The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-07-23


China, and whose very body after death il
taken to his native land to be buried.
Greeley on the Virginia Radicals.
We copy below broadside, fred by the
New York Tribune into the ranks of the
WELLS Radicals of this State. 1t sweeps
away the impudent assumption of those
men that nothing is faithfully done which
is adverse to their rule-their monopoly Of
the Offices of the State. 1t leaves, indeed,
| nothing of the wretched crew of the disa-
bled Radical ship commanded by Captain
WELLS. The poor vessel was watcr-logged
and the few that chung to it are swept from
the deck by the Tribune.
The Radicals ore truly told that they
brought upon themselves their disastrous
defeat. Had WELLS, as late as February
last, concurred with the efforts then made
to expunee from the constitution the abomi-
nable clauses which UNDERWOOD, BAYNE,
PORTER, and CURTIS, inserted in it, he
would have had no effective opposition for
Governor, and would have carried the
State. But with something like madness,
he preferred the part of folly and injustice,
| and he meets n well-merited fate.
The Tribune concludes with IN effort tc
console the defeated, which we apprehend
| will impart but little comfort. 1t is condi-
toned that they shall acknowledge the JUS
tice Of the right of the majority to rule
here in Virginia. condition fatal to them
Nor can they derive satisfaction from the
idea that the party which elected Governor
WALKER will fall to pieces for the disrup-
ton of that party, take place when 1t may
can never in Virginia enure to the advan'
tage Of the proscriptive and selfish WELLS
party. The grand combination which
united upon the GRANT platform had for it,
great motive the salvation Of the State. The
motive is strong enough to keep up union
as long as there is anything of the peril
they united to ward off. That peril was
embodied in the ultra Radical party and
as long as that exists it is guarantee OF
the harmony and power Of the army which
overwhelmed WELLS.
Let not Mr.. GREELEY be misled by the
term conservative That term applies
to any party which is less revolutionary
and destructive than another party to which
it is opposed. The conservative" party
which supported WALKER Was very diff
ferent affair from that previously formed,
which was styled the "white mans y
party. Its platform was completely differ
ent, its ranks were varied by the introduc-
ton of new men. 1t was mainly organized
to save Virginia; but doing that work on
the GRANT platform it was to the extent OF
its national politics in entire harmony with
General GRANT. What are to be its promi-
nent features in the future it rests with
the President to decide.
If the remaining process OF reconstruc-
ton is governed by the same spirit which
has ruled thus far, the State will come into
the Union under the favor and command,
as it were, of General GRANT, and the natr-
raj feelings inspired by that relation may
be well-understood. But we repeat, the
ultra Radicals need hope for no restoration
in this State The people entitled to rule
have gained their proper position. They
are faithful and true to the Union as well
AZ their own State, and being so, they will
never elect men who, like the ultras, assail
the Republican theory in its vital features
Of the rights of the citizen, the majesty OF
the power of the majority and the necessity
of the public "conseut" to justify the
government that is placed over the people
We invite attention to the 11itune'S ar.
ticle:
eve give place to long account of the
recent Virginia canvass by an active mem
Der of the beaten party. We select thi'
! from among several as the fairest and leas
| bitter, and commend it to general considera
ton as embodying much truth, though no
the whole truth.
"Itsignally fails to begin at the beginning
II slurs over the fact that the Republican,
Of Virginia were first divided and thel
1.-THE major part of them) defeated by TIVE
most unwise clauses inserted by them IL
! their new State constitution-clauses whicl
DISTINGUISHED and excluded from Office I
very large number of the foremost men II
the State because of their share in the lat
rebellion. They did this in defiance of thu
counsels and circumstances of earnes
friends outside of the State, and they there
by paved the way for their own division
and defeat. Not until they recognize thi
truth will they be prepared to regain thei
lost ground.
"Ourc correspondent has his own idea Of a.
election. In his view, the right to vote il
Virginia is properly limited to those VIII
will vote the straight Republican ticket
But that accords neither with the recon
struction acts nor with the Radical consti
tuition of Virginia. Obviously, if men ar
allowed to vote they must be allowed t
choose. And to say that the rights guaran
teed by the new constitution may be arbi
trarily taken away by Legislature is I
say that those who made that constitltio
we're bunglers at their business. With tn
fifteenth amendment ratified in addition t
the thirteenth and fourteenth, it is simpl
impossible that the rights Of the black
should be seriously invaded.
'Our Republican seems to think it tn
duty of Congress TO defy the vote of tn
people Of Virginia, and keep the minorit
| in power through military rule or other
wise. Two objections will dispose of tina
/ ,,ro,ro,n,oa. ! n will not he done q |