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From the Richmond Dispatch. I
THE SITUATION

The State is about to be called on
to vote upon the question of the con-
stltution embracing the test-oath, and
also to elect Governor, congressman and
Legislators. We are to be permitted to
vote on purging the constitution of its
most obnoxious clauses, through the in
auence of General Grant with Congress.
One Of three results must occur
list. We may adopt the constitution
as whole
ID. We may succeed in adopting the
expurgated constitution and
Sd. We may reject the constitution.
If the 1rst-named result happens, the
white people Of the State will, with an
inconsiderable exception, be disqualified
from holding office, and there will be
installed in office party which will, as
long as possible, continue this sweeping
disqualification that they may monopo-
lie the offices Of the State.
This condition will be infinitely worse
than the present mixed military and
civil government for the military
power acts as a check upon the civil
officers who are in place by military ap-
pointment. There can be no order
and conteutment as long as the white
people are in bonds, aud denied even
the privileges accorded to negroes.
In the secondnamed event, the peo-
pie will be relieved from test-oaths and
be eligible 10 Office and full participa.
ton in the Government. Thus freed
we can have good government, direct
ed by experienced men CT integrity and
reliability. We will have a restoration
OF order and confidence, and all the con.
ditions essential to enterprise, industry
and prosperity.
Should the third result occur, which
is the least possible of all, where are
we? The present Governor isin office
and no change will be made in ou1
situation for the better.
Indeed, there is every reason to be.
lieve that a rejection of the constitu-
tion-while we are permitted to vote
down It's most obnoxious features
which we could do easier than reject il
altogether--would be considered as ar
act of contumacy at Washington, and
be made the pretext for imposing upon
us measures more rigidly in the line Of
penalties than any yet prepared for us
Who will, after four years of poverty
and affection, open the scene of another
woeful period of uncertain duration an6
threatened calamities when it is possible
to avoid it and reconstruct the State
upon basis from which we may soon
work out our political and physical re-
demption /?
Questions like these at this day admit
of no fine rhetoric They are too solid
and serious for ford defamation anc
sentiment. We want action--immed.
late, practical, and wise and this is the
sort of action which we are satisfied tn.
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E@ The National Republican re

Ess Inc National Republican re-.
rnsrking upon the Presidents appoint
ment of colored men, says: sit is true
this first innovation upon an old and
lons>petted prejudice strikes the mind
somewhat oddly at first; but, like many
other things belonging to the old regime
to which we have been accustomed,
(but which have passed away never to
return,) we shall probably forget it
when we get used to the new order of
things. The novelty of the change will
be unseen. The question of race will
subside; while that other and moro in
posing one Of merit will rise above all.
The public mind will tone its opinions
down to this standard. Then we shall
hear no more of those distinctions of
class and race which have so long in
fuenced the policy Of the Government
in this respect. Starting back eight or
ten years age IL seems inannssillA
nevertheless it is palpab!e, existing
fact of to-day, that mocks contradic-
ton"
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she has now invested, turning it solely
for the benefit of her own people, 1t
cannot be concealed that this system is
threatened from more than one
quarter. While in Wells's hands it
would be jeopardy, in Walkers that
system would be perfectly safe, and un-
der his administration would be vigor-
ously conducted. But recent events
have more fully developed the grasping
power, tina ambitious views and the per-
vading influence of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company, which is reach
ing forth its many hands to grasp and
carry away from our own seaboard the
products of our richest valleys, as we'll
as the immense trade of the southwest,
which is the main dependence of our
consolidated lines. We need recon-
struction to counterfeit these schemes,
and we need it under man like Col.
Walker who is devoted heart, hand, and
purse to the interests of the State in
these vitality important matters.
Without pursuing the subject further
under this head, we shall advert for a
moment to the minority report, present.
cd by the three members of the business
committee. and supported by Mr.. Goode
in speech, chiefly directed against the
denominations" of the new constitution.
