New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-07-10
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VIRGINIA.
ADDRESS OF GOV. rEtRronr.

ADDRESS OF GOV. PEiRrolhT.
nj rxbsssApH TRrHcSE.
RICHMOND, Va, July 9.-The following are the
main points in the first portion OF tho address Oh GOV
Peirpont to the people OF Virginia which WIN De pun
shed tomorrow in one Of the Richmond papers me
Governor SAYS united in the call for the Convention
which Is TO assemble Richmond on the first OF August
next The object OF that Convention Is 70 aGree upo
basis OF action which shall DO acceppe 70 m .v bo e
tho Government Of the United states ana are WnS ~
rally under the tSa a icp thS shall enee equal
rights and equal privileges, legal and political 10 an ne
peope rich and poor white and colOred, who VIII adOpt
the spirit OF our free institutions, make labor honaa-
BILE, and recognize education as Ugnt 70 vYeIy
child that comes into the world VINO can &c ug ~ ie
ceiye 1t and to lay again. deep III ING
the old Commonwealth, the eternal principles or lreG13
aud enlightened progress as taught b our datners IL b
full experience has taught me that there are men IN tnc
State who hate the Government OF me United Stales
the heel OF prescription on the neck Oh every n0 d
and politically and socially ostracise nm tey co'
Government; hut how can they be loyal while they seek
to prescribe every man VINO processes 10y aiIy
during the struggle through which we have Just passed.
have been assured that the masses OF the whtc people
Of the state do not share in their sentiments FROM my
leading men who were ardcnty engaged nthe late Rebel
lion who not share the feelings to which REFER Few
OF certain political leaders iname supposed preudiees
Of the people that they may retain pohtlcal coho Oh @
the spirit OF enterprise progress be banshed from
tho State forever for when progress ana eauea'9n CONT
can was the name Of the party Of tJeifersop
and Madison. 1t passed away Il was revived,
in the United States pledged to equal political ana legal
rights Of all the people pledged to see that these tgts
support OF tho Governmental the education Oh the
massesto liberal progress 10 internal imprOvemens-to
build up our country In all that Is great aud good and
that tends 70 the liberty aud happiness of the people
The acting in this great organization are from on the
old party organizations Of the country, ana may DC
termed lice % awake TO all the great interests OF the
day There i great opposition 70 this party by large
body OF men North aud South; but 1t Is opposition Tor tne
sake of opposition The object of the call alluded tots 10
give 70 ali such an opportunity to combine In one
Or or" color t'i and unite in placing the old Com
Inonwealth living basis extending the hand OF char
oed may have an opp6rtunt to select the best for
members OF the Convention and for future officers OF the
ing impartial Justice 10 the rich aud the humble alike
say Il to the credit the colored men, that have never
hoiest and capable men I'm office they white black
they want Justice. liberty and peace that they may en-
i1re fortunes gel homes OF their own, that they may
educate their children to honest industry ana
qualify them for future usefulness. Seeing the EFFORT 10
array against the other in the state ana 1uy
approaching the fatal result OF such state Of things 10
the prosperity and welfare OF the Commonwealth, and
believing that there danger that majority OF the
position 10 their country should have been false to my
self and TO State had not Joined in the call 70 enable
the people vndicate Themselves, and establish their
government firm foundation Of prosperity and com
ity with our sister states
The second portion of Gov. Peirponts address is
titled The Lost Cause" and after explanation
70 the derivation OF that phrase he defines follows
~ think IL was bad cause that ought to have been
lost and 80 will future history pronounce a. Inc
motive which urged s promoters was not that lab0fng
the middle classes might have greater prvieges
with the exception OF "A single State manhood suffrage
was enjoyed by all the white men who were OF lawful
etSyaie o the social condition Of the white masses
OF people by extending 10 them system OF general edu-
ecs OF rldcule by the Southern politician. II not
TO lesson taxation lessen the burdens OF government
because two standing armies, two nayles, two sets OF
national Offices OF every grade home and foreign would
be supported instead Of II was not on ac-
Of the ConfederaSy would have required the very
highest duties on foreign imports that could have been
laid meet the requirements OF the Government. lt
was not ON account Of the failure Northern states TO
execute The Fugitive Slave Law" because the cotton
states that inaugrated the Rebellion scarcely lost
slave, except In their own swamps and lnnges. me
view When south Carolina passed the ordinance OF Sc
cesson her leading men declared that they had been
educating tho people for The act FOR 80 years ana
Her Governor declared they must have stronger Gov
erme1t the feT t6 as party ha was bs
there end OF free voting and free schools and that
Republican Government was failure; II might DO for
rude rural districts but not tfor gentlemen to live
under in refined state OF society II had no power 10
preserve or perpetuate itself Amongthe fret acts of the
Legislature OF South Carolina 10 exempt the
Of her first families In her colleges and universities
from military duties. Virginia passed act TO continue
the appropriations TO the University and Military nsti
tute and appropriated the residue OF the Literary Fund
The encouragement OF education among the
poor Those who inaugurated and encouraged
The movement had their minds fed with ideas
OF class government, based the idea that capital
should labor and those who opned he labor should
make the iacs. The exemptions from military duty Of the
large Shareholders by the Confederate Congress- the
meTous details granted by those In power 10 the ch and
influential and the ruthless conceptions OF the laboring
and middle classes all indicate the object Of the leaders
In fact it passed into proverb that ID the rich
mans and the poor MANS dght" But need not ac
cumuate facts provo the Intention 81 the leaders De
BoUs RepieT the organ of the savehodng arisocracy
= = . One OF yrGnlas most gifted and honored
sons has declared, since the war, that "it was
universal suffrage brought on the war" 1 am
aware that these ideas and notions did not in
fuence the masses in Virginia who entered and we're
dragged into late war; and that had the Confederacy
succeeded and the effort made deprive them OF these
civil political rghs every leaders head would have
been in danger Of the block, his body OF the seaod.
The spirit " liberty st rules In the minds OF the
Tie lost cause" made its tens OF thousands OF widows
and orphans; II laid waste our fields aud brought pen
ury and starvation 10 our homes 10 sought 10
deprive Of the rich inheritance " freedom purchased
by fathers; II struck NJ the life and liberty Of the
nation. Man proposes God diSpoSes. Man proposed 10
erect fabric Of government whose cornerstone shOnd
be human Slavery; Providence oyerred tho purpose,
and made freemeh OF millions Of slaves The cause died.
when God arose 20 judgment 20 all the meek OF
the EARTH surely the wrath OF man shall praise Him, and
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PERSONAL.