The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-05-13
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I; Ae Late Bnnventiqn In Richmond sf1r-
ai1ished q scene of which any. Virginian-
might be proud which was we'll calcu-
lated quicken despair into hope, and ex-
cite the conviction that the s Old Commons
wealth Z. was still sa living Greece" Ga
tharedy from ever oil her wasted domain,
her loving md gifted sons in solemn, dig
nifed, and brave counsel, consulted as to
her interests and her. welfare. Her mis-
fortunes and sore bersavements, the insults
and degradations now cast upon her by the
hireling and the mercenary, stilled oil self
seeking and ambitious personal scheming,
and the great absorbing question was,
g What is best to be done for our old
State Us One could but feel, here is sim
cerity here is earnestness and honesty !;
here is patriotism ali mellowed and inten-
sifed by the misfortunes Of the, grand old
mother in her weeds. ss, IS ~. Z 49,. S.. f
There vas no fanaticisrn, no bravado.
Nothing ad captandum; no rivalry, no
cliques, no degrading sycophantic cringing;
but an honest, temperate, bold expression Of
the truth. There was presented the rare
spectacle Of entire self-abnegation. The
candidates for nomination each appealed
for the withdrawal of his own name the
one (Col. Baldwin, because he was not a
registered voter, and thought it better that
the Conservative party should be arrayed
fee Of principle was not necessary to the
end; and the other Colonel Withers),
whilst he agreed fully with Colonel Bald
win, and had no such impeachment himself
being a registered voter--declined posi-
lively and peremptorily, thus scattering
and annihilating even the shadow Of a sus-
picion as to the integrity with which the
opinion was entertained and expressed.
And we take occasion to say that we do not
believe there was one soul in that great au-
dience that doubted the sincerity and mo-
tiyes Of the speaker.
From such body of men, with such
principles and motives, we have nominees
of that high character we might have ex-
pected. Each reflect the other. For Go
vernon, we; have Colonel Robert E. Withers,
editor Of the iNe,os, Lynchburg, Va, o
high-minded, brave, and devoted patriot.
A man whose merit is only equalled by his
modesty. A man without guile, without
fear, without reproach. gf .H}'s#h
Colonel Withersis about forty-four years
of age. Before the war he practiced his
profession (medicine) in Danyille, Va, and
entered the, army at the very beginning OF
the He.soon became Colonel of the Eigh-
teenth Virginia regiment, and did noble SER
vice to the satisfaction and admiration OF
all his superior officers and comrades, and
was desperately wounded at the battle OF
Gaines's Mill. Though. his body was rid
died with bullets, vigorous constitution
conquered, and he is to-day standard bearer
and leader in cause glorious and honor
able as when he barred his breast to shot
and shell. efstood true amid the leaden
storm which rained in fury from the mimic,
and amid the sweeping tornado which
sped death and destruction from the mouth
Of fierce and glowering artillery; so will
he now carry the flag in the thickest OF the
FRAY, and excite and arouse the apathetic
and slumbering to the duty Of voting down
the so-called Constitution.
General James A. Walker, of Pulaski
county, nominee for Lieutenant-Go Governor,
is about thirty five years of age. he was
born and raised in Augusta county. He
was educated at the Virginia Military In
stitute, and studied law ut the University
of Virginia. At the beginning of the war
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teenth Virginia regiment, of which Gene
raj A. P. Hill was colonel. subsequently
he wasmade brigadier-general, and assigned
to jackson original brigade, the "Old Stone
wall.n He was wounded in the arm at
Spotsylvania Courthouse, and his arm was
resected. So gallant was he in the field
that his comrades-in-arms re-baptized him,
and he is known bestin Southwest Virginiaas
"Stonewall Jim Walker" He is an earn
est, faithful, and devoted Virginian.
sdOf the nominee for the Attorney-Gene-
ralship, John L. Marye, Jr., of Fredericks-
burg, we need not speak. He is not with
out honor among his own people. Those
who know him best prize him most. He
proves himself equal to every trust to which
his country calls him.