Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-07-15
The virxini. Election.

The Virginia Election.
Washington kilograms say Virgini;
has gone for walker by at least 5000
majority, and the Constitution withou
the DISTINGUISHING clauses, will be ad
opted by at least &c, 600 majority. Wells
and Walker the parties in the contest
both claimed to be Republicans, and the
victorious side on Thursday sent dis
patches to President Grant, congratula
ting him on a great Republican victory
The word Democracy has not been used
during the gubernatorial campaign
though the Democratic element has
formed the bulk of the Walker party
AT the commencement of the war, Col
Walker was a Douglass Democrat, but
Joined the Republicans after removing
to Norfolk, wh ere he became President
of national bank. He was originally
nominated by the bslters from the Re.
publican State Convention, which nom.
mated Gov. Wells. Afterward all the
Conservative elements rallied about him
for the purpose of defeating Wells. The
Walker party ran a Republican Legis.
lative ticket, but in the Congressional
contest the anti w ellis element generally
dropped the title of Republican, and
most of their candidates were known as
Democratic" or independent" The
W alker candidates for the Legislature,
it may be added. are pledged to vote for
the adoption of the Fifteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution. The Legis-
lature elected will choose United States
Senators, and will also have the power
to take the initiative in amending the
State Constitution, adopted yesterday
that is to say, this Legislature can vote
amendments to this Constitution, which
if confirmed by the next Legislature,
will then be submitted to the people for
ratification. 1t is said that some of the
candidates elected to Congress will be
unable to take the oath, and new cleo
tions will have to be ordered. The Re
publicans here scarcely know how to
receive the result. The majority think
it a defeat, while a large number claim
it as victory for the present Admins
tratiOn. The returns upset the calcula-
tiOns of the Wells men, based upon the
vote by color, some of the blacklist
counties haveing given the largest ma
jority against Wells.
RICHMOND, VA, July s.-Gilbert G.
Walker arrived this morning from Nor
folk. The day was made holiday for
his reception, and when the cars arrived
ed about 5000 people had congrgated at
tie depot. A committee composed
about equally of the most prominent
white anu eolured citizens, Was ut the
cars to receive him, but the pOpulace
rushed iii and seiziug Walker, bore him
on their shoulders to coach Urnamen-
ted with National and State flags. The.
procession, which was nearly a mile
long, marched through the principal
streets. Many of the coaches, ui which
there were hundreds in line, were COW
cred with national flags, and in the
band wagon was a transparency with a
painting Of a white and a colored man
shaking hands. The streets were block
ed with people following the procession.
On reaching the house of Col. James r.
Branch, the Consery ative candidate
I. no was killed by the calamity on FRI
day last, the procession passed in silence
and with uncovered heads. Upon reach
ing the hotel Mr.. Walker appeared be-
tween the national and State flags, held
by representatives of the two races, and
after few minutes af deafening cheers,
made brief speech. After congratu
lating the audience on the complete vic
tory, he said that in this moment of tri-
umph they must not forget charity for
the defeated. They must remember
that votes cast against the ticket were
given by deluded and ignorant men of
a race that had not yet had time to be
educated sufficiently to know the wrong
of DISTINGUISHING Others They must
that 1--WE have succeeded on
the platform of universal suffrage and
equal rights, and we must see that those
who opposed Us, as well as those who
supported us. have all their rights, and
are protected fully by the law. . Loud
Cheers. They must be educated and
taught the value of the great boon of
the franchise that has been conferred
upon them, and the true, value of being
a citizen. We must not forget that the
of reviving this victory was
given us through the liberality of Pres
ident Grant. Loud and continuous
and we must see that ids
fruits are for the benefit of all. After a
jocular allusion to the grief of the pres
ent State of1ceholders Of the Wells per-
the speaker concluded by CIV
ing cheerful picture of the future pros
perity of the State. Three cheers were
given for President Grant at the close.
Mr.. Walker was followed by Isaac
colored, and several white
speakers. The election returns to-day
more and more favorable to
Returns this morning show
the Walker men will have majority
of sixty on joint ballot in the Legisla-
ture. 81.
Additional returns received tonight
show that Walkers majority will pro-
bably be $1,000. In many counties
gets 300 or 400, and Wells only
gets or 4 votes.