The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-27
The Nominees.

The Nominees.
A. Pho rim, before the election is snort
rncS the prospects OF the CoDsei N'''''
rortv ;mrroyc. The question OF selecting
al h,rmoniouslv settling down upon men
10 rur in responsible offices is less pcrp'eNeo
with rersonal and sectional CONSIDERATIONS
,;on At anv time tAe present year The very
best tone prevails in the public sentiment III
al, u,s,trrs Of the State, and we have the
bright promise of harmony, which is the
,crtsin farcrunner of brilliant victory.
Everybody in Virginia on the ConScrVa-
tive side fully appreciates the Importance OF
the retention of the government III Conser-
ya,iye hands: and we believe that not few
Republicans are impressed with the idea
that for her solid interests Virginia cannot
afford to transfer her government to the Re
publican rartv. II would be fatal alike to
private enterprise and public welfare. The
Republican party in the South is not like the
Republican party at the North. 1t is very
different affair. Here the intelligence and
worth Of the country are on the side of con-
servaiiSm. Rare are the exceptions of relia-
Die. gifted. and experienced men being op-
posed to the side occupied exclusively by
the white people. The Republicans have
net enough Of such men to run the govern
ment General ScHorlELp said that such was
thc fact when he commanded in Virginia,
and it Is the fact now rs it was then. This
l. the case in the South generally, as has been
so diSaStrously proved by the history OF
every State in which the Radicals have had
power since the war.
There are Republicans who have interests
and enterprises amongst us whose success
depends very much upon good government
and that public credit which can only be
maintained by keeping the government i'll
the hands OF trustworthy men-men who
will not squander the public means by
wastcful expenditure or plundering the
public treasury, Therefore it cannot hc that
such men would prefer disaster to their pri.
vatc undertakings from Radical rule to sue.
cess under the Conservative administration
1t is altogether consistent thing for il man
10 he a National Republican and yet dread to
hs put under the rule Of such Republicans as
there are in the South. Such Republicans
have not, it is true, yet governed Virginia
but what is fairer than to infer that they
would, if put in power here, repeat the acts
of their party in other States.
No earnest, honest, industrious pan, hop.
ing to thrive by his own energies, and not
expecting to live out of the public crib, can
Afford to run the great peril ola Republican,
,. G., Il Radical government, in Virginia.
1t is to avoid this dreaded fate that the
people of Virginia are getting ready to unite
and move in solid body to defend their
State. There is n gratifying disposition
showing itself to make personal sacrifices for
the preservation of concord-to give up pri-
waite feelings or prpiudices for the common
good. That public spirit, that noble devo-
sion to the state, will, we believe. continue,
and govern the people in their selection of
candidates. If so the Conservative victory
will he complete. and, we may believe, final.
Such Il victory will give permanent rule 10
that part of the people who must bear the
public hurtlcn-, and who possess the intel
li"cncc and integrity to direct public affairs.
Their opponents will hardly make a set fight
again. The people of Virginia have the
strength and unquestionally the patriotism
for the cXgcncy, and VIC have no idea they