The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-05-29
without political design, he has made his
hn,nn yya find stlch hostages ms only men OF

honor and rectitude can give for right con.
duct In situations of trust. He Is under
stood while living in the North to have nc,
lively opposed the excuses OF the Radlcai
PARTY; here he Is known to have received
large Conservative vote for the, convention
which framed the constitution. Believing
the political status of the negro TO be hXcd,
he would deny him none OF his just
rights, while he is the earnest advocate
of amnesty to all and Acknowledgement TO
none His views on all questions. oil STATE
policy are broad, catholic, and cmbra-
cling, without regard to divisions or sec,
tions. giving assurance that If electcd
he will represent the whole people. Those
who know him well attribute to him frank
ness. sincerity, and truth, and this gives
him title to he believed and trusted by
peoDlr who regard these qualities rs essen-
! tial in all who claim their confidence and re-
spoct These are our guaranty that tne
! powers of the Office In his hands VIII DE
! used to mitigate or avert, not to aeGraVate,
the wrong and suffering so Wickediy c"i r.
| triyed against us: for he proclallnS that ;" Ii
| the constitution, eXpurgated, shall DC
adopted, and you have elected your State
| ticket and your Legislature, you may pro-
coed at once to propose such amendments W
the constitution rs will clear it of all its dan
ocrous characteristics. The county orgdnt-
| cation need neUcr be enforced. If l am elect
ed with q Legislature not haulcal, IL ho'SA
will he put i'll operation ,:o.
! With his opponent the case Is far dlller-
emf, From the moment he entered the state
he has played the part of political lncen-
diary. Bent on stirring up the worst pas
SionS of the black race against the Whltc, nc
! began bv addressing them I'm the spirlt OF
John Brown" and has never ceased MS ell
| forts to instl into their weak and Ignorant
minds feelings of fcrocious intolerance anu
purposes the most proscrlptlVc. LIS opJcCt
has been all along TO rule the State through
the supremacy he has laDorGa W eSt"p,iih ,n
in one race over the other. To TINS cha he
has opposed the repeal of any of the odlous
nroscriptions and exclusions in the Con-
Stitution; with that purpose ilaullihS
the Radical commttee-roomS OF congress,
and disgusting even them with his vie as
PERSONS and Misrepresentation OF pc0-
Die whose money he takes and repays with
foul and inSoicnt abuse. lie has perScfefeu
in efforts to prevent the revision OF inc re-
rStratiun. whereby one-third OF the white
vote, through failing to register, would have
been excluded from the polls. lie has de-
clired on oath that TO remove our ulSlDlll-
ties would be fatal TO reconstruction. But
now when the President condemns this
cruel oppression, straightway this wollld-Dc
successor in office of Jefferson and Henry,
not to lose the prestige of his favor, pub
licly avows conversion, secretly endeavorlnS
the while to keep his negro dupcS i'll the
same spirit of hostility to white entranchiSc-
mcnt which it has been his constant study
and labor to instil. His hostility to the
interests of the State, and his affilia-
ton with foreign interests, arc cVlnccd
hv his willingness TO sell out her
internal Improvements to northern pur-
chasers. His cnmity or indifference to
the true interests of education, and his
willingness TO sacrifice them to the arts OF
the demagoguc, arc shown by his proposal
to cheaper inStruction-in the higher lnStl-
buttons of learning to the level of the COM
to open them gratuitously to all. lie de-
clarcS it to he Unnecessary that every grade
of school shall not only he provided for, but
placed within the reach of all "a policy
totally destructive ofthe established schemes
of academic and collegiate instruction in
this and every other civilized State, and
akin TO the Radical DarbariSms which III the
two southern states nearest to us has de-
slroved both. Elect Il Legislature enlisted
in the true interests of the State, and how
would lis bcst-conSidereG counSelS fare with
the tremendous veto power in the hands OF
such rlan? In short, III this election we
have to choose between IN enemy and Il
friend the one invested with qualities that
Justly challenge our conference.-the other,
in everything the reverse of all that has
ever attracted the respect or elected the
support of the Virginia people.
We cannot close without al earnest en-
hortation Oh the Importance OF Il general
registration. Without registration there
can he no voting. Whatever may be the
prevailing temper and disposition OF the
popular mind ut present. the measures now
engaging our attention must be the subject
Of constant reflection, perhaps Of tluctu-
aiug conclusions, between this and the day
of election. All. 10y registering, should re-
serve the power of deciding when the day
comes upon what is best for the good of
the State, and of giving effect TO that dcci-
sion. Bitter regret must attend those
who, from present Indifference, fro
ward Impotence because all things are not
Just as they would have them, or from
any other cause. shall by neglect have
erected Il barrier between themselves and
the performance of what may then seem to
be a sacred duty, shall have denied them
selves the power to aid in aVcrting great
public calamity. And more. apathy, III our
circumstances, amounts to crime. Not to
vote with our friends is to give half sup
port to our enemies. Then pride OF OPT
Mon, sectional prejudice, the lcalon>ics
growing out of local divisions and conflict
ing interests, if any such exist, should stand
rcbukcd in presence Of the mighty peril
that menaccs the State, while all our hearts,
and minds. and means, should be united, i'll
one common effort to avert it.
II. 7. DANIEL, Chairman.
Reported Specially fer the Dispatch.