The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-10-29
Two independents.

We do not know whether Mr BARBOUR, OF Gull
p,per can b.. proud of associat'ng with Governor
McTrLlIS, or Governor McMULtIS can be PROUD
OF ass, c!.r,ng with Mr.. BARBCUR. Perhsps neither
is proud all the bette, neither has anything III
This caIu psign 10 bc proud OF.
re>,rs McMuLLIS and BARBOUR are tie only
iuC eprnGcu, ndd,;cs for Congress In The Stte
If either Ind anything cred!tahl. in his public ca
rscr 10 guard he has los it-it Is more tn an over
slaughei by the great error which ms Ied MN, LOT
III. attic ,;ioa Of his personal ambition, for the
honors and cnoumtn t- of office, 10 set himself up
against the will ami wishes Of his white brothers of
Virginia They Ii ID banded together TO preserve the
]ul',lc administration from the " rst Of ft;e>. IL
Is only by keeping ioseher, and voting together,
that they can thus secure the best IN crests
Of the Sac aud the safety Of tfose VINO ocpeho
upon them for protection and nourishmen''
ard shelter the very sanciity OF lhcir hcarth-
stones 70 bring di-c0rti amongst a body OF IN,
united for SUCH holy purpo cs Is work OF which
the father of EVIL might be proud; but Ger
tain V Il i a labor tha' can I'd neither credit nor
gratifying reuown t. any man. II must make Tie
las, nd Of he man who essays .uch an undertak-
Ing worse than bis beginning. whatever 1T may be-
ills life a death struggle. The man who max, 5
il must sci Office and ernoumcnt above the gIori"s
which have been the Object OF h, roism the world
over Failure Is teiih--triumph misery
Governor &cMuLLIS is neither harmed nor re-
lined Def, at, with him, leaves him still rough
muunta!nccr oliti"ian. highly GIFTED with gab-a
stranger the very refined ideas engcndcred by
culture. lie will still know the art IS politics rs 4
wrod-chopner knows his labor, ami be always ready
with his love foI the dear people and his cho?-ogic,
beginning "jcll"w-ciizcn,." Mr.. BARBOUR owes
20 the public higher responsibility. lie cannot re-
turn 10 his prope place after helping 10 bring c. H.
~, for
all that s holy in life. No, no: Mr.. EARBouR will
Dc Judged In he proportion Vf teuts with which
lac is end, wed.
Mr. BARBOUR, If not Il proclaimed Radical. Is
worse, In the proportion of The greater injury he
may 30 lis fellow-citizcns. Sc behold the Govern
,ncnt engaged in the work OF iucr. aSiuS the dis
1rcss anu widening IN" humiliation of he southern
people: We see II arrcSting southern II en- on &c
l1aTte testimony, and forcing them off hundreds of
miles for trial. We cannot shut yes 10 the fact
that the Federal b.yonct l. SHINING In many parts Of
the South ~ the emblem Of the humiliation Of the
whites and the cXIl alton OF the negro.
And We SEE that Mr.. BARBOUR, who was Is leader
III the S,a;es-rgnts and Secession party I'll the
South, stands forth the defender OF the Federal
tyranny. To vote for him is to endorse The Fcderal
ul,rigcs upon southern rialts AMI southern society.
To follow him In bis nnnccoumtHbl. changes is IN
lie guilty Of se!r-nculp ton in his te g.ycrSations
4 voter Who casts his vote for Mr.. BARBOUR shows
his own want of in1clc nee; for he ignores his
own opinions for Il personal regard for Mr. BAR
DouE: personal self abu, CATION more dscredlta.
bic han al slavery That is slavery Of the body
but to sink Just opinions and desert Iub duty for
Il personal consideration Is slavery oI the mind
The m 5! di>grac-ful OF all kinds of slavery.
il Is remarkable, and may b: rcutmc cred us Gu
rIGus. tll the only Independent Candidates for on
gr IS In Virginia in l S74 are FAYkTrE McNULLIE
and JAMES BARBOUR. That they will both be
b@atca badly we are sure. Few defeats could con-
fer more public benefit none could bc more &C.