The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-10-25
Who are Elected ?-The Leagues

mo are Lice teQ Inc Leagues.
Take ont NcSsrS. SoUTHALL of Albemarle :;
LEWIS of Stafford; MACzEY, Of Culpeper ::
MAsYE. GRAvATr, ana HUNTER, of the Spot
sylvamia district, and TWO or three from other
districts, there is hardly decent man elected
10 the Convention from that part Of Virginia
east Of the Blue Ridge. Merit and capablity
seerncd 10 be the things that were to be
shuaned by the newly nfranchissd in making
their elections. Learning, experience, in
tegrily, and good standing in society We're in
their eyes d!srcpu table and altogether insult
able for 4 member of the Convention so they
hunted for men who had none of these, and
the; found them. Never since bodies polite
We're known, and laws framed for their 60
vernmeut has there been selected body of
mon 50 utterly devoid Of character and capa-
city as those who have been returned to the
Convention in Virginia by the Radicals black
and white.
Such an outrage as the election of such men
10 modify the organic law of the State of Nir-
gimia is without precedent. State which
has given 10 the country its greatest names,
which has led in all the great events of the
land, and has adorned the history of the nation
with its brightest achievements and its great
est glorics, is submitted TO the hands of such
creatures are selected by the Loyal Leagues
in their dark ConcalveS held in every corner OF
the State. Such incompetcnts (uot 10 name
HrxSIcrTT and USpERwooD) rs PLATTE, Of
Petersburg, PORTER, of Norfolk, who was too
G.tcs table for the wrrtched Radical riit raft of
that city, and had to obtain his nomination
from poor negroes OF Chesterfield: and MAD
ruX, the Frccdmcn's Bureau agent of Powha
lan--all northern men who recently left their
native country for that Couutry's good, and in
truded themselves here 10 our detriment-
such as these and others of their kidney are
10 tinker up the work of G Gorge MASON, and
JAMES MADISON, and RANDOLPH, and LEIGH!
Alas! Alas, Poor, poor Virginia, how art
thou fallen
Why is il that 4 Commonwealth which has so
rossed the respect and honor of mankind
should be submitted To such fate? One would
thiuk that the world would cry out with one
voice against such IN indignity How utterly
stccled against every emotion Of generosity,
every sentiment of admiration for true great
ness, must be the men who have thus disho-
nored and inSulied this State? Having gilded
the fame of the nation by the deeds of her sons,
she manifested her generous and patriotic spi-
rit by the muniilcent gift of Il territory un-
pissed Ill IlcuntsS anu Ndlut anu Oh eAttut
sufficient for several empires. Now, after
being deSpol.d of her own possessions-her
own territory being discovered, and 4 fifth
part OF her richest estate taken from her with
out her consent-her councils are filled with
strangers and negroes, whose ignorance and
rulgarity almost unfit them for Il powwow Of
saragcs, much less 10 lcgislate for the intelli-
gent inhabtants of State renowned for lis
public virtue and wisdom,
This humiliation is the work of the north
ern Congress and its machinery of the Freed
mems Bureau and its Loyal Leagues. That
ii was not intended TO carry the matter so far
we are free TO believe. But they uncuged the
wild beast, and he has been uncon ,rollable
Will the northern States look quietly upon
This monstrous insult 10 mankind-this brutal
violation of every sentiment of humanity,
every principle Of Justice? We hope and be.
Icve not.
But we have yet power in our own Virginia
arms ana our own resolution. Let Us take
counsel among ourselves. We must do this
NcHnd hostile organization in our midst
whose OBJECT is our INJURY and humiliation
ana 'he depreciation and permanent prostra-
tloh OF the Commonwealth 10 Il condition like.
that OF HayN. Should We not take measures
10 save Virginia from such 4 tatey There
should be no rest, no relaxation we should
MOI permit ourselves 10 dream of rcpoSe until
we nave protected ourselves and our State
i'o'h Tue ruAnous and degrading misrule with
when she Is threatened