The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-09-20
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hon, districts. when they feared they would
~ 5ocaoted In ut least one oil them. MIR.
Jr1xIs. of the Rockingham district, was
s,nposcd doubtful when elected, but he
tnrucd out to be one OF the truest anti
Republicans of the delegation. He has DC
clared that had he been IN washington
when the Democratic address was sent
forth he would have signed it. So that the
Conservatives cot more than they antici-
patcd in Congress.
When we come to the United States
Senate. what were the facts? The :" d'sa-
h;l;ties" under congressional laws itmitea
us painfully there. The range OF selecItoh
was confined to nutshell. Fortunately,
rou, w. JOHNSTON was freed by the re-
mov.l IF his disabilities. In his election
We we're fortunate In getting worthy gen-
t,sman--a true and faithful man. With re-
faronce 10 Mr.. LEWIS, we all knew he was a
Republican; but it was believed from his
professions that he was Conservative Re-
nuh|ican. All had faith IN his per-
sonal honor. and though Republican,
ism was distasteiul, the fact that Mr..
LEWIS and his friends had assisted the
Conservative party to save the State from q
barbarous and nefarious government, and
the additional fact that he stood we'll In
Washington and might facilitate the admis-
sion of Virginia into the Union, secured his
election.
What ground, then, has the Enquirer
for its assertion that the Conservative party
tailed and was deceived, or deceived the
world in electing men to Congress as Con-
servatiyes who turned out to be Republic
cans? None whatever.
But these accusations have constituted
the staple of the editorials Of the Enquirer
for several months Even since the appoint
ment of the Central Executive Committee,
the resolution organizing which the editor
of the Enquirer claims to have written, that
paper has unkindly criticised and sought to
bring into contempt the action of that COM
mittee. The Enquirer can praise Mr..
HuGHEs's letter and call Judge RIvEs able
IAN Impeachment we never heard brought
against him save in The most amiably COM
plimcntary way), but it has no praise-no
stirring appeals-in behalf Of the Execu-
tive Committee and the Conservative party.
For that the Enquirer is not in the vein.
oh, no!
Now, the Enquirer is, Of course, a free
paper; but everybody likes to know who
tights with him and how he fights. In our
opinion, an auxiliary who hits his friends
ten blows to the one he gives the enemy is
not a valuable auxiliary. Those he pro-
fesSes to help would be better Off without
him.
The Enquirer complains that the Dispatch
has been making filings at it ever since the
present editor Of that paper has had charge
of it. In all truth and sincerity, we are I'M
aware Of such filings. We never in per-
sonal unkintireSs uttered word about the
Enquirer. We had Observation-Disclosures
paragraph upon the success Of the CONSOLE
daton bill, but it was all in good humor.
II we had known how disinclned our
ncighbor was to little joke we would
never have attempted to push straight
stick down Il crooked mans throat. We
hope the editor will take for earnest our
uI>CiaiiiiSl.
In conclusion, may we not hope that the
Enquirer will lie as quiet about the Demo-
cratic party as the Wings are about theirs,
and give its earnest, and of course able, sup
port to the Conservative party? There is
banding still in this State of all the worst ele-
ments of society against the intelligence, the
virtue, and the responsible population of the
State. 1t was this banding Of classes-which
wa brought about by hypocritical preach
erS, expert rogues, and unprincipled adrcli-
turers, who came in at the tail of the Federal
arlnv-that caused the union of all good
Nirginians to save the State from the mis-
rule OF dishonesty and incompetency. No
man should think Of party divisions, old
prejudices, and per sonal ambition while
the State is in peril but all should be sacri-
feed upon the altar of the country. Is
there any man in Virginia too good or too
exalted to make this sacrifice?