The New York herald., 1872-10-12
THE OLD DOMINION.
REVIEW OF STATE POLITICS.
an n. Congressional Districs but Two ceEtaan
-. con n.arvasvss Greeley and Brown
Rsluotant,y supportsd-The Hsgroes
solid for Grant-Their Hostil.
ity to the Whitea


sew weeks ago one would have thoaght there |
vas no Presidential campaign interest in the Old
Dominion; but there has lately been some revtvaa
of the political enthusiasm Of June and July last.
Even now there Ia lack Of ard0r that smacks of
great doubt That Virginia viii go for the liberal
candidates in November Is probable. but 1t
A my candid impression that this result win
he due more TO O desire tv elect their Congress
sional candidates than to any real personal popu
larity OF either Greeley or Brown. Nothing wils
carry these gentlemen through in Virginia but
thc,r proposed liberal policy toward the South;
here as elsewhere the cry being
"ANyTHMG TO BEAT GRANT,"
close observation OF tho campaign discloses
che TACT that this time the leaders and politicians
are far IN advance OF the Masses While the
latter have made up their minds to
vote for Greeley and Brown as their
choice OF the tickets in the 1lnld, the former
arc vigorously at work en6eavoring to manu-
facture an enthusiasm that does not in the nature
OF things exist. There is tameness, an apathy
and an apparent "don't care" about the campaign
which, contrasted with the wild enthusiasm for
Seymour and Blair 1868, speaks volumes to the
unnatural political revolution that has taken place
m the last twelve months Az the campaign ad-
yanccs greater efforts arc put forth, and now nearly
every speaker Of note in this State Is announced for
the stump. Even that hitherto stanch old Bour-
bon, Jubal Early, has been pressed into service by
his former followers in the valley in the shape Of
letter, from which make the following extract:-
ogni9I MS Is q any weight with my old comrades %
s!s VIII tSsIr party and nus ,1s
prey on her Sitas and this advice Would give 70 all
GA n and friends in n the II sre ss are any
BroM e
headed @ ,sa:e @ tSss al az s
and General James Kemper There can be no dshonor
he @ h bs
Withers and Kemper, two ex-Confederate officers,
are the Greeley electors for the State at large and
Jubal's appeal was designed mainly to have an in
fuence with the
IN the Valley, where they are said to have some
strength. AS an instance OF this give an editorial
extract from one OF the leading democratic organs
In that secti0n:-
dent Snsa States Ths Common ss. sense q Of sSe
thrill that woad paryae
sabSns ee people are at their
However strong this sentiment may or may not
be: know that It gives the liberal leaders con-
siderable uneasiness, and while they say Judge
Lyons, John 8. Mosby and their Bourbon coyyreres
VIII not be able to cast more than 1900 votes In
the State for Grant should not be surprised II this
number would be increased to thousands after
Pennsylvania going for Hartran!t. In order to be
have perfected the most thorough system Of Or
ganization by the auxiliary help OF Greeley and
Brown clubs in addition to the regular recognized
conservative authorities. 1t was by system OF
thorough party discipline and an active canvass OF
a o w
be pressed into service from the present TO
e Sa q the now
the coming month We notice the names OF such
ERsra men %v as r T. unter 4 II H.
Thomas s. Bocock and John b. BALDWIN, Besides
these are most OF others, not including the Dis
in thnf COZ nv aoS In
ginia viii be ''red hot" The programme for the
ensuing portion OF the campaign embraces nume-
Valley, where the ''straghtouts" have their main
strength
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
Apropos OF the straight-outs, MIR. James Lyons,
mt Louisville, has issued call for convention OF
that party to be held in this city on the 10Th In
for OConor and Adams. This movement, it is
SAID will be general throughout the country,
does 50 after fun consultation with leading mem.
Sers Of the party IN every portion Of tue stats
or Whites the negroes exhibit the
UTMOST INDIFFERENCE
as to the presidential canvass. Their meetings are
show OF spirit have resulted In total failures. SO
much is this the case that made 1t matter of
special investigation. In the first place the party
is entirely without funds, the National Republican
Committee at Washington having absolutely re-
fused to furnish any aid whatever to Virginia, as
the State could not be counted upon in tie Presi-
Dental election. Then the negroes are now more
than ever divided up by local feuds between rival
candidates and their respective factions in nearly
all OF the counties These are the two main Of
the radical apathy in the State, and this is why
there no public displays, professions or large
and enthusiastic meetings. But even with such
campaign grievances the negroes will vote soidly
for General Grant the 9th OF November and
every sable brother can be depended upon faith
fully to do his duty on that day. Party lines are
more than ever strictly drawn on the question OF
color, and with snch nneness and distinction that
the whites have abandoned all efforts towards the
conversion liberals conservatives
The latter have surrendered so much OF principle
and personal preference in the interests Of peace
And reconciliation In voting for Greeley that the
STUBBORN BLINDNESS AND oBsTiNACY
OF the negro In following SO strictly the orders OF
accountable, except by sto1d ignorance. Every
day demonstrates that the negro is incapa-
chise In all my journeyings through this and some
oi the more Southern States have found that they
may seem to be their personal good, but entirely
by their prejudices against the white race. You
ment in your power with them, appealing to their
good sense, personal interests and the prosperity
OF their race. but TO no purpose. Their action
speaks louder than words, and they Will
VOTE FoR GREELEY
smpiy because .ne whites 20. ms may pe tne re-
II 1t is altogether due TO that. They viii vote for
any disreputable character that may present him
sell In opposition to the white people among whom
they have been raised rather than gentleman
they may have known from infancy up, though the
diierence In their politics amounts to absolutely
nothing, and certainly no difference OF which they
are capable Of Judging In the majority Of cases II
would actually seem TO be the case that the negro,
IN his determined and stubborn opposition, was
governed purely by an inveterae hatred OF the race
that so long held him In bondage as a slave, and
that his political policy was the Humiliation and
injury Of the whites-in which he has been emit
nently successful IN nearly all OF the states further
south.
THE coYGREssroYAL
canvass goes hand In hand with the Presidential
canvass, and In two OF the districts, the End and
9TH, 1t Is becoming somewhat spirited and lively
The following are the nominations u both
parties:-
Dirt Conservatives. RspuJcdns.
L. II. NJ. Braxton James D.
Baker Lee. James IL. Platt Jr Jr.........
George ID, Wise u. Amber Smith.
r. w, Mckinney .........W. ii. III. Stowell.........
D. A. M DAVIS s.....,.......C. " Thomas .............
a Thomas Whitehead Convention determined TO
maxi no atinp