The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-06-21

Good News-The Vote of the Southern
States to be Counted in the Presi-
dental Election.
The National Republican OF yesterday
as if speaking with the full authority OF
the President, declares in substance that
the vote of the southern States shall be
counted in the Presidential election OF
1865, and predicts that any attempt IL
prevent them from exercising their usual
influence in choosing President would
"provoke conflict quite as 'irreprcssi-
BILE if not as bloody, as that which has
"just terminated
The article in the Republican denounccs
the Radicals as having concocted "con-
spiracy" against the Government. Their
opposition to the Presidents plan of resto-
ration, and advocacy of q ridiculous plan
of their own, is cited as proof. at is no
1.-The votes Of loyal senators and = sN
sentatives from lately rebel s. S'z''.ne pre.
"the Radicals in Congress. ;i IPio ,ates tina,
Not a, all. Their re reare afraid Of
"inconslueraoie Tor numbers are toe
"qn unrsprese,tof THAT. But the idea tia,
.@ fre. 80 ssa State cannot hare electors
onces " Jno-ssnt and Vice-PreSident' i'll.
UNI men Em to keep the southern States
quite Presented.
"'"'erhe Republican proceeds then to argue
this question for the benefit of such Radi
calls, if any there be, as are influenced by
reason and argument. The attempt to dis.
franchise the south is nothing less than q
conspiracy to override the Constitution
under the guise Of new construction OF
the second paragraph of the first section
of article two of that instrument, which is
in these words:
Each State shall appoint in such man.
ner as the Legislature thereof may direct,
a number OF electors equal TO the whole
number of senators and representatives to
which the State may be entitled in the
Congress"
"That the clause in question continues
"the Republican, makes the electoral
"voice of State depend upon whether it
sis represented in Congress or not, is a
construction without any warrant in the
"text. 1t makes the number of electors
"to correspond with the number Of senators
land representatives to which the State
sis withdrawing more. 1t does not
"make their appointment depend upon
representation in Congress any more
ethan it makes it depend upon
"whether a State has stated preaching
"within its borders. And we think we
"hazard nothing in saying that the con-
"struction contended for could not be
maintained before any intelligent court"
We conclude our extracts with the fol-
lowing paragraph:
"Another point in this conspiracy We
understand to be a construction of the
paragraph in the same article relating to
the opening Of the certificates by the
President of the Senate, by which it is
concluded that if the President of the
Senate refuses to open the certificates
from the eleven States in question, their
electoral votes, if sent to him, will be le-
gally stihed. We remember that this
question was very generally discussed in
the winter of 1861, when it was given out
in certain quarters that Vice President
Breckenridge did not intend to open GER
tain certificates, enclosing the reports OF
electoral votes cast for Abraham Lin
coin. and we believe il was then very
generally understood that candidate
having majority of all the electoral
votes cast in the colleges Of the States,
as there declared and published, was
entitled'to tho office whether the Vice
President opened the certificates or not. We
cannot contemplate any attempt to stihe
the electoral voice Of State by such
means without the most painful apprehen-
Sions."
Coming from the official organ Of the
President, this article is entitled to pro.
found consideration. 1t holds out to u,
the hope that if We continue to support the
Constitution and the Union, the President
will see TO 1t that we shall have voice ir
the choice Of our next rulers. With tn,
- aid Of the generous and just of the peopl,
Of the north We can drive the Radicals gu
Of power, and, If We choose, reflect An
DREW JOHNSON.
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Elo~fion In, Mast Viv0inia