The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-12-09
Virginia Correspondence Admis.
Sion Of the state.

RICHMOND, December 4, lisa.
Biror National Republican:
Sin: Our people are In high hope Of the
admission Of the State, and II Congress will
look at the substance Instead OF the shadow
of things, we shall not be disappointed.
Not only have we come fully up to the
requirements OF Congress, AMI 10 the best
faith carried out every demand of the re.
construction laws, but, as to so much of
General Grants policy as is thus far devel.
oped, We are in entire accord and acquies.
Cence.
As to economy In public expenditures,
equality o. all men before the law, the If.
teeuth amendment, reduction Of the public
debt and Of the taxes, rigid observance Of
the national faith, the people Of Virginia
stand fairly and equally on the same ground
with the Administration.
On the vita! point Of all opposition to re-
pudlat!ou In whatever shape, form, or de-
gree, the Cabinet itself ls not more unit
than the people Of 'hls . orArnor-aul,h
IN some vita matters are W" not even
ahead " sUuIe or tue loyal States
Take for example article ia cherished
deslderatum OF radical asplratiOn-arc not
the people OF Virginia in advance OF come Of
the Republican States, and actually trusr TO
the Administration
While Ohio and New York have been
Backing and filing" on the subject Of ar
tcle Is, SO that II Is not definitely known
where they stand, whether for or against. }
the people Of the Old Dominion are com
pact consolidation in IJpOr Of the amend
ment. And their sensible reasoning Is that
they have suffered long enough and severely
enough by the slavery agitation to desire It's
trreversible settlement. In all sincerity they
want this slavery question disposed Of now,
hencefOrvard and forevermore.
We arc setting our loyal friends of the
North and West good example. If they
do not follow 1t the fault is theirs, not
ours. We say "let Us have peace" by the
eternal shutting up Of the negro question,
aud the adoption, to that end, OF the quiet.
giving amendment OF the Constitution, which
consigns to never-ending annihllation this
fruitful agency OF sectional discord and dl.
vision.
Slavery 10, to-day, as much despscd 10
Virginia as in Pennsylvania. The latter Is
Just as likely to ro-establlsh slavery as the for
mer. The land Of Penn and Sergeant is Just as
likely to succumb to the disgrace Of repu-
datlon as that Of Washington and Walter
Leigh, and Pennsylvania will become
Democratic State before Virginia. Mark the
prediction,
II, then, We are substantially in harmony
with the policy Of Republican admluistra.
ton, what other test shall be required of usl
what higher proof Of orthodoxy can we fur
ulsh Is 1t Just or generous to ask more
Nay, Is 1t not mean to ask more
10 Congress to look Into the future and
Inquire what We will do hereafter VIII it,
for instance, open up the probabilities Of our
vote at the next Presidential election Can
It not, from what we hIr, done, accept
ahead what We IhdH do In the future VIII
it take nothing In our behalf on trust
The simple truth 10, that for the first time
In the history Of Virginia she has sent ma.
ilOnal men as representatives TO the national
councils. Several Of her members Of Con-
gress elect are Of decidedly national politics.
Some Of them even favor the protective
policy, and would delight to see their State
embark at once largely In the business Of
manufactures, aud they expect 1t as Que Of
the agencies OF recuperation. A few years
ago, TO be tariff man In Virginia was 10 be
consigned to certain political obscurity and
lasting Acknowledgement. Heretofore, our
Legislature refused several times to take
the land money, and II lay In the National
Treasury until reconstructed Virginia tthc .
Wheeling gOverlmentl took il In hand.
some sixteen years ago, resolution offered
In our Legislature by one Of the present Con-
gressmen elect, aud ably sustained by the
author and by the gifted VIM. NJ, Burwcll,
a statesman OF advanced and llDeralized
views, was voted down by triumphant
Democratic vote. But HoW, in the changed
aspect Of affairs and under the new idea,
that have succeeded, we II virginia aye
quite willing to take q few millions Of the
public land money to complete the James
.ver and Kanawha canal. Verify, We
are marching on Like CaliguIa, with
his lands, We have put the resolutions OF
Us so high up that none can read them, aud
few, It may be added, desire TO read them.
Let Congress take US In, and by taking us
In add to the strength and widen the scope
Of American nationality and union.
R. {,
Quick TRIP.-It seems but few year.
since Tint q hin acrnss tic AtlnrlL- W..