Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-07-23
UdShi"afoa Correspondence
". i. Tribune.
wAsnlxaroy wednesday, JAY n, 1863.

WAsniSdroN Wednesday, JAY Il, 1868.
In these dispatches, last evening, brief
statement was given Of some of thc proceed
I ings of the G ,hinet meeting yesterday. t.
I day ta4Yy additional facts concerning the
same subject were made public. II seems
that Secretary Boutwell, made u long speech
az .ust tho Administration giving aid and
comfort h. the movement Of the politicians
ia Virginia, Mississippi, aud Tezeas, who
style themselves Conservatives. He
had no faith ia tho s"cccssful parry In Via
ginin, aud he saw da,tge' ahead TO his party
if the Administration insisted countcuan-
cling the Conservative or P" National
Republican party ia Texas audi ippi.
As he understood it, the party In power il
known simply as the Republican party,
and unless lie was greatly mistaken, the :"
called " Conscrvati res are the enemies OF
that party, and did not indorse or support
the platfur II on which President Grant was
elected. lie thought tho Administration
owcd il to itself md to the party that put
il in power TO beware Of pretenders, and
to take no + SIX in any Of the NEW move
mcnts which might result in disaster.
lie thought the position of the Administra-
tiou toward the " Walker party" in Vir-
yinia had been misinteipreted, and the
country had been led to believe things
which were not true concerning the same.
| lie lad been in communication with promi.
nent leaders the Republican party, both
North and South, and found that they had
| fallen into the error Of supposiug that the
so called " Conservatives Of Virginia and
other Southern States had received the full
Endorsement of. the Administration. ana
they seemed alarmed, lIc counselled ex-
trenc caution, and rigid adherence to the
well known principles of the party of which
he and his associates had been selected as
representatives The result was that IL
WAS unanimously agreed TO have the cleo
tons in Mississippi and Texas take place
after the fall elections in the Nerthern
States, and as near the the time of the as
semblng Of Congress as is possible
Itappears that Judge Dent, recently nomi-
mated for Governor of Mississippi, by
marty of so-callel Conservative Repub.
| licans, recently called on Secretary Bout
we'll, for the purpose of securing the intlu-
encc of the Treasury Department in his be-
half during the Forthcoming canvass. The,
conversation which ensued was decidedly
.plcy, the Judge insisting that he was n,
supporter of the Administration, while lhe
Secretary declared that he could not con-
sistently use the patronage of his Depart
ment for the benefit of any political organi-
- b, fnll accord with the hepubiI~
can party and the principles embraced in
| the platform adopted at Chicago, when Gen.
Grant was nominated. As the interview
proceeded the parties became quito earnest.
and Mr.. Buutw ell bluntly told bis visitor to
mind his own business, adding that he was
capable of controlling the affairs of the
! Department without assistance from out
siders. lie added that none but those who
. supported the Chicago platform, and wsro
willing TO support the fifteenth Amend
ment, had been appointed by him to Office
in Mississippi ana finally dismissed tho
Judge with the information that his re
quests were of no avail.
A delegation Of Radical Tenuesseeans
have arrived here to urge the Administra
ton to take a decided stand In favor of the
@ eetion of Stokes for Governor Of that
State, Their Efforts win probably be sue
ceSsiul.
Gen. whttlesey, late Republican candi-
a ,te for Congress in the Alexandria (Va.)
d strict, arrived here to-day. He charges,
that great frauds wore perpetrated by the
G anseryatives In the recent election, ard
brings with him specimens of counterfeit
tickets used by that party to deceive tho
freedmen. They are similar to the usual
style of that kind Of tickets, having Radl.
cal Republican vignettes at tho head sur
mounting the name Of the Walker" can.
dldates. care