Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-30

my,e early In the war rendered The services OF ny
N snd ohsfs I'll ovsr As, to Gov Lstchs,; ne cncee
10 ssve us position In he Home Guard, and m tnns
csnscty shal serve Whenever the occasion calls for H.
unless Col Moore or Gen. Zolcoer to whom have also
rendered nv services should assign me another potion
Notwilhstsndine I have been compelled BY circum'
stances to remain ct home, astter myeif that faVS
Contributed not little to the support OF the VAL
have contributed of my and time for the war;
have made speeches almost the entire District,
urging my fslow-ciizens to volunteer and 70 give OF
their substance Tor the support OF the volunteerh
would urge upon others TO do likewise, for unlees we
succeed In this cur property will be conscsted and
We ourselves enslAved.
A. tho solicitation Of many friends In the different
counties Of this District, nov declare myself cardi-
date to represent the District In the Confederate
Congress / FIRST authorised my name TO be used
10 ibis connection M the August TsIesell Court
when did 60, bad hoped that would be permitted
TO run the without opposition. In this have been
for another candidate IA ia the field am
90 we'll known the people Of this District that IL would
seem 10 Be work Of supererogaton for tresspass
on their time either by making speeches by publish
ing circulars. Under ordinary circumstances, perhaps,
would not do Co. bu. feel that warranted in 80
doing In this important crisis Besides there
msny of their best and brsves men nov on the battle
f.ld and a. only reach them BY circular letter,
have thought proper take this method Of represent
ing nv views to them upon the ues Of the day This
must be my apology. Should be honored with seat
in the Copedsrate Congress- sh. endeavor 70 the bstt
of my ability to reduce 10 the lowest possible amount
the expenses Of the Cover ment To begin with thu,
should rs. advocate reduction Of the pay Of members
OF Congress four dollars at to six dollars per
day This will only be in conformity With my whole
past course upon this subject. sla also advocate the
reduction Of the salaries Of all the officers Of the Gov
ernment from the President down. both In the civil and
military departments. bold that !, is unfair for the
people in these times be hardened with taxation TO
feed these officials with large saaries The pay Of mem
bers of Congress, beg you 70 remember, .. the
Of the old B. Governu snt only sir dol
lars ger day. Il then Increased to eight dollar, per
day and afterwards TO three housspd dollars per year.
Against this Las. increase in with eli the VIZ
gnia delegation, except Nilsson, voted. voted also
AGAINST increasing the pay Of the Cabinet officers frol
SIX to eight thousand dollars per year, ard throughout
nv whole public career, which has not been short one,
have voted invariably against increasing the pay Of
the Government officials and in this have done what
lay in my power to relieve the PEOPLE from tsxstion.
hops YOU will pardon u refeIrg TO my coarse In the
Virginia Leg stature upon this SUBJECT In 1874 voted
to limit the session seventy Ave days CT II that num-
Der were exceeesi the pay the overpus to be only
tro dollars pr day That year a6joarnei in seventy
four days At the time voted to reduce the con
mission 10 sherifs forthcoming bonds II per CENT
thus saving the poor debtor that smounE-sud did
much the Same winter 10 repeal the cid law giving the
lawyers fec Of S2f for motions on forthcoming bonds
This may be in measure the secret OF the op-
position 10 me from Of the members Of TIE Bar
SUCH in brief has been my past conduct upon The Sub
fec. Of expenses. Tbs hope, will give earnest Of
what nv future course will be upoL the same snbec
an also OF opinion that there s too great differ
encs 10 the pay Of the officers aud pvaes in tho ssy
The officers are lid very high sslsries whist the poor
privates get only 81 per month This Is 100 much CT
fsrence The prvates ought to have more psy, and
the officers lessfor the poor prvaes bave to undergo
the harishps and fatigue and have to do the fighting
wills. the officers get all the pay and all the honoy-
Thi. Is not beg you 10 remember, sui ect hatebed
M on the present occasion for my benefit Il 10 the
honest conviction Of my mind and has been for some
tine. voted while was member Of the old United
States Congress to Increase the pay Of the pVates from
as TO sII per month also voted to give them bounty
lands aud, 10 come cases, pensions, have been tho
soldiers friend and II the brave soldiers will only stand
by me as as have stood BY them In times past ard
intend 70 stand BY them now and 10 tSe future shall
have no fears Of the result In the peteat contest
Although these arc no party lines feel tha: owe Il
to myself to define my position upon The policy u thu
Government. am now, as have always ssen an old:
fashioned Jesrsonisn States Aghts, jackson Democrat
he'd that the people OF the States owe no allegiance TO
the Federal or Confederate Government Their first and
ONLY allegiance 90 far Government concerned il TO
their STATE They obligation to the Confederate
Government but no allegiance. The only allegiance
man owee is to bis God his family and his State. He
owes his first allegiance to bis God, the second % b
family the third TO bic State and none to the Confede
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those Of you who cannot feel that you your fret al.
egsnce to Virginia. to take up your all and ave for
some cline where the Institutions different II you
do NOT and are not With Us In this death strugge for
liberty will have 10 treat YOU as We did the tories In
the Revelation. From the foregoing exposition Of my
views upon the policy Of the Government It needs
critic to discover that and opposed TO those
measures which we're advocated by the Wing, Know
Nothing AID Opposition parties, and hch tended 90
much In my opinon 10 ruin and demoraIze our coun.
TRY.
shall In the ensuing Presidential election, certainly
vote for Jefferson Davis for Pr sdent. know him very
w6ll ard regard him IS man for the times. He Is
patriot hero statesman, and christian gentleman.
Whilst should prefer man from Virginia for Vice
President have no quarrel with Mr.. Stephens, and
shall cbeerfuly support lin If there be no candidate
from Virginia on the Presidential ticket.
Haviug thus briefly presented my visua desire 10 call
your septan to the poson Of Iay competitor Walter
Preston, Esq On the s.h day OF April last, /. will be
remembered some tvo three lawyers aud Others for
aught know, tslegraphed TO Abingdon, and bad NJ.
Preston announced candidate for the old United States
Congress, in opposition TO hr. Martin aud myself, Who
we're then esnvsssug the District for that position Mr.
Preston did not meet Mr. Martin or myself at any Of our
appointments during that canvass. BE Is nov oandi
date for the Confederate Congress- 10 opposon to my
ss Mr. Preston has been cand!dst several times for
public tfcs but hss always been found on tie wrong
sde We has been the Wing Hector some two or three
date for the Legislature In the county Of Washington
iu the memorable contest Of 1885, In which in.
yovsd our desres: constitutional rights and privileges
he vac the candidate Of the Opposition party In the late
Guberuatoral contest for Attorney General and took
p,csl nccsson In that contest 70 denounce the Demo-
cac party In unmeasured terms whenever he addressed
the people In al these contests the good people decided
against Mr. Preston and hope and blisve they will In
this contest between him and myself Mr. Preston has
never been eli sted by the people to any cce. He has
been the representative of this District for short time
In the Oonftderse Congress but how and by whom
he eecedf Not by the people Of the District truly, but
BY the Virginia Convention. majority Of which vas
composed Of merlbers Of the old Know.Nothng party
Who true their iosnes, took upon themselves to dis
franchise the people aud elect Congressman for tbtm
thus ranscendny the limits which the people who sent
them there had et them To subserve party purposes
and party ends they overlooked some OF the best In
the STATE, among whom shall mention EI-Gov. Smith,
Paulus Powell and II. A. Edmundsop, and put In their
stead men who never had never could be elected BY