The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-08-20
From tho Petersburg EXPRESS.


urcn the coming campaign, and for the southern
dsiogatea to refrain from expressions az dissent.
ne "Ia 80 nrnnc,oa ,n sanctIon ana on ther
adoption II IL to he presumed they were permitted
| to nc carried by default 80 far a. southern men,
Under this aspect Of the matter we can readily
% %n,sTta , from ali e, in.ty
heir action 10 their constituents. They are gen
;lrmeu of high character and not To be suspected
for moment Of the weakness ur treachery OF com
promising thu honor Of the South, even with the
.,rcty ~ having her representatives admitted
i,w months or few years CARRIER 10 their seats IN
im making these concessions, however. we are a.
'ar As any other man from surLcnd"rlns me man man
The 3usice of her cause, has ELECTED Tins imposing
molemen; III her favor.
From Forneys Press tRsttlesnake Radical
! Tho FIRST resolution halls the return Of peace in
| uuhsppily there !. ~? peace lnr iathiut Cnioh
men in the south. Even now vigilance com
mit,ees are a'work In louisiana n9'iiy,nS nsr
| bc tolerated in that community: The second ffs9
| luton i new pr"scntment OF the - mon ~ II
was and tho Constitution as 1t l." doctrine, the
| ,mriness or which has been fully and frequently
| exposed The third aud fourth resolutions con,
| iaii the great tub thrown 10 the Southern ana
| Gnnr.rb.ad whalc-a guarantee Of the right OF
| nncund !tinnai representation. and promise, !"
support no congressman who are nnpedSfu I"
Ao.ma Here is the lever Ia be used 10 dsii'cSfa'e
| IA" II. publican party in the coming elections
aud to obtain it, the Compartments and rebels nus.
i
| ycrc willing to crawl for desperate chanc"
70 regain power The reader VII not ian
| ., no,r too thsi not word was said IN refer
| ~mco 10 the maintenance" oil me test oatn' ~ni,e
the spirit Of the resolutions was clearly against H.
rhe hfth resolution denounc.s the right OF sccrs
sion but 10 max" this proposition paia,ahe to the
southern delegates, couples with IL hostiiyt Ia an
exclusion through action In Congress or other
wise II any State a. If IL was a. great an offence in
lnval men 10 insist upon guarantees anocedeut I"
the return Of rebels a. ii WAX for them TO endeavorto
establish the Coufederacy The sixth resolution is
m fh,y ms
tn" Constitution are To be made. but it proposes no
changes. The committee fatty refused 10 submit
| 20 RAYMOND proposition in the New York 1imeS
tn the amendment Congress has submitted 10 The
| people should be approved The seventh rrso!u-
iona Iona ~ s1bi"ci /" diverse iii.rpre,aons Willie
| il asserts that the freedmen shall receive "equa!
protection in every right of p-r-on and property,
| il favors no SPECIFIC measures and suggests u"
lncthod tor accomplishing this end. The d"clara.
ton in itself, II sincere, would be- fun warrant
fur the most radical measures of Congress for the
| Civil Rights bill, the Freedmen, Bureau, and
| even for impartial suiIragc-brcauSe they are all
/" ! PFEs nt hr co On ,r% r nTan "
ra!n proiui.: to the ear IL intended 10 break to
The hop" for the benefit of crcdulous Republicans
The eighth resolution is declaration against the
| rr,rt debt. and in favor Of maintaining un'm-
pcached the Federal crcGit W" are glad that this
| pledge has been made now, even II, AZ l. rroUa-
| bic many Of IN" c"nventionists cnd"avor To vio-
| late II hereafter TIL" ninth resolution "uloSihc>
| tn" services Of the Federal soldiers and sailors,
and asks that " the most generous and considcfao
| care should be EXTENDED to the survivors and
| - to tn" widows asd orphans oil those who fell.
| This is runlucudablC doctrine, but il sounds
| STRANGELY AZ an eIanation from convention two
| thirds of whose members are rebels or copper
! heads
| From the Phia delphia Ledger independently.
| Concerning nine of the ten propositions In the
declsr.tinn there can he very little difference Of
opinion among the people who do their own think
| ing certainly they afford no ground Tor excluding
those who maintain those propositions from repre-
sentation in Congress or participation IN the Co
vernment.. The tenth r,op"oition Is strong eX,
the present state of political agitation there Will of
course he wide differences Of opinion. Laying this
one aside however. IL should be gratifying 10 the
masses of the America people 10 find the represen
talivc men Of tn" South voting in solid body for
| such an expression of their present views and
opinions As is contained In the declaration {" pm
| From the Lynchburg News.
