The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-19
PLAN OF ORGANIZATION AND PLAT
FORM OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
OF VIRGINIA.
Plan of Organization.

PRECINCT ORGANIZATION.
1st. There shall be an Executive Commute in
each voting precinct, consisting of seven mem
bers be selected by the voters of said precinct,
whose duty it shall be to make a thorough can
vas of such precinct; to organize and make ell
Gent a Republican club; to procure list ofreg-
istered and legal voters, and to do all in their
power before registration, and at the polls, to Sc
cure the success of the Republican party, This
Committee shall select one member of the Coun-
ty Executive Committee to represent the precinct
in that body. The Precinct Committee shall
TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE,
which shall be composed of five members Sc
lected by the voters of the township. The said
committee shall have the general superintend-
ence of the precincts and shall see that
thorough canvass is made of each precinct
The Township Committee shall report to the
County Committee, Which shall consist of one
member from each precinct. This County Com
mittee shall have general and supreme control OF
the organization and systematic canvass Of the
1t shall be the duty of the secretary of tho
County Committee to report Immediately upon
organization, and regularly every Monday the
condition and wants Of the party in their re-
spective counties.
From the general County Committee there
shall be selected q County Executive Commit
tee, not exceeding five in number
Each general County Committee shall select
a member to represent said county in tho Con
gressional District Committee, TO whom the
County Committee shall report.
CITY ORGANIZATION. -
In the cities the organization shall exist as at
present constituted; but subject to the modifca-
ton and control of the State Central Executive
Committee as to the system of organization.
THE STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
shall consist of three (3) members from each Con-
gresslonal District to be selected by the delegate
thereof, and one member at large, to be elected
by the Convention, and be chairman of the Com
mittee.
The Committee thus constituted SHALL elect
secretary and treasurer, and provide for the pay
ment of the latter.
The state Central Committee shall select an
Executive Committee to consist of such number
us they may elect, and to be located SO as to be
most conveniently assembled.
BASIS OF REPRESENTATION.
In all State Conventions and State Nominating
Conventions the basis of representation shalt be
the same as provided by the State Constitution or
in that proportion.
In ali Conventions for the nomination of can
didates for Congress, State Senator, or Conven-
| tions of Congressional or Senatorial Districts,
each county in said District shall have repre-
| sentation in proportion to the Republican vote
cast at the last preceding Gubernatorial or Con-
gressional election: except in counties or districts
where Conventions have already been ordered.
| In oil County and City Conventions, each
| township of the county, and each ward Of the
city, shall have representation in proportion to
| the Republican vote cast at The last preceding
| Gubernatorial or Congressional election: pro-
yided, that in cases where nominations are to be
made for q city or county alone, the Executive
| Committee of such county or city shall call a
In q District composed of more than one county
or CITY, where no District Committee exists, Con-
ventons shall be called by the joint action of the
Executive Committees of said counties and cities,
| and n majority of each committee shall be suf-
| fcient to give authority to such calls.
| Platform.
| The Republican party of Virginia, in Conven-
! ton assembled, reaffirm their devotion to the
principles of the National Republican Party OF
the United States, as enunclatcd IN the chicago
/ 4,l,., 1oe,4 Matt tDny finu
We are in favor of, and support as national
| principles
| A tariff, which, while securing the necessary,
shall give incidental, protection to American i'll
! dustry.
/ A national banking system, that shall give us a
| safe and uniform currency, and absolute security
| to bill-holders
| 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 d sufficient yearly reduction OF
| the national debt to convince the world of our
determination to ultimately extinguish it, While
at the same time, we carefully avoid burdenine
/ the people with onorous and unnecessary taxa
| ton.
That we heartily endorse the administration Of
! President Grant, AMI are unanimously IN tayol
| 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 degrees all the material interests Of the
people. Taxation has been increased almost Pc pc
\
| Democratic Legislature, with its two-thrds ma
| jority has passed Oppressive and unnecessary
laws, among which the !uHdins bill stands prom
| inent Under its provisions 70 cation on the pro
perry of the State will be doubts iyhat 1t is now
| or not less than dollar on every hundred
Worse still, because 1t IS unnecessary, taay nave
compelled the people of Virginia to raise money
| either by sacrificing their property OF products
| or by paying enormous rate OF llterestto pay
these onorous taxes by the LIST day OF september
| 1871, or forfeit five per cent? while we are nov
officially informed by the Treasurer CT the Stat'
that the money colectedis not needed until Jan
uary and July, 1872, and is lying IN the banks
the city of Richmond drawing only four per cent
interest, presenting the astonishing spectacle OF
State forcing its citizens to loan wealthy corpora
tons more than million dollars at the low rat'
OF four per cent. per annunl, Whie Al the s'ti'
time s5tlder this extraordinary combination o
circumstances, our citizens are thus compelled K
borrow their own money at the rate OF lweiV'
per cent. per annum.
The passage of such acts In Virginia by
Democratic Legislature is only in keeping witt
Democratic legislation wherever that party Cd
tains power, as exemplified by that great LEADING
| Democratic organization of the United States
the TammaAy ring of New York. rms Legs
lature has passed laws neutralizing and render
ing void and of 40 effect the homestead provision
Of The constitution; placing the execution of tn
laws establishing common schools in partisan
and nnfriendly hands, and have violated almos
every pledge made by their authorized represen
tatives when pleading for the admission OF IN
State to Federal representation.
They have created a partizan judiciary, an,
| given the county Judges crealeu py caucus foin
| nations, unprecedented and unneard OF power
They have reestabkshAi that relic OF barbai
Gus past, the whipping post, and by giving IN
judges power to select Vie juries in all cases
have enabled them to do. as fhey have done IN
| vast majority OF instances, exclude the eolore
man from the jury-box, and deprive him OF IN
right SO dear to ALL of defence before jury OF III
peers The Republican party invite the cooper
| alton of all good citizens in correcting thes
| abuses, and do hereby
| "Resolue That we are opposed to ieyys2
upon our citizens any further tax than is nece'
| sary to a strictly economical administration {
| the State government, and demand that on
! representatives in the Legislature shall do a
in their power to alleviate TO the greatest el
tent possible, the burdens of the people, and I
decrease the expenses of the State.
"ReSolue, That we demand the honest an
|, | scrupulous enforcement of the constitution
| the State in all its parts, and such legislatio
| as will secure the equal rights to all, qua
| anteed by that instrument, equitable taxation
| the benefits of the homestead act, a thoroug
4 system of common school education, and an in
|, partial and non partisan Judiciary"
Resolutions.
, Resolved That the battle of universal freedol
and universal suffrage having been fought an
: k won and those amendments to the Constitute
/ of the United States, designed to secure in perp
tuity the rights Of man, accepted by large pa
/. | of the Democratic party, and they pledged
' abide forever thereby, and these issues hayir
| been thus soemnly and finally determined, the
| remains no excuse for our natural and symp
thetic friends, the Wings of Virginia, TO continl
Z I in any degree their cooperation with the Dem
cratic party.
= | ing by the faith of their fathers, and agreen
\ with ms in nil that rna to Our government