Believing that that speech is tolerably
familiar to our readers, many of whom
have probably heard 1t more than once,
we proceed to remark that, as might
have been expected, this minority report
is the old 1.-TWO and sixpence" stereotype
ed so long before the public gaze by the
Bourbon press, which no doubt, before
this reaches our readers eyes, the con-
vention has banished-and might very
we'll have done ia the vein ia which
Macbeth exercised the ghost of Banquo:
"Avaunt and quit our sight! let the earth
hide thee
Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is
cold
| Thou hast no speculation in those eyes
Which thou dost glare with.
The reports came up on the next
days session, and we patiently and con-
fidently await intelligence of the result.
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Gs4 An interesting bit of a secre
history connected with the French ex-
pedition has just leaked out. 1t ap-
pears that while our government was
declared to be openly opposed to the
French invasion, it was secretly furn-
lshing aid by supplying the French
army with mules to enable them to
convey their military baggage to the
interior. This was done through Secre-
tary Seward, who authorized General
Butler to supply the French with all
the mules they required.
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THE FATE OF THE NEGROES.


The Lynchburg Virginian has an art
icle under this head, in which, after re-
ferring to the mortuary reports and
other well known facts which prove the
rapid decrease of the colored population
while the white race is constantly being
augmented in the South both by natural
causes and the influx OF emigrants, very
good advice is given to the colored race,
as follows /: There is lesson in these
facts which even the obtuse African in
tellect might discover. 1t is one which
they should learn, and the teachings of
which should govern their actions. It
points out the folly and madness OF their
arraying themselves in hostility to what
will inevitably soon become the govern
ing class of the South. 1t tells them of
the infatuation of their present short
sighted and dangerous course. 1t teach
es them to court the friendship of those
in whose power they will soon be as in
evitably as the coming Of time. 1t
presses these teachings upon them SO
strongly and SO plainly that nothing but
the insanity of blind passion and preju-
dice can prevent their seeing them. A
mad faulty seems to be now driving
them on to destruction. Under the lead
vile and miserable dsmagogues, they are
working out their own ruin. We hope
that these poor, deludsd creatures will
yet learn to realize the situation; to APP
preciate their own peculiar condition
and the dangers which beset them, and
to act as reasonable and rational beings
should act in matters so vitality affect
ing their own welfare. ..I.
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1t is understood in Washington that
General Robert E. Lee has been invited
to call upon President Grant at the
White House, in order to confer with
reference to the reconstruction of Virgil
mia. General Lee is now in Baltimore
with delegation of Virginians interest,"
ed in theValley railroad, but intends Wis
ting Washington, where he will be the
guest of Montgomery Blair.
The spring term of the United States
Circuit Court, District of Virginia, meets
in Richmond, on the third day of next
month. Chief Justice Chase is expected
to be present, and many highly impor-
tant as we'll as interesting questions will
be brought to the attention of the Court
A rumor that the poppy is to be Gull
tivated in China by royal suggestion,
has created great excitement there
among the opium dealers.
We hear it stated that the Secretary
of the Treasury is considering the pro-
priety of reducing the number of Ma.
ticnai Banks, so as to leave but one in
each election district and in instances
where the point may be agreed upon by
both the Treasurer and the Commission
er of Internal Revenue for depository,
it will be SO confirmed by the Secretary.
Chas. A. Dana, of the New York
Sun, has been arrested on the suit of
j. Russell Young, the managing editor
of the Tribune, for libel. The Suns ar
ticle duplicates Young in receiving
brides, and fraudulent use of the asso-
ciated press dispatches
The Mexican Congress has authorized
President Juarez to recognize the Caban
insurgents as bslligerents whenever he
thinks proper. Vessels bearing the Gu
ban flag are admitted into the ports of
Mexico
The President has appointed Gen.
Hiram Walbridge, of New York,
commissioner to examine the Pacific
railroad, in place of Mr.. Horace Greeley
who declined in consequence of press
ing literary engagements.
