The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-24
Friendly Message.

After the late bitter fight over the railroad
question, it may be appropriate that before
noticing some remarks of our neighbor, the
Wing, we should renew the assurances Of
our very high consideration and friendly
feeling, as we very heartily do. We regret
that it takes defeat so sorely, and trust that
it may soon lind the balm in Gilead for its
troublesome wounds.
Our respected neighbor accuses the
Nine" or WALTERS, NEWCOMER, (appro-
pirate representative names Of those well
come strangers who are bringing their mo-
ney to Virginia y BRIDGERs. and others, OF
getting the Radical vote in the Legislature.
Very well; we are sure the accuser would
vastly prefer to swap places, and becom
the accused instead of the accJser! 1t is
well known that the MALONE party has had
that vote prior to this session-nay, and at
this session, on all of Gen. MAHoNE's bills,
until the Pennsylvania Central was brought
up. That bill-the direful spring of many
woes to the MALONE party-brought con-
fusion into the ranks. The General was at
one time in favor of giving all that the
Pennsylvania company asked, and at late
period, when the action upon the applica-
ton of the Pennsylvania company was
about to be brought on, General MALONE
replied to several earnest inquiries from his
devoted friends that he had no especial in
terest in the matter. and they could follow
the bent of their own inclination without
offence to him. Even our friend, the Wing,
was upon the Pennsylvania Central line,
palace cars, So miles per hour, 120 miles
without stopping for fuel and water, &c.
The surprise of Gen. MAHoNE's sudden
conversion from ut leqst Il quasi friend to
an enemy Of the Pennsylvania Central was
extreme. There was positive consterna-
ton. The Wing wore ship smartly enough;
Is ACHILLES had retired TO enjoy the rural
sports Of the serene upper line of the
charming middle district of Virginia; but
the long roll of the MALONE division forced
him untmely from his retreat, and he an
nounced his arrival here and his readiness
to stand by the State in its imagined peril.
1t was not the good fortune OF others 10
enjoy the advantages of the Wings turE-
table and they having committed them
selves SO far. were allowed to continue on
their way, and stand by their pledges to the
Pennsylvania company. Some did change,
however, and it has been matter OF curl
osity to examine their necks to ascertain
whether their heads are not poised upon
universal Joint, so that they may turn
right about without breaking their neckS.
1t was amidst this confusion that the I:e-
publicans were lost to General MALONE.
lie had always counted upon them as being
as surely faithful as NAPoLEoN's guard. 1t
was an uutoward event which caused them
to wander and to be lost-we may infer from
the Wings reproach OF those who now have
them-loSt, we repeat, finally!
In the chagrin of defeat the Wing init
mates that corruption" has done its part,
and concludes, "God save the Common
wealth !" Amen. say we. Who brought |
into the arena since the war, in Virginia,
appliances previously unknown, to bear
upon the votes of legislators: Who intro
duced the regiment of counsel and lobby
lists? Who the commissary department, |
with its ample stores! We knoec little Of
these matters, but everybody knows what |
rumor has asserted. We would not swear |
that there had been bribery, and assurediy |
we would not swear that there had not
been. The testimony on this head is not Of
such character as to justify charges, as the |
Wings experience teaches, it having made |
charges against the Senate that it could not |
sustain. Yet everybody has his opinions, |
md we suspect that they lead to the logical |
conclusion that the least said about these
matters now the better. Even the grave
committee now inqurlng into charges Of
poudrette committeeman |
hardly accomplish any decisive results. |
The substance of their report will likely be |
about this:
"Your committee positively conclude |
that there is something rotten here. |
about but exactly what it is, and where |
it is, VIC have not been able to ascertain"
We live in a strange age-strange to the |
Wing, most strange to us. 1t is our opinion |
we can make little out of the discussion of
its virtues. And really very tired of these
things, we renew the expression of our
good feeling, and beg leave to g. drap it,
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JUDGE NJ. r. CULLEN, a native of this
city, who left his home in St. Louis to share
our fortunes and equally our misfortunes
in the late war, has had his vicissitudes
since his return home. First being under
the Radical ban, he could not practice law,
and turned to the trade of bookselling, in
which he earned support. Being good
reader, he occasionally gave public read
ing, which was warmly approved by the
people of st. Louis. Once more getting to
the bar, he seems to be winning golden
opinions in his profession. Very recently,
at the request of the judges, the bar. and
the mayor Of the city, he gave public
reading, which drew together an audience
such as must have been most grateful to
him. He read passages from SHAKESPEARE,
HOOD, and other authors, in manner that
elected great applause. From selling south
ern song-books and narratives the judge
seems to have fought his way to his place of
equality at the bar, and what is better, to
popular fuyor and support.
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A Radical paper wants to know how long
the kuklux outrages in the South are to be
allowed. Only until after the Connecticut
election. 1t is impossible to defeat the
Democrats in that State unless the cry of
outrages upon southern loyalists is kept up
in O high kew until the 3D. Of April.