The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-26


AFFECTS? Is there Sanvthine more com"
rsnded "a his copsiderationf hsn the hap
piness OF hisown raco and the glory q his
own countryss ~ -.
Mr.. sBontrelpa sinterrogatory To- Mr..
Baldwin on Friday showed that he was
looking with q good degree OF fairness as
we'll as interest into the situation Of W.
pinia, and he'd a conpromising disposition !
and We may even, look to him for feelings
at least in some degree corresponding 10
the practical necessitieso of the present gay.
81 have referred 10 these gentlemen as
snongst the most prominent and decloea,
and lie they may be regarded as coming
under the TinHnencss and sentiments ds-
scribe, have we not the best reasons 10 loos
forward to the restoration Of the Union ana
: I imagine that General Grant is destined
to occupy somewhat theIpositton OF Gensrai
gJackson-that, his administration will hno
but limited opposition. and thas unoes
him there will be probably rapid return
10 quiet and good feeling in the national
mind. He has evidently the good ssenee,'
natr;otism. and self-will, to command ma
Etional support and diminish opposition:
This is O happy auxiliary to the restore
ton of national prosperity and peace. n
THE CONSERVATIVE VIRG1y1ANs AND
GENERA At BU7TTLE FIR. Colonel Baldwin, chair
man. and others Of the Conservative VT
einisnaa held an interview to-day with
General Butler, and the purport or she
Conversation was as follows: The commit
tee represented that they stood for the pre-
dominant Conservative sentiment OF inc
State, and that they made, and were EN-,
powered to make, the tender of universe,
suffrage for universal amnesty In gooo
faith and they hoped that General Butter
would approve their purpose and thelr
plan. without committing himself to II,
General Butler switched off and complained
that his advices from Virginia led him to
believe that landed proprietors were I'M !,
willing to dispose of their land IN small
parcels, SO as to give black and white WORK
ingmen chance to buy small homes, OF 10
obtain title in any of the soil. He was
opposed to this thought it anti Republican,
and would extend no liberation to state
where such things prevailed. Colonel Bald
win simply combated this statement, saying
that while land in Virginia WAS not d'spro-
portionately held, even the sale oft which
was offered failed for want of any real capt.
tai in the. State, and because affairs now
consequent upon misgo7ernment repelled
CAPITAL from the State. General Butler re-
iterated, with emphasis, that the lands were
held in vast tracts, and that proprietors re-
fused to sell. BE said that would make an
Ireland of Virginia much quicker than re-
construction would. Furthermore, ne be-
lieved the refusal to sell lands rose from q
resolution to keep northern men from VIZ
ginia, and from bringing ideas into the
State. and to keep the poor whites ana
negroes pauper, and hence manage
BILE, class. Now, he was always IN "a
vor of the rights Of the workiDguen. IN
1852, in Lowell, the mill-owners pla-
carded that men voting against them
would be discharged. He retorted, in 9
speech in behalf Of the working people,
that if single man was discharged for
such cause all the mills would be burnt
down. No man was discharged. In con-
clusion, General Butler said that he thought
Virginia had better be admitted under the
constitution as it now was, and that any
removal of disabilities could be made when
it was seen how the State behaved herself.
The interview then terminated dSh-
ington telegram World, 23d.
We are not surprised to learn that the
frank and earnest statements OF Mr.. Bald
win and Mr.. Stearns of Virginia before
the Reconstruction Committee produced
the profound impression there which we
are sure they are calculated to make upon
the country. These men ask for pc ace, for
a burial of the past, for the conditions best
calculated 20 avert any of the possible evils
of granting suffrage to large uneducated
class. They make no concealments Of their
real feelings about negro suffrage, and
they talk throughout like honest and candid
men. Can statesmen anxious to conciliate
and settle the country afford to reject such
an appeal ?-Neno York Tribune. o
The Richmond Dispatch is entirely mis-
taken as regards one portion of its classln-
cation. We have always been opposed, ON
principle, to what is called the NEW
movement" commenced by the Richmond
conference, as we have repeated over and
over again, and given our reasons for hold
ing to our opinion. We have not united in
denunciation of the members Of that con-
ference or its committee because Of this
difference of views-for we hope to see them
yet all falling again into the Conservative
ranks when this matter is over; but that
has not in the least altered our judgment
as to the impolicy of their course.-Aleran-
dria Gazette. s. a.#...+o pa '-. g.,
We have Invariably placed the Gazette
on the list of papers opposed to the new
movement when we have published such a
list. We understood, however, that the
Gazette was willing to favor the proposition
if it succeeded, and regarded it therefore
as substantially in favor of it. What says
the Gazette? -
The CoMMITTEE.--Several members of
the Virginia committee passed through this
city on Saturday on their return from
Washington. We understand from gen.
tleman-not a member of the committee;
but who has spent some time in Washing
ton, and appeared to be confident of the
correctness of his information-that it is
more than probable the mission of the COM
mittee will be unsuccessful even to the ex-
tent of accomplishing what is proposed In
their letter to the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee published some days since. He
thinks it possible, however, that some COM
promise may be effected, the nature of
which he was not prepared to indicate.
Another gentleman-from Washington on
Saturday-is very decided in the conyic-