The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-09-11
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.

LETTER FROM WARRINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
Washington In the midN OF Unparalleled
Dulincxs The Presidents Fight with the
Radicals- Dagger OF any flaRging by inc
EXccuiive-The Question OF Impeachment
Boldly Discussed-The Convention Of L",Ar
ists-Their Happiness and the Platform ,"s,
Built for the Radicsls-DouEla'' anu D.A
snsoa, etc. go.
WAsurSorox. September ., 1866.
washington continues dull BEYOND com
psrison--so very dull that there IS haru!s
an item worthy to be chronicied as ma;
ter of news. The absence OF the Fresi-
dent and other prominent officiais mas I'M
nor,ed a degree of insipidity TO th'hss In
The national capital which has never LOT
many years been equalled. There Is great
anxiety 10 know what will be the order oil
rho dav when the distinguished party re.
inrus TO the seat Of government. The
scht with the Radicals, which has been
waxing stronger and more intense each
day. is certain 10 develop something new
when the President and Secretary Of State
. resume the official duties, and all the wea-
rons which can be employed to aid the
Conservative cause in the coming elections
will be used. There is very little doubt
but that if the Wade and Chandler men
carry the day in the political fight, an at
tempt will he made at impeachment. 1t
is certain If the present state OF passion
continues. The disposition is not new
one. IL was mooted in secret caucus dn-
ring the last session, and strongly favored
by some of the more head-strong members
of the Radical party during that period,
and onlv abandoned on the score Of i'm
policy. At present everything seems in
such a precarious state that il is impossL
BILE to speculate accurately upon what Is
in the future. New developments arc
bound TO appear in q very little while.
The Radicals are angry, and some of their
leaders seem inclined for any desperate
purpose. The President has again and
again declared his determination not to
Weld an iota Of his constitutional princi-
plcs: and owing TO these facts many predict
another clash of arms; but not in the
South. 1t is very probable, however, that
after the elections are ovcr-WhateVer
their result NAV bean attempt will be
made to conciliate the Executive ana Con-
crcss. At present, however, the war OF
politics is trebly laundering. Passion IN
the North seems master OF the hour.
Several OF the members OF the con-
vention which has Just completed its machl-
nations in Philadelphia are in this city,
and are wonderfully pleased with what
they term their success. The freedom OF
the city of Philadelphia and the attentions
of its Mayor was n most acceptable incl
dent to them. The remarkable unanimity
with which all OF them declare in favor OF
Fred Douglass and Miss Anna Dickinson
as q couple of most able pcrsonages is
somewhat singular when it is considered
that the lovalists split on the interesting
theory Of impartial suffrage. The plat
form which the majority of them laid
down is the stand upon which the Radi-
Gals intend to run their candidate for the
present. Negro suffrage is not yet to be
made al issue. 1t is one Of the impoiltic
moves which must he avoided; but after
the meeting Of the next Congress, II
Stevens can rcaSsume his position aS over
seer and driver, then this pet hobby, now
somewhat in the background, i To be
brought forward and put upon its passage
Immediately.
Among the other insane suffrage measures
which are talked OF, fanatcal zcalots are re-
ally pushing the claim Of Miss Dickinson
and her sex for the right Of the ballot. Her
achievements at the Philadelphia Conven-
ton has, in the eyes Of certain descend
ants Of Puritanism, inspired the notion
that all women are just as blatant and anX-
iouS TO exercise the elective franchise. just
rs the TRADE Of Fred Douglass has con-
WINGED them that all of the colored race
are as able and competent to dictate prln-
ciples to them as their sable chief orator
Is, though not perhaps in terms so clio,
auent and diction so pure as | have heard
several of the Convention delegates assert
Douglass did. A bill will in all probability
be introduced early in the coming session
iii Miss Dickinson's favor. She will not be
left ont in the cold while Douglass and his
race are having their claims considered.
The weather here just now is very plea
SAINT, the days cool and the nights COM
Portable under blankets. The health OF
the city is good. TINoN.