The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-11
Republican, Promises.


we are told by Mr.. HrGuEs and his sup
rorters that the election of the Repubiicah
ticket will cause trade to thrive, enterprises
ia snrinm IN. Immigration 10 flow into ftr-
yinia.
All this is easily said-it costs but Il
hrcatl-it supplies convenient matcr'al 10
fill the time allotted TO n Slump-SpcakcT. put
i, ! al! words where is the evidence wheFe
are the data for The assertion: " no cares
10 >ay that the Conservative party does NOT
desire these things: We will. indeed, wei
come with open hearts and arms the worthy
stranger who chooses our State TO be his
State. hi, home, his abiding place; who
comes among us in good faith to be one OF
But We have no idea that the success OF
tn Republican party and the prevalence OF
IL policy in Virginia would inspire either
the northern or the foreign immigrant with
= confidence he has not, or would not have,
in the Conservative government. Is there
any special magnetism in the Republican
party to draw him: Has it drawn inmiSra-
ton OF any value and extent TO the kcpuoii-
can States South: Has it increased trade
and production there: The statistics on
this point which Mr.. BEARD gave in his Man
chester Spcec. are enough to satisfy any one
tina. Republican a>ccndancy tends 10 keep
AWAY white Immigrants and TO reduce pro-
du,riop. Neither the northern farmer nor
artisan. nor the foreign clni"rant, WISHES I"
20 where the nero i predominant. They
,,l have IN luvinciblc personal antipathy 10
I'M. race. They cannot tolerate his aSs0cla-
lion or competition ut the North or else
where. They have nonc Of the familiarity
with hir. 40? the sympathy and kindly feel
in- for him. which the southern White has.
from tir1h habit. and tradition: and they
r.,r,no, ,..f alon~ with him. and viii not 90
wHcfc t,l,y must hc il contact Wih tim.
Thry Gon't aanI thc negro either is Il hire-
linz ora, "a companion, nor get ;!>a rNiti; ana
thai thc Republicans AMI Their negro allies
,,,.r,. in liz, ASH ntlaul in Virginia would im
no 4.trac.io0 10 them.
l:.>idc>, the ;arll Itself WoHd dis
r.,.g,., rather lhan iacliitate immigration
Z, Niryiuia. bccau>c. first. they WOULD not
..,yr, ~ diyrrtn@ The tide here, to french on
.i... Interest which The North and West has
II keeling and adding to its population
secondly. they wou!d not dare ~ cii"HG the
African by bringing in white competitors !;
and thirdly. they would not desire The pre-
al., no
lluli, harness with ';c negro.
ia tell the whole truth, We would not
hive nigh appreciation OF the value nor OF
HE Intelligence Of such immigration rs
vyu,d come because Tie Republican party
WAS in power, and who would not have come
here tut for that. Speaking Only for our
selves. We would naturally suppose the man
Who should come TO Virginia hecausc the
state was in the hands OF Iii" negro party
10 lee either a knave or Il fool. SO far from
tie success Of the Republican party en-
currawing the accession OF capItil, trade.
and population, our opinion Is that IL VIII
drive them OF: and we have more solid
basis for this prediction than they have for
h"rcT"r>c.
The people of Virginia have now the con-
troll OF their own State. The State laws,
which they obey, are but those of their own
,.nactin"; the taxes they pay to the STATE are
,hc-c 81 their own assessment: both are die
lated md fixed by themselves with view to
;hrirOwn best Interests and those o. the state,
without r,fcrcnccto the bchcStS OF the inter-
c,> Of any foreign organization unknown
70 them, and by whom they and their vel.
fare are either unthought OF or not cared
Tor. This control they can keep by simply
Going to the polls and dropping in their
ballots Tor ktMrEI. WlTnEES, and DANIEL,
and Getting others 10 do the like.