The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-03-22
Delay and Ruin

81 Delay and Ruin. 81; go
T. -;.-rell~known that Governor WELLS
has Just returned from Washington, where
he has. With all, Che ingenuity and argu-
rrens.Sf Fhich he is master, endeavored to
;nduSo Congress to postpone elections IN
v;reirss for twelve months! This is What
vo suspected and charged several days
since. .sisag'2 tliGh -
Forsouryears this State has been chained
downssn q condition of obstruction, with
no Indication. as to how long she. vas 50 70
remain and when the hour Of deliverance
would come. Uncertainty checked enter
prise and repealed immigration; it de- :,
stroysd hope and trammelled energy. In
dustry was diserganized, and in the absence
Of enterprise intern isl and thrift there has been
scarcity Of employment for labor and scans
condensation for 1t when employed. The
great object has been to liOe, and beyond
tharffttie has been accomplished in Viz
ginia during the hapless four years.
Ous Of such q condition 1t had been the
hope and. prayer Of the people that We
should emerge when General GRANT came
into power. BE had shown much practical
good sense, and his motto had been Let
us have peace" Now, no people can De
happy who are enterprising and intelli-
gent andzwho are keptin the condition that
is now wasting the substance and the ener-
gies Of the people Of Virginia. They can
not Hbs acontented in that condition, and
without contentment there cannot be peace.
We lad supposed that this was one Of the
facts. recognized by General GRANT, and
that one Of his most determined measures
would be the early restoration of Virginia
to the Union-that she might be free in
mind In limb, and address herself to the
restoration of her comfort and abundance,
and TO the rebuilding Of her PROSTATE for
tunssast--aboye all, that she might be again
n noyarful contributor to the wealth and
glory Of the nation.
We do not mean to predict disappoint-
ment Of these expectations. General GRANT
has not acted. But we do mean to express
cur execration for all men who are now ex-
ertipg themselves 70 induce the Congress to
prolong the dreadful paralysis which
Heighsdown Virginia and robs the nation
of her valuable contributions to the gene
raj wealth. i
Governor WELLS, who is fed by the peo-
pie Of Virginia, has been engaged in this
work. He desires to hold his Office and
draw his pay from the people he ia reviling
and endeavoring to ruin. He prefers to
hold 1t rather than peril his prospects by
On election. He is wholly mercenary, 60
verned by mere selfshness, and strives to
make his place sure OF the expense Of the
people of Virginia and the nation. Of
course it is oil the better for the strangers
who fill the Offices, who govern this greatly
slandered and oppressed people, that the
elections should be postponed as long as
possible. This day had Governor WELLS
the power to decide this matter be would
decree that there should be no more cleo
tons as long as he lived. Likely as not,
conforming to that propensity Of Vice to
pay tribute to Virtue by assuming the
garb of Hypocrisy, he would say that the
people of Virginia we're not yet cured of
rebellion, and were unfit to govern them
selves, as he has 80 unscrupulously and i'm
pudsntly already stated to Congress.
Let US hope that the specious scheming
of this cunning, bad man will not prevail
in Washington, and that there may be
enough Of descernment and fairness there
to see the vast difference between tho low,
personal interests of the men holding Office
in this State and the great and dignifed
concerns of large community of people
whose welfare is but the welfare Of the
whole nation If there is such discern
ment, and the policy of the Government is
governed by it, we shall see all tho small
trickery of WELLS brought to discontinue,
and the broad interests Of the nation
crowned with success. General GRANT
mas frequently OF late given US to nope that
this would be 30. He has continually said
that Virginia would soon be restored to the
Union O. Possibly it is this which has led
the party here who wish to hold office per-
manently by keeping Virginia ont of the
Union to address themselves to Congress
to influence that body to take action and
save them from General GRANTS policy.
We shall continue to hope that they will
fail, and that General GRANT, knowing the
importance of peace and the ,enlarging of
thsaresources Of the nation to meet the ma
tionat debt, viii restore the States of the
South with all possible expedition.
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