The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-02
r,,a prc,s ON General Joe Jofsnsfon's
N0minati0Il.s
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70 tia respect and admiration Of Virgintans::
ia him the whole South owes deDt Oh |
gratitude which no donors she can 6estoW
2 s,na,, him. can ever repay. After Robert
r. Leg the name aud fame OF Joseph. ~!
Johnstor, Is dear to all who served or loYed
the lost cause
General Jobnston's talents, will renee.
him most useful md practical memDer ..
Congress. He will not be often heard Irom
OF, the floor OF the House, but IN tne com.
lniifee-roonls, where the work OF the HOUSE
is done, he VIII be found jealous anu ~
telligent laborer. ,.,ou,,oaoo
and information will be OF incaicuiaoie au-
vantage to the House. Having oeeh = ui
t;no,1isbed officer in the old army, he>Wlit
hiring to all matters involving the interests
Of the army a fund OF experience ana IN
formation which will greatly hshten tue
iobors OF the Committee on Military Affairs:
The Democratic majority in the next
House will exceed that OF the present BODY,
and General Johnston's eminent fitness VIII
OF course recommend him as member OF
that committee to Democratic Speaker.
He will add by bis reputation and apiiity 20
the already high character OF the Virginia
delegation in Congress, and increase the lh-
fluence they now have in that body. as
Yirrinians we congratulate the people Oh
Virginia on the nomipation OF Ids '''us-
trious Virginian. '.'' .
Portsmouth TImes.] ;-.
The nomination of man so distinguished
and yyorId-reuowned as General Joseph l..
Johnston has an interest that extends 10 q
very GREAT distance beyond the city IN when
Possessed OF an intellect as keen as it is
comprehensive, gifted with administrative
ca pacities of the very highest order, the soul
of honor, and with manners that are marked
by simple dignity and manliness, be IS the
very type OF a soldier and general. anu
the qualities which made him so eminent as
a leader of men in the army viii prove OF
infinite service TO him in that body which
from its perpetual wrangllng may wen
be termed an army-the House OF
Representatives. The war record OF
General Johnston is too well known to
need a word OF remark. 1t and himself
have become material for history, and will
60 down the reverberating corridors OF time
as part and parcel OF that glorious warfare
which in four years achieved fame enough
To spread over centuries of common time.
In the opinion of very many OF the hrst
military authorities OF the day, General
Johnston was considered superior to Cen
eral Lee himself in his thoroughness as
soldier and his deep knowledge OF military
tactics. Where both are so glorious 1t IS
useless to institute q comparison. Suthce
to say that Virginia, the South, and the
country at large, will be the gamer by The
election of this gifted and most noble gen.
tleman.
charlottesville Chroniclc.I
We congratulate the people Of the district
on the nomination OF one so worthy OF the
honor OF representing them in Congress
one who, to use his own language, possesses
the Fundamental qualification for public
office-"a conscientious devotion to public
DUTY" as proved by its brave and faithful
discharge in other and far different fields.
The metropolitan district could have no
better representative, the Conservative
party no worthicr champion, than Joseph
e. Johnston. Let the people see to it that
he is triumphantly elected.
Warren Senllncl.l
The Conservative Convention for the
Third (Richmond) district nominated Gen.
eral Joseph e. Johnston for Congress on
Wednesday. The old Confederate hero
should be triumphantly elected.
lSalem Conservative
General Joseph E. Johnston was Oh yes
terday nominated for Congress by the Con-
.servatives OF the Third (lichmond) district.
Well done for the Richmond Conservatives.
Manassas Gazette.l .....
General Joseph Z. Johnston was nomlna-
ted at Richmond on Wednesday last by the
Conservative nominating convention OF the
Third district. He will undoubtedly be
elected.
ATLANTA (Ga.) constitutional
The news that General Johnston has re-
celved the Democratic nomination for Con-
eress in the Richmond district will be pecu-
liarly gratifying to the friends of the vete-
ran soldier throughout the South, and espe-
cially in Georgia, which, during the past
several years has been his adopted home.
In the canvass that was made against Gene
raj Johnston 1t was argued that his military
education and instincts not only united
him for political career, but would impair
his usefulness as representative. The
future will show how silly and absurd
these objections are. The same quail
ties that have given General Johnston
reputation as one of the first military men
of the age, will conspire TO make him one
of the most efficient congressman ever Sc
lected to represent the people. In wa he
won renown as q great commander; IN
peace he was no less conspicuous as cltl.
zen: and in Congress his great abilities will
place him in the front rank OF those rare
spirits who, instead of seeking their own
advancement, contemplate only the welfare
and prosperity of the people. His military
training, while it may have. given eff
feet TO his natural dignity, did not give
him his intellect, nor did it impart to him
the strong will and fearless integrity charac-
teristic OF the man. His soldierly expert
ence may have disciplined, but it has not
abated the ardor OF his patriotism, and it
would not be at all surprising to see the
great soldier develop into the great states
man. 1t may be said that he Is no politi-
clan. but the reply to this is that no states
man was ever a politician. General John.
ston is patriot, and that fact fits him to
adorn any Office within the gift OF the peo-
pie. .l
montgomery (Ala) Advertiser.I .r.