The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-09

Worse still, because Il y UNNECESSARY, they have
compelled the people of Virginia 20 raise money,
either by sacrificing their property or ptoducts)
or by paying an enormous rate oil 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
thatthe money colectedi is not needed until jan
uary and July, 1873, and is lying in The banks of
the city of Richmond drawing only four per cent.
interest, presenting the astonishing spectacle of a
State forcing its citizens to loan wealthy corpora
tions more than o million dollars at the low rate
of four per cent. per annum, while at tie sauna
time, under this extraordinary combination OF
circumstances, our citizens are thus compelled to
borrow their own money at The rate of twelve
per cent. per annum.
The passage of such acts in Virginia by a
Democratic Legislature Is only in Keeping with
Democratic legislation wherever that party OBJ
tains power rs exemplifed by III? great leading
Democratic organization of the United States
the Tammany ring. of New York This Legis-
lature has passed laws neutrallZng and render
ing void and of no effect the homestead provisions
of tho constitution placing the execu, ION of the
laws establishing common schools in partisan
and unfriendly hands, and have violated almost
every pledge made by their authorized represen
tatives when pleading for the admission of the
State to Federal representation
They Rave created a partizan judiciary, and
given the county Judges created by caucus nomi-
nations, unprecedented and unheard of power
They have reestablshed that relic of n barbar-
Gus past, the whipping-post and by giving the
judges power 10 select the juries in all cases,
have enabled them TO do, us they have done in u
vast majority OF instances exclude the coored
man from the jury-box, and deprive him of the
right SO deaf 10 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
"ResotUe, 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.
( "ResoJoe, 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
anteed by that instrument, equitable taxation,
the benefits of the homestead act, thorough
system of common school education, and an inn
partial and non-partisan judiciary"
Resolutions.
Resolped, That the battle of universal freedom
and universal suffrage having been fought and
won; and those amendments , the Constitution
of the United States, designed 10 secure in perpe
tuity the rights Of man, accepted by large part
OF the Democratic parry, and they pledged to
abide forever thereby, and these issues having
been thus solemnly and finally determined, there
remains no excuse for our natural and sympa-
thetie friends the Wings of Nirgina, 10 Il nue.
in any degree their cooperation with he Demo-
cratic party. tit 2 - 8 e=s--
Resoloed, That the Wings OF Virginia in stand
ing by the faith of their fathers, and agreeing
With US in all that relates to our governmental
organizaton-the protection of American indus
try and manufactures, tile system of national
banking. the right Of Congress to appropriate
money Tor the improvement OF our rivers and
harbors, and the construction of our great water
line and commercial higiiway--dre Republicans
ia all sdoe the name and this Convention, inn
pressed with these truths. and anxious that the
Republican party of Firs mia SHOULD avail Itself
of the capacity, character, and love of country
of this large element, is gratiiied in extending to
them an earnest invitation 10 join once more in
patriotic battle against their old foe-tbe Demo-
cratic party.
;Res0tped, That wisether these gallant allies
shall AT become he foremost of Republicans,
standing within the strictest circle of our party
organiza lion, OF but yield to us their cordial CO.
Operation against the common enemy, we pledge
them, in either case, the warm welcome of Re-
publican President, the siucerest gratitude and
fellowship of the Republican party, and full
participation in all the benefits to be derived
from common victory over their old enemy. tho
Democratic party