The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-08
November and May.

FINDER this heading the Petersburg Inder
x,,,eol gives some good advice to the Con-
ssrya,;yes of Petersburg that is equally APP
,ronriate when addressed to the ConserVa-
lives of Richmond. 1t should be remembered
,ha. should the Conservatives be defeated
pex, month there is no possibility OF the
triumph enuring to the advantage OF the
ambition of the boiling Conservatives, whose
t,,;h,cssness would be the cause OF CorscrVa'
tive defeat. The Rsd Gals will have their own
mon. Il should be furthermore remembered
sha, Conservative men who throw their 'nflu'
ence in the scale of the opposition to their own
marty need not hope Tor elevation from the
Conservative party. They can never rise 10
honor and public trust by the consent OF the
n,r,v which they are endcavoring to break
w with discord, and thus TO oeteat. Ihey
now choose their alliances and determine for
themselves. Should they resolve upon an
alienation from their own party it will be
enduring. Even If parties be disrupted and
new ones formed no man can put confidence
in the men who now show their impracticsble
dispositions and their readiness to break
down their own party for the qualification
OF their private animositics or their own
persona! ambitions. Remember, gentlemen,
YOU are but making up your beds now, and
A. YOU make them you must lie, and as you
lie now you must continue to lie.
The Inder-Appcal says:
"Our boiling friends say they are not
able to perceive what connection there Is De-
tween the present senatorial canvass ana the
municipal election to be held next May.
There IS all possible connection, as will but
too surely be realized, if they persist in the
suicidal policy on which they have entered.
The Conservative party cannot be used and
dismissed. and then whistlcd back like pack
OF mounds. IL is made up OF intelligent men,
who consent, however, for the public interest
and the common safety, to recognize the obi
cations imposed by political organization.
But if that compact be broken ana those
obligations repudiated by any part OF the
marry and especially for trivial and personal
reasons. il is not 10 be expected that the party
lres can be readily closed sgain, and all hands
reduced at once 10 discipline aud blind ooe-
dience to au authority already dlSowned.
And therein resides the great danger; for II
we once recognize duS ll.ut w oAS"h
ranks, there is no telling TO what extent OF
INSTRUMENTATION ard generalization the
vicious example will he initiated. The party
will become like drove of sheep, scattering
in every direction. and impossible TO be got
ten together under any stress, however
grave. that calls for their collection ann
escape from q common danger. Now, II the
right of our boilers to bolt for even COCA
man be once conceded, there is no reason
WHY every body should not select 4 separate
council :.cket next spring, which wouid
surely result, while the Radicals kept to-
c.iher and voted for their regular nominees,
in the surrender Of our municipal govern
,rcpt TO the control Of that party. What
kind of party formation could be maintained
if men played at politics like children IN such
1u-sery style as thasi Moreover, we do not
cJuccdc that the ISSUE in this contest Is ID
any respect essentially different from that TO
be met in the spring election. The issue
now is squarely between Radicali>m and
Conservatism ard in the May election 1t
will be the same.
Men and brethren, you evidently do not
know the nature nor the gravity OF your po-
ii:cal offence, nor apprehend the grleVous
consequences to which it SO inevitably tends.
No sort OF subtlety nor sophstry can help
your case. 1t is a plain, open matter OF tol.
lowing your party duty or diSowning it and
di>ayowing the Conservative name. l. is
uucs ion full of grave and lasting considera-
tlons as 20 which course it becomes you to
atu;t !"