New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-04

them do their dutyi Senators anu 1oNeInofs romau
al home bankers and Office holders in Eew-York are
moi assessed election and the world at large
hardly hears that a canvass is In progress.
And vet this n Not an "onyear" IN Virginia politics.
The struggle for party supremacy here is rs close and
exciting tins Fall IL has every election since
the reconstructed and though the din OF tho
conflict has family heard the North. IL has
been none the less sharp and decisive. Beat the
Radicals this time and they win have made their last
stand tho soil of the Old Dominion; Virginia will be
redeemed" Is the cry with which the Conservative
orators have fred tho popular heart" while the
negroes have been Just earnestly assured this year
as they were last that they stand together
their victory will be final and the day will not be far
distant when there will be negro Governors and Judges
congressman and monaires, here in Richmond AZ
there are IN South Carolina and the Gulf States. /
have spoken Of the Conservatives and the negroes l
might have eaid, "vhte voters and Republicans"
for all attempts 20 push back party lines in
either direction from the border which divides the races
in this State have been unsuccessful Once or twice. as
in the Walker campaign Of 1862 the white people have
approached their colored friends and solicited their
votes but their overtures have always rejected By
the great OF es prefer TO follow tho
lead of few carpet baggers and with the exception OF
a handful OF BARRIERS in the cities and as many others
who promised petty Offices the ranks Of the blacks
been unbroken. The honorS the blame that may
attach to the administration OF State affairs IN Virginia
for the last four years are not shared by them
TIE CONTEST ONE OF RACES.
At the opening of the present campaign both parties
threw of all dsguises and entered the fight bearing re-
spectivey the black mans and the white mans banner
The first question: then. which the people OF Virginia are
to decide on Tuesday u.s. whether the Administra-
ton OF tho state shall represent white intelligence or
black main strength and ignorance And here let me
say that have used the word represent advisedy,
for, far personal ability and integrity are con-
eerncd there little choice between the two sets Of can
ddatcs which in the field both tickets are good and
il rather candidates OF two diverse elements OF Vr-
gina society choice is to be made between them
than because OF party much better fitted
TO MI the Offices for which they have boon nominated
than those other But though tho votes east next
Tuesday viii determine whether white men OF black are
10 rule the State there disposition the part of
anybody that discover. TO rob the black man OF
any Of the rights he enjoys should the Conserva-
tiyes again be successful While they utterly opposed
10 the introduction Of rule OF ignorance and dishonesty
~ h bisorv Of the state for The mast foIr wears as
containing ample proof that nowhere the South has
Justice been impartiay and fully administered To
oib races as in virginia during Gov walkers admins
tration. Colored here have illed without oppos
tiOn all offices TO which they have been legally elected
tIey have received tie same treatment 10 white
class tickets in counties they have been found IN
The jury aud IN case have tbeS been deprived OF
the right TO vote KuKiuxsn has never been known |
within the borders OF this state With tins record say
the Conservative leaders we enter THIS campnlgD deslr
ing nothing but good government, ana proposing 10 |
treat the black in The future with the same consid
GRAFTON which he has received from our hands 10 tue
passive nght ignorance and prejudice not color. |
TIE republicans, on the Otner hand repeat the old |
ralyinS cries that have become SO familiar dnrng the
past SIX years. The negroes are reminded again aud |
their freedom and tneir enranehsement, and arc re-
peatudy warned that those precious rights cannot pe
conferred them.
RECORDS OF THE CANDIDATES
The Offices to filed at she coming election those
of Governor Lieutenant Governor. Attorney General,
ope-half Of the state Senate, and the whole OF the
House of DELEGATES. The candidates are as follows:
Conservative. P,pabltoan.
FOR HaS k %SoTs cOPsT a M aG0o'
AFy General. II T. Daniel c. p Fdltz'
,rtle following brief sketch Of these men am In
debted as for much other valuable Information IN re-
gard 10 the political situation here, TO one of the hest
,forned ana indiciay impartial entemen in this city
Vi,er and W thers ne says were both gallant soldiers
of the COnfederacy Kemper led Reoel ehaISe at Get
and p "s one dead Withers on hundred bate-6elds,
proved at the time his bravery ana ms devotion TO
The Lost Cause" Daniel was not soldier put mas lor
wears been eminent lawyer and as legislator. |
Virginia and he has been the executive mead OF the Con-
serVatiye party IN the state since the war .
on The other ticket there is es OF distinction, culture
and ability, though the men upon u IRE uhrlpeaehane
i'm uryate character and Of comparatively high attain
nsns HugH te hre 0 hood Of AN "F F. W. He and
his associates ran Democratic party in the days OF
Pierce aud Buchanan and he himself helped 10 hre the
Virginia heart TO en political power slipped from
he Democracy in 1861 During the war he assisted Iii
OF Secession 4peTs whose only redeeming rdt IN the
eyes of Northern readers was queruons opposition to
Gus Unionist but shortly returned 10 the Democracy
again, and MEMBER oi the New ork Nohventon OF
1Hc d corino ont for Grants reflection was re-
varied with the renuuerative office OF u s. District
AtIHtnyy; nmint from fennsylvanm and Fuz is
an oetoeenarian lawyer Of broken practice, but ire
prOachable character
A PROBABLE MAJORITY FOR TIE CONSERVATIVES.
The campaign. as have already remarked, has been
one OF considerable warmth and excitement The po- |
ldca records of the respective candidates have been
searched and utterances made years ago have been
paraded in the party Journals greatly 10 the confusion
of the opposition. Mr.. Hughes, with his checkered
political career and with the es Of his Secession jour-
a constant fre No matter who was the author Of the
article denoIneiug the negro as not TT for freedom m
capable OF segOYeTnment ignorant, savage, sensual
Ku4%lIE nt VIZ hes is held IespSnsbIS for it, and
though he has nearly three Republican,
held up by Conservative canYassers ana newspapers
as an enemy OF the colOred man. On the other hand,
the Republicans dug out forgotten speech OF
Keuper which he appears t. have opposed the free
school sysem and the little finger of thai speech weighs
ore Win Repnbcans than the whole body of
his recent record. one assertion that mas gwen |
rise 10 sharp discussion - that in regard 10 Mr.
Uughes's connection with proposed duel The present
Constitution OF Virginia makes any man who, SINCE its
adoption, has engaged IN dnel or ASSISTED az one or
carried challenge disqualified 10 vote or hold oihce
1t is positively asserted that since the adoption OF this
Constitution, Nh. Hughes was the bearer OF chllenge,
and the gentleman who received 1t has appeared In
his signature SUSTAINING tho assefllOn
don't suppose this would deter many people III Vlr-
gina from voting for Hughes, but IN the event OF his
election, 10 might cause an exciting contest
All OF the Conservatives whom have met seem very
eonfGeut of success, while the Republicans rather
desponden The best informed politicians m Richmond
place the Conservative majority at not less tnan 1900 or
''''' cANvAssKG FOR THE sgSAroRsHP
Immediately after tho State election most exciting
contest will begin for the United States Senatofship
which will vacant March L. 1875, by the expira
ton of Senator Lewis's term. Among the candidates
for this Office vino already gained prominence In