The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-12-08
= ,,,,s,.v .DECEMBER 8, 1870.
The Governors Message,

Tho message OF Governor WALLER to the
General Assembly will be found in the DIS.
patch this e.ornlng. 1t is frank, manly,
and frua document. 1t Is worthy OF Gov
crnoe Of q State. AS long as there are
Ser.tes at all we trust that Governors will
be found to speak "a becomes them. they
certainly have very grave responsibilities,
and should assuredly have the courage ana
ability to discharge their duties in man
ner honorable to the States over wh''o '"e,
preside, They have indeed the honef %
the States to guard and dcFeno' anu Wv.
man who ouails before danger y. III.
menaces Of power, and VINO mus '.'.S' So, as
the least, to speak out, Is "'sS'". ~ w W.
position ne occupies. Governor " ALhhh
has never failed to vindicate both the honoE
NJ the State and of himself in all questions
relating to the rights and dignity OF the
Commonwealth.
What he has to say to the Legislature
.,out the relative duties Of the Executive
and legislative departments, while cour-
t.ous, Is as frank as it ought to be, ana
must be accepted by tho Legislature Ill n
proper spirit. 1t is too open and generous
for Observation-Disclosures we'll based on mu-
tual rights to he controyerted.
The views of the Governor on the finances
.t the State we consider unohiectionabie.
81 they are responded to by the Legislature,
much will be done to redeem the honor ana
credit of the State.
Every right-thinkiug gentleman Will be
yratifed at the statement of. and comment
on. the course Of the Federal Executive
with reference to the withdrawal OF Fede-
raj troors which had been sent to all the
enforcement of civil process i'll norfolk
county. They were asked for by the EXec-
utive of Virginia that bloodshed might DE
avoided; upon that ground they were sent
They were withdrawn before the work was
finished without explanation, and though
an explanation was asked by the Governor,
none was made. This was al act OF gross
diScourtesy, which is commented upon by
Governor WALKER with proper and just
indignation. 1t is plain that General GRANT
has submitted himself to the control OF men
who have no sense of official courtesy, are
wholly devoid of just perceptions, and lg-
norant Of the constitutional obligations oil
the National Executive.
How different the gentlemauly Inter-
course between the Governor Of Maryland
mud the Governor Of Virginia. IN that we
have the bearing and courtesy Of gentle
mon with patriotic desire to do right and
preserve alike the public peace and the
fraternal relations of the States.
The recommendations touching the penl-
Tertiary are wise and proper.
The comments on the veto power and
the duty it imposes upon the Executive
are frank and just, and it would be al im-
putation upon the good sense of the LcSis-
lature to suppose that they will not have
much influence upon that body in the mat
ter of the preparation of business, that
must not only pass the Executive sanction,
but must receive the 'EX ecutive eNamina-
ton before that sanction can he conscien-
tiously given.
We have rarely read message 50 free
from objection, while 1t is entirely In har-
mcny with Executive dignity and obliga-
tion.