The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-03-08
The Charter.

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The new charter got through "
soueeze II was the very best 'hins io' "
people of the city, for the preser' '''oH
order. the administration OF justice anu NV
m.i,t.pauce of official integrity ana aeeo"".
oh;l;tv But still IT was like dose vi fiss'
tn , child taken reluctantly Like that emu,
,eorle don't know always WHAT'S sooo w
them. The entire press OF the Guy s'oo" WI
In decided language-such language "s wv
press only knows how to use for the aine"o-
ed charter. They told the people 'ha' II was
cood-that they ought TO take lt-'ha' IL "o",''
heal n great many maladies, aches III 'h' uo"9
poltic i'm all It's members, ana eSPeei"ii9
in the belly ; they reasoned anu III
yoked the many headed citizen, the fuoiic, W
take it kindly; nay, some OF them 1eisheu "
hone they would do it unanimously Inc
arguments increased the popular aversion "
the physic-the invocation only Suggest"
doubts As 10 its efficacy. Six neWspaPels-@i-
learned doctors-employed all their arte VI
logic and their whole genius OF persuasion
and carried the charter by a MAJORITY VI
FORTY THREE, Alas for the editors Ahis
is enough to take the conccit out oil the CORPS
the Number sir of editorial combination III
WILLIAM Brown and DR.. WILLIAM fEAsLEf, Vi
some repute in party practice toio the Peoi'ie
not to mind the editorial DOCTORS" don I 20"
takeit-ttoa't ! tell you It'll make you mighty
sick: why you'll throw mp all your flSh's
You,u be so weak you can't defend yourself
any more, and you'll be ground 10 death oy
men in office that you can't git at tell you!
How very much easier il is to persuade one hoI
10 take medicine than 10 take ii There our
| distinguished friends Of Jefferson ward mao
! the complacent doctors OF the press lhey
grew smaller and less wise in the pubic esti
mation-they contracted and diminished GOWN
| TO forty three
! 1t was modification AS the day drew Oh,
the vote was awfully close. Old Jefferson
seemed to have taken upon itself 10 Winp OUT
both the other wards. Screamersville brought
! ND reinforcements and swept away the con
seryatiyes of Monroe Ward. Madison, covered
with dust and ashes of her runs, performed
prodigies of valor in the fight, and single ana
alone swallowed the great majority OF Jeher-
son. and the little one of Monroe. She proved
the friend of the august editors, and Smdlcated
their wisdom She lays them under lastlngop'
legations To have been beaten by parry thit
had neither types, nor press, nor editor, would
have been uncomfortable. 1t would have been
good cause for their wholesale suppression by
General TERRY.
As the day drew on''-as we said above,
and the doubtful character Of the contest
became manifest, our thoughts turned towards
our friend BRowS. He was rising in lmpor'
lance He was q profound politician-lae"
the tides of party Us well rs of the river was
AS familiar with schools of politics as with
schools of fish would make good assistant
editor BROWN and have been always good
friends He is clever, and not ungracelul. he
is so plausible among the people, ana talks 50
we'll This respect for Brown is ana has beeh
shared by candidates for years past with
more sordid motives.
As the sun began ID decline, and the editors
ticket was sufficiently ahead to win, we con-
Guided TO hold off awhile and not nominate our
friend for Mayor yet Nevertheless, pro-
foundry impressed with his sagacity ana MS
strength against the grand editorial comolha'
ton, we will not pledge ourselves MOI 10 hohi'
nate him. We wish il understood that our
relations with that gentleman are entirety
:micable.
Well il is useless 10 disguise the fact that
though the conservative charter mas passed,
and will be of decided advantage TO the com
munity, il is not in &eeping with the popular
tendencies of this country and these times
Ultra Democracy is the disease of this CONT
nent, as it has been of all nations living under
republican institutions. First conservative
next radical-then anarchy, running into the
great gulf of despotism. Breaks are occa'
sionally put on, and conservatism, getting oc'
casionally obstinate, impedes the headstrong
course Of events. But revolutions do not go
backwards; and, finally, the history. OF
ages is TO be repeated. Still, we shall have
many, and, we trust, happy days-and hume
rous pleasant bouts with our friend BROWN
(who came near Staying the press before any
great revolution shall occur, Wen hold you
hard, old fellow, for awhile; but here's our
friendly grip. --