The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-08-15

& rrrs po,,uenes OF the Aienmond ,ispat ct,.i
Another Letter from Eonisa.
SENTIMENTS Of. GnAsGEgs- = onrcxAHoMINY'.
ANswSREp--A FEW ITEMS ON THE : ST ATKs.
MAN WITH BROAD, NATIONAL VIEWS = CON.
Z FIscATr5N AND CoNsERrATIsM, ETC.
AUGUST, u, 1874.
Within the last few mo hienfs the attention
IL your has been called to an.
article published In tie Enquirer, and ptr-
porting to be on answer 10 letter from
Louisa. The naodesty Of "Chickahomlny .
10 6. believing" that she utters the senti.
inents Of euery .memberS f his party in the
district Is no less remarkable than the gen.
tlemanly manner in which he denies the
statements OF the Dispatch correspondent.
And equally amusing and transparent the
efortslo champion the Changers, and pro-
duce the impression that he Is member OF
the Order without saying so directly,
lam Granger, aud can assure the public
that the Patrons of Husbandry have anything
but desire 10 be defended by partisan hacks,
such as ..Chickahomny's" production proves
him TO be. To sensible men It rs almost un-
necessary to say that Changers have the un.
restricted right to hold and express what
ever sentiments they choose when not in the
Grange meetings.
Chickahominy" mentions ga statesman
with broad and national yiews-one capable
ofapprcciatjpg the great interests OF the State
and Dation,' &C., SC. Why did be not ADD
sand his own interests as well''? Are not
views u rtfe too broad when they extend
from sweeping conJfscation subsequent to
1865 to straisht-out Conservatism in 1874
DO Virginians want ga statesman " ~ whose
views chqnge With every summers breeze
Nag But they do desire a statesman who
will stand by the principles OF the Conser-
vatiye party not one, but many summers
one moved not by the greed Of gain, but in.
spired by the principles OF patriotism ana
honor!
But, perhaps, Chickahominy's estates
man" is the same who SENDS couple OF
men with whiskey by the gallon to town.
sbip conventions Irso, it is not difficult to
imagine the source of "C.'s" information as
to the sentiments of eUery member OF his
party"
am a warm Conservative, an earnest
Granger. and native Virsinlan. what
was stated IN my former communication |
rei:erate that prominent citizens (Couserva-
tiyes) and leading Changers express the
strongest disapproval Of city men. The pr-
mary election and nominating convention
may be satisfactory to some, but the election
proper may prove anything else! So think
Conservatives in this section. AS for the al.
legged majority of the country, this only can
be said: it does not exist in reality. Hep
rico and Chesterfield being, as it were, a
part and parcel of Richmond, give quite
large minority to the latter.
And now as for the extravagant and un-
called for use Of the terms Islander" g gross
and unwarranted insult" and "ibel," in
dulged in by" Chickahomny," wish to say
that gentlemen do not require such language
when they simply wish to correct what they
deem mi>apprehension 'And no gentleman
would stoop so low 10 curry favor.
Chckinominy can, whenever he de-
Tres it, obtain my address at the Dispatch
&C by leaving his own. n.
[our correspondent, a responsible man, re-
quests us in private note to allow him to
Speuk his mind. We do so because under
the circumstances we'feel under some obli-
cation to do so.