Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-05
DAILY GAZETTE.
. VIRoINIA PoLITIos
The Radical COuventiOn-Prepar for
Battle.

A1AtBAcs
lFROA THE CORREsPONDENcEoF OF THE WORLD, ]
RICHMOND, July St.-The day of battle is
rapalaiiy a approaching. The lines are closing in,
Raolcals are already in the field and present
IOrmldaole array. They have nominated
strong ticket, and their power Is not to be de-
splsed; The Conservatives know exactly who
ana what confronts them, and will lay their
plans Tor q desperate conflict. They know
tnat tne neld can be won only by the very best
ReneIalship and the most determined fighting.
MOI an inch Of gIOund can be given or lost
Inc roe Is Wiley, cunning, unscrupuIous, flush
81 81 w, MeH H. ene pride OF recent victory, and back
" py tne Whole power and prestige of the Ad-
mlnlstratlon, while it enters the contest with
0compact body of negroes mastering two. fifths
OF all the voters Of the State, whom no power
nor argument can move one lot from their al
1eglance ana devotion to the great Republican
LaIIy' knowing all this we are preparing
EO0.organlze and achieve decisive victory
Inc ngnt will, of course, be over the doubtful
WnlIe vote an unknown quantity of which, but
hoI Leacning more than 10000, if SO many be-
,'nlt 70 Ine Republicans, and is composed al
Illus. OsC exclusively OF Grants office-holders and
tnet henchmen and dependents. The other
Wnlte voters who are in doubt are the friends
ana retalneTs of such gentlemen as Col. Mosby,
inenLy a; "a. wise, and James Lyons, who may
20 SCI uoWn as Grant men In national politics,
but who will either refuse to vote at all, as
most OF them did in the nt-Greeley cam
palgn, and as many of them did four years
ago IN the Walker election, or they will vote
Ene sn9 Conservative ticket These gentlemen do
not consider 1t at all incOnsstant in them to
support Grant and the Conservative party in
tne state at the time looking upon the interests
involved as widely different. 1t 10 generally
Delleved that when the battle grows warm and
earnest all these doubtful ones will be found
zeaiously at work, doing good service in the
ranks 0fc0nservatism
Preparations have been perfected for the
meetlng or the Conservative Convention next
Wednesday, August 6. 1t will assemble ia the
!sneatre. the largest and most available build
ing ior the purpose in the city. So far as
neard from throughout the State-and we have
news from nearly every couuty-there will be
IuH representation, and it will be made up
OF tne nnest material in Virginia. All the
prominent men Of the commonwealth will be
In attendance, and perhaps no similar body
VIII nave convened in this city since the war
Wnether Tor the intelligence, weight Of char.
acIeES or respectability in standing Of those
SSvIhPoslng H.. Their work, too, unlike that Of
Tne mOngrel body now in session at Lynch
purg, Will not be a fOregone conclusion, for 8
severe contest, close and warm but friendly
lS anticipated No one now pretends to pre-
olcC VINO will be selected as the standard bear
eEs Us el tne party, though II we were to judg'
Sne le state by Richmond 1t would be no very
ulmcult matter to name the entire ticket
Gen. James l.. Kemfer, Col. Robert E
winners are spoken of for Governor, and Gen
eta, ~, James Walker, for Lieut. Governor.
;nIa,Is dme Issue Of the canvass wilsbe the plaiI
intelllgi0le and emphatic one Of "ViTginfa TO
tne white people of Virginia" This is al
mere IS In the struggle. 1t is the OYershad
owing principle and will be the only slogan o
the campaign. For four years the State, un
der the conservative rule Of her best Whit
people, has enjoyed reign Of unexampleC
peace and or comparative prosperity The law
nave been impartially and strictly enforced
the interests Of education have beenadvancet
with unprecedented llberality; equal justicl
has been meted out to all citizens alike re
gardless OF race, color, or previous condition
political equality rules throughout her bord
ers, and ali classes are happy in the enjoy
ment OF Q good government which supple
every polite want and protects every sOcia
interest. Life and property have been secure
and Notwithstanding the Impoverished cOndi
tiOn OF the great mass of our agricultural pro
duceTst all have enjoyed more or less happi
ness in the general increase Of public pros
perity, and all have settled themselves dow
to q calm and great acceptance of the situa
tion, content II only they can be spared tn
fate or other similar communities by retalnini
their evenly political government and thei
social deStlnies In their own hands. This |
all they ask and all they will seek to accom-
plish In the efforts they Will put forth to carr.
the election In November, and in this the,
trust to have the sympathles and moral ali
OF good men Of all parties everywhere In tn
Union. .r4if It
The people Of the North'cannot realize full
the Importance Of this issue. Upon it hang
all the future Of Virginia. There is really n
politics In t. It Is simply question invOlV
ing her material, moral, and social welfar
and future prosperity as State in this Union
The struggle is to escape the abject degrade
ti0n that has Overtaken the unhappy carpet
bagger-ridden and negrO-cursed communitie
OF South Carolina and Louisiana.
ALPHA.