The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-23

been placed in the aeatFof Governor of the
State position which he dishonors! and
disgraces .4asmytr aIoa4a
But Governor Wells went;too far for h u
cause. There was a momentasy sensation
only produced by what he said. A little
reflection must condemn mis- FLOODED
libels upon the people whose bread ne DAILY
! devours.s There are better than he' Ior TT,
| nately, in the Republican party. ! n wiz
not undertake to designate them. lin III
| will show. There is not harmony IN .ne
ranks of that party in Virginia. Ine con. ,
! mittee OF "nine" have the aid OF some OF
the best Of them. Oh this po'n' We may
have something farther.
The "carpet- baggers were c9ocS1n,l :. OF
the;r manufactured testimony. AT. "hlt-
,iesev Of the Journal, was invited to tes-
49,, 49, nav fhe q gentleman from Michigan"
Dc draw forth an immense roll of paper,
gb;ci he proposed toread; but Mr.. Boutwell,
;nfnr,In ed him. the committee could not listen
to him-tbey had not time. He would take
the manuscript, and the committee would
look at it. Whittlesey, evidently disap-
pointed, handed his volume to Mr.. Bout
we'll, and that gentleman handed it to Gen
eral Payne, who is understood to be the
"man of all work" Of the concern.
This closed the scene. Tomorrow one or
two of the Virginia committee of nine WILL
be heard. EeE9
When j." Rye was called up to-day, Mr..
Boutwell, very readily asked him how long
he had been in Virginia. To which ne re-
Piled" Fyfty.fue gears" But Wells 'oas
not asked how long he had been In the
State 81,
The whole demonstration to-day led TO
the conclusion that the carpet-baggers ="
are bent on holding on to ell they have in
Virginia. They pursue the course OF the
early prospectors Of the mines of Callfor-
MIA. who, on reaching the field Of opera
tons fell upon their bellies, and stretching
out their arms and legs, exclaimed, All
that's under me is mine, by -! -
But we shall learn more of these fair
and gentle ones in few days.
Immediately after these proceedings, one
l.. G. Tibbetts, hailing from Virginia, filed
with the Reconstruction Committee charges
against General Stoneman. They were re-
ceived by Mr.. Boutwell,, who remarked that
the subject was beyond the jurisdiction of
the committee II should think it was), yet
the committee would look into it. The
charges may be put under the general head
of disloyalty to the reconstruction acts and
thwarting the "loyal" plans in Virginia.
I could not get copy of the specifications.
There is no new development in the move
ments of the committee of nine" They
have the encouragement of the approval OF
the President elect and the most influential
men in Congress. l think their chances
are bright. Assuredly Congress will not
attempt to subordinate the whole white
population and best interests of Virginia
to the greed and ambition of q few men,
and they chiefly Strangers in Virginia The
committee of "nine' came here to make
no war upon them or anybody. They came
to save Virginia from peril, and if possible
to secure equality to her people. If these
self-styled "loyalists cannot agree to sub
nit their claims to the people of Virginia
ought those people to be disfranchised there
for? If their claims cannot stand before
the people, is Congress called upon to esta-
blsh them in defiance of the wishes Of the
peopleY These questions are incidental,
end cannot be ignored.
The "nine" have the most powerful
Republican papers in the Union on their
side, and nothing against them but the I'M
scrupulous and false assertions of the Wells
party now here. They can hardly fail to
triumph. If they do, the injustice will be
so glaring and inexcusable as TO infame the
public mind of Virginia, and the defeat Of
the pending constitution would be certain.