The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-07-09

the South viii now come forward, strong in
the assurance OF the success of the move
ment she has inaugurated. BY the same
appliances every southern State has here
alter a surety Of self-proteetion, and a
means ny which each may again resume
its sovereignty in the commonwealth OF the
nation. rs t1ss 81. aa8E
AS we have heretofore predicted, the &c
cession TO political power by the great Con-
at the South. The question of negro suf-
frage, pending tie constitutional amend
ment, becomes n fixed and Mreyocable fact
and that which was counted upon by its
foreign progenitors as an ally to their own
strength, becomes means Of more nearly
adjusting the balance OF power between the
North and South. Sooner or later this "ele-
ment" will become thoroughly identified
with the interests Of the southern States.
ton and material development, are the per-
tinent political topics Of the future. With
the immediate future old issues pass away
and new ones arise. In deciding these the
South Will act IN the main as q unit, and
upon such questions she will represent the
united vote Of both blacks and whites. That
we are enabled to confirm the prediction of
the beginning Of great uprising of Con-
servative power having its origin in the
South, is hopeful sign that carries with it
great cause for congratulation, besides being
curious illustration of that retributive jus
tice which in all great social and political
changes goes with the whirligg Of time"
A summary of the results Of this election, so
far rs heard from, will be found elsewhere.
Regarding them it remains to add that they
seem by far the most pregnant and promis-
ing indications of better days for the South,
and wiser rule in the Republic, that have
thus far appeared since the war ended.
From the Baltimore Gazette.
The returns from Virginia are sufficient
elected by very considerable majority, and
that the free State of Virginia, by the gra-
cious permission of Congress, has a &C Isti-
tutional form of Government, and is for the
future, under certain restrictions, always to
make laws for itself. The privileges which
have thus been acqltircd-for we cannot call
them rights, although the new constitution
is headed by most satisfactory paper de-
cIaration termed Bill of Rights-have not
been gained without struggle, and indeed
by the employment of means which nothing
in the world but the conviction of direct
necessity would have induced Firginians to
resort to. AS negro suffrage was in fact II
military condition precedent to the permis-
sion to vote for any constitution at all,
it was found necessary in some of the colln-
ties in the Southside district, OH the south
side Of the James river, to nominate negro
candidates on the Conservative ticket, i'll
order to divide the negro vote and thus vir-
tually throw the control into the hands of
the whites. This was done, and success
fully-if Il negro legislator be a success. In
fact, the old trick has been tried of fighting
the devil with fire.
"olI
| is Il Yankee, an alien, and Republican.
Compared with any candidate whom the
Virginians would have placed in the field
had they been free to make selection. he is
i Radical. Compared with Wells, he is a
! Conservative, and as such he assumes the
highest magisterial office in the gift of peo-
plc-acting spontaneously, be it remem-
bered, under military rule. 1t remains to
be seen if Governor Walker is Il Conscrva-
tive who will win the confidence Of his sup
porters, and who will a second time be called
under constitutional suffrage to represent
the people Of the State of Virginia in any
| important office.
The experience of n very few years has
shown that military rule is, if anything,
more disastrous than war. Nothing is SO
enervating and so demoralZing as the dis.
trust which proceeds from want of conf.
dence in the present and uncertainty in the
future. Fields lie uncultivated, trade stands
still, money becomes scarce ard dear. Just
as in France, the people became tired OF
political changes, and were willing to accept
any form of government which was likely
to insure quiet, so the experiences Of Viz.
| .inia have taught her that any government
| IS better than no government ut all. She has
ut least one now which, whatever may be
its faults, restores order, establishes law,
and gives her Il Judiciary. We can only
hope that it is one which means peace, fol
peace means prosperity.