The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-11-12

Mismanagement--Politic Tolerance, SC
PETERSBURG, November IL.
TO the Editor Of the State Journal:
Business in Petersburg, despite the
''horse malady," does not appear to Ian.
guish. Ok teams are employed by several
of our enterprising houses to convey cot
ton and other merchandise to the depots,
and seem to be good substitute for the
fine teams of horses usually thronging
Sycamore street. The business men of the
city seem to be more than satisfied with the
result of the elections, and manifest a con-
fidence which betokens prosperity.
THE POLITICIANS
manifest much spleen and venom over the
result. One of our city dailies, however,
closes an editorial this morning in these
words sour confidence is in the virtue and
intelligence Of the people," And we think
the people were never more emphatic in
evidencing their 'virtue and intelligence"
than in voting for General Grant at the
elections last week. Since that vote every
body ought to have faith in the virtue and
intelligence of the dear people.
PETERSBURG POLITICS.
Never was Republicanism more popular
in our city. The recent majority exceeded
given two years ago for Hon. James
II. Platt, Jr., whose popularity in
our city was never doubted. If our
friends can draw any consolation from this
gain of the Republican party in the last two
years we are quite satisfied. Under Re-
publican administration the city presents
as lair financial character as any city in
the Commonwealth. The majority of the
voters realize that to-day in the whole
country, all parties approve of their
political platforms.
A RICHMOND CORRESPONDENT
alludes to the removal of a worthy gentle
man from Massachusetts to your city, and
gives list of his virtues. The first named,
and of course most important, being that
he is "liberal in politics." The writer
then adds: Sour people always give such
Yankees cordial welcome" Ye gods
Is this Virginia's measure of merit and her
voice of welcome? We have a more gen.
erous hospitality. Let our invitation be
general and liberal and let all feel that
whether to dig in mines or delve in fields,
or to stand before the mast in Virginia's
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ply the hammer upon anvils, or to muse
upon our "battle fields where valor fought"
or even to write contemplate squibbs for
newspapers, they shall be generously well
coined. And if in four years from now,
there shall be found those who shall choose
to vote for Horace Greeley or any other
radical fanatic, they shall have our infu-
ence to justify them in exercising the
right of an American citizen-even if that
vote does endorse the chief slanderer of our
State.
OUR STATE DEBT
amounting to about $50, 200, 900, is weigh
ing us down and is constantly augmenting !!
1t has been found that we are unable to
pay the annual instalment of interest. Our
only hope of restoring our credit and our
honor is by inducing capital, labor and
enterprise from abroad. That half.hearted
policy of welcoming only those who are of
the "Ordway stripe" in politics is too mar
row-minded to be respectable, and should
only be mentioned that it may be con-
delnned and despised.
Pat no political or sectarian collar
around the necks of those who seek our
genial climate. God has given us I'M
bounded resources let not the foolishness
of men longer keep us back from those re-
alizations which long ago should heve been
ours. Let political intolerance and the
tyranny of an abnormal public sentiment
hide their deformed heads. 1t was doubt
ingly said of old, Scan any good thing
come out of Nazareth ?" We hoped for
humanity's sake, that in this cosmopolitan
nineteenth century such sentiment
would find no advocates. Our honor, our
interests, and our theory of government
alike condemn it. PITT.