The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-06-17
Letters From The People.
THE PLAINS, FAUQUIER Co., VA, |
June 18th, 1878. !

THE PLAINS, FAUQUIER Co., VA,
June 18th, 1878. )
To the Editor Of The State Journal
I WANT YOU TO SEND ME- THE
WEEKLY STATE JOURNAL FOR ONE
YEAR. 1t does not come to this office
and do not know the terms. Send me
a copy and / will remit the money. did
not vote for General Grant as choice of
ecils. ! voted for him as the best man
that could possibly be selected for the
good of the whole country. His magma
nimity to General Lee and the conquered
Confederacy showed he was merciful, and
his generosity to the people of Virginia
should endear him to every good citizen
who in good faith has surrendered
and taken the oath to support the consti-
tuition Of the United States, and whose
feelings prompt him to be true citizen Of
our great republic. feel as much interest
in our government as | did before the
war, and as the apple of discord has
been removed, / want to see one
great and united people, with sectional ami
mosities remembered no more. General
Grant can and will do more to accomplish
such a result than any man who could
have been selected. / hope the great mass
vi OtlE ptODlG bIillh lcSl fCly iiiuCu ID
do. There are some dissatisfied spirits
who seem unwise enough to want to keep
up the rebellion in spirit, and to teach their
children that our great defeat must be
avenged. l heard an intelligent physician
and very active Conservative say, the other
day that he would leave it as legacy for his
children to avenge it. This feeling has been
too much famed and kept alive by the Con-
sentative press of the country. This press,
instead of being free one for free coun-
try, as it once was, has since the war sided
with Shylocks and lawyers for gain. and
aided them in feeding their rayenous appe-
tites. | noticed short time ago an extract
from the Richmond Enquirer in the
Alexandria Gazette calling for union and
effort in the May election to save
the state this fall. 1t said everything for
the cause" What is their cause? First
Everything that opposes the government
Of the United States, and the administra-
ton Of that government. Secondly. Ev
erything that will aid the rich to trample
upon our unfortunate people who happened
to be debtors before the war, although the
state of Virginia, by her own action. de-
priyed them of the means of payment
Thirdly. To drive even this unfortunate
class to aid in raising the gallows to hans
themselves by crying "aegro Supremacy
Did not nineteen out of twenty of tn,
people of Virginia vote for the constitution
securing to the unfortunate the homestead
and have not the Conservative party man
aged to defraud the debtor of this right
and, but for the Republican party of Vir
ginia and General Grant and the Republi
can party in Congress, the truest and bes
men of Virginia would have been turnet
from their homes with their chill
dren and grandchildren to-day
We men who have been savet
or hope to be saved by the effort
OF the Republican party, can you be foolet
to vote down your friends and vote up you
enemies? Can you vote down such mel
as Senator Lewis or Colonel Hughes? Sena
tor Lewis has done more for Virgina's goo
than all the Conservative party Of Vii
ginia. would call upon all Virginians
who wish to be true to the government G
the United States all Virginans who hay
felt the hand of mercy held out to save ther
in their darkest hour, to rally to the Reput
lican standard. Suppose that the peopl
whose legislation would make your chi
dren hewers of wood and drawers of waite
to the rich should turn their backs upo
you; are not their back parts their mo'
comedy parts?