The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-06-11

SO that it shall never rise and smile in
place and power again--how could The
Wing or any other Conservative press or
person have the face to pirate to me. an
''unsubdued Reb, /" about the obloauy of
such an act! Alas! what s'kettfing OF
pots that would be ~ They had better
practice than pirate political ethics and
honor! No, my kind panegyrist Of The
Whig.g Your praise shall not be q Bull of
Anathema to me. Your apprehension OF
q scheme of independent tion-lndepend-
ent OF both Conservative and Republican
organizations and nventions-independ-
ent of the leaders Of either--is not "entirely
soithota foundation. ~ ,-...----'
There are many independent, true, fear
less, responsible and honorable men, who
are patriots without fear and without re-
proach, who will not be champions of either
one bird or the other of your feathers; of
either principal party or its endorser in the
wrong; but who are tired and sick of you
both, and will try to take raking fire at
you both. They wish for peace and prosper
1ty-a double peace--not only to cicatrize
the wounds between northern and southern
people and states, but between labor and
skill and capital, and races Of men in our
midst. ~ SIS.
TIA war Of races-the white man to be
arrayed against the black man, or the
black man against the white man, is to be
''the watch word and the reply" in the
coming political campaign in Virginia,
Virginia's honor and every interest of
Virginia will demand peacemakers IN
Virginia, true enough, brave eunough, with
good sense and good feeling enough, and
independent enough to interpose between
both black and white Sans Culottes to
silence their raven notes. as silent as
death. They will require both Con-
seryatiyes and Republicans, without going
to either-to come to their programme Of
peace and ofprinciple.
They will demand that no war shall be
made by political parties of the white upon
the colored race. That all men shall be
placed on the same footing before the laws,
and they will struggle for the restoration
OF all POLITICAL rights and PREPARATION of al
wrongs. incurred and caused by the late
civil war. fo + JEsf z
Without delaying and disputing with West
Virginia about her liability for a portion Of
the ante-bellum public debt of the old body
polite of Virginia, they will insist that
East Virginia as well as West is a a,ep
state, and they will endeavor to relieve
both Of the oppressive burthen of the
debt OF the old state Of Virginia, by uniting
both new states and all the creditors of the
old state, to petition and prevail on the Com
gress of the United States to pay, fully
pay, all her debts. To insist that, by
the old state and de-
stroying her body polite and being
in = law, for the national use OF
saving the Union, the United States
assumed her liabilities. And that the two
new states of East and West Virginia are
entitled to all the advances and expendi.
lures for them, usually made to and for all
other new states-such, for example, as
the new states, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and
the territory of which old Vir-
ginia coded, without money, and without
price to the United States, under section
Ill, act Nv of the constitution of the United
States, and under the various deeds of ces-
sion and land ordinances of the United
States.
That during the pending Of petitions for
by Congress- of the principal of
the old state debt, due provision shall be
made to pay the interest thereon, accruing
and accrued, by resorting to extraordinary
measures, which may be in the power of
the state, such as that of assuming the
sovereign right of insurance of life and
thus enabling the state treasury
in time to meet the interest, and, in case
of judicial decision to that effect, to pay
the principal of the old state debt, and at
the same time to diminish the taxes Of the
people; by bringing into the public Golfers
from three to five millions worth of pre-
miums per annum, which are now paid to
private insurance companies, and most of
which is taken out of the state by
foreign insurance companies.
That they will unite in urging upon Con-
gress to take the James River and Kanawha
canal at cost; and to complete the con-
thereof, on the largest and most
permanent scale. from the tide waters of
the James to the Ohio river on the ground
Of its being an improvement as national as
any ever made or to be made on the Con-
tinent. aea 1 s3af
They will demand that the monopolies of
railroad companies, and the corruptions of
railroad rings, shall be prevented under
efectual penalties and by free competition.
They will demand that the rate of inter-
est on money loaned, or due, shall not ex-
coed six per cent. per annum excessive
usury; and that the lately expressed will
of the people as to usury shall be obeyed.
They will endeavor to have the public
schools of instruction better regulated,
and to make them worthy Of the cost Of
liberal support. So
They will struggle to make assessments
of property uniform and ad galOrem;
and to have the state revenue moro pune
tually collected and paid into the treasury;
and to insure that more economy shall be
observed in the public expenditures.
They will combine to elect the best mon
to Office, without respect to parties or their
caucuses, to carry these principles into
effect. And if the President Of the
United States will aid in promoting these
measures, they will without regard to the
past, give to his administration for the
future just and generous support. -
care not what intelligent man Of in
tegrity declares himself candidate on
these grounds. | will give him my vote
for the office of governor of the state of
Virginia. If 1 thought could succeed
in opposition to both of the present
organizations Of the state, / would de-
clare myself candidate for the office of
Governor Immediately but am without
a purse and without press to contend
with the two already banded to make NOM
nations. / will not incur the odium by
running, of electing the one or the other.
But, if either the Conservative or Republican
Convention ioiN abstain. from, nominating
candidate Of its oaca, Z soiH, as an indc-
pendent candidate, oppose the nominee Of
The other / care not which abstoins or
s,b;ch s,om;,0fes If both conventions