On Saturday next the last rail of the
Pacific railroad will sbe laid and the
last spike driven. Spectators are al
ready gathering at the end-of the Cen
trail Pacific railroad to witness the ocs
euryence.
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size
UIder assurance of the overwhelming
support which this plan will receive in
the Convention-for we are informed
. that there we're very few malcontents
present, as shown in the unanimity Of
the Communicative are entirely satisfied
with the posture here assumed. 1t was
by no means necessary that this Con-
vention should nominate Col. Walker.
While that might have been gratifying
to him personally, and to many of his
friends, We are aware that there are
others who conceive that his endorsa-
ton by body whose functions may be
considered as ceasing with the with
drawal of their MISREPRESENTATION cam
didates, while il could not carry author
ity with the people, might give some
advantage to his opponents of the Radi-
cal wing.
In other respects, the True Republic
can ticket has sufficient vantage ground,
and its power is amply demonstrated in
this one thing-that it has driven the
so-called White Mans Conservative
party from the field, and left the people
of the State unbranded to effect their
own reconstruction upon the favorable
terms conceded to them by the Presi-
dent and by Congress. H..
Under this prestige, then, the cam
paign will be opened. We accept the
situation. 1t is just as we would have
it. An administration party can now
speedily be organized of all who sim
cerely desire the restoration of the State
to the Federal Union-of all who are
sick Of the Bourbons-of all who long
to see the way clear for the revival of
business, the employment of industry,
and that advancement of our material
interests which will lead to such pros
perlty as we have often speculated upon
and dreamed of, but which we can only
fairly and fully attain under govern
ment of our own in full fellowship with
the Union. Let US sweep away the
distractions, cobwebs and bugbears,
with which the enemies Of reconst:uc-
ton have sought to entangle and scare
us, and keeping steadily in view the
prime object of Virginia's RECONSTRUCT
ton, let us rally to the support of the
True Republican ticket upon thu Ad-
platform, and, erasing by
our votes the oppressive aud disfranchi-
sing clauses. accept the Constitution as
the first step towards our political SAL
walton. ..
Thus shall we have the government
Of the State in our hands and acquire
such power over our organic law as to
mold it more and more to accord with
our established principles of policy.
This course will affirm and establish
the eternal Improvement system Of the
State, and save the vast amount which
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THE RICHMOND CONVENTION.
The city morning papers yesterday
contained the reports of the first days
proceedings of this Convention. A ma
jority report signed by nine of the bust
ness committee was read, of which the
following is the substance
LIST. Accepting the resignation of the
Conservative candidates, and compli-
menting them for the zeal they displayed
in the cause.
I'd. Urging the Conservative voters
to consolidate to defeat the obnoxious
provisions Of the Constitution, and to
elect proper persons to the State Legis-
lature.
Sd. While expressing hostility to the
Objectionable features of the Constitu-
ton, the Convention still declines to
make any recommendation to voters re-
garding their suffrages on the Constitu-
ton expurgated of such features, or as
to the candidates before the people,
feeling that the voters will act for the
best interests of the State.
We are then told that Mr.. Guild made
speech in favor of the report, explain
ing that it was compromise of different
opinions, and left the Conservative voters
free to vote for or against negro sutf-
rage, against the Constitution as whole,
or for it as expurgated. 1t was course
of action to meet the necessities and cir
cumstances of the times.
If the Convention stops here, we shall
regard its action as eminently wise and
practical-and our information at the
time we write is that the report will be
adopted. 1t will then have swept out
of the way the organization of the OPP
ponents of reconstruction, broken the
staff of the Bourbon oligarchy and dis
banded its followers, and will have
given way for the more efficient organ
ization aud triumphant success of the
True Republican party, with ooly two
tickets in the deld-Walker upon the
plan of the President and Congress in
favor of the expurgated Constitution,
and Wells upon the Radical platform of
the Unde wood Constitution pure and
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