The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-02
OBJECT AND AIM OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY

her feelings and her politics. lie went on
to show the strength Of that party, and its
competency to do what it undertakes. He
said its strength was the result of its prn-
ciples, which were right, which were in
accord with the principles of the national
constitution, and in harmony with the
interests and instincts of the American
people. He said this was the reason why
the Republican party had attained to the
absolute control of all the DEPART
ments of the national government, and
of nearly all the governments of
the states of the Union. He said this
party. by being right, had carried
Virginia for General Grant, and was going
to carry Virginia for the Union ticket IN
the coming election. He went on to
explain the great principles of the Thir-
teenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth amend
ments, and to show that his party stood on
those principles now as they had stood on
them bravely and without variableness or
shadow of turning ever since the war. He
said these principles were notonly right upon
argument and in the conviction of every
free citizen, but they had been Endorsed by
the Conservative party as right last year
and before-not only as expedient and
polite, but, in the language of the Demo-
cratic Baltimore convention, "as essential
to Just government" The Republican
party was abused now for holding firmly
to principles which the party abusing it has
declared to be essential to just government.
Colonel Hughes repealed the charge Of
the Conservatives that he and his party
desired to establish negro rule. That
would be impossible in Virginia. where
the numerical proportion of whites to
blacks was 7 to S, and where the counties
in which the whites had control-actual
control-were so or SIS to Is. There
were 157 white delegates and 105 colored
delegates in the late Lynchburg Repub-
lican convention, showing there is no
negro control even in the Republican party.
There were but Is colored members in the
last legislature out of nearly 200; and of
the $50 candidates now in the field for the
next legislature there would not be 20 col
ored ones-20 in $50! Does this look as
If we were trying to establish "negro
rule ?" Nobody believed it. Those who
made the charge did not believe it them
selves they made it only to deceive weak
minded people.
He said all the charges against him,
founded upon CARRIED perversions of
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to the effect that he desired TO set the ne
gro above the white man, were false and
silly. He had said that the morale of the
negro population, as a laboring class, was
better than that of any other laboring class,
and his foolish enemies were charging that
he had said their morals were better. An
army is said to lose its morale when it
loses its djScinline and tome class ar
an army of good morale is one which
forms It's duty IN its place. 1t was in that
colored population was SO good. lie stuck
was not speaking OF morals or thinking of
morals.
Nolonei Hugnes went on to relute and
expose to rl 9it the pretence Of the Con
servatlves, that the Republican southern
states We're laoorlng under crushing debts.
ana the democratic southern states not.
he proved from governor walkers mes
sage that the precise reverse was the case
all the hep99ilcan states together not owing
as much as virginia alone.
lie SAID that he had written the resolu-
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was pledged to its repeal.
lie said the Republican party was liberal
in its policy towards all men wherever born.
and was anxious for Virginia to pursue a
policy which would invite outside capital.
enterprise and population into her limits.
He said that his associate candidate. Mr..
Ramsdell, had been one of party Of half
dozen men who, a few years ago. had
brought capital to the amount of 100000
into Virginia and invested it in her indus
tries, and in nominating him the Republican
party had announced a principle. It an
nounced that it I O, only desired worthy car
pet-bargers to come in colonies into the State.
bringing with them their opinions, their faith
and their politics, to enjoy them freely and
without question or persecution, but that
they were willing to confer upon worthy
individuals among them the highest honors
of our state. He said the Republican
party, IN advocating right principles de-
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