The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-10-13
The VIRGINIA Radicals.


The Radicals Of this State have no friends.
They are peculiar people, jealous OF eVii
works. and find no sympathizers amongst
the more respectable even OF the Radical
partv. They are not less contemplate IL
numbers than in character. They are mere
tricksters and spoils-hunters. They have no
SORT Of regard Cor the welfare Of the people
Of the State which they nevertheless impu-
IDENTITY claim as their own. They would to-
morrow be willing TO deprive every decent
man in the State Of all his rights, and ut the
same time quadruplc his taxes, if by such
measures they could put money into their
nurses and live without working. They
have no sympathy with our people. On the
contrary, they rather hate than love Vir-
cinians, and would be as apt to rejoice as to
mourn over any misfortuncs that might
oycrtakc them. OF course we do not In
Guide in this description Of Virginia Radi-
Gals every man who voted for WELLS. we
arc speaking Of the miserable tactonlSts
who are trying to invent means whereby
Congress may be led to believe that the
representatives elect from Virginia ought
not to be admitted to their seats, and OF
whose manipulations the results were last
week plainly seen in the silly attempts made
by their tools to obstruct the action OF the
Legislature. We have already reproduced
tie comments of some of the northern pa
pcrs upon the conduct Of these malcontents.
We arc now told that they are despiscd at
Washington. \ telegram i'll the New York
Times. favorite journal with General
GRANT, says:
"The pcrsstcncy with which the Radical
Republicans in the Virginia Legislature IN
SiSt on the dcad-wood material OF the test
oaths ard PROVISIONAL forms Is deprecated
here by all well-wishers of the Republican
nartv in the State. II is felt that such ac-
lion only increases the difficulty of the re-
organization and consolidation Of the entire
Republican strength OF the State, and Will,
in the end, throw the responsibility oil the
failure OF such action upon the Radicals
themselves. Besides, the admission OF Nlr-
ginia by Congress, which is morally certain,
viii put this section of the party in that
state 1T issue with Congress and the Repub-
lean party Of the country. 1t is hoped here
hat il they can only act TO their own mani
ic-t injury. hcin"a pOwcrlc>S minority, they
l;ill refrain from acting ut all
These Observation-Disclosures will find that they
have mscalculatcd. We have no doubt that
ia" correspondent Of the Times Is right. 1t
gs morally certain +" that Virginia will be
declared fully reconstructed and her repre-
atatiycs admitted into Congress next win
t.r. There is but one thing i'll which it i
7. ~ POSSIBLE for us 10 blundcr-namely, in
The election Of senators and of Il blunder
un the part of the Legislature il performing
jat> duty we have 10 fears. That body has
-hr"n itself to be abreast with the times.
y hat will these vipcr$-thc>e malignants-
40 when Virginia shall have been fully re-
.orcd to her rights: They will hide them
Gives in Il distant state, or disappear be-
meath ;hc surface Of society here. We tell
thrln that their public career has come to al
end. ana that they will neverag again have the
icasIrc Of ilcccing the Commonwealth Of
Virginia. The "true Republican" party
that is to say, The party which advocates
universal amncsty-Will elect the next Presi-
dent Of The United States and whoever
wishes to lie both III the right and in the
majority in 1872 would do we'll to connect
himself with that party now. Even Gene
raj GRANT would be beaten if he should
desert the WALKER party-thc peace party
and, rs we understand him. his own party.
The night OF our humiliation has ended
The ligh! 81 day is upon Us. Let the moles
and the bats take warning, and HE them to
their holes.