The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-25

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NAMES AND ANTEgEDESTs OF THE OP
| POSING CANDIDATES AND THE ISSUES
| INyOLvED-A CONSERVATIVE TRIUMPH
| CONFIDENTLY EXPECTED.
| EXTRACTS from letter from L. Q. Washington In
| Louisville Courier-Journal.I
| THE RADICAL CANDIDATES.
| The Radical Convention met in Lynehburg
and put up Colonel Robert w. Hughes for
the office of Governor, C. P. Ramsdell for
| Lieutenant-Governor,a and David Fultz for
Acknowledgement. thought I knew nearly
every man in Virginia Of any account in po-
litics, hut never heard of these last two
worthless before this convention. Fultzi is q
particularly stupid native Virginian from
the Valley, and Ramsde1 was put on the
ticket evidently as tribute to the carpet
bag element, who seem to have ruu the Con-
yention their own way. To call these two
candidates "small potatoes would be to
insult very respectable vegetable. Col
| onel Hughes is very different man.
| Mr.. Hughes was S'of. the straightest sect
Pharisee," and his political relations with
| his old States-rights associates were not sew
|
joined the Republican party. If Governor
John B. Floyd and John NJ. Daniel could be
| reused in their graves and told that their old
associate and ally Hughes had joined the
| Radicals and hatI condemned secession
| they would promptly respond "that it was
all a Iie," and the turn over to sleep again.
And thus, though Colonel Hughes has
furnished the brains for the. Radical party
in this State" rs it is said-an article in
which they are wofully defcient-he is,
by his record and antecedents, more vulner-
able than any man of bis party. The nomi-
nation was. moreover, triumph over the
native-Nirginian wing of the Republican
party, headed by Senator Lewis and Repre-
sentatives Smith, Sener, and General
Wickham. The last set support the ti.ket,
but will not kill themselves trying to elect it.
1t is not their funeral, any way.
THE CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES.
The Conservatives are exceedingly fortu.
nate in their nominees. They put up Gene
raj James l.. Kemper for Governor. Colonel
Robert Il. Withcrs for Lieutenant Governor,
and Hon. Raleigh T. Daniel for Attorney
General. The contrast with the other ticket
is Overwhelming. All these are household
names in Virginia. kemper was influential
and prominent in Virginia politics before
the war, and belonged to the same school OF
Iaith as Colonel Hughes. At the age of
| twenty three lie served as Il captain i'll the
Mexican war. In Aay, 1861, his military
| training and instincts naturally led him
to the field again. He commanded the
| Seventh Virginia regiment at the
battle of Manassas, and continued in
active service until he led his brigade amid
| a tempest Of shot and shell in the famous
| charge of Picketts i,70O Virginians UP to
| the very brcaStworks at Gettysburg. lie
| fell there. rs all supposed, MORALLY wounded
| and though he recovered partially and was
| exchanged lie was never subsequently able
to resume active duty in the field. Since
the war kemper has been, like most country
lawyers in Virginia, scutflng hard to keep
| the wolf Of poverty from the door. lie took
an active part in the Walker campaign of
| 1862 and last year headed the Liberal party
and the late Conservative State Convention
| which sent delegates to Baltimore.
| The resolutions declaring that the vote of
| the Virginia delegation at Baltimore ought
| to be cast for Horace Greeley and applaud
| ing the action Of the Cincinnati Convention
| were offered by him, and the adoption OF
these resolves by an almost unanimous vote
| is largely due to his popularity and magnetic
| influence with that body.
| Colonel Withcrs is a tall, wcll-bronZed,
| and tine-looking man of about fifty, and, like
| Kemper, has military record of which any
| man might we'll be proud. He is a strong,
argumentative speaker aud an able writer.
| Hardly any man is more warmly beloved in
| Virginia, and when the convention by its
enthusiasm fairly forced him upon the
| all
| that a junction had been made which would
prove irresistible on election-day.
| MIR. Raleigh T. Daniel is one Of the old
| Clay-Whg orators of Virginia. AMI through
| many Gard.fought political field his voice
has resounded calling on his friends once
| more to rally TO the breach He is, more
over, Il sound and lifelong lawyer, eminently
| fitted for the position he aspires to, and his
selection by the Conservatives is Il marked
contrast to the recklessneSs of the carpet-bag
crew at Lynchburg, who thought that any
fool who belonged to that party was tit to
hold the office Of Attorney General OF Nir-
gnia.
COLONEL HUGHES SPEECHES
are generally written out, and probably be-
fore their publication. Am told that they
are very poorly delivered, and produce little
or no impression. The truth is he is out
of his element entirely. Instead Of being Il
Radical candidate for Office, his natural pc.
Sition would be 10 be in Richmond and edit.
ing one of the Conservative papers. He EN-
dcavors by bold and often bald assertion to
convert his position of defence into one OF
attack; but when lie engaged recently in !
joint discussion at Warrenton, to which he
. was invited by kemper and WitherS, it was
Al, III 10 Nm Inc
Radical side were Colonel Hughes and an
unaduterated blackgulard named Chandler
who speaks with flppancy and good dea
O.: obscenlty, but with no real power. Tho
Radical pair were roughly handled by Ken
Der and WitherS, and after it was oyel
Colonel Hughes notified Kemper that he die
not desire any more discussion with him
while the Radical organ here stated that
Colonel Hughes would not meet any ono
else. The plan, therefore. Of the Radicals i:
:. plainly one of avoidance Of the principal
Conservative speakers. General kempeI
Published 4 list of appointments for speeches
in the Southwest, and Colonel Withers fol
the Valley, and both those gentlemen have
been successfully filing their appointments
Hughes, Chandler, Popham IL Co., the Rad
ical crowd, usually go about the country in
i punches, and have taken good care not to &c
west of the Blue Ridge where there was any
| danger of their falling in with their oppo
nents. By next month kemper and Wthers
will be east of the Blue Ridge, and then
predict that Hughes and his crowd will find
if convenient to quit this part OF the country
and stump the Southwest and the Valley
The Conservatives have humber of power
ful speakers who are now on the stump OF
will soon 90, among whom | may mention