The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-16
Claims for Wells,

We had hoped that WELLS, having been
completely defeated would have subsidized
decently and dccorously. But in this hope
we have been disappointed. His organ has
shown n rcstiycncss and inconsistency quite
characteristic Of dissatisfied and defeated
party, not sustained by a conscientious APP
proval, and hoping yet, by some trick, to
repair damages aud rob their triumphant
adversary Of some part OF his victory.
Some days it has been all peace and en-
powered in olive branches. Anon it was
full of deyilment-impugning motives
fruitful of unscrupulous accusations-and
fluent with information from Washington
assuring everybody that the recent election
was like the fruit of the desert, deceitful ::
and fated to become only dust and ashes.
Here We all understand the organ and the
men whose interests it eprescnts-merely
sordid and so contcmptibly small as only to
embrace q wagon load-onc of CARRIERS
spring wagons-of white men, chiefly " adj
venturcrs" from the North. They make a
that makes its greatest noise at a great dis
lance. Here it is not heard. Nobody knows
anything about it. 1t is not as audible as a
pack of Chinese pop-crackcrs.
We say that these indications show that
WELLS, who engineered 30 many prosecu-
tons for violation of the revenue laws in a
manner that only filled his pockets and never
brought any man to trial-would not rest
content but would continue to vex us with
his thimble-rigging-his schemes to keep in
Office in Virginia. So, in addition to all the
por-crackers of his Richmond organ, We
have some one firing off gun for him il
the Washington Chronicle. This person
as likely to be the laptern-jawed sharp
no6ed DUDLEY as any one else-elaims that
lie did everything for Virginia that h(
(WELL9 secured US the opportunity to vote
down the iron-clad and to vote down the
acknowledgements. Of course everybody
knows this to be a great lie. But, then
these Wellsitcs hope by impudence Il
achieve what honest men would consider
utterly impossible--i. e., to make people be
iieye that what they knew was merely &
fancy, and what never happened, was at
solutely true. They will swear Il man GU
of his own identity.
Could there be anything more impuden
than the assertion that II. II. WELLS Sc
cured to Virginia the opportunity to vote
against the iron-clad oath and the disfran.
easements of the constitution? We have
never heard of greater piece of impu.
dence. We listened to that mans testi-
mony before the Reconstruction Committee
more sweeping accusation against pco-
pie than was his against the people of Nir-
sinia could not have been uttered. He
considered them unworthy of trust, and
declared that they ought not to be allowed
to participate in the Government. SO to
allow them to take part in public affairs
would be fatal TO all Union men--all "loil
citizens" And now to see so proscriptive u
man-.one SO devilishly malignant towards
. the people Of Virgin;a-so bitterly opposed
a 10 placing the slightest faith in thcm--tc
conterring upon them the poorest privileges
of ireemen-to putting them upon an
equality with nesrocs-set up as their espc-
cial friend as having secured them the
opportunity Of voting down the abominable
features Of the UNDERWOOD constitution,
ID the most impu1ent and unbluShing thing
Of the day. Assurance can 90 no further
lying can 20 TO no greater extreme.
When will this CATILISE-this WELLS
cease to abuse our patience When will