The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-10-12
TREE HILL, IlSSsIco CCCSrT. EA.tt
Octuher. ] ~.


TO MESSRS. WILLIAM II. YErAT.
i NAN, WILLIAM HkHDKICk, u J. SMfTn,
WILLIAM Z. WADE. WINSTON J0RDA%, /. C..
LARUS, AND OTHERS. -Gcnt!enen.-i hat.
tsrinx call upon me FOR the Of nay name iprth~
approaching ttats Convention has been d0J
received. | ain not !nsens!bls 20 the compliment
1t conveys, and thank you mott truly for your
good opinion. For the last two or three month, !
have been solicited by numerous friends 10 beg.
come Il candidate for this most important PCsltua.
My an.wer has been to all thatl could not con-an,
occupy public position: tina. th re we're men ~
our patty In the county better qualified '"r u"
place than am; ANA that oniy desired T."
honorable position Of private colder Ia N'
Republican ranks.
bat when -as II comparative stranger nom.-
natsd by Il haadlul OF msn, ari representing 10"
most proscriptive opinions Opinions that are well
calculated 10 keep the people OF the hiats ia open
war with each other for years To com, -! canbnt
withhold my name II by IL uso II l. thought Il "!A
In tbs least avert 20 dire ca!tmi'y. W" Wal!
peace and cDHcDrd among our people, ana wo mRs.
have II.
lion committed high crime, but beg my parry
FRI ends not follow their example by fsrr"caN's
the Innocent with tho Sui!ty, as all now sG&af
alike from the stasna..oa OF business. PoTei'y
ard want AZ often found among Union faGitl ;
as among soc-ssl DElnts, and Wa who wore '.shl
Gurtns the war can well AFFORD 10 initiate IN -r@p
degree the example II our saviour. who "!"AJ'
returned good tor evil.
ON. word to my colored Republican friend.
We belong to the same political party our deSl!'
nic-, politically, ars tho same. J bts yoH ~
pause and rril-Ct upon Whdt nave - say nos +s
! am wiser than others, hat because ! fac! vi"
yon a common Interest In common cause a.
low me- then, to lay tina! there are th!rty tno"'
sand hi < min tod. eubstantiai, Christian genie
men III II were KIND 10 you when you were sit''s
by The laws Otthe state. Many OF them roioleti
with me at yonr ts!verancs from bordAg" Ih''
cIArs OF mon are not ustc".sgckerr, INT gentleman
who stay AT home attending IL their private ta''-
ucss They give character Ia ths state. NJ Fny
can long hold the asc-Edaucy that doe. rot ua'"
their support To 1t !. Of the ret lmporsuc1.
without hem. the Democrat VIII sc"n ra!-r A"a
cry tn at III. Republican party !, d " negro la'br
and, by intiilld atlon. drive all or nearly AL
the whits m.n from u, lravius ~ IN m'hDfi'
This would b. most disastrous 10 you. for u i+e'
were 10 gain the control OF the Lrsts.Atat. !
would be but a few months before thsy ~outaIeD
their party friends have don- IN Misty
change tho Cor,titution. di.irarch'sr y"l, n
place other Restrictions upon your Nb"Hte-. -
you and would have 10 submit. a. the heI-9'
cans Of that state have already dons.
Now, to prevent this, ", must "a a!lcata .A'.'
reapcct. We must labor to Induce tAeo7 H'1'
thousand white gentlemen 70 Join our tlth1'. y.
ws tnust civ. them -uch position as tnsy are eau
tied 10 from their igu moral ana sUc!ht worm '
they can much better do witaolt - INA" w. 49,
do without them ,.-E....
| do not gu oppose any man In tho county ~.
my loyalty 10 the Republican p"its ,f - ~, IT,.
ted states Government. Bar a. drclarAi.aa :.
principles may be expected, have 10 .a' t!@t ~,
platform adoptoi by the Convention "' th' ','A w.
April and r, adopted on ms lot % Atsns.'
csiyed my hearty concurrence. am '"t i.N. -
every LOYAL citizen upon rguH! tvo'nS u. ''-'.s
10 his political md clvil rshts. am IN '1h"' W.
nublic .cnco!- tor every child IA our Con mon
wealth wlihou: regard 10 taco or co!"t 49,
schools. mean and uniform t'h's -,
fI.mea ccu-ututiou in conformity 10 tao H-s'+.
b.Ir.r reconstruction bill IN all respects.
c,u-u '"'' YEaSKl.IN sTzAENS.