Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-07-23

partial Suffrage. The residue If the tick.
ct was uoques,iouably Republican.
Nv. IL was Obvious from The outset that,
in an old fashioned party fight, the Walker
ticket mnst 60 the wall mi the Wells tick.
Il probably carry the day.
V. The Cuna ivitive partr, on FIJI
view Of the SITUATION, resolved a. do what
any party must d. occasionally if Il Is to
i've nuprels its fals. r send them to the
req. Tue men of to-day consulted and
eff Il to pay out a game ahealy J. 81.
rney egiiated till they gut together new
Convebtion, whereby their State ticket vas
drawn out 81 the way, aud the eLtire Con-
ssrvs'ive urerglh Concentrated on the
" ilk-r b ltlrg Republican Vi ke', with
anin ltr tNndir 9 that they womb vo for
the New Csns,iiut on, iul OgHinSt the pro-
/ scriptive clanses which @ n. G. ant had nj
their ioq es', sihnliiei o sep rate vote.
VI, This movement prevailed, az II was
/ fatcd IN do fr' m the first. T1pre we're at
l. asst T. MY Thousand Republican votes
VI 1t ed t. Walk r, and the Cons rvAti, @
vote adted Vthis made a sure thing of the
rsnlt. T',s Walker ticket has at .ast
! Twenty tt onssnd m, 10 iiy the proscr'p
/ tive clan.es are voted down by at least
| thirty Tuousand and the Constitution,
thus amended. Is sdnp'ed by from Ona
IL inbred aud Fry TO Two lIlud ed Thou :
Il m iIrity.
VII. There is NO pretense, on the o. Q
nam. that the Conservatives thus acted
y rnug1 any change Of heart yet It is
clear ir' m thousand indications that they
&C cd 10 p, RECT good filth. They said TO
the Blacks every where, "Do not prosctib-
NJ; we shall rot p'ocribs you - aud they
won over thousands Of their number. IL
is easy no Y TO say that the ignorant Blacks
we're coerced OF misled by decepilYe bal
lots, but they are'nOt 80 ignorant nor so
dependent nov as they we're two years ag
when no dotRe or coercion suiliced 10 get
One ThnnsaUd of them to vote wi the
C0nsri vaiives. Then, teg WHO voted
with the Conservatives was m"bb-d by his
own race now, they 80 voted by II orsands
with peri ct impunity. Til. n, the Blacks
| Il L. that q cir poli'ic i cx stsnce was at
stake; now, they do mot.
VIII. NJ Walker canvt sci th, s ate
IN the broad platform Of lowered Atnnes
/ ty with Imp rlial S Hrrg'. lie every
"htre aVoSed himself a. tri nj of g -.
Granps Administration, IN f.v r OF the
AVth Amendment, and opp 'se to all di--
franchisemenis or prescriptions ur White
o. Black. By that s'gn he c"rqn'rrd -
/ Aud nos he to'hs Tho sam. r.. unj. and
has proclaimed hms"If since el.cr OF In
favor OF Universal + duration as we'll a.
Universal Stuff. dg~ AID the COrservAriv.
journals unite in reseniing all attempts If
Noiitern Democratic ] u,uals to represent
the Walker triuppi Us Democratic
vi tory.
Such are the circum'tanocs undor- which
CIV. Walker presents himself AZ W shipg
ton. lie wants no ,ffirps for bis friends ~
his patty. What h6' dies ask IN ttat tb.
new L. gislatnre Of vug'uia shall be sub.
lected I" DO test. that have not been
exacted OF the Legislatures Of other recon
strncied 5 aies, but that the members shall
assemble, take the oath to support the Fed
eral Cons tuition, oTganiI., and raiify the
AVN Amenfm" and That the Member,
ei,ct to CbDHress shah thereupin h. adj
miited 10 seats aud the restoration of Vir
ginia perfected.
The Walker party is not d mocrati,
nor an anti Administration parry, u orvh a
large portion OF it's me n,bers wer, once R.h-
elSi and we're p-esump'iVrly favorable 20
the election of Seymour and b air, w.
can probably act so as to make IL an anti
Administration party; but why should W.
low shall We uphold a principle Wher,
in the wide world shall We r tin yo.e n,
setting our faces against the Walker men
and x"lrNling from the Lagi.lature all who
cannot take the iron. clad oath 7 We need
Virginia'S vote for the XVIII Amedment-
can we Gffbrd 10 repel it I. we think not.
The views atlribu ed to C ". Bontwell
seem 10 mike more account of the unity
aud conference ofthe republican p,rty thai
Of the triumph of is c.rduh principle.
which is making The altar of more than tba
god. We are struggling for the civil and
political equality of all citizens before Law
we are { fitred the votes Of Virg mia, Missis
supp, and Texas 10 establish that equs
and hA it forever IN the Federal Cous,itu-
ton and Wa are asked to take care tina,
our new allies pronounce our Shibbolrtb
Exactly as we do-nty, that they have al.
savs d. ne so, and from the best ormotiyes.
To VIII n yer answer. We cam Il ford
=" pnsip' ne the consumaiinn OF our Great
Work In order 10 have il done by men VIII
prove b'rtir ght membership in our party
" Is "nr duty To hast n, by all honest, law.
lni M ans, the Reconstruction ut the Ugio,
n the basis If All Rights for All. lit US
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