Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-11-02
A Calm and Earnest word OF Counsel 60 th'
Douglas Men OF Virginia.

Douglas Men OF Virginia.
We desire to-day to offer calm and earnest word Of
counsel 10 the Douglas men Of Virginia On the great
and vital question Of Union Disunion there is no diff
ference Of opinion between them and We stand side
nv 5s and shoulder to shoulder in defense Of the Con
stl,u,iop and the Union Of the country, and in oPPos
lion TO the mad Disunon projects Of the YareeyBreek
iprdpe faction WHY, then should not stand togeth
e At the polls on Tuesday ne1ts The only issue involved
In the coming election is repeat the mOmentous and
paramount issue Of the preservation Of the Government
itself On this issue the Douglas and Bel men stand to-
etber in opinion nsentiment in feeling in purPose-snd
In opposion to them and in opposition to he UniOn are
arrayed the Yancey ctonsis, who are supporting JONI
A. B-eekipridge for the Presidency. Being thus one
and the same party, far as the pressing question oil
T,op or Disupion IS concerned, Why should not the
Douglas men and the Bel men march in solid phalan1
20 tho polls on next Tuesday, aud vote as one man, for
Rel ana Everett as the readest and surest means OF
,ru,bipg out" Yancey in Nir
ini, At one blow uoS and forever? Men and patriots
of the Douglas party Of Virginia, Why should We not As
brethren striving 70 accomplish the same object thus
min. eooperate together az the polls Tuesday
We bpBeve that Bel will beat Breckenridge By over
uhelming msority without your direct assistance on'
the secal reason Why ask you 10 vote directly VIII
"a Is that We desire Virginia TO poll as heavy majority
.v,ips, ey-Brecknridgem and Dsunion' as IL Is
pos.is 10 do BY combination Of all al the polls, who
are opposed 70 the ud and miscbeyous schemes Of the
Cotton STATE agta,ors and ctonists Come along then
and let US vote unitedy together for Bell in view OF the
fact tina. IL Is impossible for Douglas TO carry The State,
and in view Of The great importance Of snnhiAng any
shadow Of chance which the Breeknri5gers may have
Of obtaining the vote Of Virginia in behalf OF the Dsuti
opi,ts Let Us in word not hazard even the possioi
~ Of defeat by acting separately At the polls but etus
by acting together array the Old Dominion, sh snr'
nd absos certainty against the breckenridge
faction and their EtrOeous purposes i not our counsel
patriotcg Is not our appeal reasonable Douglas men
Of virginia We uil be to be one party after the
electon-let Us be one party al tss polls on Tuesday
NEXT for the sake Of the nion and for the sake OF Viz
ginia'
There 4 consideration Of personal character, which
shoud induce our Douglas friends TO vote as one man,
for Bell on next Tuesday. If Breckenridge should carry
tbe sste-uhch Of course DO believe be uil or
can even without your direct aid although all elections
are uneertain-vhere viii you be, in that eventG Do
YOU DO. knoE that you gill be at once out-laWed aud
proacribed-,hat you si be hunted down and persecu
ed with the most untrng aud malignant perseverance.
We tell you in al truthiuness and candor that Breek
iurdgs should By possibility carry the State, you viii be
ground to imPapable POEdsr beneath their heels! No
quarter ui be given you-uO mercy vin be shoWn you
but 50 far as il may be in their power to do IT, You
viii be botted out Of political existence forever
Marx these calm, friendly words OF ours, Douglas meu
OfVrgna and for the sake Of your country and for the
sake Of your personal interests and hopes, march TO the
pos on Tuesday next and depOsite your 20 or $4,000
votes for Bell and the triumph vii be yours as well as
ours