The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-18
SPEECH OF G. p. RAMSDELL
ii AT CAMPBELL c. II.
THE REPUBLICANS ARE CONFT-
DENT OF VICTORY.
HOW RAMsDELL WAS RE-SKINNED
AND RE-SCALPED BY THE CON-
4*Au SENTATIVE sPEAKERs. a3

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On Monday last, the Hon. O. p. Rams
dell, our next lieutenant-governor deliv
cred the following telling speech at Camp
! bell Courthouse, the place where he was
according to our Conservative newspapers
re-skinned and re-scalped, and had his hid,
! hung on the fence for about the fiftietf
time. The Lynchburg Press characterizes
his speech as able, exhaustive, logical, com
prehensive, dispassidhate, ready, eloquent
and of great force and effect. $50
Fslloto-citizensgf Campbell COUNTY: 4s
But three weeks remain of the present
contest in Virginia. Believing tito be one
OF vital consequence to the material inter-
ests of the state, ! propose to abate nothing
OF energy. or effort until the final day shall
arrive. You, my fellow-citizens, occupy q
commanding position. One of the import
ant cities Of the commonwealth unite with
you in electing three members to the house
OF delegates. Lynchburg sits here upon
her seven hills classical in every lineament
and feature. She is in the midst of rich
minerals. Tolerance and liberality in
our politics will surely lead to her dc.
v.elopment, and whirling spindles and fam
ing forges along the banks Of her beautiful
James will ere long proclaim her great
j ness more eloquently than any utterances
at my command. This struggle in my
judgment will hasten or retard that deyei-
opment. The great manufactures Of our
country, and OF other countries, are looking
to the Old Dominion. Her great water
powers and unbounded resources are no
idle boast. Their utilization is only a
question of time. 1t is for the people to
decide the time when correct, unprecedented
political sentiments shall usher in the
period. .g,l...-
He then elaborated at length the three
cardinal doctrines Of the old Wing party:
a tariff iorrevcnue, discriminating for pro-
lection, internal improvements by The gem
eral government, and system Of national
currency. He showed that these doc
trines had been practically adopted by,
the Republicans and made living reali-
ties. n isssS sdi n -,as -essS55i1 81 rs
He discussed the whole question Of the
James River and Kanawha canal showed
how the people were interested in its COM
pletion; that the Conservative party denied
the constitutional right of Congress to aid.
and that General Kemper was fully COM
mitted to that theory, and finally that the
success of the enterprise depended SOLELY
upon the result Of this contest. He closed
this part of his address by an effective ap..
peal to the old Wings. lie next discussed
the n g FsE T8Fig5 a lEiT y ~ T y
STATE DEBT OF VIRGINIA. ,alad
He showed that for financial misnanape-
ifnnnt fhn r.
had exceeded their PROTOTYPE. Boss Tweed.
of New York. The Boss had something
to steal from-a wealthy city. The Vr- /
ginia Conservatives had nothing but the
good name and credit Of Virginia to draw
on; but they had done their work SO well
that bondholders had been able to grasp
every taxpayer by the throat, by the ope-
rations OF the iniquitous
FUNDING BILL. big
He showed this measure up as Governor
Walkers pet that it had been passed by
the Conservative general assembly, and
signed BY Conservative governor and
heralded as Conservative measure, Even
e majority Of the manipulating lobby were
Conservatives. ~ a
He showed tho debt TO be csc, 600, 900.
That our present rate of taxation paid A
per cent. interest only on, our 6 per cent.
bonds that 2 per cent. of the interest was
therefore charged over on the principal
every year. and that two per cent. on
800, 0OO, 900 amounted TO 81 900, 900 annu-
ally, which was added to our debt, and
now, he triumphantly asked, if the inter-
est increased the principal one million dol
lars every year, how long will it take Vir-
ginia to get out of debt9 -
IMMIGRATION OR CARPET, BAaaINd.
One great drawback to the prosperity of
Virginia is traceable to the number of her
citizens who have carpet-bagged out of the
state, while too few from other states have
into the state. OF those
who have carpet-bagged out of the state
there are. born in Virginia, now living in
other states, 649,634 allowing each emf
grant to be worth to the state of Virginia
So, 900, and it will be seen that the state
has been impoverished in tho amount of |
81 GAS, 602, 600. The single state of Mis-
souri, now has Of carpet-baggers from Vir-
gnia 81 y306, and Ohio 1850. These are
great drains upon the resources of Virginia.
Any novice must comprehend the situation
at a glance. The policy of Virginia states
men should be- s
LIST. To prevent carpet-bagging out of the
state, and Af
I'd. To encourage carpet-bagging into the
state. 49,, ~, ~
The solution OF the first proposition de-
ponds upon the second, Secure capital,
enterprise and energy from abroad, and
there will be no need of seeking them in
other states. Our enterprising citizens can
then remain at home and win fortune here.
AS state We have every natural advan-
tage. A climate unsurpassed; soil
adapted to the greatest variety Of produc-
tons, and susceptible Of the highest state
of cultivation minerals richer than those
of California, and commercial facilities
second to none ON tho American continent,
These are gifts from God. To improve
and utilize these talents is our bounden
duty. In the national convention which
renominated General Grant for president,
Mr.. Storrs, of Illinois, said s.rs. 5
Z II come from the greatest carpet-bag-
ging state in the Union. OF the delegates
sent 70 this convention all are carpet-bag-
gers but one. The carpet-baggers of Illi-