The New York herald., 1876-11-15
THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE HAVING DoNz THEIR
DUTY, PATIENTLY AWAIT THR REsULr-No
FEAR or REsIsTANCE TO CONSTITUTED
AUTHORITY.

AOIaCnAAAs
NORFOLK, Nov 13 1874
The voice Of Virginia is for peace, and II is not
likely that thing will be done In this State
plcate existing troubles TO further excite the public
mind At the same time the whites nearly all believe
that Tilden been honestly elected and they think
be will insist upon all OF his rights. "Tho Southern
people can do nothing but patiently await the result
and depend upon their Northern brethren TO see
Justice DONE said prominent virginian to to-day,
and find his sentiments echoed BY nearly every one
with whom have conversed in Richmond, Petersburg
and Norfolk, and ON the railroad trains. The intima-
s,ou that the South desires 10 see a return
OF intestine strifc wholly eroundlcss She knows
her weakness and is painfully that on slight
psovocation severe though altogether unmerited
pun,shment may be inflicted upon her. have looked
around to SEQ II any Of the signs that foreshadowed
the outbreak OF 1861 exist, not expecting, indeed to
see warlike preparations, but rather to observe IT.
homo partisan journals intimate, stherc is spirit OF
resistance to constituted authority" Nothing Of the
kind can bs deserted In that respect the horizon is
,sar and though tho end OF the crisis may be
n sort quite unwecome to the Southcrners, from
that have seen and heard and read there will be
,u,os acceptance oi tho situation" II is common
mying now. ave have done our part and can do
mora Tho Northern democrats must SEQ 10 the
balance" The idea is that TiIdcn's Northern
nuUCOrtor9 must pFoleCt MS iulcrebtbi uO inc
protesting, II need be, and not expect the South 10
lake any offensive action in the matter. There s no
occasion imagine ourselves the brink Of civil
war. Tho lessons OF the past not easily forgot
Though excitement has prevailed and business been
and discussion OF politics has absorbed pub
lic attention for weeks past, there Will be asetlng
down INTO tIfe humdrum OF everyday existence as
soon ns the result 10 Louisiana is announced At this
momeut Is 10 expected Florida and South Carolina
wil bc counted Tor Hayca
REPUBLICAN, DLUxDKR
Some OF the abicst republicans In Virginia make free
10 say that the republicans made poor and
totally msapprehcndcd The situation. Tho man con-
uaer head and shoulders above all others this State
remarked 10 that ''0Id Zack Chandler uame
or much Of the misfortune that mas ovrrtaken his
narty because he did not understand temper Of tc
soutnsrn people, and had thrown away golden oppor-
IunitIes.
Tudcn's majority IN Virginia viii PROBABLY reach
H000 Ifit goes up to 900 u will exceed Tho
nec,atton Of the conservatives. Never before have
sncy secured 30 900. For thcr complete victory thc
conservatives THEY rarely call themselves democrats
I'm virginia. owe thanks 10 Tho blind Jolly OF their
poucnts procuring troops 10 be stationed in Peters
burs lherc mad been no disturbance thore Tor
months IL is a prvveroiaiIy quiet city. But the
Tinted sisics once holders got irghtcnod imagined
ih.r lives In danger; called for troops aud got about
twenty i've The troops did them good. rho SOL
diers sy sympsth,zcd with the whites the conservative
sneak and Journals made handle oil the INVASION
"a shoussnds OF Indifferent whites who nearly