The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-05-04
Another Letter from Mr.. Bolts.


Mr.. Boris is al good writer as well as
good speaker. He.can express HIS ideas in
comprehensive English, whether he be
upon the stump or OF the escritoire. His
trumpet gives no uncertain sound. He calls
q spadea spade. His candor 10 above all
praise; but his judgment is never compli-
mented by those who read his productions
or hear his speeches. What he opposes is
certain 20 be that which majority Of the
people approve; what he approves, that
which majority Of them condemn. He is
like Mrs. PARTINGToS, of Boston, who could
never get the wind to blow to please her-
when she went down the street, it blew IN
her face and if she turned and went up
the street, it met her oil the same.
II does not appear that Mr.. Boris wrote
his last letter to any one in particular. AT
least, no address is stated. We find it in
the Winchester journal, Radical paper
which makes some pretensions to decency OF
conduct, and which was doubtless selected to
give this. letter to the world because it's
publication in HuNNIcUTT's paper would
have damaged Mr.. Boris in the estimation
of the less disreputable Radicals.
Mr.. Boris declares that he will not be n
candidate for Governor. "A residence in
q Richmond after all he has passed through
I" in this locality would" he says, {" be ex-
"tremely distasteful to him." Very likely.
But he would like to be senator of the
United States. And he thinks it would be
unfortunate off our colored friends should
insist upon pressing their claims for any
of the higher State Offices at this time"
Exceedingly unfortunate for the few whites
who try to lead them. AS to the new Con-
stitution, Mr.. Boris says it is his " delibe-
rate conviction" that it "will prove the
best Constitution !" he has ever lived
under ("in Virginia." he adds, but why
we don't know. In saying this, he does
not wish it to be understood that he
has forgotten WYTHE, MASON, HENRY,
MARSHALL, MADISON, MONROE, CHAPMAN
JOHNSON, WATKINS LEIGH, JOHN RANDOLPH,
sand the host of illustrious men associated
with them" He names all these worthless,
and adds Yet 1 must say that prefer this
Constitution to any that has preceded it."
No other Constitution of Virginia ever pro-
vided for negro suffrage. That is, of course,
one of the features that commend this
matchless piece of workmanship to his ia
vor. Yet that is not the best thing in it..
He leaves us in no doubt as to what is; for
he declares emphatically that "he best .fea-
"tatre of the achole Constitution is that clause
containing the test-oathof 1862" Need we
tell any man why Mr.. Boris regards this as
the best feature Of the Constitution? He
says the members of the late State Conven-
ton were not required to take this oath be-
cause there were "thirty-fve rebels and
"eighteen Republicans who were unable to
"take" it. Why, then, did these eighteen
REQUIRE it of themselves hereafter?
In conclusion, Mr.. BoTTs recommends
JOHN F. LEWIS for Congress in the Rocking
ham district.
We have no wish to comment at length
upon this letter. Indeed, we are appre-
hensive that what we have already said
will draw out from Mr.. Boris another let
ter of several columns in length, the publ
cation of which we should be compelled to
decline. His reasons for supporting this
infamous Constitution will not commend it
to the favor Of the people of Virginia, who
cannot but look with scorn upon every
white man who enrolls himself in the ne
GRO party,