The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-29

AT CHARLOTTESVILLE MONDAY, 1st Sep
tember; MONDAY, sth september at BUCK
INGHAM c. H., and MONDAY, 18th September
at CULPEPER C. II. Other appointments win
be announced in a few days.
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SOMETHING ABOUT CONSISTENCY.
The men who fought through the war on
the Confederate side, and then went to the
National Democratic convention, (not to
get Judge Chase nominated, butt to sup
port Pendleton for the Presidency; and then
supported the Democratic candidates and
platform Of 1868; and then, by the most
complete summersault ever achieved by,
political acrobats, faced about and went for
Horace Greeley and for the Liberal Re-
publican platform, and for the Baltimore
endorsement of the principles of that plat
form, las essential to just government, are
not the best exemplars Of the virtue of
consistency; nor relieved from the warn
ing of the adage-" those aoho lpe IA glass
houses should not Mrow stones.' Apropos,
it is not out of place to review some of
the "reminiscences of past political cam
paign in Virginia and there was none
more eventlul or Of more alb sorbing inter-
est than between the Democracy and the
Know-Nothings in 1866. The election was
to be held on the fourth Thursday in May,
and in order to be in full time with their
candidates, the Democrats called their
nominating convention in the month Of
December preceding.
Mr.. Robert w. Hughes was then pro-
prietor and editor of the Richmond Exam
iner, and for some reason now forgotten
and immaterial, that paper urged the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Leake in preference to Mr..
Wise. In those days the primary contest for
nominations were quite fierce and uudis-
guised, and The Examiner had thrown it.
self full-length for Leake against Wise.
But Governor Wise carried the nomina-
ton by a handsome vote; and the follow
ing is what Mr.. Hughes wrote of the sue
cassful candidate, who was about to achieve
the most enyiablc reputation of his life.
1t will be seen that his article was devoted
TO the subject Of consistency
From The Richmond Examiner of December
s, 1851
We should feel sorry, indeed, if there
could be any doubt of the course we and
those who acted with us at Staunton shall
pursue in the canvass now commenced.
We shall go for the ticket. We have
attested our preferences for men openly,
honestly and sufficiently. =
The question between men has been de-
cided against us by regular and authoiita-
tive adjudication.
The only question now is, between the
ticket of the Republican lsicl party Of Viz
ginia and that Of the opposition to it, of
whatever hue, form or creed. There is
but one honorable choice, and whether the
opposition comes from the bosom of the
Democratic party itself [alluding to Cover
nor Smiths completely with the Know
Nothings, or the dark caverns of secret
conspiracy, or the veteran-scarred ranks Of
the ancisnt, open, declared Wing adyer-
sary, or from all quarters combined, we
shall defend the Staunton nominations.
We have no fulsome eulogy for the dis
tinguished nominees. We are more skilled
in the language Of censure than laudaton.
But we will say. that Mr.. Wise is emf
nently worthy of the support and conf
dence of the Virginia people. Ills brilliant
qualities as man win reflect lustre upon
the Office for which he is named.
He is man to whom we have
never felt but one personal objection,
and that was, that although as sound in
politics now as the strictest Republican Of
the Virpinia srhnnl hia oaraar L0,J haan
inconsistent, and his record contradictory
dered Il difficult for o t ies'r nay wo Eer
and writers to defend him according to aid
modes OF party reasoning.
But Of all claims to public office those
Of mere party men are the limsiest and