The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-07
Grei,iiag State Spllrnal.

iriBhtenlHE WOIuS VI tFe HurSeTy are
brought into use, to scare the people about
negro rule. The cry of the clown in the
fable, Of 'wolf! wolff" has been the
continual utterance of this convention.
Mast will have cartoon upon the white
mans, gentleman's party Of Virginia, in
which five negroes will be working peace.
~ fully in the field, and seven Bob Acres
politicians, composed Of county judges,
county court lawyers, and village editors
will be pictured as trembling in their
boots at the sight Of ballot-box labelled
~" liberty and equal rights under the law
for all. ssss.s 50 VT
These words it is that scares this noble
body Of !" gentlemen;v and well may they
quake, for the registry against Belshazar
is on the wall against them. Thou hast
been weighed in the balance and art found
wanting" H &8 @AHsE3s s.
When these representatives of re-
pudiated cause 80 home, they will be
ashamed of the trepedation which they
displayed to men and gods in the Rich
mond Theatre. s@ QKg 4I
The latent sense Of justice of the Conser-
vative masses was in favor Of the nomina-
tian Of Withers. But Malone, Barbour,
y Robinson, three great railroad kings, put
their articles into requisition, and forced
the nomination of Barbour's man,
Kemper. They forced the convention to
offend the fair judgment Of the party, and
to substitute for the choice Of the party
the creature Of trio Of railroad monopo-
lies. So Kemper was nominated for gov
ernor. And what became Of Withers? y
They brought their big scare to ope-
rate on him. They frightened him into
taking the second place on the ticket.
And the fears of tWithers, not his will,
consented. ss IT, sss.g.fss,
The result Of the big scare is this sor-
ry and transparent combination. The
monopolies oyerslaugh him. The scare
OF the convention demoralzes him; and
& Withers bows to the monopoly, and con-
sents to the immolation.
The feature Of this body is the scare it is
in. Their nominations disclose this trepi-
lation more even than their utterances.
Let us profit by the fact. We have got
them. We can beat them. Let us organize
for the contest. Let us show these foul
lnonthed, panic-stricken doad-beats in poll
tics that their rule in Virginia is over for
ever. Nse9s YEsssss saE
#.stsias
the conservative Nomination. z
The nomination of General Kemper to
lead the Conservative canvass is result
quite generally predicted. General Kem-
y per is an able man, personally without
I. reproach. He possesses an ardent and inn
petuous nature, and in war or peace would
b always be sat the front.n We
regret that SO good man should
ally himself with the Conservative
party. Its blind prejudice and oppo-
sition to progress should receive no
real sympathy from him. Yet such is
+ the power Of association and habit, that
he has shown in past campaigns intense
bitterness against party opponents, and
from the tone of the convention which
placed him in nomination we expect a
repetition of those war speeches which
have 'fred the Southern heart.n
GENERAL GRANT has been spending a
few days in Washington. He looks
bronzed and healthy after his northern
tour. He expresses warm interest in
the growth and prosperity ofVirginia, and
we are confident would be highly gratified
to see her elect a Republican state tick ct
this fall. aasAl 4ia Mf6 a
i, ,f,eF a
Office Of United States attorney for the
western district Of Virginia, with the re-
quest that the vacancy be filled before the
Goth instant. He has thus indicated a
nice sense of propriety and his entire con.
fidence in the people, to whom alone he
looks for strength in the coming canvass.
Opinions of tho Press OF our Cansli.
sEM8 dates.
From the National Republican
Is Each successive mail, as it reaches us
brings exchanges containing comments re-
garding the Republican nominations at
Lynchbnrg, last week, from which We
learn that Colonel Hughes reputation as
a leading journalist of the south is. ex.
ceediagly widespread, and that his capa
city as political leader is undoubted by
tuoDC WiiOnO dueI ~ hno pSCA ~ DiopCly
scrntinize the acts of the prominent men
all sections. In brief, Colonel Hughes has
a national reputation, deseryedly won b,
the pre-eminence of his ability as dis
played in the several pursuits OF life tha
he has followed, and the mention Of hi,
name as the choice Of the Republicans
of the Old Dominion for governor has re
viyed many "reminiscences Of his past ca
reer, as well as provoked innumerabl,
pleasant aud complimentary illusions t,
him. This fact will not be without weigh
in the coming canvass. 1t attracts atten
ton to it and inspires deeper interest il
the result than the nomination of any 9th
er man could have done. The party, there
fore, has reason to congratulate itself upo
the wisdom of its choice. Now, let it b
repeated from every stump in the state tha
Colonel Hughes has received the warm an
hearty endorsement, both personally an
politically, Of every intelligent Republica
Journal in the country, and that even th
most captious and critical of the oppositio
press have failed to find in his noninatio
anything except that which is creditabl
alike to himself and the party of which he