The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-08-13
The Philadelphia Convention.

movement from its inception !; yet We con-
fess that VIC arc not without fears as to the
result of the effort about TO be made !" or
ganize a JOHNSON party in the northern
States, and to agree upon a platform up
on which all the friends of the President 5
policy can stand together. We have from
day TO day furnished all the information
that we could obtain from every source is
TO the line of conduct which would pr"ba-
.blv be pursued by the peculiar iriehds OF
Mr.. JoHNSoN-we mean those "'o' INV
him have for some years been acting with
The Repuhlican' party, and we this morn
ING rcproaucc n paragraph from the Troy
U1ia Of the 9Th which BODIES no good to
tho South. That paragraph contains tho
statement that Postmaster General RAN
DALI. a member Of the Cabinet, repre-
SCENTS the President 10 be so hostile to men
like VAIIaXpI6HAM and FERNANDO Woon
that he will not affiliate with them even tc
defeat the Radicals. The New York IfneN
and some other Republican journals which
arc friendly to the Convention talk in the
same style and the convention which met
ut Saratoga last week to appoint the dele
gates from the State Of New York IN
dulgcd in speeches and resolutions which
however we'll calculated to make capita
for the JOHNSON men in the northern States
would not be very likely to receive a unan!
nous endorsement or vote if ami oilcr
cd in the Philadelphia Convention. On th>
other hand, We fear that the same Ben
Woop, who, though not a delegate, Is al
ready in Philadelphia, intends to work lol
the adoption Of Il platform which ""u'o
make the Ncrs its only supporter IN Tie
CITY Of New York, and would secure the
defeat Of every candidate for Congress III
the northern States who slouid dare u
take position upon it. The southern
people have q much deeper interest III the
restoration of their States 10 the tnl"n
than any northern man can realize, ana
our delegates should not suffer themselves
to be led of into the consideration "l ah-
stract questions even by such men as W"op
and VALLANplGHAM, whom they will very
naturally regard as their best friends. In
the language of the L%ynchburg ArrS,
edited by a gallant Confederate colonel,
who on many a wcil-tought field proved
that he darcs upon occasion to maintain ms
rights to the bitter end, "they must bear
Gin mind that the otjut of this movement
sis TO effect the pending elections III the
"NOrth, and 10 secure to the Conservative
"party which support the policy OF PreSI-
"dcnt JOHNSON sufficient strength 10 cna-
"ble them TO triumph AT the polls. We
evil not express the opinion that the
"~failurc OF this effort to organize a sue
"ccsslul opposition to radical supremacy
twill sound the knell of hope of aspcedy
Establishment of the vexed questions that
"now disturb the political relations Of the
"country, but it will certainly rctard and
"dclay such settlement to Il degree alike
"iniurious to the interest Of the whole
country, and to the s0ath07l portion
"Melscf especially.
llIiIGN lh' VI IN i ''''~
"cau succeed in carrying the fall elections
ain those important States in which cleo
"tionS are about TO be held, it is useless
"to deny that the reign of radicalism Will
abe prolonged, and tie SouM be lcit en-
"tIdg at Meir mercy. What or fate Will
abe in the event of Il contingency so much
"to DC deprecated, we will not attempt 10
"prcdict, but leave it to the imaglnatioil'
"vf our readers. Under these circui''
distances it becomes our delegates to eA'
~"ercisc the utmost caution and prudence
ain the discharge of the trusts repoSco IL
"thcm. The disposition to ln'cSl 'he pro
"cecdings of the Convention with tI'
udiSt;nctive tenets of the Democratic
"narty. or those views OF policy wihc'
shave hitherto found favor in our locality
"should carefully be suppressed. Il1ell
.woras and actions should indicate their
uaesire to promote the best interest OF
awhole country by favoring Il speedy re,
construction Of the Union on the basi:
cot h Constitution, but without attempt
.;nc to define too rigidly their intcrpre
u.at;on of that instrument"
No better advice than this in the intc
rest Of the South could be given by an.
nan. If our delegates act in the NAME,
here recommended, they at least will no
be to blame if the Convention shall prov,
unable to accomplish its object. The Re
publican friends of the President must
however, meet them halt way. They mus
not expect to induce southern men to en-
dorse the ccntralizing doctrines Of Mr.
SEWARD, nor the right OF. Congress to i'm
pose test oaths upon southern representa-
tivcs Tor northern either as to that matter
for we oppose the application Of tcSt-oatl,
even to the vilcst of Radicals). 1t seem,
to us that a body of intelligent and patri,
otto men, sincerely DESTROYS of restoring
peace TO the country, and agreeing, one
and all, that in order to this end the pre-.
sent ruling faction must be put down, can.
not fail to find 4 common position upon
which they can all stand whilst engaged ir
so important u work. All the fears ",
entertain are caused by knowing that il
every previous similar assemblagc SO nu.
lncrous as this Convention will be, there
have been men ready to cavil about the
merest trites, and DESTROYS of nothing clst
so much as TO make themselves conspicu
.,y t ,n 1a-- 49, iii 1.