The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-12-13
RnI,a,olld Dlspatrll,
MONDAY -. DECEMBER Is, r.,
so,,na views about 1ndepenl .senss,

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Sound views about 1ndepen tents.
The Ricbmond Wing OF Sasur. day has the
following very sound views Cd the subject
of Independent candidates opposing tie
nomfpees Of the Conservative party. There
has been no perio3 since the organization of
that party wheA the views Of the Wing could
have been more timely THAI now ana they
are the more especially worthy Of note be-
cause they esme so early xFser The essaollsh.
ment OF the Wig upon new basis. Inc
article TO which we.aliade reads as follows;
q Such has been tie necessity for concert
of acton TO prevent the secession 70 poWes
In osr loc.l-we snean State OIL 40
irresponsible, vicious, radical element that
thseasened to sap the very ionudahon Oh our
Institutions, that party discipline mas 0een
hitherto eassSy maintained. 10 have risked Ice !
success OF the-pasrg for purely selfish PERSONAL
considerations would have been TO insure
sneh msteaicsiors upon the head of the Of. |
fender M would have deferred the sioutest |
heart. NosF, however, for reasons we are ut
a loss 20 comprehend. or at least to appre-
ciate, for thedanger, 'if less imminent, is mol
the less 10 be deprecated we find dtsposl-
ton upon 6ae part Of individuals TO assert
their .ihauey independents" as they are
pleased 10 term il, and cut loose from all
party restraint and Obligations. Nonsuations,
however faisly, made, are treated With con-
tempt. even by those who participated 10 the
conventions, unless their special fr,eods were
The reetsiepts Of tue donors to be bestowed.
we would warn our Conservative friends
that s.his so.caNsd independence, this 10.
disposition 10 respect the whole some ana
necessary 'ussge Of party, e but radi-
xsiisna In its Incipiency. Ihdeeu, 1T rs
the first step; the mex VIII, oe W
be found ,yoeHg against the canchdates ot
shcir plolessrd party.' Tor ssme hoepeha-
dent. In cssspany with those they shect 10
.<Spsnjse. TIE safe rule 10, and we would
!, vurce it upor all who desireShe r maintenance
.of consef ea;iye principles, to stand fast py
their re- ,isi Iy.appointedr orb carers, VINO
ever they may be, when fairly nominated.
tOur oDt,onents, thoughEUiet, are thorough
Nv united and are deterninef., through tne
>notent itaiuence OFF edeTul patronage ana
every other ipducemessa caicnlited to win
. support, 10 make desperate, effort to carry
the ,S.ste for Grant oEte gain IN the ap'
proachiBg presitebtisl'e lecti on.
@ ts4et us be true to our party ana those
who respect and sustain its organization,
and I'LL will be we'll. Independent Conser'
natives, who are indebted 70 our enemies for
theirtriumph overese regular candidates OF
the party. to say theaeast, SHOULD not be &C
,cepted as the oracies of otir organization un-
iessswe are prepared to di ;bspd it astogether:
for such b reeagUisign would be to invite and
encourage disAfsc,iep." RS '' 49, ..'r : :,
There are no dorbtful passages, no quail
flying sentences,-in this extract. 1t is clear
and decided. The Conservative party was
established 10 cave the State from the bsrea'
rous elementwhsca nor them RepublicanisAa
had cruelty and nadly injected into the COR
. stitusst body oftheSouih. The degradation
OF that bcdy.by this n leasure threatened az
with similar dssTadat ion Of the representa-
tiue. body. SNch was the fear and terror
aroused by tbssferil that the white people
rallied together md for med the Conservative
party as the hast hope OF protecting the State
from the consequences Of the inundation o
the State Gogernmei It by the barbaroI!
waves, either through the election Of ineom
petent and ilHtera'e q egroes, or, what was
little better, .nen who might be elected bs
negroes. ,a E
Time has proved the great usefulness OIL
that party. 1t has saved the State. 1t has
e nabled the. sn3.ias people, bs' primary esec
.tioas, TO elect :S9sstr o,on representatives
That xas the salvation of Wiz GINA from &
government that would have br o ught uper
ms untold miseries, and even desperation.
The Wing does,pet and cannot tt,o deepls
.6eplore resistance TO such a party. Every
successful opposition to it. however Il veal and
limited it may be, afords an example of the
worst kind. 1t helps to stimulate every am
bitieas person who is dissatisfied becaus, the
CONSERVATIVE partylails to nominate him to
resistance, and such mep too often cry wi
:" fraud and corruption" and enter Il le
arena as Independent candidates.
These irrepressiby sonceited persons are
led intoiDdiscretion byther ambition, which
misleads their judgment. A feeling of true |
public devotion would prompt them to re.
main With their party and seek to reform it |
within its organization. But they go outside
the party and endeaSor to reform it by seek.
ing triumph through an alliance with the
enemy and this shows that 1t is not to re.
form their party, but to beat 1t and elect
themselves. That is the real motive. i
1t is tad enough, very bad In a popuia-
ton which has few negroes; but infinitely
worse when the negro voters are many, and
where it only LAKES small vote to turn the
scale against the whites. Where that is the
case there must be serious, if not fatal, de-
moralization. No good citizen Of rejecting
mind coud regard the election Of represent
tatives by negroes with any feeling short Of
horror. --...---.-...- /
The Wing plainly shows that <Independ-
ents-men who, being Conservatives, at.
tempt to resent the failure OF the party to
nominate them by resisting their authority
are logically enemies Of their race and of
Az Il A.