The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-01
West Virginia Election.

The Wheeling Register of "Wednesday
says:
1.-The election news continues TO gro"
heiter. All uncertainty as TO TIE result mas
Ipen completely diss' patcd, and the only
uuestion now Is. " hat Is the niaJorlIy iol
Tbs. Convention:
We now have returns and reported re-
sults from forty counties, showing an az.
1,reoate majority for the Convention OF
9GJa, The remaining fourteen c"untles,
are kelly. from present indications ana
partial returns, to increase rainier tA.'h u'-
min sh these figures.
There beng 10 room for any Gouot "ila'-
ever that the Convention i called. we can
well stford to wait little longer ioi 'no
details"
The Intclhgcnccr Of the same date says:
.If the reports Of the last TWO days ii;i'
have come up from the southern part OF tne
state are an approximation 10 lne run
We fear the call OF Il Convention has p'c
vailed.
The big majpritics for Canventi'n APP
Dcor TO come hon those localities that b ave
= large cX.CDntcdcrate element, sucn Il
jefferson, HuInpshirc, Hardy, GTernbrler,
Logan. GIlmcr, BlaXtUn, &c., Dc. we az
pretended from thu beginning ihaI tue
measure would find its ch!el support ID
that quarter"
II must be remembered that the vote
upon the question ct calling Convention
is by 40 means test vote as to the relative
strength of the Democratic and the Rcpuh-
lican p.rtles In West Virginia. A number
OF prominent Democrats opposed the cali.
We recall at present only the names Of
n nc
Howard. the editor Of the Mason C0ung
,I0urnaL, who was e n'cmber OF the last
Legislature Of that state hs1t there were
many others. The Democrats can roll a
minority of at least ten thousand any day
in West Virginia in f,ir contcSt-that l.,
ON" involving the merits OF the TWO pirtlc'
That State is as securely fixed in its attach
1ncut 10 the Democratic party ~ kentucky
We have not u doubt upon this point. The
fat,Aigonccr casts the responsibility lcl
the Convention upon 1.-THE Conicde-
rate el,ment." We judge that this
"element" Is Il pretty large one in the lit
file State but we also judge that the Re
nu,,licans can make DO capital there by
da>canting upon the cnormiics Of seceS'
sion and the sins of SeceSSionlss. Whei-
ever the Republicans can mlnuttcture cap
itaI IN this way they call their opponents
"rcbeI.," not "the Confederate clement"
The canvass through which West Virginia
has Just tssed was severe one upon the
Democrats. 1t was questionable st least,
watcher it was desirable to have Consti-
tutiouaI Convention. There were many
good reasons offered why one should not
he held. Among those presented in its
fsyor was Que in which this state is some
what interested-namely, that West Nir~
ginia needed more time than the existing
constitution allows i'll which to pay her pro-
portion of tie public debt of Virginia. We
were pretty confident all along that the
Convention would be called, though we
had some approximations that the agitation
of the question might damage the Demo
cratic party. We rejoice with our friends
over their success; for a defeat would have
injured the party more than ever an unwise
convention can, conceding that the body to
be convened will prove to he unwise.