The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-18
,,srhe Approachine' Conventions.


The Republican Convention meets NJ
Lynchburg on wednesday, S0th instant.
There viii probably BE d good deal OF alter
cation In the body. The Republicans are
not SO harmonious IS they were q year sirces
TheambitsotR partisans are getting tired Of
postponemert. Like RopERIeo, they begin
to think they are trified with, and impatientiy
demand the promised reward. The disap-
pointment and impatience of these persons
viii likely show themselves, and be violently
discussed in "a disorderly mob such as are
most Of the Republican conventions. There e
win be probably lively time.
To what extent the recent recruits 70 he
publicanisn.wh are all looking ont for
somethipy-nay help on diSeord remains to
be seen but our opinion Is that their in
fiuence will be more cause Of disturbance
than peace in the Republican Convention.
We have no doubt that Colonel HUGnEs will
be nominated for Governor, and there win
then be n straight-out fight between him and
the very acceptable Conservative who will
be nominated. Colonel HUGHES is Vir-
gilman of decided ability as writer, who is
in the wrong place in being amongst the Re
publicans, and we cannot object to giving
him fair and handsome defeat. @ia
On the 9th Of August the Conservative
Convention meets in this city. For the Of
fee of Governor the choice, we think, lies
between two very worthy and capable gen.
tIemen. The white people of Virginia will
vote for either with entire satisfaction.
Therefore we have no fear as to the nomira-
ton of Governor, and as little about the
whole ticket. There is no ground for dis
cord, and every reason for harmony, and for
an enthusiastic turning out of the Conser-
natives at the polls to keep the Government
OF Virginia in competent hands and save the
old Commonwealth from the fate of so
many of her southern sisters, who have been
handed over to Radical, negro, and carpet
Dagger misrule.
Everybody In Virginia knows that the
question at the elections in this State is en-
tirely Sc parated from national politics. The
issue here is unknown in any northern
State. 1t is a question whether we shall be
governed by capable or incapable people
whether the white people Of Virginia, who
are capable and who own all the property
in the State, shall administer public affairs,
or whether they shall be left to that incom-
petent, irresponsible party, nearly all blacks
and lately slaves. This is the question ID
old Virginia, and there is really nothing of
Republican or Democrat in it. The party
of blacks and carpet-baggers have run
public affairs into chaos wherever they
have ruled in the South, and every Virginian
should swear to rescue his State froma SINH
lar fate. Radicalism ut the South has made
way with the public money and heaped an
iusupportabIe weight of debt upon the
people wherever it has had power. 1t has
substituted disorder and violence for peace,
and introduced bribery and corruption
where they had never existed, until the
Radical party was put in control of govern
ment. ,....., t........
We have not the slightest fear that the
people OF Virginia will allow any such party
to yet possession Of their Government. At
the approaching Convention they will renew
their vows Of loyalty to Virginia and to her
best interests, of loyalty to society and to
the fame and honor OF their stainless and
venerable mother. ..s=