The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-04
The Reasons for the Faith Of the Con-
servatives -Again.

III
Mississippi.
Remember tho local legislative outra2cS
and the Federal interference in ho"'sa''a
aIa,uma. South Carolina. An artist mi&h'
draw the picture Of the United states ho'o-
i'm the bands of the struggling victim "hi'e
the Republican agents robbed nm OF every
thing valuable and then turned HIM over a
slave. TO cxpcnd his strength for the proht
of The >pirators, harnessed in chain and
BALL.
What arc the results Of their rule to these
southern states: They are ruined, bank
rupt. crushed. dcSolatcd, cnSlaVcd, and III
rar,s dcpopulated. They have not feature
Of liberty or State sovereignty left them in
reality.
Their State debts doubled. trebIcd. quad
rup!cd. state bonds issued, not to be used
for improvements, but to be sold, and the
proceeds pockcted by the vampires OF the
Republican party, who, in successive gangs,
have for eight years or more been gorS'nS
themselves on the Likelihood Of the States.
Their taxation is piled up by those who
are to rcccirc and not 10 pay it, until II
equal, the annual value of the property, and
vel il doe, not reduce the debt furthinS.
Their white population is humilia'ed-put
under The negro. No one is safe from vio'
l,ncc or illegal arrest. If the wrong be even
inquired into, it is by negro justice or by
4 court organized to acqut the negro Or con-
yict the white.
Nor is the negro elevated or educated; on
the contrary. he is dcbaScd by iawlc>encs>
and hy the working Of tic system. His ed
ut.I,ion and moral elevation are the last
things the party waits. These would bring
him on OF his tutcla@c, lead him 10 think Tor
himself. and omdanger The party hold on him
and control over him. They could no longer
make hln their crow-bar, pick, and shovel,
t. work the rich pi0cer. the State wealth,
which they claim n party perqul>ic. In
al the Republican States OF the South The
ncg.0 i "ruyi.aiing back to his original bar
barism. 10 his Obi or Fetish superstition.
Contrast these States under Republican rule
with Virginia under Conservative govern
mcnt.
Virginia is in u position rs proud rs she
has ever held. Throwing oil the foul lrp-
rosy. !cdcclniny herself from captivity, her
internal affairs once more in the hands Of her
own children, She stands aS she hu> ever done,
= light unto the nationS-a refuge and hope
unto The oppressed.
In no Republican State South is there the
4 md
luictncss. a. within her boIdcTS. In no Re
publican state South is the negro better of.
In none are his rights more fully respected
OF protected. In nOuc does he stand on Il
higher moral elevation. I'm none is there
.sore ample procession for his ctinc0Aon-
more tree schools for him. In none is his
person or his property safer, or so safe, from
violence.
II We lind nothing inviting i'll the party, is
there anything in Mr.. HUGHES personally,
his history. his consistency, his adherence 10
principle. which would give us such conf
dcncc in his capacity, his straightforward
ilc>S. bis political integrity, his ahnc@ltion
If self. his personal qualities, rs would COM
.
pei> Us: Answer for yourselves. Lis re-
cord is 1T this time spread before you, an
open volume.
Now. why should we eject Mr.. HUGHES
and deliver ourselves TO the Republican
party to be nldc'lkc unto our slltlcrin" sis
ter>? With the warning Of their fate Ectorc
lis. how can any man wish the State to cast
hcr>cl! into the arms and under the rule of
,ha, party. 20 surrender her individuality, TO
throw herself into the political hopper, and
DC ground 10 undi>tingUiSlaOlc pulp for the
slstcnancc Of The party and lis ;slyrmi-
donS:
What good thing can they DO for us which
We cannot ourselves obtain, or which we have
not already got:
Their platform says that their COnrentton
WA, in favor of the enlargement and COM
petion OF the james River and kanaWha Ca
nal. (rhc Conservatives are equally in fac0r
of it, They seek TO tempt Us with the m
plicoho. that they can command the aid tfI
the United States Government for the pur-
pose. II is hardly bait; it is mol q premise.
They could not make any promise which
they had power to perform. They could not
baad the party nor pledge the United States
Government to it. 1t is but the shadow of
shade OF hope held out to capture votes
Even were it an absolute and reliable assn.
romeo. could Virginians sell their birthright i
l. "the party or the United States, rich
enough 10 bGy IirginianS:
These would not bite at Il substantial bait
and assuredly they will not be caught with \
worthless rag.
We DO not desire Republican rule. We
d. not coyet TO have The negro thrust upon |
u, at every turn given preference and pre- |
cedence over us; filling every petty neigh
borhood office; sitting in judgment on us
and our concerns in every ncighborly con-
test: putting lis under arrest, and aping and
c!ricaturmg the transactions Of public bust
moss while dressed in brief authority.
We do 10. desire to have our laws made
o. administered by him under Republican
dictation, nor to be taxed by a Legislature in
which we will have no effective representa-
ton.
We will not that tae po,cer Of tarotton be
p,t, into the hands OF the negro for the en-
rchment Of his political owner and COM
,nandcr.
We will not that the whole influence OF
the state Government, with Il background OF
Federal bayonetS, shall be so welded as to
rut him in such positions rs may best carry