The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-12-11
AirIlnlolrd 1ispatth,
WEDNESDAY,. DECEMBER II, 1867.
The White Conven ton.

The White Convention
The great Conservative Convention
meets in the theatre at II o'clock this
morning. There is no doubt that it will
be one of the most diguihed and imposing
assemblages, representing the people in
their primary character, that ever met to-
gcther in Virginia. 1t will be remarkable
both for its numbers and its weight OF
character.
y The exigency which occasions this as.
sembly is very great and it is most fortu-
nate that we shall have an amount of wis
dom and discretion guiding its delibera-
tons equal to the difficulties and perils in
which the body polite is placed.
The triumph of combination Of negroes
and very depraved white men in getting
possession of the Convention to frame
constitution for the State, now sitting in
Richmond, is most unfortunate for the
welfare of the people, and has very much
disturbed the confidence of the world in
the stability Of public order and well-regu-
lated industry in Virginia. A wise ex-
preston Of the opinions and determination
of the people of Tirginia-the worthy
descendants of the wisest and most heroic
people that have illustrated the annals OF
this continent-will be Of great service in
re:ssuring all men Of the proud future OF
Virginia. Her sons are fully equal to the
emergency in which she has been placed,
and will deliver her from the degradation
to which she has been brought.
The negro having combined with un-
principled strangers, and determined in all
cases to oppose our native citizens-indeed,
having gone apart into secret leagues and
oath-bound associations to make war upon
the white race-that race cannot avoid the
conflict. 1t would be recreant to itself
and to the State to acquiesce in the sub
mission Of the public interests to the d.
rection Of ignorance and dishonesty.
The Convention Of the people, then, will
most assuredly declare that the welfare Of
Virginia, the preservation of order, secu-
rity, and right, the maintenance of jus.
tice and the fostering of the domestic in.
terestS of the people, demand that the
white man shall rule in Virginia. They
will further declare that It is the solemr
duty of every white man in Virginia who
is authorized to vote to register his name
as a voter, and never fail to cast his vote
with a view to secure that performance
of white men without which all is lost.
This will certainly be done by the Con-
vention, and it will have good effect. 1t
will not only inspire confidence abroad,
but cheer up the spirits and hopes of our
own people.
The wretchcd assemblage now sitting in
the capitol is one Of those monstrous pro-
auctions in the worlds history that are
distinguished from the ordinary course OF
nature and the ordinary events in civilized
society by their extraordinary and horri-
bic features; and men thank God, when
ever they behold such, that they are mon
strous, and cannot, in the order of Provi-
dence, often appear, or survive long when
they do. We should proceed under the
firm conviction that reason, fortitude, and
devotion to the public safety will soon tri-
umph over the reign of ignorance and
vice, and vindicate the ways Of Provi-
dence to man.