Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-10-31

The Mother of States records her verdict
In favor of loyal Reconstruction ON the basis
prescribed by Congress! The struggle has
been arduous, and the result doubtful; for
the wealth and social power of the State
were nearly all against us. The Press was
against us, bitterly, furiUnsy, venomously
Even the Richmond Wing, which would he
Republican ii it burst, was coerced into
supporting the . Conservative ticket ut
last. Probably not six journals in all, and
they mainly new ones, stood unilinchingy
by the Republican colors. while sixty or
eighty were doing their utmost TO defeat n
Convention and to elect Conservatives"
thereto. The leading organ of the Reaction
called Justify on those Whites who employed
Blacks TO discharge every one who should
vote the Radical ticket; yet nnety-nine in
every hundred Coored voters would vote no
other, and nineteen of every twenty would
not be deferred from voting. And thus every
district which had majority of Col0red
voters on its registry with several others, has
chosen Radicals to the Convention, giving us
a clear majority of at least 20 delegates, and
carrying the Convention by over Ten Thous-
and-perhaps by twenty thousand-Repub-
lican majority. The White preponderance
over the Blacks in the State exceeds TWEEN
ty Thousand men, of whom not more than
uous treason by the Reconstruction acts, and
these, we trust, will, upon giving evidence
of present loyalty, soon be restored 10 all the
rights of freemen.
II is instructive to note that the most Rad
ical c)untics and districts are those which,
in the times now happily past were the
strongholds of Slavc-driving Democracy,
Halifax, Brunswick, Mecklenburg, Louisa,
Caroline, &e., &c, were Democratic Gibral-
tars, when none but shareholders and their
white satellites were voters but, now that
the Laboring Glass also vote, they are cia-
dels of Radicaism. Rockingham, Shenan-
doah, Page, Warren, &C., which were Dem
ocratic without being preponderantly slave
holding, constitute the only notable'excep-
tions to the general rule. We may joyfully
expect to see the districts heretofore repre-
scented in Congress by Meade, GoOde, DrOm-
goolc, and other vehemently pro-Slayery
fanatics, henceforth honoring and blessing
the Republic by sending to her councils apos-
ties of Liberty and Equal Rights for All
And it will be found that the Convention
elected is not only Radical, but, in the truest
sense, Conservative also. We did hope to see
Gov Pierpont's name head the Republican
ticket in Richmond, for we believe il would
have insured the choice of that ticket by a
large majority, and would have been a
| pledge to the people generally that Liberty
| for All would be asserted and secured with
out giving just cause Of alarm to any Mr..
Hunnicutt has probably said some of the
harsh things about Rebels that are attributed
to him; but we are confident that, should
he seek to inaugurate policy Of confisca-
ton, or anything like it, he would find him
self in very small minority. The Conven-
ton will strongly assert the Equal Rights of
MIN; but it will be moderate and cautious
in so using the triumph of genuine demo-
cracy as not to endanger its perpetuiy. Re-
constructed Virginia takes her place among
Republican States, and there she will re-
man. Her aristocracy, stimulated by cx-
aggerated reports of the recent achievements
of its confcderates in California, Ohio, and
Pennsylvania, did Its very utmost to retain
Its ANCIENT power and prestige, but, happily,
in vain Henceforth, Virginia, which en-
bosoms the ashes of so many gallant sons of
the Republic, consecrates herself to the
maintenance of that Liberty and Union
which they laid down their lives to main
tain. Long live the regenerated Old Do
minion