The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-15
polilieaI Opinions of tho press.

[From the Washington National Republican.
The transparent effort of the Virgins
Democrats to befog the supporters Of the
national administration with resolution
complimenting President Grant already
begins to bear the fruit we predicted Of it.
The Democratic press OF the state is, o
course, bound to discuss it, and in doing so
the animus Of the real opinions they entertain
on the subject shows itself in such blunder.
ing insults as the following, from the
Richmond Dispatch:
"General Grant, we suppose cares little
about the criticism Of Virginia. lie needs
| not our assistance. But if he values it in
ANYTHING, wesuspect he does SO as much
| when we support the increase Of his salary
as he would in any other matterV'
| The insinuation and covert meaning OF
this paragraph requires no explanation. II
is fling at the character Of man who
was magnanimous enough TO confront the
fury and radical hatred Of Andrew john
| son for the purpose of saving the lives and
| property of the leaders of the rebellion.
The people Of Virginia will appreciate this,
and appreciating it, will understand that
the Democratic praise Of the President, as
declared in the resolutions of the Richmond
convention, is to be accepted as treacher.
Gus and barelaced fattery. They will un-
derstand that the Democrats, while en-
deavoring to win the praise of short-sighted
and unthinking political opponents by
complimenting the President, are ready at
any moment to stab him in the back with
the basest slanders. Such double-dealing
deserves the reprobation of every honest
| man, and will receive it at the polls at the
| coming election.
[From the Valley virginian.l
| A prevalent idea with the Conservatives
| is that no man is fit to hold position in
Virginia, unless he was educated at the
University of Virginia, or the graduate OF
some institution of learning of equal char
acter. One Of the. arguments against the
Republican nominees will be that they are
self-made men--are not of the gentry. and
consequently are not the persons to hold
high positions in Virginia. The people
the bone and sinew Of the country--will
attend to this. They will not disown or
repudiate men, who sprung from their
midst, and feel and sympathize with them.
IFrom The Washington ChronieIe.l
The campaign in Virginia will be man
aged, conducted, and controlled by the cit
liens of that state. Colonel Hughes will
make the canvass squarely upon the prin-
ciples and doctrines SO fairly set forth in
the platform adopted at Lynchburg. He
will appeal to the people Of that state for
an endorsement of those principles, on
whose success, in his judgment and in the
judgment of the convention, depend in a
great measure the future growth and pros
perity Of Virginia. The people of that
commonwealth will decide the question at
the polls, as the citizens of any other state,
free from federal interference or patronage.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel
II is seldom that we are called upon to
note such falling from Democratic grace
as is noticeable in the action of the Con-
servative convention just held in Richmond,
Virginia. The platform must have as.
tonished the old Radical Bourbons, if it
did not the natives. It declares, first, that
the condition Of Virginia is so much better
than that of the other southern states as to
justify the Conservatives in claiming a con-
tinuance of power; second, that the chief
purpose of the Conservatives is to secure to
every citizen, white or colored, 9sexact and
impartial JUSTICE" and to lcgislatc for the
whole people; third, that they will not
offer captious opposition to General Grants
administration, but will support all its
measures that are benefcent, and will cul-
tivate sentiments of goodwill between the
different sections Of the Union: fourth,
that the national government should COM
plete the scheme of water connection be-
tween the Ohio river and Chesapeake bay
by building the James river and Kanawha
canal fifth, that, recognizing The flnda-
mental truth that upon the intelligence of
the people must rest the prosperity Of a
state, liberal provision should be made
for the extension Of the free-school sys-
tenn for the white and colored races re-
spectively.
To those who have insisted that this is a
white mans government and have been
opposed all this time to negro equality,
who opposed the amendments to the con-
stitution securing equality for all before
the law. who do sometimes 'soffer captious
opposition to General Grants administra-
tion.o who do not believe in internal inn
proyements by the general government un-
der any circumstances, and who do be-
lieve in free trade, will not be able to
swallow that platform unless it is pretty
well sugar-coated. II has studiously omit
ted all the cardinal principles Of the Ohio
Democratic platform, and if the candi-
dates that have been nominated in Virginia
with such a political creed are elected,
will it be considered an opposition triumph
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