The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-13
"A Warning Voice from Virginia
Under this head formers Washington

"A Warning Voice from Virginia
Under this head formers Washington
Chronicle publishes q letter, full ofmisstate-
ments, exaggerations, and vindict'veness'
dated In this city. The writer stretches
smartly upon the subject OF the discussion
Of the convention question and the action
upou q by our Legislature. He then states
that JUDGE oUIp and Judge CKuxr "were
/" Immediately sent to Washington to Sc.
better terms, with promise on the par.
"of the Speaker Of the House .ns' :.
",oould prevent cote until ott1 "e 100
"tswn." Messrs. oULp and IS IN 10 ;aea
what they went for; but we nav ~ ..sS
that Mr. Sneaker BALDWIN MADE an! Su'n
rro,n,ss a. that attributed to him.
r,. wr,ter states that to the "rebel
-. "tbe most Objectionable feature in
~. convention bill passed by the Senate
was that it gave to Governor PEIRroINT
the appointment Of commissioners. de
then saws that this committee (Messrs.
ouLp and CRuMP) "called on the Presi-
.dent and his Cabinet officers, and after
deliberate consultation they received
"fnll assurances that if they couia se'
"Cougress to pass an act to place the re-
/" organization in the hands of the Presi-
g dent and his military commanders, the
President would at once appoint such
men as would manipulate the whole affair
Gin the interest of tho rebels"
This news, he states, snakes the rebel
camp. fires burn brightly" and "the de-
spending rebel feels sure Of being soon
"restored to power, when he will get his
"beel on the neck Of the Union man and
",he negro race once MORE" There are
equal parts of mendacity and malignity In
these extracts.
The next assertion of the writer is, that
"the Legislature of Virginia of lS49 re-
"pealed all acts and requirements exist
"ipc by law at that time for executive and
"iudicial officers and members OF the
"General Assembly, on entering upon
"their duties, to take the oath to support
"the Constitution of the United States
He goes on to say the only oath required
"was that of fealty to the State OF Vir'
ginia." He says this was the work OF de-
sign. and that "treason was then being
plotted in Virginia" The fact is, that al
officers who had previously to lS49 taken
the oath to support the United States Con
stitution continued to do so afterwards
upder the United States Constitution IT.
self which required it, as our officers
knew. There was no "design" in the
matter, as attributed to our people; on
the contrary, the vote electing members
to the convention, on the very eve OF the
war. proved that large majority OF the
people Of Virginia were for the Union and
opposed to Secession
The concluding paragraph of this en-
venomed and prevaricating letter shows
the animus of its writer. He exclaims
against giving the President the appoint
ment of the military commanders 1--WE con.
lecture he does not like General SCHo'
FrELp), and pronounces it "fatal mis-
take.n "Fatal," no doubt. to him and his
brother agitators, who would plunge this
country into anarchy, in order that their
little band of Observation-Disclosures with
nothing to lose-real Yahoos-may ride
upon the deluded negro into office, and en-,
Joy its pay and plumber. Things have
gone very much awry for these gentry, and
they may well write letters of warning y
to vent their desperation. Maybe there is
q warning awaiting them should they con
time their efforts to "disturb the peace
and incite hostility and hate in the breast
of one class of the community toward an
other that they may profit by.