New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-09-25
From Virginia.
HIChstnKD, VA, Sept. ~. Isl

HIChst"KD, VA, sept. 10, 1873.
Fi,ir-1 ofHs Neso NafidnG! E,s ami cst:s.,.
GENTLEMEN: I have Just returned from
long and weary canvass through the counties
of Brunswick, SUSSEX, Prince George, and
Dinwiddie, and, as matter Of course, they
are all Republican counties, and too often like
sheep, they all Jump over the same stick !;
they have done so in more congressional cleo
lions than they will ever do again. Mark
that. But to my text. AS nay mail comes
in to me from the Southwest, feel as though
| should like others to hear from the Old
Dominion and how she will, or how I think she
will act in November, in spite of all the
Democrats can say. The white men of all
classes are falling into our ranks. take my
authority from paper Of very recent date.
from the Valley of Virginia, in which they
state that Hughes is using his ammunition
with terrible effect. lie has the enemy right
in front, With l.. ii. Chandler in support of
his right wing John H. Gilmore, r. D. Beck
ley, Rush Burgess, William Lester, John
Il. POpham, the Secretary of our State
Committee, all do great execution at long
range and then we have men who do this
hand-to-hand fighting, such men as z. J.
Carter, r.. l.. &. Paige, who has been re-
nominated by his people TO the House of
Delegates from Norfolk county. Joseph 7.
Evans, former member Of the House Of Dele
gates from Petersburg, was yesterday almost
unanimously nominated for the Senate, and
SO the work goes bravely on. Tomorrow
the Republicans Of this county hold their
nominating convention. l hear they intend
to renominate their same old standard
bearer.
l promised to say u word I" one of your
correspondents for saying that We ought to
have placed a colored man on our State
| ticket and, as / understand it, he took
up his carpet-bag and left Virginia, and
placed himself snugly under the dome of the
Capitol Of the nation, where rebels are COM
PEELED to be Republicans. Where was he
even when he consented TO say so? Let me
answer. He was in the District of Columbia.
Now, he reminds me Of man in great
storm, and another sitting in his nice, COM
Portable house, looking at the poor fellow in
the storm, and saying, why don't that man
60 in house? Come in nv house, or this
house; he stays clear out Of harms way,
and shoots the ducks in both wings, and then
damns them because they can't Ay. Our
great war now is white mans party. First
get the mote out Of your own eye, and then
you can see clearly the beam that is in thy
brothers. eye.
| One word more, Mr.. Editor The Rich
mond Enquire begins to see, to its sorrow,
the folly Of raising the standard Of war of
races, and charges the Republicans, BY say
ing that they did not give birth to that
child. Republicans of Virginia che and ali
/ say u them that il is. too late to take the
crsTiish degree, Nov, sou can't 60 back
on yourself. You said the true vireinians
were the white people. You say now that
they alone must and ousht to rule Virginia ::
that you don't want the negro vote that all
white men voting with the Republicans are
also negroes. Hear wha, their convention
says about resolution Of theirs: 80
Conservative ticket.-For Goyenor-Gen
James l.. kemper, Of Madison for Iieut
aforementioned Robert +. Whhers. of
Wythe; for Attorney Generai-Hon. Ra.
leigh T. Daniel, Of Richmond city.
/ INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES.
The following resolutions, in relation to
independent candidates. were adopted, the
first unanimously by the State Convention,
and the second by a Hike unan.mity by the
State Committee
! Pesolred, That in the opinion Of this Con-