The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-26

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affects Is there ANYTHING more COM
s,,ended to his consid Grafton than the nap
nihess Of his own race and the glory q niS
Eown country ~ A.
Mr.. SBoutwell's interroeatory 10 Mr..
BALDWIN On Friday showed that ne was
licking With q good degree Of fairness, o.
veil "a. interest into the situation Of We
oinia. and had q compromising disposition :
and we may even look to him for feelngsl
al least in some degree corresponding 70
the practical necessities Of the present day.
ISL HAYS referred to these gentlemen ~
amongst the most prominent and dec1oea,
and !if they may be regarded as COMING
nnder the influences and sentiments ae-.
ac.rrif1pe. have we not the best reasons to look
7for,ra ri 10 fbe restoration of the Union ana
I imagine that General Grsnt is destined
TO OCCUPY somewhat the,posifion OF a 70, saa
aJsckson-that, his administration VIII uh
but limited opposition, and thas ILL.
him there will be probably rapid l s..aai
torouiet and good feeling in the na.ionai
mind. He has evidently the gooo -eenss''
nstriotism, and self-will, to command ma
tional support and diminish .opposltop:;
Tb;a l., q happy, auxiliary to the restore
ton Of national prosperity and peaFce' ~ :
Tvr CONSERVATIVE VIRG1N1ANs AHD 2.
cv,-rr IT RrrTr1 m, &c lonel Baldwin, CHAIR
nan al, and. others Of the Conservative VII
s s held an interview to-day with
Ganana1 P,tler and the purport Of the
Conversation was as follows: The comnat1
tee represented that they stood for me pre-
dominant Conservative sentiment OF tne
State. and that they made, and were en-,
nowered to make, the tender OF universal
suffrage for universal amnesty In. good
faith and they hoped that General Butler
would approve, their purpose and. their
plan. Without committing himself 70 y;
General Butler switched off and compialneo
that his advices from Virginia led MIN 70
believe that landed proprietors were IN :,
willing to dispose Of their land ID SINAI
parcels, so as to give black and white WorK-s
ingmen chance to buy small homes, OF 70
obtain title in any of the soil. ne was
opposed to this thought it ti-Republican,
and would extend no liberation to State
where such things prevailed. Colonel Bald
win simply combsted this statement, saying
that while land in Virginia was not dispro-
portionately held, even the sale of"1t WHOM
was offered failed for want Of any real capt.
tai In the State, and because affairs now
consequent upon misgovernment repelleo
capital from the State. General Butler re-
iterated, with emphasis, that the lands were
held in vast tracts, and that proprietors re-
fused to sell. he said that would make an
Ireland of Virginia much quicker than re-
construction would. Furthermore, ne be-
lieved the refusal to sell lands rose from
resolution to keep northern men from VIZ
ginia, and from bringing ideas into the
State, and to keep the poor whites ana
negroes q pauper, and hence o manage
BILE, class. Now, he was always IN "a
vor of the rights Of the workiDgmen. In
1852, in Lowell, the mill-owners pla-
oarded that men voting against them
would be discharged. He retorted, in 8
speech in behalf Of the working people,
that if single man was discharged TOT
such cause all the mills would be burnt
down. No man was discharged. In con-
clusion, General Butler said that he thought
Virginia had better be admitted under the
constitution as it now was, and that any
removal Of disabilities could be made when
it was seen how the State behaved herself.
The interview then terminated WASH
inqton telegram World, 23d.
We are not surprised to learn that the
frank and earnest statements of Mr.. Bald
win and Mr.. Stearns of Virginia before
the Reconstruction Committee produced
the profound impression there which we
are sure they are calculated to make upon
the country. These men ask for pc ace, for
burial of the past, for the conditions best
calculated to avert any of the possible evils
of granting suffrage to large uneducated
class. They make no concealments of their
real feelings about negro suffrage, and
they talk throughout like honest and candid
men, Can statesmen anxious to conciliate
and settle the country afford to reject such
an appeal?-Ne,o York Tribune. & 1l
The Richmond Dispatch is entirely mis-
taken as regards one portion Of its classlfl-
cation. We have always been opposed, on
principle, to what is called the new
movement" commenced by the Richmond
conference, as we have repeated over and
OFSI dStIu, hua oaA AS'NSoS IVA
ing to our opinion. We have not united in
denuncidtion of the members Of that con-
ference or it's committee because Of this
difference of views-for we hope to see them
yet all falling again into the Conservative
ranks when this matter is over but that
has not in the least altered our judgment
as to the impolicy Of their course .-Ateran-
drid Gazette. ~ f7Al5."@ 2~~
/
We have Invariably placed the Gazette
on the list Of papers opposed to the new
movement when We have published such q
list. We understood, however, that the
Gazette was willing to favor the proposition
if it succeeded, and regarded it therefore
as substantially in favor of it. What says
the Gazette? -
The CoMMITTEE.-Several members of
the Virginia committee passed through this
city on Saturday on their return from
Washington. We understand from a gen.
tleman-not member of the committee,
but who has spent some time in Washing
ton, and appeared to be confident OF. the
correctness of his information-that it is
more than probable the mission Of the COM
mittee will be unsuccessful even TO the ex-
tent Of accomplishing what is proposed in
their letter to the Senate Judiciary Com
m;ttea nublished some days since He