! The wisdom which directed It's operations, and
the ptrio ism which controlled its action, are I'M
.luirOcallv displayed in the addresses delivered,
! in the moderate counsels which prevailed, and,
| above ALL in the temperate and conservative cha
racter ~ the resolutions adopted They are in Tact
more catholic and less objectionable 10 the South
than we had dared to hope. True, some OF them
will cause wry face in southern communities but
! taken a. whole and looking To the purposes de-
signed to be accomplished, . We acqniesce.'
Extremists of both sections Will OF course hnd
much to crticse in the d. clarat"ns as well as in
the incidents Of the Convention. but the true con.
s"rvatveS "tthe country from all sections Will hali
II - the harbinSer of brighter day.
I The N,acs is edited by Colonel Withcrs,
late Of the noted Eighteenth Virginia rcgi-
mcnt. 1t opposed southern representation
in the Conventional
From the New York Sun tIndcpcndent Unionl.
The platform throughout hr"athes the sentiments
Of tn % M H%%rs Ii Inc N"f ana me ne
principles speaks vol for their present loyalty to
the Union. Tho address is simply an ampli icaion
| OF the views embodied in the platform. Both do
currnts are in keeping with ia" spirit which cha
riCt"rIz"d the Convention throughout Us session !;
| bat the political effect will depend chiefly upon
whether the southern delegates truly reflected the
/ temper and sentiments of their constituents.
/ The conservative men al me North, u" mater
\ with what party they have hitherto affiliated, will
b" inclined lu endorse the proceedings oi the Con,
ven'i"n and If ts principles are strictly adhered
| tn, il will become the starting point OF material
/ ti"nal 10 national parties.
From the charlottesville Chronicle.
/ The platform OF the Philadelphia Convention is
all excellent, with the exception of the re ,o!ution
/ thanking III" Federal soldiers for their services
Even suEpo>ins that the southern delegate, voted
against this tof which there L. no evid"ncel, the
! party goes before the country on this programme"
II il an Insult Ia tn" people ~ the south We ar"
"Inir-d by II" cS"Sr"itrS at the Norm to f, S
saushtrr OF our sons. and the loss of our liberty
This was what we feared when we opposed r"nd-
Ing southern delegates to the Convention. IL may
seem polite To- suffer degradation and shame, or 10
utter what Is false but II is not rIyL ana we do
L.TKR-Sincc the above, we have received the
resolutions the Convention IN lui. bns frsOln-
ton atirms that the "war has maintained the au-
thority Of the Constitution" Another recognizes
TIA, "scrviccs Of the Federal army These Tcso-
lutions, II now appears. passed nnhnim0uSt9
From the Norfolk Eirg!nian.
As whole, we may perhaps consider them as
eninenilv conservative, al the same time excepting
To some OF the declarations, which are contrary to
our notions of government, It's duties, and It's
powers At another time We may have more to say
on this subject
From the Lynchburg Virginian.
The resolutions which constitute the platform OF
the new Constitutional Union party of the United
States were adopted without a dissenting voice.
They were carefully drawn and dclibcrated upon
by gentlemen representing every State OF the
Union and all the old parties into which we have
been heretofore divided. Taking them In their
entirety, they ~ unexccptonable as any SOUTH
ern man could have anticipated, or even wished
They concede every right We now claim, and en-
force every obligation which the Constitution
Imposes on those who, for the present dominating
over the people of sister States, practically deny
our equality In the Union. Subject tn en- 10 the test
Of analysis, and il will be found that In all save
the right of State to secede from the Union they
are in almost perfect accord with the doctrines
which have been held and maintained by the best
eXpositors of the Constitution who have held that
our confederation of States was never designed 10
imply consolidation with the obliteration oil State
rights and State authority.