The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-23

themselves their further doom, and peru the
liberties of their posterity--tor these ana. other
reasons hereinafter mentioned, 90 we insist upon
Ist 5,he passsee Of the Enabling Act, by
which every Republican oihce-holder IN the state
was elected from his position,
Cd by separating State aud Federal elections,
thereby mourning annual elections to the detri-
ment of society, and annual election expenses Oh
100000.
breadth Of removal and appointing powers, ana
allowing them TO require excessive securities on
official bonds that~but few Republicans could &
: 4th. Tie rendering of the free school system
possible and improbable at the s;tine time by alt
thorzing the submission OF tax or no TAX Tor lts
support TO {. vote of the people annually.
9Th The LEGISLATURE in the latter part OF It's
last session. passed bill looking to the establish
mcnt of u uniform system OF public education Us
provided for by the constitution for looks sake
only knowing that Governor Walker would veto
it or pocket it, which is the same thing, andwhich
he did.
| to make an appropriation 10 pay the balance due
4 the members of the Constitutional Convention.
sth The persistency of the Legislature in per
peuating, without modiiicatlon OF ,lie
| enormous expense of S26,000 annually for record
/ ing and revising the pol lists preparatory TO
elections, upon the taxpayers of Virginia.
| 9th The recklessness with which the capital
lists and creditors are pandered to by our judges
that their court docfets may be kept TO overflow
ing with cases ofyexedlitigation, that the mutual
pockets OF lawyers may be NltlnZeu WIN emu
nous fees wrung TOO often from the widows ana
orphans of their late Confederate comrades
WHEREAS Some of our Republican friends IN
the Legislature have peipetrated poltieai SINS oi
omission and commission through ignorance.
ReSoJred, That in this matter OF reformation
and reorganization of our party, ana IN throwing
over board the dead-wood and prazen lgnoralS5e
that are essaying 10 lead an intelligent people
and n great party by the nose, that we new
severely to the line, let the chips fan Where tey
may" Ia. ,..;,
: without legislation for the pitst three LeglSla
lures that we shall see to it, TO the end tEl'
these poor colored people, who are cropping N
, | darkness, and who are invoking their beneHcen
4 Creator for light and wisdom, that with thell
help we shall in the future, by the election OF
{ proper man to the Legislature, secure TO thef
: and the Caucasian race ON this Peninsula, sucI
legislation as will relieve them of their presen
e uncertain and gloomy apprehensions OF the III
: ture and invigorate them with newborn nope
= zeal and courage. L. stN 49,,
8 Pesolred, That we greatly sympathize VIII
the people of Underwater Virginia, who max
= their living out of the water by catching oyster
v (the least favored of any class OF people, nov
+ burdened with an oyster tax law that is intoiera
II BILE and crushing to the hopes or the poor oyster
r men. s 5f'l iii a.a =,
T. Resolped That as it is the great desire of tn
q Democratic party that we should put forward a
e candidates for office, our weakest and most ignt
o rant men, because these can be controlled by Sc
l. phistry and soft soap, to do their bidding, an
y thereby bring the Republican party into disr
= pute and dishonor. IL therefore becomes eXpetl
y ent that we vote for our best men, who are gei
tlemen of nerve, whose past political reputation
n are not blurred and blackened by corruption
= shifting, and variable turning.
Resolred, That the address this day mac
before us by E. II: Lively, ESD, the peoples, ca
didate for the Legislature, he unanimous
adopted. and that these proceedings be publish'
in the VIRGINIA STATE JOURNAL. at Richmond
VIM. SIMPSON,
N. Il. Wallace. President.
secretary.