The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-30
From WashinEton--The yirgfnsB Elec.
ton. etc.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dlspatch.l

=lSciiSSpoh0ShSSVJ clttCiiIEOnu ltlhpatcn,I
WASHINGTON, July %, 1873.
The eyes Of the Government are on yir-
GINA, and the personal spowers that be y
having been time and time again informed
since the last Presidential election that the
Republicans would carry the State BY q
handsome majority in the next gubernato-
| rial campaign. arc now anSiously, and some
o, them, including the President, compla-
Gently laying on their oars to see the Radi-
cal success in the Presidential campaign re-
peated. So far as the question of giving
matcriaI aid to the Republican party in the
State goes, canuot perceive that there are
any enthusiastic demonstrations in favor
OF that side despite the many visits
TO Washington since the question
of who shall be the Radical candidate has
been fairly considered by that duly acknowl-
edged war-horse OF the party, Platt Of the
petersburg District. nor what aSsur-
ances this gentleman has from the leading
members of the Government with reference
to the political situation in Virginia; but
the best indications are that upon that
matter by itself the Government will not
express a wish of any kind. The Presi-
dent will not assent to any nomination that
is made; such is his lopg-timed policy, and
al
the official >tundard-bearer of the party in
power (aS the President may always APPLY
be desi4nated) is. so far as he has any
thing to say about it, perfectly content for
any political jack in the box to turn up that
the convention chooses. His Secretary of
the Navy. Mr.. Robson, may exert his in
ilurncc and his power in the nary-yartls, but
there is very little work going on now. us
nf o.
many that have circulated which warn the
Government TO prepare tor hostililics so
that great or formidable assistance can hardly
be given; and with I'LL the blowing of trllm-
pets TO keep the lowly members of the party
firm i'll the traces, there is not too great en-
enlargement, except in the wishes Of the po-
iitical members of the Government. that the
Administration may be Endorsed in Virginia.
| have yet To see the Conservative or
Democrat here who is convinced that the
Radical element in Virginia will be success
FIJI in the coming campaign. They argue
torciblv too, that the vote of last November
can furnish no criterion Of the vote next
fall. and do not expect the party to be on the
defensive, but to be the aggressive foe in the
political fight. Certainly the Conservatives
Of Virginia have Il tremendous stake in their
hands. aud upon them may depend in some
degree the widely predicted success of the
combined organization Of Democracy and
Conservatism in the West next fall.
There are evidences accommodating every
day of more powerful opposl-
lion to the dominant party within the
next few months than it has encountered
since il passed into its powerful position, and
there are also certain indications that these
| combinations are watched from here with
no little anxiety. The oranges are not con.
| sidcrcd friendly to the Republican party
rs at present led and composed; nor is 1t
| even intimatcd that their influence in oppo-
sition to that organization should be under
rated; and Judging from present lights these
new local organizations will be set aside very
| soon us among the very strongest ofthoSe with
which the Administration party will have
| to contend. The thrd-term Speculatons
| have not helped the party either; who could
| imagine that it would: The western States
| however strong they may have subscribed
to the present Administration for two terms
| will not give in TO il third. Every politician
| is on the Qui rire to see what Is TO happier
| this fall and in the coming county cOnren
| tionS, the gatherings that map out plans anC
torctcll results always so very plainly. Tho
| storm will burst in the West first in ONO
and the entire party that rules in the State
| seems 10 be awed into some respect at last lol
| the opposition that faces them. and is won
deriny where the lightning will strike first
| Grant and the party are losing strength daily
| and the development OF the obstacle vii
show itself plainly i'll very small period o
time. lIMoS.