The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-10-30


many men IN our convention with whose
radical opinions did not agree, and that
opposed, but J have found Just such men IN.
every couycation that 4 svef attended.
And did Mr. Barbour meet with no one In
his convention with whose every sentiment
he could not ssreefo Bat when, upon the
assembling Of portion OF the original
convention, composed OF only part Of the
southern States, l found myself mixed up,
without intending Il, and / ascertained
they proposed 70 do what thought would
operate iniuriously to the State Of Vir-
ginia, and would not meet with my own
approval or that Of the loyal native citizens
Of the State ION negro suffrage), opposed
It in q speech, disclaimed all participation
In or responsibility for their action, and
withdrew from the body. And for all this,
too, have been bitterly and sensele1ly
denounced.
/ am gratiAed to know, however, that
whilst the country hss-been greatly demo-
raiized by the late war, yet there 10 still an
innate sense Of justice amongst the people
that will ultimately bring all things right.
But I am Radical" they say. In
one sense I am. / have always endea-
vored to be radically right, and as by sad
and woeful experience have found these
brainless and heartless demagogues, the
leaders of Democracy, radically ,orong, I
have always been radically opposed to
them, as shall be In the future but be-
yond this entertain no one radical senti-
ment that am aware of. recommend
the adoption Of the congressional amend
ment because it is not radical, and because
it proposes terms Of reconstruction to the
South that are just, liberal, and magnani-
nous, and very far better than will ever
be offered again; and I oppose the action
of the President because IS he has no power
to move without Congress, and they haze
the po,oer and the determination to act with
out him, his plan is nothing but an impedi..
ment and obstruction to the restoration OF
the insurgent States, and would operate as
an indefinite postponement of reconstruc-
ton and now it is for the people to say
whether they will sacrifice what little is
left to them Of worldly welfare to crafty
the ambitious decree of those who have
already brought desolation, ruin, and mise
ry upon them.
1t may be that radical propositions have
been submitted to Congress, but am
aware of no radical measure that has been
adopted; but ] take occasion here to say to
the people, whose friend / have always been,
and for whose interest have devoted the
labor Of my life, that unless they arouse
from their lethargy and throw OFT this
nightmare Of Democracy that is crushing
them into the earth, by repudiating their
present leaders and denouncing their &C
ton, they will have, and that in short
time, the most radical Of radical measures
forced upon them in spite of all Mr.. John
son can do, with the aid of all the Copper
heads in the North and still disatfected
rebels in the South to prevent it; and l
may here ask if have ever yet offered adj
vice to the people that they would not have
found profit in following3
Finally, l take this occasion to declare
that it is my unalterable purpose to adhere
with the tenacity of life itself to those
great fundamental principles of American
nationality by and under the influence OF
which have been governed in every act
and stage of my past political life; pro-
foundry impressed, as am, with the unal-
terable conviction that our safety and tran
! quillity, our happiness and prosperity as
people, lie in that direction and no other.
The Siamese twins are not more insepara-
bly connected, and the heavens not more
enduring, than this eternal truth. In this
faith have lived, and in this faith | am
obliged to die, let it come soon or late; and
from this faith cannot and ,oiH not depart ;
and it is no small degree of satisfaction
that derive from the knowledge of the
| fact that the true friends of my country
everywhere are in full and hearty sympa'
thy with me, and that my only enemies are
the enemies of their country and those who
have been misled and deceived by them.
JOHN NJ. Boris.