The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-10
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eruy-Rsp II, SEPTEMBER 1g. 1874
independent candi dates.

his eoIl1syuleD, IN WHICH He uhu ei eoo :"
i've The reasons which have inpelied him 70
become a candidate for Congress IN OPPOSE
ton 10 General HusroS, the regular Conser'
ystiye nominee. Wequote:
Mr.. Barbour had gone into the AieXan.
,r,aa fonyentjon In spite OF the monltions "
lbs frie,,ds that ip;ustsce would be done nun.
He WAS nremrcd to submit 10 any action .iiat
yras not grossly wrong, but his aisposst i.i
sor reaee had been abused. He had oeen re-
a1;red 70 submit 10 wrong that degraded iits
fr,ends wrong to him elf might DC en-
.,nred, I'M, wrong both to him and nss
friends could not be endured without dls'
grace. ,rr;od to,o ,.roe
townships by vote OF three TO one. Ihese
two townships cast ten votes. General Hun
ton's friends elected in the Warrenton town
sh;n five delegates, without opposition,
though his friends could have made formida.
HE opposi,ion, as they Informed him. La thu
ta.letts township General Hanton's friends
elected two delegates By majority OF two
Inthe Bealtop township, on the first election,
on the regular day, Mr. B.rbouI's TRENDS nao
a small ,najosity. Thcother party saia tnat
fuller vote ought to be had. His friends yleia'
Cd. to their request and agreed to postpone
uept until the next SATURDAY. Al tnaI
meeting General Hunton appeared, 10 Vioia-
ton OF The party rule, which bclu nun
wrong. and without netice to hlm aduresseu
Inc meeting. In vote OF about 2oo' ny ns
friends elected ny majority OF % 10 ov
rhree delegates. When the Convention met
F1non,er stood ten for Barbour, ten for
unniou. In the Scott township, Fauquier,
lo1I her
4sy appointed by the county superntend-
nnt me Barbour men named tor chairman
MIR. Turner; the Hunton men nominated
AR, Brawuer. The vote was taken. Bar.
bor.'s friends voted Al; the Hunton
men voted II. The minority Sc
ceded or bo,ted and elected live delegates,
Two 0, whom voted for Abraham
LINCOLN ia 1864. The Convention rejected
tie regular delegates of the majority and
admitted the bogus delegates appointed by
the minority. When they endorsed these
lisorgauizers they endorsed DISCRIMINATION.
Tuat Convention was violating every prlncl-
gle OF parry organization. Every member
who obeyed that Convention vas diSor-
t-luiZer of the Conservative party. 1t was
d,ltv he owed to himself and to his friends to
appeal TO the people against these vlolators
OF party rule. He could not without dis
sredi, submit to that violation OF the party
xue. He would not submit TO It. lie
was candidate before the people, and
lie was prolfd TO find that the heart OF the
people was with him."
MIR. BARBOUR has evidently lost sight OF
the real point in the case. AS the esotism
al men in former days led TO the geocentrle
theory, so the ego,ism of men still leads
,htm away frcm true theories in politics and
craftsmanship. MIR. BARB"uR's theory is eV.
identity egocentric.. Analyze Mr.. BAR
hours statement, and what does it amount
90: What is the leading idea Of it! SIM
rly that Mr.. BARBOUR or General HUNToN
had The right 10 the Conservative Congress
siopa nomination for their district, and
that nobody else could either justly or
wisely have been nominated. When, then,
we say that the Convention might
have thrown them both overheard, and
taken new man without going beyond its
powers, and without giving anybody good
reason 10 complain of its action, we show
the h3llownesS OF Mr.. BARB0uR'S excuse for
|Rsetting himself up as an Independent candi-
date. And il the Convention had the right
70 reject both BARBOUR and HUTTON, it bad
the right to reject either, and per conse-
guence to nominate either. For what pur-
pose was the Convention called and held !:
Was it 10 choose rs between BARBOUR and
HUTTON: BY no means. 1t was called to
nominate Conservative candidate for
Congress. II any delegate went to
that Convention unprepaIed to sacrifice his
personal prefelenc for the pubic good, ne
h had no business there. He was out Of
place. He did not "play fair II Mr.. BAR
BouR allowed his name to be used and yet
reserved the right to bolt if in any mere matt
ter Of organization the Convention should
u do us lie might think it ought to do, be
d,i not realize his true position nor his duty
a, a good citizen nor as u member OF The
C. ,nscryatiye party. Suppose he was
wrougcd "-suppose his friends were
wropged"-in that tie latter were not
q lowed TO vote for him in Convention, does
tat give those few hundred Culpeper
men the right 10 >pli. the Con-
sentative party? But we deny that
any such wrong rs Mr.. BARBOUR has to
complain of can justify him in setting such
q bad example. We deny that it Is Il mat
ter of any Importance whatever to the peo-
pie OF Virginia, or even Of his district. No
harm would have come to the people or The
Conservative party, and nothing would
have been done of which Mr.. BARBOUR
could Justly complain, if the Convention
had, like the one in the Lynchburg district,
hid aside the rival aspirants and nominated
a candidate who had hardly been named IN
connection with the nomination. How wide
the contrast between the action Of john w.
DANIEL and that of JAMES BARBOUR And
which Of the two is the puolic's ideal man?
These remarks are intended to be Of genera
application. Independent candidates art
nuisances to be abated. independently
20 use MnToN's idea, "is Radical wri
BARGE McMULLlN and BARBOUR have M
hope of being chosen by Conservative votes
Each knows that the masses Of the COnser
valiYe party in his district will vote for tht
regular nominee. Each knows that his only
hope for success is based upon the Radica
propensity to support independent ciDdi
dates. Each Knows that he has no suct
claims upon the party as he sets up. Eact
knows that it Is a matter Of no Importance
whatever that JONES was excluded from thu
Convention and SMITH admitted. Eacl
knows that the idea that any man could
have such claims upon the people as would
justify him in trying to break down the Con