The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-05-13
Communicated
The VIRGINIA BituafiOn.


The Conservatives and rebels who support
the Walker ticket hope to blind the people Of
of the North and to mislead the Republicans
Of Virginia. They consent to take Walker,
q Northern man and Republican, and thus
hope to prove their sincerity. Is not this
"proof as strong as holy writl" Are they
not anxious to get into the Republican party,
as some pretend to Think If so anxious
why do they not come int We propose to
show that, notwithstanding all that they
seem willing to do, they are opposed to
the Republican party and desire Its over
throw. Have they admitted that the rebel
lion was wrongl Do they confess the sin of
thisl When and where have they done sol
They have opposed the reconstruction acts
Of Congress at every stage.
The fourteenth amendment was rejected
with scorn. The appointment OF military
commander, the Freedmen's Bureau, negro
suffrage, In short, everything has been OPP
posed and condemned; and now what is the
plea urged by the Conservative press, such
as the Richmond Dispdteh, the Wig, the En-
gtLTsr aud Examiner, &C., &C., for accepting
these measures Not that they approved
them, for they do not, but that necessity Is
upon them. They cannot help themselves, and
as they cannot defeat these measures, they
must accept them and edo he best they edn."
eau men who use such arguments claim
with any show Of truth that they are Rcpub-
licans And yet Is is claimed that the
walker party" is the "true Republican"
or the "Grant or the Administration party"
We admit that some, fec Of the supporters
OF Walker, were good Republicans. Mr..
Lewis, the candidate for Lieutenant Governor,
deserves credit for the stand he took, and
we regret that he has consented to sever
himself from his former friends, but we give
him up rather than give up principle and
Why, If these Conservative gentlemen are
such good Republicans, do they so despise
the true Union men Of the State
Take that unprinclpled concern, the Rich
mond Dispatch, one OF Walkers earnest sup
porters, and note how 1t scorns and is ready
TO vilify "scalawags," as 1t Is pleased to
term native Union men; how 1t hates the
old NJ. Z. Church, which 1t Is so fond of
.erming q "radical political church," be-
cause II was true to the Union; how II yllely
and with fendish malice accuses 1t Of "steal-
Ing the churches" Of the Church south, when
| II only seeks Its own. This miserable sheet
| would keep this Church out Of the State, in
proof Of which 1t said last summer, In an
edltorlal-that no decent, honorable man
would write or publlsh-referring to the
ministers Of this Church eve are sorry
thal bcn. stOnculhn mas not tnOuBnt IL MS
| duty to expel these Notwithstanding hypo-
| critics from the State, instead Of allowing
| them to have the use Of our churches on
alternate Sundays"
Here is q republican spirit with ven.
geance. Here Is The spirit Of religious liberty.
Yet the editors of this vile paper would, no
| doubt, have the President believe that they
are reconstructed, and would lead the party
| supporting the Walker ticket, and be pleased
| EaIta Nhat Ia h. D.
| publican party of the State. Our readers
can judge.
1t is false that Governor Wells has but
few supporters among the respectable whit Q
citizens Of the State. There are hundreds
| of true men there, as we know, who will
neither be frightened nor beguilcd into sub,
mission to the "rebels," who seek, through
the Walker movement, to get into power
and as to the pretended detection Of the col
ored people, we do not believe one word OF
| ii. There are white citizens In Virginia who
will not bow the knee to their adversaries,
Notwithstanding all the odlum that may
come upon them, because OF the cry OF Scar.
pet-baggers, "scalawags," negro equality,
&C., &c.
| They support q carpet-bagger for Gov.
ernor, and colored man for the second
place in their gin, and scorn the hate of the
men who brought the ruin upon that good
old State, and who with their class have
shown by their past Encouragement Of heI
interests that they are incompetent to rule.
| Upon many Of them let their disabilities
under the fourteenth amendment continue
| IL for no other reason, for the sufficient ont
Of saving the State from their baneful In
fluencc. Let all true Republicans every
where stand by the Wells party, and
strengthen us for the coming contest, which,
IL they are successful, thon will likely be the
last great battle with the rebel powers In
| this Stpte.