The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-16
1850, ,as,re or3F'Uns on md Harmony
800 snssffe Conservative Part.
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Ina COMMUNITY e0WPoSeua 40 ~ -. ~
FIRE The war-wben every element WIS ~
moceneous and every interest was lnt ,hore
IubIy wedded-it was essentiai qua. eh y. :
should be theattrition Of contest DeI"een .nI
conflicting policies 10 order that tne gene, a.
! priucjples might, move By -conYeFeigs lvaas
towards that centre which was tue o')e''i'e
! point Of all. oo,,,, &
Now the power Of the Commonwealth y
| vested indscrininutely in the in!eiilsent any
ignorant, the virtuous ana s,e''us, ".
dustrious and the vagrant, tue properly
holder and the'iDmate OF the a'msneuse ),
| Heretofore those great interests 'na. ~ W
make up the life and staoliity vi soo'e'y'
civilization, and religion could De Dest c9 ,if
served by discussion between men WHO u'l.
fered only az to the best means OF securing
certain results. - -
Now those great interests can only oe
kept alive by solid junction OF all .ne
elements of catholic and l1Deral consei'A-
| tism. ,,..,;,
Then the guardians of our polItscai neti !.
age were under the heaViest oo'isat,ons ~
protect every jot and title OF the Diflnrlsnl
of us all; their own poSsessions.ol pro-
perty, OF privilege, OF education, OF expert
! ence-were so many bonds, Win SEN ahu Sc
curity. that no gross inroads shou'a DC ,naue
upon the system, and that eacn part VI Tue
body polite should be kept ID heathy con-
dition. .to "a
Now there have been admitted to the ad'
ministration of affairs people whose lgno,,
rance of the public good Is Only SURPASSED
by their indifference to it; ana tnose are
| qualified as suffragans and ellSipie 10 oinCe
who make no scruple of suoordlnatlng all
principles of true repubcanlSm ana all pfac'
tice Of honesty in government 10 thc accone
plishment of selfish ends and the erectlon ol
private fortunes. Where they TRIUMPH noue
OF the ends for which codes, constitutions,
and CONTRACTS were instituted are ever ac-
complishcd. Life is not sale, liberty OIL per-
CON is not assured, nor is there any protec-
ton for property in any southern o'ate ID
which the mass Of negro voters, led by Rid'
c,l n,ninula,ors, has succeeded in Selling the
lav.mak ing and Iaw.givipg departments. lslt
,porth while now to revert 10 the recent record
of events in South Carolina, Louisiana, and
Arkansas? In every State that has come under
the con,ro! of the Radical party every interest
or the Commonwealth has suffered. The
bonds of such States have become. not de.
prcciated. but worthless; the. elections in
such States have been marked by fraud and
sucb States have been full OF confusion and
antagonisms; and throughout the list of COM
munjties so controlled nothing proSpers,
neither race advances, no class issatlshed, no
interest is promoted On the contrary, every
personal right laneuisbeS, every legal maxim
perishes, every opportunity OF the majority
Is misuscd, and every right of the minority
is cast to the winds. In fact, throughout the
south. wherever Radicaism has triumphed
factories have lauguished, farms have been
Dlacardcd with notices of sale, colleges have
been closed, peuitentiarics and asy lums have
filed up. disorder and violence have reigned,
pIougb.s shares have been turned into Wea.
mons. and both races and parties have suffer-
ed UNNECESSARILY.
From all the affections visited upon her
unhanp, sisters Virginia has been delivered.
The Federal authority has never found eX-
cuse 10 invade her borders in search OF ku-
kly: nor since her rtGlmission to the
Union has there ever echoed over her soil
the tread of soldiers bound on hostile mis-
sion. Virginia owes her past exemption no
less to the sagacity of her leaders than to the
touch of elbow which her original popua-
ton has observed. Since the war the motto
of the white VirginianS has been like that OF
the North Scetsmen: "Heilandcr, Iceland
or shoulder to shoulder" Thus Standing,
we have resisted all attack. Thus attacking,
we have oyerco.n all obstacles. Observing
the same tactics, we shall still be safe ana
formidable. Discarding them, We Will tall Il
prev to the first consolidated opposition, ana
will be reported to the future as people
who had no better Use for hardiy-earned
prosperity than to throw it away.
What is true Of Virginia is true OF her
component parts. What was VIE 10 the
uoIjcy of the State should be studied and
observed by Petersburg. By dividing our
majority we would be a> dSastrouSly stu.
ated a. those people in N'cksburS or Acri-
dian who ere in Il hopeless minority. ID
this crisis no man can act unto AMI OF hiiD-
self No link can leave the chain without
reference TO the loops that bind IT 10 Inc
State and nation. Destroy the organic 'tIon
in one spot. however small, AIT there IS
qnp IN the line Through that let the enemy
break, and the whole army mus suIier. tor
God. sake let the organization be preserved
until old times return.
When all the voters know and care for
what they arcvotinG for then 1t will De the
time to institute reform and independent
movements. But now. while the enemy Is
found in solid column, is not the time for u
TO divide. Almost nehalf Of Virginia /,
,uilragans are now equally ignorant and in
different. They all belong to the same class
aud the same party. Blood ought to be
thicker than water. and reason ought to be
stronger than PRE- judice; and the Conserva-
tives ought for these considerations to sink
every thought save that of preserving their
race and party dominance.
limited re stdnd; divided zee Ja!E."