The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-30
VIRGINIA NEWS.

WARS IN A NAME?-A few of the papers
of the State are strcnuouSly insisting upon
an immediate disintegration of the Conscr-
vatiyc party, and forming out of its compo-
nent elements an unaduteratcd, unterrltled
Democratic party. Why is this thus! and
cui bonO9
We arc unable to sec any occasion for so
dangerous and hazardous step, nor can
we perceive any good either present or
PROSPECTIVE to be gained by such Il proceed
| ing. Under the name of Conservatives the
opponents of Radicalism have achieved
| glorious victories during the past year. ana
| if there is anything IL name, we VIII GER
| tainly lose rather than gain strenStn by as
carding our present one and adopting tilat
of Democratic. There is IN Virginia
| amongst a large portion Of the citizens an
mCcrncv III III it, H mGpdScat e% IN" ' w.
There are many old-iine Wings who
| would us soon he called Beelzcbub rs to he
| termed Democrats, and who would take
moderate RepublicaniSm, aye, would see
any organization calling itself Democratic
sunk into the back kitchen of pcrdition
before they would join it. There is, to their
ears, a sound in, and, to their olfactories, q
vllainouS, sulphurous smell! about the name
| that forbids their bearing it. This is all
| wrong; but it is a stubborn fact which
| ought to be taken into consideration: The
old Wing can't help it. This aversion TO
even the name of his old enemy has grown
in him with his growth, and is as much a
part of his system as his heart. ne can no
more discard il than can the Ethloplan
change his skin, or the leopard ms spots.
What strength is to be gained 10 Cne palIs
bv a move that will have the erect OF rem
derino Indifferent, if not actively ho'tile,a
large portion of the Conservatives
The fall elections are close upon us, wien
congressman and important county oi,lcers
are to be elected. 1t 1ehooVes us, tilece-
Fore IA close up our ranks and prepare for
tbe contest. 1t is no time to commence re.
oroanizing an army just upon the eve of
Taftle- or. in the classic language of the
g late Iamented," "there's no time for
swapping horses whilst crossing 4 river"
Our troops fought noby and achieved
glorious victory last summer under their
present organization, and if either name
has any talismanic influence, it is the name
Conservative. There is more in this name
than the Democrats are willing to admit. 1t
means just what the people of this country
want-the destruction Of radicalism-be it
Democratic radicaliSm or Republican radi-
calism. The people have had taste of both
these extremes, and are heartily sick of
them.
Conservatism, the great fundamental doc
trine of our party, means opposition to
| eXtremeism," no matter in which direc-
| ton. 1t demands the safe middle ground
| the golden mean-betWeen extreme Demo-
cratic and Republican principles. If, in
stead of our abandoning the Conservative
organization Of Virginia, the Democratic
organization Of the United States would
| break up and enlist under our banners, it
| would inaugurate q movement that would
4 frxr in 10 nax-t aIpptinnS
| against the RAIDS. Whilst the North is
turning in disgust from the party in power,
and its people are ripe for a peaceable
revolution that will hllrl it from place,
We doubt exceedingly whether, even un-
der these suspicious circumstances, the
country can be carried by the northern
| Democracy. God grant that we may be mis-
taken, but our fears are great. The course
of the northern Democrats at the com.
mencement and during the late war has
caused them to be distrusted by both sec
tons. In 1861 they encouraged us to Sc.
cede, and promised us safe passage out
But no sooner were our backs turned than
in 1S62-'G3 they swelled the ranks Of ou1
enemy, and clamored for our destruction
III 1864, when it was too late, they became
suddenly anti-war, ard for granting lis ouu
independence. BY this course they earned
the contempt of both sides, and ever since
the war have ranked in the North, and
been held in just the same estimation by it,
people, as have the scalawags by the people
of the South. We speak of northern
Democrats-not southern. Against the lat
ter we have naught to say. They are consist
ent, Heroic, game to the backbone. ant
command our admiration. Would it moi
be well, therefore, to let our gallant fir
gnia Conservative organization stand as {
nucleus around which all the lovers Of con
stitutional government-be they Democrats
Wings, or Republcans-can rally, and form
o party that will route the Radicals ever
more completely than was Wells and hii
piebald crew last summer. There IS MOI
much in name, but when we have goot
sounding one we don't believe In change
The name Democratic may be older ant
more aristocratic, but let us be called Con
servative.- Chrfstiansburg Messenger.
SERIOUS ACCIDENTAL MAN Tom By Docs
| A few days ago Mr.. Jones, who married the
daughter of Mr.. Talley, in Charlotte county
went to visit his father-in-law. On hls arr
val there the old gentleman told him thai
one of his hogs had got into the corn on the
lowgrounds, and asked him to see if hi
could find him. He went to look for the
hog, and finding him, sent the black boys
who were with him to the house for the
dogs. They went, and as they came toward!
him, he motioned with his hands for the
boys to be quiet, so as not to scare the hog
and pointed TO whore In VIA The negroes