The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-06-18
Outside Opinions.

that all the lcaQlnS hcpupllcallS "t 'ii'
North are DESTROYS of the election of WELLS.
The assertion does not derive authority
from the latest expression of opinion OF
leading congressman in determining that
the proscriptive clauses in the conStitu-
ton, which WELLS contcndCd were indis-
pcnsablc TO the protection Of loyaliStS i'll
Virginia, should he submitted separately
to the vote of the people of Virginia,
nor from the disgust with which the
leaders in the Reconstruction Committee
received his appeal to them to intcrdict "A
re-registraton in Virginia because that
would add $4,000 white voters to the list
and insure the defeat of the Republican
party. Even Dir. boutwell, regarded the
proposal with scorn and contempt, as we
are informed by Mr.. BECK. We take it that
there is very great mistake in the aSScr-
ton that all these gentlemen favor the Go
vernon. They must have changed greatly
in month or two.
We all know how the leading Republican
newspapers stand They have with one
accord denounced the proscriptvencSS of
WELLS until they made it so hot that per-
force he declared himself against the test
oath Like Il pickpockct hotly pursued, he
passed the well-stutlcd wallctto his confedc-
rates, and stood forth 4 sclE-proclaimcd in
noccnt man. And like that pickpockct, the
Governor holds on to what he disaVows
through collision and cooperation of his
followers. They hold OH to their proscrip-
tive platform, on which WELLS accepted
their nomination. From LEWIS LINDSEY to
HUMPHREYS, from FAKRAR to IINCKE, they
repudiatc all idea Of purging the constit1l-
ton.
Here is what the New York Times says of
the WELLS party:
"Thc broad ground occupied by Republicans In
Tennessee and Mississippi stands out III hola CON
tras to the proscrptivc policy which IN lrgimla
has its representative in the ellis ilckc!. nc nc
same elements and motives that are c"mbincH III
ginia In support OF Wells. n selfish partisan am
btion to gain office operates In conjunction WIN
"A selfish partisan fear of losing ONCE: ana inc
two. united make mp Weiss strength. The SEN
siblc suggestions ut Scntcr, ana the generous pro:
positions of the Mississippi committee, nave te.r
aims at purgng The local constitution OF diSfran-
chscmcnt and political disabilities, and electing
an Executive and Legislature deserving the re-
spect and confidence of the state"
The New York Tribune indirectly passes
cens,re on this WELLS party by reference
to the Tennessee campaign. 1t asks those
"who f,vor-on whatever ground-thc con-
| tinucd prescription and Acknowledgement
"of those who participated in the late south
d" ern rebellion to consider the aspect now
presented by Tennessee. The facts are so
| n, 10 IL
"who can mistake their purport."
or course he must. The facts of the Ten
nessce campaign have been frequently stated
| by us. BRowSLow being sent 10 the United
States Senate, d. w. c. SENTER, President
| Of the Tennessee Senate, became, in virtue
Of his Office, Governor of the State, and is
now candidate for Governor. He is opposed
by WILLIAM b. STOKES, member of Congress.
| They are both UnioniSts but SENTER takes
| the liberal and generous stand occupied by
| WALKER in this State, and STOKES the ungcn-
crous and illiberal ground on which the
WELLS party plant their banner. The Times,
in the above extract, states the case fairly
Strange to say, BRowNLow f;.vors the cause
of SENTEE-no doubt sick of the horrors of
his own proscriptive policy-and the pros
pect is that, with all the acknowledgements in
Tennessee, SENTER will triumph!
This is Il lesson for WELLS. True, he
sweetly chants his gentle spirit towards the
white man in abandoning the tcSt-oath !;
but remember that his followers have the
pocket-book If he is elected, the UNDER
WOOD constitution will be adopted us 4
whole, and then, fcllow-citizens, we may sit
down and despair and wait for revolution
like that in TennesSec-a revolution that
will never come until WELLS is dead, if he
has power to prevent it. #s.