The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-10-11
TREE HILL, llsSEICO COUNTY, VA, !

October, l-G7.
Two MESSRS. WILLIAM H. YEAT-
i MAN, WILLIAM HENuRiCk: H. SMITH,
LAKUS, AND OTHERS .-Grnt!emen,-1ou fat
ering call upon lne for the use OF my name for the
approaching state Convention has been Only
rtce,ved. | am not in5eusible to the compl iment
1t conveys, and thank you most trnly for Your
good opinion. For the last two or three months
have been solicited by numerous friends to be-
come candidate for this most Important position.
My am has been To all that could not consent
10 occupy public position; ina, th"re We're men OF
oar party III the county better qualified Tor the
pace than ! am; ana that | only desired the
honorable position Of private soldier IN the
Republican ranks.
but when | see a comparative stranger nomi-
mated by II handful OF msn, and representing the
most proscrptive opinions opinions that are well
calculated 10 keep the people Of the Stats In open
war with each other for years to COME cannot
withhold my name If by Its use 1t is thought VIII
In the least avert so dire calamity. We want
peace and cDncDIrt among our people, ana Wa Must
have II.
1t is true. Think that the leaders OF the rebel
Ron committed high crime, bu. beg my party
lends not to follow their example by prosecuting
the innocent with the guilty, as All now sul9r
alike from the stagDat;on Of business Poverty
and want are as Otter found among Union families
as among secessionists and we VINO were ilght
during the can we'll afford TO initiate In some
de.roe the example OF our saviour, VINO always
returned good tor evil.
on, word TO nv colored Republican friends /:
We belong to the same political party our desti-
MES politically, are Ihe same. beg you 10
pause and r. fleet upon what have TO say not mat
/ Am wiser than others but because feel with
yOu 4 common Interest III common cause. Al
low me then, to Say that there are thirty thou
sand hi gh- minded substantial, Christian gentle
men that were kind 10 you when you were slaves
hy The Jaws .. the State. Macy Of them rejolccd
with Inc 1T your deliverance from bondage. This
ciass of men not Office seokers but gentleman
who stay At home attending to their private bust
ness They give character 10 the State. No party
can long hold the ascenddncy that does not nave
their support. To US 1t Is OF the hret Importance
Without heIn, the Democrats Will soon raise the
cry that the Republican party IL d " negro party,
and by dalton, drive al, or nearly an oi
the " hits HE from rs, leaving Us In minority
This would be most disastrous 10 you, Tor II they
were 10 gain the control of the Legislature II
would be but Il few months before they wonldtoo
a. their party friends have done In Mary land
change the Constitution, dlsfrancnlse you, anu
Won and would have 10 submit. as the hepubh-
cans of that State have already done.
Now to prevent this, We must challe tnelE
rasnacr We must labor to induce those thirty
ihorsand VIII lie gentlemen TO join cur STANDARD.
we must give them such position as The arc emu
,.d IN from their hi "a moral and social worm, Tor
,hsv can uuch bsiter do without Us than We eau
! do not suppose any man in the county donbts
INV LOYALTY to the Republican party or TO Tue ohl.
ted States Governments. hut Is l ueeta q, 't ~, -,
principles may bs expected, have 10 say that 'hs
platform adopted 10y the Convention oil the i.'n Vi
anr;I and =. adopied on tbs let OF August, re-
crived my hearty concurrence. am Tor plac.hs
ey,ry loyal citizen upon equal footing IN regard
To- his p0li,icai and civil rights. am IL favor OF
",hI In Schools for every Child in Common
wealth without regard 10 race or color tprnharE
schools | mean. and uniform taxes throughout
III. state In short, ! WILL il elected aoor 10
frame q constitution in conformity to the Shella-
barger reconstruction bill In all respects
cana, i0"''' FRANKLIN sTgARNs.