The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-28


TO billhoders.
The policy of extending government aid TO the
States in improving their rivers and harbors.
The absolute payment of all obligations of the
government, and sufficient yearly reduction Of
the national debt to convince the world of oui
determination to ultimately extinguish it, while
at the same time, we carefully avoid bu1dening
the people with onorous and unnecessary taxa
ton
That we heartily endorse the administration Of
| President Grant, and are unanimously in favor
of his denomination in 1872.
STATE POLICY.
No honest man can deny that the tendency Of
the Legislation of the past year in Virginia has
been to depless all the material interests of the
| people, Taxation has been increased almost be-
yond the limits of human endurance, and the
| Democratic Legislature, with lis two-lhiids ma
| lority, has passed oppressive and unnecessary
| laws among which The funding bill stonds prom
| inent. Under lis provisions taxation on the pro-
perty of the State will be double what IL is now,
| or not less than one dollar on every hundred.
Worse still, because it IS unnecessary, they have
compelled the people of Virginia TO raise money,
either by sacrificing their property, or product,
| or by paying an enormous rate OF interest 10 pay
these onorous taxes by the LIST day of september,
| 1871, or forfeit five per cent, while we are now
officially informed by The Treasurer of the State
thattle money SO collectedis not needed uni jan
uary and July 1872, aud is lying in The banks OF
| the city of Richmond drawing only four per cent.
Interest, presenting the astonishing spectacle OF n
State forcing its citizens to loan wealthy corpora
| tions more than million dollars at the low rate
|
| time, under this extraordinary combination of
circumstances, our citizens are thus compelled to
borrow their own money at the rate OF twelve
| pei cent per annur.
| The passage of such acts in Virginia by q
Democratic Legislature is only in keeping with
! Democratic legislation wherever that party OBJ
tains power, as exemplified by that great leading
| Democratic organization of the United States
| the Tammany ring of New York This Legis-
| lature has passed laws neutralizing and render
ing void and of no oefect the homestead provisions
n q n1npinp
| laws establishing common schools in partisan
and uniriendly hands, and have violated almost
every pledge made by their authorized represen-
tatives when pleading for the admission of she
| State to Federal representation. -
| They have created a partizan judiciary, and
| given the county judges created by caucus nomi-
nations, unprecedented and unheard of power.
| They have re6stablished that relic of a bar
GUS past the whipping-post, and by giving The
judges power 10 select The iuries in all cases,
have enabled them TO do, as they have done in q
vast majority OF instances, exclude the colored
man from the jury-box, and deprive him of the
right so dearto ALL of defence before jury OF his
peers. The Republican party invite the cooper
alton Of all good citizens in correcting these
abuses, and do hereby
"ResolUe That we are opposed to levying
upon our citizens any further tax than is neces-
sary to a strictly economical administration of
the State government, and demand that our
representatives in the Legislature shall do all
in their power TO alleviate to the greatest ex-
tent possible, The burdens of the people, and TO
decrease the expenses of the State.
'ResolUe, That we demand the honest and
scrupulous enforcement of the constitution of
the State in all its parts, and such legislation
as will secure the equal rights to all, guar
anieed by that instrument, equitable taxation,
the benefits of the homestead act, a thorough
system of common school education, and an i'm
partial and non-partisan judiciary"
Which, on motion of Mr.. Dezendorf, was
received and adopted.
Upon the recommendation of the dele
gates from the several Congressional dis
tricts of the delegations from the several
Congressional districts, State Central
Committee was appointed as follows:
First Distfd. Robert Norton, Reuben
S. Jones, F. S. Tukey.
Second.-J. Z. Bush, p. G. Morgan, G.
II. Southall.
THad.-J. Amber Smith, L. G. Bow
den, Samuel f. Maddox.
EOmth.-D. w. Lewis, Ross Hamilton,
w. II. II. Stowell.
FJM.-D. j. Woodfin, G. G. Curtiss,
G. L. Jones.
Sirth.-R. Martin, A. NJ. Crane, DR.. J.
II. Freeman.
Secen'h.-Lewis Mckenzie, S. E. Cham
berlain, w. A. McNulty.
Eigth.-Dr. John Walsh, John S. Slater,
John w. Wolff.
Senator John F. Lewis was unanimously
elected chairman of the Committee.
On motion, a vote OF thanks was returned
the retiring Committee, the officers of the
Convention and the several Railroads ten
dering courtesies to the members of the
Convention.
The following letter from Col. Robert
W. Hughes, was read in the Convention.
ABINeDoS, olst September, 1871.
HIM TLOu1De g HgJ0est.
DEAR JuDoB-I have received your letter of the
l4th / shall have 10 be in Baltimore and Har-
risonburg next week and will, therefore, be tIn-
able 10 attend the Convention al Richmond
Other friends, besides yourself, ask me what
think the Convention ought to do. will give my
opinions, for what it is WORTH of what it ought
! to do, and what it ought not to do
Ii ought to declare its unanimous opinion in
favor of General Grants denomination, subject
to the ratification of the National Convention
The only present danger of the Republican party
consists in its very strength. It is now so clear
that shall prevail in 1872, that our only peril
will arise from rivalries ofaspiring candidates for
the Republican nomination. Everywhere ought
our Conventions, therefore, to declare for Cen
| Grant as the surest means osayering this danger
That he is the strongest man in the field cannot
| be doubted. The only question is whether he
| is stronger than all other candidates combined.
| thiuk he is and we had better settle thatques-
| tion by an early and general expression of pre-
| ference for him.
| In truth, the nomination, in view of the prece-
| denta of presidential history, is DIE to General
| Grant Why should he, of all the presidents
| who have rendered extraordinary service 10 the
country, be singled out as the only one deserving
| of but one term? After Washington, which OF
the presidents elected for two terms, has ple-
sented higher claims upon the national gratitude
| than General Gran, 1t would be unjust 70
withhold from him the honor accorded to Lin
| coin, Jackson, and Monroe.
1t would be also extremely impolitic to deny
| him second term especially, for the Rtpubli
can party TO refuse him a renomnation
Since Andrew Jollnsons abortiye attempt
| to create Il reaction in favor of the Bour
bon Democracy, we have had h war of opin
ion, in the Union, even more fierce, doubtful, ano
| vital than the war of arms which ternina ted il
1865. General Grant has been olr leader in thi'
| last war for the integrity and ascendancy of tht
| Union and ii would be madness, now that w,
are on the eve of complete and final triumph, L
depose him from command We have arrived q
the Petersburg of this second campaign, ant
have now only to press on to its Apponlattox Al
no one thought of removing him in 1865, SO shoult
he not be deposed in 1872. The Confedelates re
moved Joe Johnston before Atlanta and rrlii
soon overlook them. The blunder was to then
like the adve1t of the Pale Horse in the Apoca
lypse-' all hell followed sherman was not re
moved 10 make way for a fayoIite and Sherman
soon had his Alamance in consequence No
should Grant be renewed now. The adversar
have been dislodged from their trenches /; lei ll
press them on to the second Appomattox
General Grant is far the strongest man wit
the Republicans of The South Ills star is for u
the in hoe stgno of triumph He is stronger tha
any other man with those outside of our part
who are disgusted with The yindietive intoleranc
, of the Democracy. In spite of the petty NAL,
violence with which this party now assails hin
more chivalrous Southerners recolect him as tl
generous conqueror who refused to receive th
stainless sword OF Lee; and who permitted the
battle Scared soldiers to bear home the arm
which had become pulparpd n Them bv n toi