The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-07-16

n IN FIJI q
IsTE CAMpAIGN-pART OF GRANTS
ADMINISTRATION in LEAGUE WITH
! WELLS
General Gilbert c. Walker, Governor elect
of Virginia, arrived in New York ana pun
ND at the St. Nicholas Hotel YESTERDAY morn u
| mo. He went out soon after his ARRIVAL III
comnany with several gentlemen VINO
called to extend him their congratulations;
and paid q visit TO the financial regions Oh
| Wall street, where, on being rccoSnlLeu, Nv
was warmly welcomed and shaken by tne
j hnnd in a most enthusiastic manner. Lead
inc capitalists on the street expressed Ihels
intense satisfaction at the result III the oiu
| Dominion, and gave repeated assurances VI
their determination, Just as soon as nla.teis
are finally settled in Virginia, to go doWI any
make investments in many ways calcui'..V
70 develop the resources OF the State. III"
make its people prosperous and happy,
while contributing to the wealth oil Ne"
| York and of the nation generally. Governor
Walker is an rncommonly fine looking man,
and must, in the very nature ofthlnSs, nave
secured one-third at leasrof his popularity
in Virginia on the strength OIL MS soou
looks. The Virgnians are like the ancient
Athcnians before the latter gave themselves
contemplation of Plato'S philosophy, They
admire tall and well-pr0portioned man,
with a face of regular outline, and an eye oil
intellect and fire. Such is Governor Walker.
He stands over six feet high, is strongly
built but like perfect athlete in sGpplchess
of Joint and symmetry Of proportion. nc
| might be thirty-tive years of age, although
his ron-gray hair should indicate NIUE
more: but though dark, in fact almost GRE
ole-like in complexion, there is such an en-
pression of yigor and of well-prcserVed
| / W that
hairs and the dark skin fail to make him
| look more than what he iS-a young man
merging into the full blossom OF physical
and intellectual power Had the women OF
| Virginia vote, it is no cXaggeratlon 10 say
the majority for Walker would have been so
great as to make the darkies tremblc ana
| turn pale. United to this great advantage
Of an orator, Governor walker aso Pos-
sesscs that peculiar order ofeloquence which,
like park of pyrotechnics, dazZleS, Devil
ders. calls forth founders of applause, while
all the time the heavy ordnance OF Solld az
rumcnt and the whizZing shot Of sarcasm,
| Strikin" the BULBS eve every pop, and heard
and felt amid the general display. The re-
porter of the Herald felt real delight III
| shaking hands with the Governor yesterday
evening at the st. Nicholas lfotel, ana III
congratulating him upon achieving SO great
victory for conservative natlonailty-a
| NlcIOTN Ill DeUttu anu iol lilC pio.SS
the real interests of the Republic. The
Governor was cordial and communicative,
and spoke Is herein set down.
Reporter l suppose, Governor, you m
tend to seek little rest somewhere alter
this memorable campaign in Virginia!
Governor Yes, indeed, | want it badly !;
but it wouldn't do TO stop and seek for 1t III
Virginia. / found some little difficulty III
getting away from there, the Kindness OF
the people was so very great, ana the lnVl-
tatons from one source and another TO stay
were 50 bewldering. No; shall go up to
nv old home, spend three or four weeks
there, regain my former health and strength,
and then, with head and hand strong again,
return to nv fair adopted State OF Virginia.
Reporter: The Radicals talk, Governor,
of conteSting the validity of the election.
How is that!
Governor: Oh, that's always the way.
In their desperate straits the whole host OF
carpct-baggcrs say anything and everything.
| 1t was life or death to them, because the
instant that intellect and worth became
emancipated from the shacklcs thrown
around them by prescription and injustice
! the doom of the carpet-bag oilice-holder was
\ sealed. They held offices for which God
nor nature never intended them, and now
that they have been routed, horse, foot, ana
dragons, of course they set up cry OF
being cheated. This charge of being cheat
ed is lust as natural for them to make aS TO
find themselves accused OF. But then II Is
all waste Of time to talk OF the Virginia
election being otherwise than true EXPIRES
sion of the peoples voice. | do not believe
there ever was in the whole history OF tins
country IN election more fairly conducted
or one attended with such marvellous re-
suits, as viewed from the starting point. \
gentleman, u strong and prominent Radical
of this city, said to nc to-day. " Governor
| Walker, YOU have won a great victory III
decd, and all the power of Wells and h--il
can't take il from YOU" Prominent Rcnub-
leans in various places | have passed
through. Washington, here and elsewhere,
have spoken in the same way though not
quite so emphatically. [ have not the
slightest fears Of the result, because there
are no grounds for fear. Virginia did cN-
actly what she was asked to do in the question
of adopting certain specific legislation OF
Congress and specific instructions from the
Executive. All those who supported me
voted against the proscriptive clauses which
General Grant desired should be voted upon !;
those who supported Wells, OH the contrary,
voted for their retention in the constitution.
and thus placed themSclvesin direct antaSo-
nism with General Grants administration.
Reporter Then, Of course, Governor,
|
will take Immediate steps to recognize W.
| ginia as restored!
Governor General Grant, | am sincerely
inclined to believe, was and is still resolved
to stand by the policy he recommended to
Virginia but in the late canvass members
Of his Administration-Sucha as Boutwell,
and Creswell, with the Treasury and Post
Office under their control-dida all they could
for Wells. These two vast engines Of power
act how
used before and of course nothing could
be more encouraging to the hungry leaders
| of the negro than this boundless prospect
if the victory became theirs of filling their
wallets from Uncle Sans treasury. Few
know the tremendous pressure that was
brought to bear upon the poor blacks to
vote the Wells ticket. They speak of Con-
servatiye intimidation, but the open, fla
grant, notorious intimidation of the Radical
darkies by their carpet-bag and scalawae
leaders was something altogether unparal-
leled. The Leagues worked themselves
into demoniacal frenzy but what is the
result: Those Leagues, in the rejection
which has now set in, are breaking up all
over the State, and will continue TO break
until not veStige Of them is left to keep
alive the spirit of evil among the two races.
Reporter Does this movement in Virgil
mia mean the initiation of 4 new party, or
simply Democratic subtertuge TO secure il
certain vital end for ultimate and ulterior
purposes!
Governor On that head discover almost
all the papers here ut the North are at fault.
The great aiority-Seyen-eight hs-of the
men who voted the Conservative ticket are
as far removed from the old northern De-
mocracy on the one hand as they are from
Radicalism on the other. They want
neither; but they have had the sense and
manhood to perceive and cheerfully accept
the inevitable, and in thus doing they mean
to reject the fatal lessons of northern De-