The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-12-23

rrr.. c,u3"oce Of the Richmond Dispatch,

,.rrr... c,u'~acc Of the Richmond Dispatch.
WASHINGTON, December u. 1869.
The action ~ the Radical extremists in
compiling 10 cot Jho state of Virginia COM
rt.,rlv under 'hSr ban exci.cs much dis
'.~. smanC he respectable members Of the
r.,#r. and they will find that So far from
.a- successful the probabilities point
F"pctly towards very serious division in
me ranks. and tn" President. with the ma
ari:v IN Congress, contcSting for the pro-
.rr i,coC1itlon Of, Virginia. while the
y. Ter party, composed mainly of carpet
.a-&ers ami the 0ye6-in-the-wool' pro
,,i1tionjSts, Of whom nothing need ever
81 expected in the line Of Justice,
viii Qc found in bitter antag0nism. The
.aSs oil Republicans represented by ccna-
lT Tumbuil--l mention him p0raculGrlg
.U lis" lie - now II the hedd Of the legal
,.vNn>>!on III Congress. not executing
fnSham. Who. on the question of thc adj
u. >-inn of Virginia, takes the same ground
Frumhu!!-are not few in number. and
@sy rmNho'ica!N protest against amy
either 10HWng with reconstruction, The
.wpct-hagCcr> and others vino have been a.
aou> nthc attcnlptto make them believe
SHAT fraud has been used in Virginia are still
working in me hope OF bringing them over
81. The side Of supporting Wh!ttcmorc'~ or
rs similar bin. They are now moving 10
i've the President withdraw the recon-
@roGatIon> made in his message; hat here
Ga y VIII zeal. The di>organiZcrS are hv no
.aes,a> contcNtcd with the situation. They
have been successful in procuring II posi-
r.,lrn"ni Of The question 81 the admission
vi Virginia until after the holidays and be-
t~Cem The adjournment and the date of re-
,>cIabltng will 10 all they can 10 enlist the
President III their cause. They have no
IL ,pf all .l,.ns
uo~"G 10 the President on this question.
some reliance i also placed in Candy. and.
= yoSstbl", Wells will be made to recall
a.- letter. Their case Is desperate, and
tl~y ARE becoming reckless a> to their
u-oUrcc>. But. in the mean time,
e.: II not he imagined that the re-
Communications which the President has
1ic concerning Virginia will be with
Ut4Wu. Nor may il lie believed that the Re-
publican leaders will lie in 4 hurry TO accept
The views OF those who are cndeavoring t."
80 Virginia back. and 10 Vitiatc the action
Of She people based upon the law of Con-
yr">> and the subsequent opinion of the At
forncy-GCn.ru concerning certain points
ii tn" law. The leading Radical papers
ali oppose this attempt 10 override the laws
III the case OF the admission Of Virginia.
The President docs not approve Of the Of
forts being made t. counterfeit the legal re-
suits brought about by the recent election
and 80 far u Whittemorc's bill goes. II
r1di no, puSS orer a trto by q t,ro-thtToS
cv;,. TlMOS.
GENERAL CASBY's LETTER.--A Washing
ton letter in the Baltimore Gazette says:
A letter was received on Saturday last
from General Candy. which is now before
the Reconstruction Committee. and l.
doubtless a part of the additional evidence
referred 10 by Butter when he stated on
Monday that the Virginia business had been
postponed until after the holidays. His
letter is Of the bitterest character. 1t de-
uounceS the masses Of the people of Nir-
siniR in unmeasurcd words, and charges
ugou them the utmost feelings Of hostility
- the Union and the Government. Ii
asserts that such j The feeling of luminosity
am1ug the majority OF the citizens that if
> almost impossible to secure Il jury which
will render verdict OF conviction, how
a.iu0us socvcr the offence committed. Il
j believed that this letter will be used rs :.
Justification far furthg" delay III the admiS-
ion u the state. and it is quite likely that
were /; not that the action Of The state il
adopting the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments to the Constitution would be
COMPROMISED. would hc cause for order
my Il new election there. with the applies
r!uu oI the iron-cl3d and all other tc>t-oatl>
e, h.. STATE. aud Federal oiiccrS.>