The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-06-06

insult OF false. or fatal friends
IL IS ridiculous to read the cant Of the
Wh'g over General Lee. whose tlisranehise.
mens LOT treason the Wig Endorsed, whin-.
| .ng mat its sdoidtry for nm, even could not
s"uuce followers Sin an hour Of mad in
ld'uation TO become the champion Of a party
aha cause That could triumph only at the
| expense OF has race and kindred. 4 agree
Vim tue H0S that no sane or sober man OF
mohor would become 4 champion of any.
tnanS J" mat could triumph only at the erpense
% Ms race and kindred" But differ with
tue wing * follower Of the Conservative
organization. which has endorsed a marty
ana rd,i>e that has triumphed at the expense
ot my race and Kindred, In the opinion that
m independent candidate can't houorably
organize party to hold the balance OF power
between the two evils which now scourgc
the State of Virginia. with view to destroy
Doth the existing organizations and to form
| new and independent organization out of
| the good personnel OF both bad organiza-
| tons To rcdeem the fortunes and fate of the
people of the State Of Virginia As John
Quincy Adams once said of General jackson.
"thcre are two kinds OF bad men, one of bad
| principles. and one OF no PRINCIPLES at dA."
50 OF par'ies--the Black Republican priuci
pies may De mainly and materially bad, but
| that even Is better than 10 have no princi-
pies at all. iou know where TO find the
one. hut OF the other rou don't know the
| worst. Can--not ,cUH--but can the Conser-
vatNc party ut it, coming convention agree
among themselves upon any Platform of fun
damcnlal principles ut all i? We will see.
| They may agree upon some specific inca
| suites OF crpedl4aCy to take away all the
>poils OF place aud olli,c from the Repu5li-
en-, but they can't aud won't unite upon
any standard of fundamental principles.
| However that may be-, | will not unite with
either the principal patty or lis indorser.
| am Nirglniai-a ct an cute It Fir-
giniun. Igratetully acknowledge that / have
been honored by the respect aud confidence
of the people, and if ever | forget to be CRATE
tut to them, may my right hand forget its
cunning; and l leave it to the Wing TO say
whether have learned Il glorious record
and II have will never stain it, and the
heritage Of my children and my humble
name shall never be destroyed by any dis
| honorable act Of mine, much less by an act
that will in all time consign my name to OBJ
loquy." But if l should have decided other
| wise than not TO become the champion of the
| Black Rcpnbhc0n P0rty-if should link in
| with them and pull Conservatism down into
| the dust. 30 that it shall never rise and slDIe
| in place and power agaiU--how could the
Wing or any ether Conservative press or
| person have the face to prate to me, an = I'M
>uLdued keh..' about the obloguy of such
IN All Alas! what ketllng of pots that
would be-" They had better practice than
prate political ethics and honor! No, my
kind panegyrist OF the lFh,q. Your praise
| shall not bet Bull of Anathema to me. Your
| apprehension OF Il scheme of independent
| "a II int
and Republican organizations and conven-
| tinnS independent OF the leaders of either
| i not entirely iCtMcW Foundation"
| There are many independent. true fearless.
responsible and honorable men. who arc pa
tricts without fear and without reproach,
| who will not be champions of either one
! bird ~ the other of your feathers OF either
| principal party or its indurScr in the
! wrong: but who are tired and sick of YOU
| both. and will try TO takea rakny fire ut you
| both. They wish for peaceSnd prosperity
Il double pc,cc-not onlS to cicatrizc the
| wounds between northern and southern
| people and States, but between labor, and
| skill. and capital. and races of men in our
midst.
1t war of races the white man 10 he
| arra,rd against the black man, or the black
| man against the white man--iS to be 1.-The
| Waterford aud the reply" in the coming
political campaign in Virginia. Virginia'S
honor and every interest Of Virginia will de-
n,anh pcacrmaker> III Virginia true enough,
brave enough. with good sense and goOu
feeling enough. and independent enough to
| intcrpose between both black and white sans
| cu{OtteS to silence their a,cu notes As slcut
rs death. They will require both Con>erv-
| ativcs and Republicans, without going to
either. to come t. their programme of peace
and Of principle.
! They will demand that no war shall be
made Ky political parties Of the white upon
| the ccloIed race. That all men shall he
placed on the sIlme tpo'ing before the laws,
| and they will Struggle for the restoration Of
AL political rights and reparation of all
| wrongs. incurred and caused by the late
civil war.
Without delaying and di>puting with
| West Virginia about her liability for a.por-
ton of the ante.teiium public debt of the
| old body polite OF Virginia. they will inSis:
| that East Virginia rs well us West is
ne,r STATE. auI they will cndcavor to re-
| eve both of the oppressive burthen OF
the debt of the old State of Virginia
| hy uniting both new States and all the
creditors OF the old State TO petition
and prevail on the Congress CT the
United States TO pay. fully pay, all her
| debt; to insist that 10y dlsmembering
tue old State. and destroying her body
polite and being in law, tor the national use
OF saving the Union. the United States, as.
sumcd her liabilities. And that the two
nrw states OF East and West Virginia are
! entitled to all the advances and expenditures
for them. usually made to aud for all Other
new StateS--sllcb, for example, as the new
States OF Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Mlchi-
gau, the territory of which Old Virginia cedeu,
without money and without price, to the
United StlieS. under section III, act ~. oi
| the Constitution OF the United states. ana
under the various deeds OF ccssion ana la'id
ordlruce> oi the United States. j.,
| That during the pcnding OF petitions Tor
| plvInent hr Congress of the principal Oh tle
| old State debt due provision shall he maze
| to pay the interest thereon, accrtlnS. anu
accrued, by resorting TO extraordinary hie'e-
S,lrts which may he in the power or the
state, such a. that Of assuming the sovereign
r,ght o, insurance OF life and property, mus
cubIu~ the State treasury in time To iiieet
the Interest. and. in case OF judicial decision
| TO That effect, To lmy the principal o' inc o'u
Stale DEBT, and at the sam" time To ulDifi'sh
the taxes OF the people hy bringing lb,o TIE
nl,,lir Golfers from three to fre niiliouS
worth OF premiums per annum Wiileh are
now paid to private insurance coinls'iit>'
and most of wbicIi is taken out OF the stare
by foreign Insurance companies.
That they will unite in urging unch ton-
rrcsS to take the James kiyer and hanaWha
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