The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-09-05

Botts's declaration that the Philadelphia
Conservative Convention had adopted his
platform, We pointed out the radical diff
ferenccs between his positions and those
taken by the Conservatives. The last New
York Tribune furnishes us with platform
which it says is that Of the Virginia dele
CATION to the "Loyal" Convention. 1t
adds, that resolutions embracing its doc
trines evil be drawn up by well-known
citizen of northern Virginia "-mcaning,
of course, Mr.. Bolts. The reader will per-
ceiyc that Mr.. Bolts has jumped entirely
oil the Conservative platform. Here arc
the Bolts doctrines:
That the union of the States was in
tended to be perpetual, and therefore no
State has 4 right TO withdraw from the
same; that any attempt to break up the
Union by ordinance OF secession or by force
is treason: that every citizen owes primary
ALLEGIANCE to the Government and whole
people of the United States, and that any
such citizen voluntarily taking the oath OF
allegiance TO any other government for
f.its all claim to the protection of the
United States, and his right to citizenship
can only hc restored by the law-making
power of the latter government; that ma
turaliZcd citizens who SO desert their ale
glance add perjury to treason, and should
| be forever declared from exercising the
rights of citizenship; that the power to
pardon the crime of treason is at least Of
doubtful authority, and steps should he
taken to bring the question before the
judicial tribunals of the country, and if
necessary the Constitution should be so
| amended as TO prohibit it in the future:
that while the absurd dogma of estate
sovereignty" has been destroyed by the
rebellion, the "rights Of the States" still
remain untouched and unimpaircd; that
the reward of office should only be con-
fcrrcd upon the loyal, and that traitors, as
Il condition OF their restoration to their
citizenship, should he declared incapable
OF holding Office for term of years, If not
forever; that the single issue in the ap-
preaching contest is whether the traitors
who have done all they could to destroy
| the country shall be restored to power, or
whether lis future safety and control shall
! be entrusted to those who have riSkcd all
for its preservation that in such con-
| test there can be no choice, and that he
| who helps to lit the traitor 10 power is in
! deed, If not in heart, a traitor that the
| Frcedmen's Bureau is atprcscnt indiSpcn-
sable to the security and welfare of the
lately cmancipated co!orcd race, and that
il has proved itself OF incalculabc benefit
TO the suffering poor of the white race also !;
that the cmancipatcd people of the South
are entitled to the same rights as others,
| I,. Ia. for tnn IN
the enjoyment of them is for Congress to
place the State governments in the hands
of loyal men who have no disposition to
Cypress the blacks; that although many
radical propositions were made to the late
Congress, no radical measure was adopt
ed, and therefore the Democratic cry of
Fcdcralsts," Aholitionists," "Submis-
sioniStS," &C., contains no terror to loyal
men; that if the States lately in rebellion
are not already in Congress it is because
their representatives voluntarily abandon
ed their seats to become citizens of an
other government. When the opportunity
was afforded of again occupying their
seats, tho unsubdued rebel spirit broke out
afresh, and insult was added to treachery by
selecting such representatives as had made
themselves obnoxious by active participa-
ton in the rebellion, with the full know
ledge that they could not comply with the
law, and consequently must he excluded !;
that nothing could better illustrate the I'M
subducd spirit of the rebels than that they
should crave for q pardon on one day, and
on the next presume to dictate the terms
on which they will return TO the Union ;
that the amendment to the Constitution
now pending meets with your appreciation,
and will receive our support that the
platform of the late Philadelphia Convcn-
ton, when attempted 10 be palmcd off as
expressive of the principles of rebels and
coppcrhcads, is transparent cheat, by
| which no sensible person can be mislcd,
since it is patent that there is not a rebel
in the South, or coppcrhcad in the North,
willing to abide by any such declaration in
good faith; that all we wish is that "trca-
son should he made odious," and that loyal
men should rule the country; that the
right to pcaceably assemble and consult
was recently illustrated by the Philadcl-
phia Convention, when large numbers III
deadly hostility to the Government were
permitted to meet to concert scheme for
accomplishing at the ballot-box what the
cartridge box bad Signally failed to effect
that the butchery at New Orleans calls for
i, Justice, and demands of the Federal au-
thorities summary trial and faithful exc
cution of the laws; that the countenance
given to this slaughter of loyal men by the
President, and the unconstitutional cXcr-
else Of power in Superceding the lawfully
elected Governor, and transferring the
power of the State Executive into the
hands Of his "satraps and dependents"
calls for the most rigid inquiry on the part
Of the representatives of the people.