The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-08-14
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Occasion.
what grand spectacle does the Old Do
minion present to the world. Whlle the
fiery waves OF domestic tumuit hcaVed ana
rolled around her not ripple disturbed the
hosom OF the smother OF States and states
men" Amid the wild hurly-burly she pro-
claimed in unmistakablc terms: Peace, DE
still" How potent must her example nave
been to her southern sisters. Now, we ask,
to what must all this be attributed? The
answer is plain. The reason must be sougn'
in the conservative spirit OF her citizens.
Common sense carries the day in Virginia.
Radicalism cannot obtain foothold. It Is
an exotic which cannot be transplanted IN
our soil. Have we not reason, tnen, 10
congratulate ourselves? In no pharisaical
spirit should we be thankful that we are nor
n other men, but we should feel gratelu'
that me hare not lost our ac3ts. true pa
triotism prevails in Virginia. PATRIOTISM
in this State is not Il mere matter OF senti-
mental rush. 1t has taken root, ana Is
viewed rs a stern reality. FirSinlans nave
no fancy for spread-eaglcism. They VIII
oi,cnus. however, he found at the post OF
duty. Had there been any danger OF the
moi element carrying the day our people
would have rallied rs one man arouho ',ic
Government. VirginianS are SLOW 10 pc
aroused, but when once aroused lhes are
surr 70 do their work well. Fast expo
riencc proves TINS. . .,,t +ho
Thorc are those who maintain that the
Conservative party has accomplished IT'S oo-
iect. Most assl,rcdly greater error was
never made. When Virginia has pceh
thorourbly reclaimed; when her waste
nloces have becl, built up, when her credlt
l. completely restored. when IL shall DC
deemed disgraccful not TO meet every op'i-
cation of the State, then, and not I'LL thcn.
can it be said with any degree OF truth that
the Conservative party has accomplished It's
object. What. McssrS. Editors, has Conser-
yatism done for Virginia. we answer.
everything. The Old Dominion has been
lifted I'D out OF the very sloughs OF dcSpond.
In 1859 Virginia was wellnigh bankrupt IN
every respect. All had been lost save
honor. The wiseSt man saw little To
hope for. Those rulttres, Scalawags
and carpet-baggerS, were frastinS upon
the very vitals of the helpless Common
wealth. Just at that !uncture, when the
future seemed SO dark and rayleSs, the
knaveS quarrellcd among themselves. The
presented itself, and the Con-
sentative party, the party Of moderdtton,
emerging from the general wreck, was
born. How glorious has been its record
from 1860 to 1877. It's past is but prelude
TO it's future. "EXcelSior" is It's motto.
Produced in the hour of disaster. Conser-
yatisin has taken deep root, and is cntwined
in the affections OF the people. Noble Old
Virginia, held in the embrace OF .ConscrTa-
tism, can well afford TO stand the storms OF
adversely and demagoguery. Enemies with
out and foes within may plot and scheme,
but they will all be hurled back helpless
from the bulwarks Of Conservatism.
G.. BROOKE DOGGETT.
Richmond, w., August 5, 1871.