Wilmington journal., 1869-07-16
WASHINGTON CITY, July T, 1870

WASHINGTON CITY, July 7. 1850
Dear Journal Tho election in Viroir;.
which came off yesterday, is the princi,oI
topic Of conversation in Washineion 70
day, and eXcites comment us yariOus no a..
different degrees of feeling it has nm.
duced. AS previously stated by ne tba
Walker or Conservative Republican ticket
has succeeded by very large majority
and this resulb is due to the hopelessrc.c
of good to themselves with which the yir.
ginians regarded the Radical party Az ot
present constituted. The telegraph in
forms us that Walkers maiorities ere var,.
large in Bedford and Augusta, two Iaro,
and populons counties, where The ncerooq
are i'll full force. This shows that tbc
blacks in many cases either refrained from
voting or else went " the Walker ticket
very probably the former.
We are informed that many negroes in
the Southside counties voted the Com
servatlve ticket, several colored men hayip&
been run for the Legislature on that side
The Radical majority in Alexandria CITY
and county dWinGIed from three hnn
dred and fifty lthe first report this
mornlng) to less than one hundrcd
and fifty by the evenings news. Alex
andria is afflicted with the same curse
(though in degree less that has be
fallen Washington. 1t has dissolutc
and worthless negro population, supported
by the Ereedman's Bureau, and passing
their lives in idleness and debauchery.1
Their natural instincts ate with such n
man as Wells, who appealed to their sym
pathies and their tastes, by telling them
that it was call an accident that his moth,
er dropped him in New York instead of
Virginia, O fact which of Itself constituted
all the difference between him and them.
These men voted for Wells in a body
They have the same "gentle and perSua-
sive " political tricks which the Washing
ton negroes indulge in on election days
the art Of voting early and often" and
OF polling every stray negro they pick up,
no matter where he lives. A military body
in the interests of the Wells faction, was
compelled, even i'll the teeth Of the in
structions given them by His Imporialness
Ulysses, land last, let lis pray Cod to ia
vor the New York "droppod to arrest
several of the "mcn and brethren - for eX-
ercising their constitutional right Of vot-
ing more than once. But with ali this
fraud-for it is certainly impossible for
Radicals, black or white, TO participate
in an election without committing
fraad-the whites voted successful
ticket. Mckenzie, III the Alexandria
Congressional District is elected 10y
a large majority. 1t appears that the Rad
cal p arJy have succeeded at least in buy
ing an elephant, and am very curious to
know what it will DO with him. Norton
the Radical candidate III the lst district, u
negro, is elected to Congress. Since Thad
Stevens quit politics to become spiritual
vendor of news between this world and the
next, nothing has occurred that will give
the Radicals so much trouble. The case
of T. Willis Menard, Of Louisiana, is nota
" circumstance to it. The eXpurgat-
ed Constitution is adopted by Il very
large majority, on the principle that
IS half loaf is better than no bread" This
Virginia election is the beginning OF tlt,
end of kadicalism. 1t iorCShadOWa Tia,
result IN Tennessee, which undOubtrdll
will elect Gov. Sentcr and majority ui
the Legislature, thereby returning AndtrN
johnson to the United States Senate.
Mississippi and Texas will "fOIlOw auit.
and in two years time tho entire South,
with, perhaps, tho exception of South Car
olina, will be enrolled under the banner Of
Democracy. l do not claim this election
in Virginia as q Democratic triumph, but
it is the entering wedge to split open the
inehably kideOus and loathsome monster,
Radicalism, in the South, thus paving the
way for the success of tho Democracy
Thaddeus Stevens has appeared in new
role. The old gentleman has been permit
R<o,1t 1, .4c1 4,
tive land being much warmer one
than the United States) and oxprosaea
his opinion abont the attempted
impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Ac
cording to "The Blnncr Of Sight "-thc
spiritualist organ of the country, paper
that approves all kinds Of Yankee oiogies
and isms, especially flee-iOceiSna, pet in
stitutiOn of Yankee Radicalism, by the way
Mr.. Stevens declares that Providence
was opposed TO the impeachment OF
Johnson, and therefore prevented it
Providence is i'll favor Of an Impcrialist
government, and the time had not then
como for the autocrat. 1t will soon. This
''spiritua" declaration is sanothcr "feeIer"
in favor of Radical Imperialism.
The Great Eastern has arrived in Ameri
can waters. We received the first news Of
her arrival through French sources. The
dispatch being dated at Brest. This is en-
terprise certainly.
General Sherman arrived in Washington
yesterday after brief visit to st. Louis
He is coming in, while most of our mag
mates arc departing.
President Grant, having taken q cottage
at Long Branch for the season, will shortly
pnoceed thither to spend a portion Of the
Summer, also making q trip West before
he comes back for the Fall
Secretary Cox, of the interior Depart
ment, proposes to astonish the country
very soon with another specimen Of Radi
cal economy. G. turn out couple OF
hundred clerks and appoint double that
number.
Tribute of Respect.