Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-10-25
FOR CONGRESS-7TH DISTRICT:
HON. JOHN n. HARRIS

political battle and the line must close UP.
This is no time to listen to the ratings OR
cntreaties Of those who have left our ranks.
Our business is with the enemy in our front
and not the few stragglers who have left
our line. Our marching column has no time
to stop and listen to the complaints Of those
who have fallen by the roadside unable or
unwilling to go on. They are of no impor-
lance to us. Every man has certain
amount of influence when he goes aoith
great party, which he is stripped Of the mo-
ment he goes against it, just as we ad-
mire the soldier equipped and marching to
the conflict, but only pity him when be lies
by the wayside disarmed and helpless. Meth
er his complainings nor his supplications are
of any avail and his efforts to attract the at
tention of his late companions can receive
no consideration.
What we do have concern with is the
great Conservative party Of Virginia, and
to those Of its members who may be reached
by this paper before election day we should
like to say word. It is an unbiased state
ment Of the prospect on the 9Th of Novem-
Der to say that the Liberal party in the
United States has the power already in its
hands to carry the Presidential Election -
The changes from the result in 1868 when
Grant was elected have been among the
most marked that have occurred 10 the poll
tics of this country. La the state elections
in October of that year the Radicals carried
West Virginia, Georgia, Indiana, Ohio and
Pennsylvania. This month the Liberals
have carried West Virginia, Georgia and
Indiana-three out Of the five, and in one of
the other states, Ohio, they reduced the Rad
ical majority some 10000 votes and gained
two Congressman. If anything approxima-
ting this change is made in half dozen
other States, the election of Grant is hope.
less. This is no hasty assertion It is
conceded that Mr.. Greeley has 1873 votes
certain-a calculation not made with enthu.
siasm, but upon calm statement Of the
poll, and with result certain as anything
can be in politics. Grant has only 100 GER
tain. Can there be any doubt if the Lber-
ais do their duty, that we can carry that
it is not Of the national election
Of which it is mostnecessary that We should
think. The chief thought of every Virgin.
ian at this time should be for Virginia We
cannot too strongly put the necessity of our
carrying this State by an overwhelming
vote. The Radicals are making every effort
to carry it, and it behooves us to settle the
question for the next twenty years, by not
only defeating, but totally routing the enc
my. The Conservative party of Virginia
is the great Self Defense party It is a
combination of Democrats and Wings and
Liberal Republicans for protection against
the negro element of the State guided by
few white men. 1t is party Of white men,
and none but the timid will think it necessa-
ry to deny it. 1t has been forced against its
will to be SO by the negroes who banded to-
gether in loyal leagues for the purpose of Sc
curing the State government, its offices and
treasury. 1t does not ask the aid of negroes
nor Of those whites who vote with them
LIS members are bound together by sense
of danger which will never fade till the com.
bination of blacks shall break up and then
it may be time for white men to weigh ma.
tional and State politics in the same scale
but not till then.
Let every man who loves Virginia see that
he is registered, and that he votes for Gree.
ley on the 4th of November. If he wants
his name to appear in 10000 white ma.
jority, let him do it.
NATIONAL AID FOR THE JAMES R1vrp &,