The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-08-05

theF hoped to tlisfrancfise and desron the
white popniation OF the State. And the
calculation Is still he sames The scneme
will be quietly pursued in every county,
town, and township, to org nlze tms vote,
and cast it in compact mass IN the ciectfons.
But inroads upon the ConserTative ma
iority of 1900 are expected to he made In
several WAYS Interested conversions Will
he counted on; fallings Off from the reiaxa:
ton of effort followingo on success; the revival
of old distinctive party names and party pre-
iudices: and last and most potent influence OF
ALI. distractions and rirdtTies arising from
competitions for office! These last have
ever been the bane OF successful partles.
Last year principle united, and no selfish
interests divided the Conservatives. NOW,
numerous offices are to be bestowed, and
doubtless the competition Tor them among
an impoverished people will be excited ana
keen. The conference recommends that suit
able nominations he made for all these Off
ccs-county clerks, attorneys, sherllfs, trea-
surers, tax-collectors, superintendenIs OF
the poor. These are most important offices,
and to fill them properly is OF the highest
public and private concern. There are
other offices Of higher authority and more
imposing names, but these come closer to
mems business and b0soms, and affect more
nearly the happiness and comfort OF lndl-
yidual life. Let these nominations be made,
in all cases, by the organized, accredited
action of the party in each locality and
when made, let them receive the unrcserYed
and active support Of all. In no case should
more than one Conservative candidate for
IN Office be allowed. BY the opposite course.
divisions will lead to defeat, or by making
the adversary the arbiter of our dissen-
sions, will lead to the obliteration of party
lines and the ultimate destruction Of Con-
servatism ITSELF How humblng the spec
tacle of people, fresh from successful de-
fence of their affairs and firesidcs, who
should spend in ignoble contests among
themselves the energy necessary tor the
defeat Of the common enemy
1t is further recommended by the con-
ference that suitable nominations be made
for representatives Of the State i'll Congress.
These cannot be made, with accurate refer
ence to territory, until, by redistricting the
State, the gross inequalities of the present
arrangement shall be redressed. But atten-
ton will naturally be directed to such men
as will worthily represent the State. Vir-
ginia owed her former weight i'll the coun-
ellis of the country TO the disinterested
patriotism and exalted character, no less
than the political ability, which distin-
ouishcd her representatives. BY no other
means. can any share of that influence be
regained. With such aid, the favorable re-
gard of Congress may be asked to the relief
of the South by Il more just and equitable
distribution of the national currency the
relief of the great staple. tobacco, from
ruinous specific taxation and those CALLING
and orprcssivc restrictions which deprcss
and deter the fair dealer, while they tempt
the unfair to fraudulent evasion money
appropriations for the internal improve
mcnts of 1.-The State, bringing them in con-
nectiOn with the great trans-cOntlncntal
lines of communication, and an equal share
in all the benefits of general legislation for
the Union.
Thus have we discharged the representa-
tive duty of recommending for Virginia a
State policy free from outside influence or
intervention, the prime condition OF which
is the conservation Of tho power of the State
in conservative hands, and between which
and social anarchy and misrule we discern
no alternative a policy of peace, restora-
ton. and development Of the internal re-
sources of the State, as the hest security for
her present well-beng and future weight
and influence policy in which the States
of the South have been instructed by COM
mon interests, suffering, and danger; which,
Mt iuncturc ominous of political change,
guards and provides for the present, but
reserves the power of decision in the fu-
tIlre formation and movements Of national
parties. II. II. DANIEL,
THOMAS BRANCH,
JAMES NELSON,
ALBERT ORDwAY,
II. II. MARSHALL,
NJ. l.. STRAUS,
T.. r. MOORE,
JAMES r. FISHER,
A. NJ. KELLEY,
WILLIAM II. PALMER,
II. W. McCANCE,
Committee.
D,cuuorn A,ruSt 4 1870.