The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-07-23
ce,aral Blair's Letter Of Acceptance.

for Vice President Is an omen OF SUCCESS
BLAIR is a man of the kind that the people
delight to honor in revolutionary times
and these are revolutionary times. He not
only secs the evils which have been brought
upon the country by the misrule Of design
ing men, and the dangers which threaten
its future, but recognizes and denonnces
the enemies Of good government, and points
out the path which will lead us out OF our
troubles. If Governor SEYMOUR Will mn
tate General BLAIR, and boldly appeal -
the people to arise in their might ana crush
out this diabolical crew of anarchls's' 'he
Democrats will 60 into the contest with the
brightest prospects of electing their candl-
dates.
Some timid time-servers, who have no
more feeling Of true patriotism than BEN
NETT, and whose hearts are never moved
by wrongs which touch not their own per-
sons or property, have opened the canvass
with speeches and editorials rather apollo
giving for than endorsing the doctrines OF
the New York platform. Nots with Gene
raj BLAIR. He announces his cordial con-
currence in every principle and sentiment
thew announce. If he is elected, we shall
know what his election means, and he will
know what to do. The platform denounces
the reconstruction measures of the present
Infamous Congress as revolutionary, null,
and void.'' General BLAIR assures us-as
he assured the Convention before he re-
ceivcd it's nomination-thatif elected ne VIII
curry ont the will of the people, and SET
aside these Governments, provided he can
do il peaceably. He will restore the power
&c GOVERNING the southern States to the
hands Of the white people, and make him
self q champion of the rights Of his own
race. if Governor SEYMOUR should I'M
dcrtake to smooth off the rough corners
of General BLAIR's platform he Will
only iniure the cause he desires TO pro-
mote. and lessen the chances Of his own
success. This is no time for temporizlng.
Let us of the South know what we have to
expect. Let us know whether we are to be
prescribed in our native land, and made
pariahs by those who call themselves our
"northcrn brethren" Let us know whe-
Their partisan prejudices and sectional diff
ferences are more powerful than the ties OF
nature: for they must be if they are so
potent as to induce men Of our own race 10
deprive lis Of our dearest rights and prlVi-
leges, and place negroes over us IN the Of
fees of government.
One of the best points in General BLA1R's
letter is this : j. The Constitution forbids
Congress to pass any er post tdcto law al
fectinc even single individual and yet
this " fragment of N Congress /" has passed
err post facto laws affecting "whole States
md communities" And this "fragment
of q Congress " has the unparalleled impu-
dence to claim that these unconstitutional
laws cannot be disturbed, and that to un-
dertake to set them aside would be to en-
bark in revolutionary movement. Gene-
raj BLAIR forces this issue upon the atten-
ton of the northern people. He would
compel them to decide it. They should do
so, and do so Understandings. If they de-
eide in favor of the Radicals, so be it. Our
country will have been doomed to destruc-
ton; but 80 will theirs; and we can stand
it if they can.
Upon the question Of negro suffrage Gen
eral BLAIR is equally clear. The New
York World will find no endorsement OF Its
heresies in this letter, which declares en-
phatcally that "usurping authority" has
made voters of host of ignorant negroes,
and has "illegally attainted and disfran-
chised' men of our own race. These bold
declarations of principle and of purposes,
and strong denunciations of our oppressors,
must arrest the attention of the conserva-
tive men of the North. They will feel
called upon to decide by their votes next
November whether those wrongs are to be
perpetuated or not. What we of the South
want is decision of these very questions.
Let the intolerable state of suspense In
which we have SO long been held be termi-
mated once for all.
"The peace to which GRANT invites us Is
the peace of despotism and death"
That will be capital motto for Transparent
cies in Democratic professions. Here Is
another: "Peace will come with the cleo
"tion of the Democratic candidate, and
"not with the election Of that mailed war
"rior whose bayonets are now at the Threats
"of eight millions Of people"
This Jacksonian letter is written by one
gallant General Of the Federal army
and addressed to another. Both OF them
distinguished themselves in the late
war. Neither has any sort OF sym
pathy with secession or rebellion. They
are both moved by a love of free 60
vernment and knowledge of the perils
which now surround the ship Of State.
They are both brave in war and bold
in council. If the northern people
will not heed their warnings they would
not listen though one should rise from the
dead.
We repeat that the masses are partial to
bold men in times of trouble. This letter
utters no uncertain sound. 1t proves its
author to be cut out for leader. The peo-
pie will rally to his standard if they are
not indeed unworthy descendants of their
revolutionary ancestors.
The Negro VS.. the White Man.