The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-04-22
CoNsE svAT1vE C1rY ConmITrEE.
Resolutions and Address to the PEG.
~ pie Of Richmond.

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At the meeting of the Conservative CITY
Gehtraf COMMITTEES held on Thursday night
the following resolutions were adonfed
unanimously t'.' 800
Resolued, That the Conservative super.
intendcnts appointed by this body be re.
9uested to call meetingsof the Conserya.
tive voters in their respective wards on or
before Wednesday next for the purpose OF
eiecung five representatives for each ward,
who, when assembled, shall constitute a
City Central Conservative Committee, to
take charge Of the interests of the Conser.
va,iye party for the term of one year, or
until such time as their successors may be
appointed. "- -a - - L, = - :
Resofced, That it is desirable that at tina
ward meetings called for IN the first resolu.
ton an expression of opinion on the part
Of the Conservative voters shall be had as
to whether they will commit to the com.
mittee provided for above the duty Of nomi.
mating candidates for the City Council, or
reserve the same TO themselves. go - :
Resolved, That committee of three per-
sons be appointed. of whom the chairman
Of this body shall be one, whose duty it
shall be to prepare an address to the Con.
scryative voters Of Richmond, reciting the
labors of this committee and expressive OF
their desire to be relieved of the RESPONSE
biltics attaching to their position.
Mcssrs. Starke, Wise, and Wallace were
appointed Il committee to prepare an ad-
dress to the people of Richmond with a
view to the approaching campaign: rms
committee on Yesterday adopted the follow
Ing, which is promulgated by authority:
" To the Citizens of Richmond:
The duties assigned to us having been
discharged, and the objects for which we
were appointed having been all accom-
plishcd, we desire 10 return our thanks to
YOU for the cordial manner in which you
have met all our suggestions in the past
and the liberality eyinced by you in sup
port of our efforts to secure for our city
good government.
1t is our privilege, as well as our duty,
to suggest for your earnest consideration
that a good political reputation is as impor.
tant to the prosperity OF city us are the
virtue and intelligence Of its citizens, the
purity and enterprise Of its merchants, or
the skill and ingenuity of its mechanicSand
manufacturers.
! Prompted by a brief political experience,
we feel called upon TO recommend to you
the establishing of a Conservative Execu.
tive Committee, whose duty should be to
call all ward or primary meetings in the
interests of our party; to keep, or cause
to be kept, all papers or records appertaln-
ING to elections to cause TO be made,
whenever necessary, corrected lists oil the
Registration of voters; to have general
supervision over all matters affecting the
political status Of our city, and over all
municipal elections, and to propose nomi'
nations tor office whenever, from any cause.
the wards fail to do so. We further re.
commend that this committee be composed
Of five members, TO be elected from each
ward That they hold together for at least
one year, and continue in office till their
successors shall, in like manner, be ap.
lpointed. 1t is desirable that you should
assemble Immediately in your respective
wards to carry out the foregoing recon-
mendation<.
Their importance will be properly esti.
mated, we trust, when 1t is considered that
the elections for the City Council will take
with which are necessarily blended the
peace, dignity, and financial character OF
the city. No good citizen can conscien
: tiously feel unmoved, or act with apathy
IN this matter. We urgently call upon one
and all for action.
we have been instructed by the city Con
sentative Committee to publish on its be-
half the foregoing address, as well rs the
annexed resolutions; passed at a meeting o.
that body on the Goth inst.
| p. I'll. STARKE,
PEYToN WISE,
CHAs. NJ. WALLACE.
The retiring committee is composed O
The following gentlemen:
Jefferson Ward.-Samuel Maccubbin, A
G. Bahcock, John Hagan, John Johns
Christian thinner, 4. Moses.
Madison Wdrd.-Peyton Wise, John Ma
honey, VIM. LOvenstein, G.. Sauer, VIM. Il
Paine, John Ii. Claiborne.
Monroe Wdrd.-Charles NJ. Wallace, L
Levy, T. Ii. Starke, VIM. English, Joseph
Hall, A. L. Lybrock.
Marshall Wa1d.-Joseph English, Capt
Allen, John &. Cannon, 2. &. Goghlan.
Henry Metzger.
clay WIard.-Wm. jenkins, Alex. HER
hozer, John +. Meredith, John Macaulay,
| ". D. Chesterman, Fl. Calder.