ul it was, that Mr,
Tsylor Instituted an Issue when he declared
Cnttn man." hut Mr.. Taylor might haya
thought, when he made thas announcement,
that The election WAS Glcady foregoue con.
clusi0r, sld that Mr. stufdiysot, the SUE
cees'ul candidate, was the choice OF the m1.
}o1ity Of tbs Richmond electors. Therefore
the tctt soukht to BE- made bV tie former
gentleman Was -powtrlsss Is btirE decisive
though Mr. Ssurdivnnt has not deemed It
necessary to declars hfmsslfa Union man"
he is still man who has taken the ox1ii CT
allegiance 10 tie United States, and who
means b abldc by bis cath. Inaamuch as the
EclutiDy Ct the GoreInmtntey eya does not ex-
brains, and as the theory OF 1oyalty does rot
Involve moral turning Of q Man 1as!de out
to get at his convictions, tie barp :act that
Mr. Stu dlvaRt hhs subscribed to .te a.
pointed oath mnkea him foil as loyai mau
under the Constitution a. Gen. Ter,v or Mr,
Ii FIFY1H I'D IN x.
Is 10 do injosticc to Mr.. .Ssurdlvan: and to
doubt the saving sfacacy Of the oath of a1o.
gtance. But Nr. 6turdiyant commanded a
hstttry Il the Confederate service, and did a
soldle. Is duty in the Gauss, Soma will utse.
Yes; bat that Has before be had taken t1e
ca!h Of allegiance 70 the United s;a:es, aud
before there Was acy question to be rziaed a.
to his s'lty ATTY" But 1hen those xho hsd
htcn so}titrs ID tie Confederate army Toted
fer hfms Pcsxialy; hut every ex soidi-r
~ho voted had also undergone the pugifyinl,
process. ard T*s as much entitled 10 a vSte
as is lr* Greeley or Mr. Stanton. But they
were men who had been s:l!iczs vho vatrd
tor . .1an Who hed ais been soldiers ye1v
true; hut that was only an evidence Ct the
fsee-nss nry ct the craft, aud Of d brave
mau's appreciation Ct one who lad
underCtne the selEsamc rerils AID
ha1dships thst he himself had known.
Her, II br:f' &c ths arguments, advanced
political aspect upon the late elections,
There were Frrscrttd fer tie sufTrascs CT lie
people for eome Of the Offices, CERTAIN men
who had become crippled aud naifned in var.
These men Tire people locked upon as sac ed
lefactes-9pd Why. Because, right or wrong.
tle.r tlood had been 1bed mud their b,nd,es
had been siattertd In The pnblic defense.
Personal popularity In most cases, united to
that q symp4thy for those who had not dis
hpnorab1y suffered in their persons. ca-risd
the day genesa1ly In favor Of these candI.
dates md becanke the poor Hny.3orn SOL
dser-the irst:ument Of hattie and the IN
honord and 1usan2 iocd for powue.-the
machine who for long weary Years had trod
mountain and Talley, keeping tina to tue
clink, Of his cauteen and muekct-1he single.
heated merry fellow who had lived a cen
tury Of pIiyaiou In four years Of blood
md tattlc-becnrse he was not kicked
to the dogs now that peace Is restored acd
bis services are no lenger needed, aod toii
to hohble upon his cru;ch In s.ar:h Of q
liz, lihood, forsooth! the people that elected
him to IN Office that would afford Hun a
support for bis family, that for the warr1ne
years were lanrulehtng 1usyhap tor bread,
At ttMe too, That Futee lOt n were Tio.inC
c. f1eIs, are 1ouled with the declaration rnat
tacy hase acted wrongly, have det1ed the
power OF tic United States Government.
and have given cause for anger to that y5r*u.
ous class OF prosctiptionis'A who a-e even
now urdergo ding the penalties of tie co:scc-
t'onal Q! tie hands Of Mr.. johnson. |
In our rtunsks, rs aboya, We b&ys esas we'd !
to foIestall any talee aud erroneous Impress |
lon that nay be eent forth as to the moral |
nt our Chatter elections. We beg those in |
tho North who may take sufficient INTEREST |
II cur local rt1airs as to adopt The gloomy
slews Of q local contemporary. to believe
that the firm felRtasions Of "1ae Unton"
were eot shaken by the election CT Mr. Stur.
alvant. on Tuesday; that Gen. Terry did r:t |
consider 1t necessary to send G regiment of |
horbe and one On foot, snd a battery Of ar
tue1y, to preserve order at the polls: tbat
no 'srebenii n" has become imminent |
since the occurrence, and that the CITY
ls still politely watched over hy |
The uEuc1 delachments of the cousIdcrstc and |
courteous United States troops who bare
been doing duty here since the occupation,
du stae, We leg every Northern Radical to !
estlan LIS manly wrath, and to be sure that
is Richmond has Toted-fearles.. independ-
Mt aud above discu!se-so viii the sreat
tn Of Virginia cast hez entire
1o:e, when the time for the further exe1c;se
d tie elective franchise comes around. With
which conclusion we salnte the new Mayor
nd tao-e bravo electors who elevated him
0 Office, abd exhibited, in so doing, some
hing Of that undaunted spirit which would
:eler extinction to dlsho1or.