The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-07-02
with their true friendssaad- rrsret the way
for that harmony and preaperitylsshich will
Assure their Independents and Happiness.
Taa Hrsphs pay.

4AO sSSE-a- .%S@-
Oh, what q change has come over the
people of Virginia already! The bare an
~ticipation Of the happy day when the Go
.vernnent shall be rescued from-the control
of vulgar incompetency, hypocrisy, and
tyranny, and confided to men of experience,
capacity, end honesty, illumines the public
countenance and imparts new hope n
c~heerfulness to every individual.
How many men since the war have ut
times laid down OF night feeling Indifferent
whether the sun ever rose to them again in
this worlds It was o sin SO to feel; but
what must be the sin Of those who SO af-
ficted these people-who made the day SO
gloomy that they were indifferent whether
it ever appeared to them againf
But that sad state of the country could
not endure long. It must have an end, and
that soon. Society would not endure such
oppression. The better day has been
coming for some time. At last we begin to
see its dawn and how it sheds is golden
tinss upon the mountains and graceful hills
to the gladdening of the eyes Of q long-dis-
tressed peeplel:
The party of plunderers and camp fol-
lowers who depend entirely upon the keep
ing up of the passions of war for their sue
-cess-upon considering the main body OF
the people still "rebels,'' and imposing upon
them disqualifcations and d~isfranchise-
ments-have shown as much ingenuity as
malice and greed in their articles to keep
alive those passions. They have awfuliy
distressed and oppressed us. The country
has been steadily declining in all the inte-
rests that go to make up the power, plenty,
and prosperity, of a people because OF the
terrible apprchensions these invaders, plum
derers, and bummers, aroused. The posi-
bility that the State was to fall into the
hands of these wretches filled every heart
with CONSERVATION, and deferred the CAPT.
talist from investing his money amongst us.
But the passions o f'war could not be long
fomented after the war was ended. The
bummers and others find it impossible to
keep up q war in o part of the country.
Led by WELLS, they find themselves de-.
serted by the Administration and the great
leaders of the Republican party in Wash
ington.. The acknowledgements and dis
qualifications which they know to be essen
tial to their predominance will not be &c
corded to them. They have been plainly
informed that the National Government
will not keep q people in the dust merely
to enable the bummers and scapegraces-the
of-scourings of other States-to hold the
Offices and rob the public exchequer.
They are told that, whatever may have
been the acts and history Of the war,
in a republican government the people are
the constituent body, and the Government
mast be elected by them. That, OF course,
ends their reign. Such unworthy creatures
can never be chosen by an intelligent peo-
pie to fill the Offices of public trust. OF their
disposal. .rs"srf:
This is the state of affairs in Virginia.
We see the day and hour of relief, and ne
are cheered. The people are delighted.
The clouds of last year and the year before
are disappearing, and those that linger
show the silver lining. A few days, and
the establishment of peace will be effected.
The bright light that drives the night
providers to their dens viii shine upon US,
and we shall have peace and harmony once
more. Every sort of enterprise will flourish
under q restored confidence. Labor and
capital will be friends, honesty and capacity
will be installed in public places, and the
scene Of q smiling land biest' with peace
and plenty viii everywhere appear.
Work, friends, for yet a few days, and
enter into the joys prepared. for you-the.
rich rewards of consistency md fortitude In
adversely.