The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-06-11

Even in religion, good men have not been
able to differ SO widely from each other
as they have imagined /; and in all the
deviations of the understanding there
is beneficent tendency in the hu-
man mind to come back to first principles, i
which all agree are essential to human vir-
tue and human happiness. And what is
true in regard to religious differences is
manifestly true in reference to political
Emergencies. Common reason--to say
nothing of common sense-will have some
influence upon mankind, whatever be-
comes of speculation, or however eccen-
trio the character of human minds. We
have no fears but that General Wise, if
elected by the Republican party, would
hold to points near enough to its central
foci to satisfy the larger majority voting
for him. But would he not, in the very
nature of things, incline more strongly to
those coming out from the Conservative
party as Wise men, and thereby securing
his election, than he would to those first
virtually nominating him in the Lynchburg
Convention? And would not such an in
clination on his part defeat the very ends of
our organization in this state ? 1t would
not be the success of the Republican party
and its principles, the fiftieth part so
much as it would be the triumph of Henry
A. Wise and has principles. For, bear in
mind that refusal to make nomination
for Governor at Lynchburg, is virtually
putting the name of Henry A. Wise upon
the ticket, or allowing him to put it there,
er nero motu. 1t is General Wise filling
vacancy on his own motion, after demand
ing perhaps we should say "suggesting')
a blank to be left in Republican proceed
ings. "a
But this, we wish it to be understood,
is no objection. to us, personally. 1t is
only suggested as among the more palpa-
BILE difficulties i'll the way of securing
candidate i'll the exceptional manner
proposed. If the Convention shall
adopt this course, it will be no
such deviation from the duties and obliga-
tons we owe the party as to provoke
factious opposition from us. We personally
regard General Wise as one Of the ablest
and best men in the country, as well as
one of the most advanced, and could sup
port him for any position in the gift of the
people of Virginia, or Of the whole Amer
lean people, as readily and cordially as
any other person we can name. We
think he is unwise in placing himself in
the attitude he does, by his refusal to ac-
cept nomination from the only party in
the state that is at all disposed to extend it
to him. For it is this attitude that com.
pels us to say, as we confidently do,
that the party can do better than to aban-
don its organization, as it virtually will, in
seeking candidate upon such exceptional
terms. We believe there are those who
voted with us last fall fan act of liberality
not shown by General Wise) who would
not only accepta Republican nomination,
but would bring to us equally as much
strength and far more hearty co-opera-
ton than he himself will Individually seek
to do; and VIC believe further, that we
could find among these some one who
would not only carry the Grant Consersa-
tive vote, but would secure the greater
part of the stay-at-home vote in the last
presidential election, while at the same
time thoroughly indentifying himself with
the party in the future.
We believe that General Wise could be
elected, if placed in this way upon the Re-
publican ticket; but he is not, in our judy
ment, the only man by whom the Conser-
yative party can be beaten. lie has GER
tain elements of strength, superior,
perhaps, to those of any other candidate !;
but they are elements that draw less upon
the heart than imagination, and awaken by
no means as much enthusiasm as admira-
ton in the breast of the voter. With very
large majority of those voting for him, it
would be an experimental tesla new
dive into the future--made in the
hope that out of Henry A. Wise, the in
domitable and unreconstructed rebel that
he is, might come more life-giving infu-
ences to the state and nation than from the
loins of any other political saint extant.
Whether this hope would be realized or
not, or whether its fruition would be
greater than that attainable under any
other candidate, we are not. at this present
writing, prepared to say. We shall not
interview the General, nor seek any assur-
ances from him as to what his political
course would, or would not be, in the event
of his election under the circumstances indi-
Gated. What he says we know he means,
and he has said enough to satisfy us what
his position would be if again Governor of
Virginia. But, nous ge,rons.
THE fact that the cholera which now
prevails at Memphis and other points on
the Mississippi river, is mild in form, and
carries off but few victims, is good and
conclusive reason why it should not pro-
woke apprehension or fear. The fact, too,
that it Yields readily to medical treatment
shows either that it is not malignant or
dangerous, or that increased medical skill
has been able to rob it of most of its ter
rors. Besides, it is not anywhere prevail
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