The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-07-04

scntation. If the States, as New Englan,
teaches, stand in the same relation to TIN
Federal Government as counties do to tn
State Governments, then representa-
tives in Congress should be apportionc'
: to the States as In the States the!
are apportioned to the counties-namely
according to population. 4 little practi
cal consolidation Of this sort would i'm
prove the Yankees more than the soundes
political platform, however glittering it
, gcncralities.
The Radicals are said TO be grcatl,
alarmed at tho prospect of truly Nationa
Convention. They dcnounce its origi
majors and its objects in unmeasuret
terms. This is a good sign, and seems t,
indicate that the South ought to respond t.
the call.
The Charleston Ne,rs calls upon Soutl
Carolina to be the first State to appoint
delegates, rs she was the first to secedt
from the Union. 1T strongly approves o
the movement.
The Memphis Araldnche, the most in.
tcnscly southern Of journals, announces
the call Us follows:
car LAST. AT LAST, Light is beam.
ing once morc-light from the rising sun OF
liberty! The peopie-the people of all the
States-north, south, east, and west, arc
soon to be heard in an old-fashioncd peo.
pies co"ceatioa. The people are now about
moving, and the idea will become i'm
mcnsely popular. Well, We can but re-
joice AT it. Thank Heaven, the people are
moving. We have anxiously waited for
this "moving of the Deep" and it has
come at last. Now, let all row together
for common end as a common good"
The Democratic members of Congress
have drawn up aud signed an address fully
I endorsing the Convention, and urging De-
mocrats all over the country to elect dele
gates who may take part in the proceed
ngs.
The New York Times says:
"Union Democrats as well as Union Re-
publican> may meet upon the terms pre-
>cntcd. We are disposed to look upon
this circumstance as evidence at once of
the dcsirablcncss of such meeting, and
Of the liberal spirit in which the move
ment has originated. In the present posi-
ton OF the country, it were neither pru-
dent nor secmly to quarrel about names.
The great need of the time is Il national,
patriotic, constitutional union party: and
to construct this IRE are prepared to t0rego
sectional shiJboleti,s md TO bury the lrej,.
dices that would keep Union men asun-
der"
The Radical Tribune of the same CITY
says:
"Our advices from Washington import
that Democratic prOnuncidmeNtO is soon
to be issued foreshadowing the coming
FUSION and giving at least the wink to all
the semi-rebcls and negro-hatcrs to help
the boilers to the utmost, with plain
view Of ultimate amalgamation. Mcssrs.
Guthrie, Of Kentucky, and Niblack, of In
diana, lead this movement but it is ex.
pcctcd to take in the entire Sham Demo-
cracy."
We have written so much ratio"
show that in cn.lor-: - -M.e--A@-.- -
IRON AND Ri! BRASS tAls IF Objects of the
Convention, as We understand them, we
were doing only what has been done by
large majority Of the editors of southern
journals. We are by no means anxious to
see our views adopted. Above all things,
We dcprccatv division among our own pco-
pie. If the Convention is to be an IRON
clad affair. "wc'll none Of it," And that
there are two opinions upon thispoint we are
bound to confess. 1t seems that even the
Territorializcrs in this city have had an
idea of appointing delegates, as we learn
from the Richmond correspondent Of the
New York Times, who writes as follows:
1.-THE call for the National Union Con-
ycntion to meet at Philadelphia on the 18th
of August, and the consequent intended
action of the secession Democracy Of Nir-
ginia, have brought crisis upon our
Unionists, and am naturally not little
curious, and much more anxious, to see
how it will be met. The call was only pub
lished in full in the Richmond papers for
the first time this morning, and yet the
/ Dispatch and Examiner accompanied it
with such editorial comments as inculcated
! the belief that the Convention, like scrub
race, is open for all corners. Both these
papers call upon Virginia to send her best
men to the Convention, and their idea of
! Virginia's best men can be filled only by
/ Lee ct al. These developments make it
entirely plain that Virginia Democracy in
! tends to send 4 set of delegates of their
own to the Convention, to the utter igno-
ring Of the Union element Of the State. 1t
can safely he asserted that John B. Bald
win and \. ii. II. Stuart, the most turbu-
lent, yindictive, and intolerant Of their
present leaders, will be Of the number, and
il is equally certain that no such men as
Barbour and Chandler will be sent.
"Of course if our UniOnistS so to work
and elect delegation Of true men, these
bogus delegates will not be admitted to the
Convention, and this adroit and unscrupu-
lous move on the part Of our Democracy
will be foicd. But will our UnioniSts do
anything of the sort! Judging from their
past achievements and recent expressions,
they are in danger of allowing this last
outrage upon them to pass unchallenged,
and simply for want of little energy and
little cohesion. 1t is well, however, to
remark that efforts have already been in.
, augurated to wake up the Unionists in the
various sections of the State to tho vast
importance of the crisis that is now upon
them, and it is within the range OF the pos
sible that the Unionists may send delegates
based upon very respectable popular
vote. If this extremely desirable event
shall happen, / shall hasten to give the H.
formation to the public, in order that the
status of the two delegations that will IL