The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-17
The Southside.

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css The Sou Inside.
We are curious to know whether the Pc
tersburg appeal and the Farmvi'lc Common.
,oeatth regard Judge BouLDIs, Of the Supreme
Court. Of Appeals, as n Southsidcr or not;
and, il they do regard him rs such, why they
indulge In such remarks as the following,
which the Appea, made yesterday:
tthe Sou,hside! connected with the state govern
page page. Of e" sither House Of the Leglslature'
And then tell us, pray, is not Governor
WALKER Southsider?
Admitting, however, that the Southsidee
has not received as many officers as sue mas
deserved at the hands Of either party In this
Stste, it would be well to inquire into the
reasons for the fact before we accept
the fact as proof that the rest Of the State
has prejudice against the Suuthside. Ger.
tainly no such charge can be laid ut the door
of Richmond. Our present Mayor was taken
up and elected to Office before he bad resided
here long enough to have become natural.
lied il he had been foreigner. We would
do Us well by any other man from the South
side who might aspire to Office and be equally
well qualified for it. The same is true as
TO every other city and countyin the State.
we doubt not. There is no disposition to do
injustice 10 The Southside.
Why has not the Southside bad recent Go
vernon : we repeat. She had the nomination
for Governor on two occasions but few
years before the war, but the nominees were
unfortunately, or fortunately if you prefer
the word, defeated by the people. That
gallant Virginia gentleman THOMAS S. FLOUR
NoY was NOMINATED for Governor in 1850.
We know the appeal will not fail to concede
that in him one of the best sons of the South.
side was honored. In 1859 WILLIAM L.
GoGGIs, of Bedford, was nominated for Gov
ernor. He made gallant fight, but he too
went down in The contest. Was not that
nomination, too, a recognition of the South
side? In 1869 ROBERT Z. WITHERs, OF
Lynchburg, was nominated for Governor.
Was not another gallant Southsider then
honorcd2 The same year GILBERT G. VALE
Ea was elected Governor-another South
slider, and one that has done no dis
credit to the people that pride
themselves upon living on the Southside.
Of course, the Appeal does not ask the Con-
servative party to insure the election OF a
Southsider. 1t only asks that one be nomi-
mated. And this being what is asked for, it
appears from the facts of history that above
all the sections of the State the Southside
has been most highly honored in this way.
Not only was the last Governor elected from
the Southside, but the last judge. chosen to
sit in the highest judicial tribunal Of the State
was chosen from the same section, which has
also had more nominations for the highest
Office ia the State than any other section OF
Virginia of tho same territorial area. We
believe that the grandfather or great-glund-
father of one of the editors of the appeal
WIS one of the first United States senators
from Virginia. w. S. ARCHER, Of the same
section. has since been United States SEMI
tor. So also LITTLBToS WALLER TAzEwELL
and WILLIAM B. GILES. In fact, time would
fail us to mention the honors that the good
people of this State have showered upon
Southsidcrs. And yet they would not hest
tate one moment to give next month the
nomination for Governor to the same sec
ton if any one happened to live in it whom
they would like to honor. Indeed, we are
not sure that the Southside will not thus be
honored. So far rs we arc concerned, we
should not object to nominating all the cam
didatcs for the three highest State Offices
from that section.
But why has not the Southside received
still more honors at the hands Of the people?
Because her wise people often themselves
prefer candidates residing in other sections.
How many Soutbside counties will vote for
a Southsider as the Conservative nominee for
Governor this year? Not one-tenth OF them,
we predict Colonel WITHERs is now re-
garded as Southwest Virgiuian). We even
ture TO say that not even the editors OF the
Appeal will vote for Il Southsider, notwith-
standing all their talk OIL this subject. They
arc too wise TO act upon the sectional con-
siderations which they address not to the
judgments but TO the prejudices of their
readers.
If any place in the State has right to com.
plain Of neglect, it is Richmond. But Rich
mond is too magnanimous, too laIge-heartcd,
ever to do SO. TO reside in Richmond is to
cut yourself off from oil hope of ever being a
Governor OF United States senator. No
matter how preeminently qualified Rich
mond man may be for these places, he is just
as certain to be overlooked when they are to
be filled US if he resided in Africa. But
Richmond cares not. She will work as in
dustriously and cast as large vote for resi-
dent of the most distant county in the State
as for one of her own sons, knowing well that
in State which has so many sons able and
willing to, serve her in every position, it is a
matter of no Importance to the people at
large whether candidate resides in the East
OF the West, the North or the South.
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