The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-06-09

s"railroad so as to complete and equip 1t has
"been accepted, and work has been actively
...bepun on the western division from Scarey
"crcek to Ccredo.' The work may have
been commenced rs stated, but we doubt
the rest of this statement. .a---~
We assure our friend Of the Petersburg
Err,css that he is not mistaken when he
assumes that we did not intend to ''go out
side of the courtesies of the press" in the
little paragraph which we wrote about him
the other day. We should be extremely
sorry if we had been so unfortunate as to
offend the Express, though we confess that
we chuckled inwardly some little when we
had hit upon the language which the En-
press considers Of doubtful courtesy-to
wit, the plump assertion that the mass OF
Petcrsburgcrs can't understand our friend ;
wonderful arguments;y yet, while thus chuck
ling, we did not feel sure that we had not
eiyen cause of offence to the excellent Pc
tcrsburgers. Itnevcr occurred to us that the
Express could object to our language. The
same writer that penncd the praises ofthc E1-
prcss's t'Junius wrote the paragraph now
in question and he thinks that, now as then,
he knows good argument and recognizes
faultless logic when ne sees either. we do
confess that the little paragraph we quoted
from the Empress was quite ingenious, and,
if the Express will pardon rs for saying so,
the most sensible we saw in that number of
the Express which contained it. But it did
not strike US as conclusive at all. On the
contrary, we don't want WELLS for or Co.
vernon, whether under the military or not,
and we do not think that any true firginlan
not already pledged to different course
will relax his efforts in behalf of the election
of Walker because 4 negro will be Lieu
tenant-Governor if Wells is elected.
Here is one sentence of the Etpress'S last
article which we must give in full
I'VE will pick OFF the feathers on you, our neigh
bor and leave YOU SO naked the boys shall laugh
at you, being touched with pity at the spectacle.
Here are others:
See the Dispatch says not word and 1t cannot
say anything sensible, against the sufiiciency OF
our answer TO show that there Is great difference
'e.T W declare I daiY that ali the votes given for
Walker against Wells, If at the same time given
against the cOStautt0R- VIII conform 10 our up
ptrmoSt desire to defeat Wells In the best and pro-
badly only way of defeating hiin-to cH, BY reject
ing the constitution
ave do not see how the shallow contriyancc of
the Dispotct To slur our articles will not be de-
tcctcd and dctcstcd by the Intelligent readers of that
widespread journal in its circulation. See 1t
copies our answer of its question, enabling Its
readers to see it. and seeing, To appreciate It, and
disabled itself TO say that it Is such that no sem
sible man would pen or paper insert whilst 1t says
of the other articles Of which its readers
not Inspect judge OF for themselves that they are
not sensible
Oh, no.
ave say they are all of the same tenor and as
sensible as the one the Dispatc tells Its readers
ccause 1t had put that before them Is not one
which 1t could venture boldly IT, assert no scnsi-
bic man would publish. We defy the Dispatch 10
show its readers any article Of other tenor or less
II was elected by Itself, to show to its readers.
Now, we declare in all sincerity that if
the readers of the Express enjoyed the
above sentences as much rs we did, that
paper caused much pleasure in Petersburg
Yesterday. But what shall we say! The
Express will not allow us to write freely
concerning it unless we agree 10 reproduce
its replies and it is so ill-naturcd that it has
"pickcd off the feathers on lis and " left
us Naked and declares that we cannot say
anything sensible against the suificicncy Of
it's answer. &c. What chance have we i'll
such contest? And yet the editor who
writes these splendid and ununSwerable
articles thinks it possible that the constitu-
ton may be defeated