Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-06-11
VIRGINIA P0LITICs.
From sho Richmond Dispatch.


TIE CAMPAIGN.
The campaigning for the election on the
9Th July Is growing in interest and anima-
tior. The speakers are rushing into the
arena with zeal aud vgor. All the talents
Of the State are arrayed on the liberal side
Of the quts ion, and the speakers fnd no
one 70 meet them. Wells; wa,o set forth
withe challenge TO all men to meet and
discuss matters with them, has be cked oxn
from his vaunting humor suce the hacking
ho received from linmes Ia the southwest;
aud declines to4meet any body else. lie
returns at noon, Ike that BAlue rooster after
shower, dropping and oedraggied, wants
nothing TO do with gams.cocks, aud seeks
his roOst Ia very uncomfortable state,
with avery much depreciated sense Of bis
pluck and psowess f.Ifl- a
From the Rial msnl Wig.
Walker resumes his tour Of the. Stat.,
after few days Of rest, at Lexington TO.
morrow. That man Of power on the
" Stump that % war horse" of the party
battles Of other days, Bow. d uslass, viil
be with him on that occasion, and will ad.
dress tho people of Rockbridge. That
county has rather large crop Of ice sceu-
malAted during long polii al winter, aud
il needs a little of the heat engandered by
ttttliOu ifOiu ouu INC bufulDH sense
Of the perils Of the day, to thaw II. Rock
bridge has more than any county in the
State, save, Abemarle, staked, upon the
election ,iand II shall go hard ifs hor people
are not fuliy aroused. on, but We kn,w
they viii DO. 4.
Meetings are thickening in all directions,
and mtn Of talents and flne debating pow.
ers who, a few short weeks since we're list
less and withdrawn 10 disgust from pub ic
concerns, are amorgst the most zeAl as sni
impetuous Of the Conservative leaders. It
is time for such men to devote themselves
to the dear old Commonwealth. l. is a
time for heroism---,hat true beIoism ofpub.
lie devotion " hich sacrifices personal com
fort to the good Of the State. Our people
will be equal to the occasion, ami will be
rewarded by the grand achievement of sa-
wing the Commonwealth In the hour OF
greatest peril yet known in her history.
now To TREAT TnH coLoRED PStPLE.
The coaxing that was indu'ged in here on
that occasion, except Co. Guy aud Col.
Ronald will not meet the case. The
iohiies must assert their p0,ter and te4mindie
ihis contsf. Let this canvas be conducted
on different principles. Let us stop beg2iag
the negroes TO mako peace. They are pot
going 10 listen to our prayers They will
only lsfen 10 our vqfes. We can surely out.
vote them, II 1900 is more than 100000
IL they want stand up fignt, and trial q
strength, insist that they shall have Il. The
| line of remark TO the negroes In which ON
Conservative speakers should indulge ID
obvious. Let them, point ont to tbofn thai
there arc 35, 900, 900 Of whites In the Uuites
States 70 $500, COO snegroes; that there ar
Ia Virginia some 100, 600 whites 20 abou
500, 0o0 blacks I; that the whites are increas
ing in Virginia every year, aud that th'
blacks are not increasing that IN i've year
We shall have from immigration aioae al
addition Of l5o 900 to our white population
I and that we can easily beat them right away
aud that We mean TO do II. They can I'M
delsiaDd this. They cannot understand on
appeals to them 10 behave themselves, AM
to be reasonable. They thiuk that We ar
wesk whom we supplicatc.
When we talk to them about hnmo7y,
they think We are scared. Now, we ca
get alobg wltlous !" harmony" We CA
vote out the obnoxious claus is aud carr
the Legislature AMI the Governor. W
can drive Wells out OF the State, aud brir
The negroes TO their knees. We want I
have them beg" little.
All the whites have 10 do Is 10 registe
and vote. 1t is time all this Lonss n o WI
stopped end II the whites don't choose
assert their power, then let them has
Wells and Harris and a negro Legislature
aud all tho taxation aid humiliation thi
will follow Four more years II negro ca
uival will certainly bring Is 10 our sense
I if we ha xa.net yet come 10 Item, AID the
We will Try sguin What we can do.
Oar advice Is not Co W lit. Let us tai
possession Of the Government uow, for m IL
ot us will be dead before 1873.