Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1872-10-22
DANIEL B. LUCAS, ESQ, TO THE.
sSTRAIGHTOUTS.u

STRAIGHTOUTS.u
Below will be found the conclusion of the
speech of Dan'l. B. Lucas, Esq, to the citi-
zens of Jefferson, delivered in CharlestoWn
on the 18th inst, upon the subject of the
Presidential and Congressional elections. We
regret that We have not the room to publish
Mr.. Lucas remarks upon the Congressional
election, to come off on next Thursday. Al
though one of the aspirsnts for the Congress
slonal nomination, as soon as that nomination.
was fairly conferred BY his party upon another.
Mr.. Lucas, instead of remaining passvely ac--
quiescent, has. steadily lifted up his voice in
favor of our. nominee, and, therefore of our
party organization. We hope our .sstrai ght~
out" friends will profit by the following:
To my Straigtt>out, or Ir.ecoucileable
friends / now make one last appeal. You
who in this State have hitherto voted with
the Democratic>G Conservative party, what suf
ficient cause withholds you now from co-op>
Grating with it in this crisis Take up our
State ticket. Did you vote for Camden p
Did you vote for Jacob? Did you vote for
Capt. Phelps. Did you support Senator Davis
10 opposition to Governor Stevenson Did
you support Hon. o D. Downey for Congress
in 1870? Ifyou supported one or all of these
men, you yielded to the majority of the party
You have been compromising ever since the
party was formed 10 this State You have
never yet been 80 straight. out as to draw
line OF fire between you and those, who DIFF
tered with you in the past. You were willing
to compromise in order to liberate yourself,
but you are too conscientious to do so in order
TO lberate the disfranohised citizens of Ar
kansas and Lonisiana
MT. Greeley has more generosity upon this
subject than you have! Listen to what he
says upon it:
disranchifed to- day They men of property,
and their property is wasted by men who have no
property Gus. as onr property in New York CRY
people rose in their might and drove them out +
.sk that the American people give their sympathy
and their generous aid to those people the South
who for seven years have tried to do their duty a
citizens of restored country. We hear of outrages
there where there G : a dozen men concerned
in them. but in great States there have been hea rd
OF NO outrages. You have heard of them in
irsinia there are no Kn Kiux there there are
none in Florida; there in NIiasis.ippi.
none in Louisiana, or in Texas. Then saw let
Us try to call these men, this people to say to
we have been opposed to each other =, d fought
you for Slavery and Disunion. and we for Enamel
fought Or 0I1r ri of
the country alone, hut for our whole country Our
purpose was TO make all men in all parts of the
country free, and our cause was that of Union and
Universal Freedom Now, then. come IN and en-
Jov these priviieses-take your stand with US and
enjoy every good the same have it, Now il
seems to me that this ia not merely ma onanin;ty
but statesmanlike policy what the county now
needs: and, when We have got that, wn will consid-
er many qnestions Of the day about which may
agr' or differ-TariIs. Bankp, Rairoads nd 60 on
As we differed in the past, we ma y differ ap,in-
But the first ofall questions is the characterization Of
enjoy .Gnal rights 18th the Black men of the com
didatc." 60 "a"
Let me remind you that you can not vote
tor OConor. however much You may desire
to do so. He has no Electors in this State.
and the Constitution does not permit you to
vote, except through the Electoral College.
II ynu vote at all, therefore, you must vote
for Grant or Greeley. IF you vote for Grant
having hitherto voted with the opposite party,
your vote counts tco !or our adversaries. If
you do not vote at all, you still count one for
Grant In either event you are aiding in tie
reelection of Grant, and are practically IN,
operating with our adversar;es You are in
the ranks of the enemy, and must be so re-
garded by yonr party, and yonr friends, and
ne'ghbors. The contest is evidently going to
be very close. The race is going TO be run
''irom end to end" We are on the home.
stretch, with fair prospect of success The
fse electoral votes of West Virginia may de-
eide it. 10 losing her, you may lose every
thing. She has a RICH, to demand that everv
man shall do his duty. The voices of the nco.
Pile of the South ought to weigh with YOU
They were the first to accept this new moves
ment | plead with you for their sake. and in
Difference TO their wishes.
In recent flood in the Coosa river in Ala
bama, | noticed an account of the following
incident: -''
The river commenced rising in the night
A planter lived upon the bank, and domiciled
his children in the basement of his mansion
During the night the river rose suddenly.
silently, swiftly. until it reached the window
OF the basement, when it began pouring in
upon the children, until one of them arose
and cried out in loud voice: s:Father
Father ! it is raining 10 the house !" And
the father, awaking had barely time to arise
and rescue his brood by carrying them through
the waters to the upper story in safety.
SO ut is with our fellow citizens of the South
to>day They are occupying the ground floor
in our temple of Liberty. The waters of bit.
terness are pouring in upon them, and they
arse in their anguish and cry out to us
Brethren it is raining in the house ."-
Nay, they cry out to God "Father Father
it is raining in the house! !" Shall we not
arise, and go to their assistance?
Horace Greeley says: "THAT is the ques.
ton on which 1 stand as candidate !"
A YOUNG LADY VICTIM TO KEROSENE.
Sunday nigh. while the bells were ringing
for Church, in Gulpeper Co, Va. Miss Annie
Hit. an only daughter. aged IL years, came
to horrible death. She was going up stairs
with lighted kerosene lamp. when she
stumbled and fell There was flash of flame.