The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-07-16
The BASIS 81 neprcsentation.

We publish in another column the revised
planof representation rs it comes from the
hands of the Central Executive Committee.
The Richmond Wing pitches into the COM
mites. and enters its emphatic protest against
it. The Wing says: " 1t sows. the seeds OF
dilcord In our G%n State and party and
works a cruel injustice to our Conservative
friends whose fortune it is to dwell in com
tics where there i a large pr%cpondcrancc OF
the black race. These arc sfiD to he allowed
delegates, as ut present. but that there may
be no mistake ABOUT the mockcry. Their dele
.-itcs arc entitled 10 no votes. or only to votes
that will avail nothing. They are di-credllcd,
prescribed. slaughtered, in the house OF their
friends"
How in the name of common sense docs
The UhiG reach such Il conclusion! III Is our
: fortune Ia dwell in one of those counties III
which there i Il prepondcrnncc at The black
race" and ycl, 30 far IL we can see, Essex Is
not derived of lis vote under this arrange
nlcut. but will count just II much As it did
in the last etatc election. II is true it will
not have the same influence IL under the
former plan. but will have all TO which its
Conservative strength entities it. No county
will he deprived 1T il. vote Under this ar
ran2cuicrit, but its Influence in conventions
will hr exactly prolortioncd To lis Influence
in elections. The only objection which we
sec that can be- ALLEGED against it i that II
docs not provide for or take int" account
tn, Change, OF sentiment which are con
Il Il " going on. aud it Is manifest thai no
patc,uld be adopted which would do tins.
j. The committee had provided that each
county should CIst Il vote equal to the Con-
scryatirc majority in that county, then those
counties having Il prrpoislrrancc of the black
race would be excluded from voting. but not
otherwise. The wings plan Of rcprcScntt-
ton. based on population, is maniic>tly un-
lust 10 those counties in which there l. 4
large Conservative vote. Take. for instance.
itockbridgc. with Il male population OF $500
and Il Conservative majority of .l29. Should
Il have less Influence in Il Conservative con
vcntiou than M"cklcnbrr@. With male popil'
lation Of 3.913 and Il Radical majority OF
l.lGJ? Or should Stafford. which has Il male
population ri l.3S2 and Il Conservative ma
iorily Of 80. be- >iIclccd in convention ny
Kin" William. with Il male population OF
l,G5i and is Radical majority of GS: l. Il
not III" ol ,i"cl Of Conservative conventions 10
| represent the Conservative voters ol lhc
Stale, and no; tn" opposition:
The Wing >ny> ~ the plan: ct l. based
on the idea Of Il white mans lHrfy, and
dUari> the great Conservative party OF The
stale from il original and Grand proportions
- 4 >~rriiulal faction: and that. too, based
on race. The 1i>urditr Of Il ~tirccIcy com'
miItr". prot,S>iu" 10 desire the election 81
Greeley 10 The Presidency. la~in% lis party
Oh ,1I"r is painfully rul,~picrl"t~.
Her" again i! seems to t> that the wing l.
in error. Every Conservative who voted at
the last election j. represented. whether black
ur white: hut admitting that the party i
CONFUSED principally of whites, or, for sake
oflr-tinrnt. granting That there i not Il color.
cd IMAM in it. j. it the committee which
draws the d'.ti!ctiou and bases the party on
| race: l. il moi rather The black man himself
who excludes h,wscT from representation
ly atlililtiH@ with the Radical party: Tllo>,
rnlurcd mrn who Voted Tor v .tlkcr ;llr, n
they should IL. represented, and those who
roir for Mr.. Greeley will be after they have
shown Themselves Ia be- entitled IN rrprr>rl-
tati"n Ey joining The Conservative party. Or
the whole. we believe the plan adopted by
the comnrfI"" Ia |" tie iCt VT proposed
Il = no.; perfect. luIf is les objectionable IT,
Us. and we believe 10 the party, than The one
which the Wing a,ivocut"s.- T"',1r0trr In,
g.r.