New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-08-20

sOsSes anu Otner COuntIeo In the FOurt0
Congregational Dsstrict OF Virginia, Ac., q c.
7" the Editor efthe Ne,o National Era:
The Democrats of this rich and prosperous
district have much to contend with, politi.
cally.
In the first place there is the member Of
Congress, Mr.. Stowell he was unfortunate
enough not to have been born here this,
and the fact of his being a Republican, con.
stitute crime in the eyes of the chivalric
Democracy that is uncomfortable.
Then there is those sagacious party man.
ayers for Joe Jorgenson. gentleman of cul.
ture education, taste, and refinement, and
Captain w. l.. Fernald, and Senator Edgar
Allen, Colonel George W. Young, Mr.. NJ
r. Lloyd, George Southall, Esq, II. w.
McGeorge, Major Terry, all Of whom have
the same crime that Mr.. StOwell labors
under-they were not born in Virginia but,
to add insult to injury there is Hon. Jos
p. Evans, Peter X. Jones, Ross Hamilton,
James Lipscomb, Tazwell Branch, members
of the General Assembly; G. NJ. Jennings,
Albert Walker. Henry Cox, Tom Bell, and
other members Of the prescribed and unfor-
tunate race that year by year keep the
Democracy out of office. If it was not for
the fact that these leaders were the men and
the means that prevented the "white mans
party" from running the district, it would
all be well, but this is the oflense, and it is
4 we'll known and established fact that Vir-
ginians love office hence the cry "Virginia
for Nirginians," and sic semper tyrannis, which
now days means down with all carpet
baggers and the darkeys that hold Office.
Commencing in Brunswick county, which
is the only county in the district that is
capable of the least perceptible sentiment of
opposition to the denomination and election
Of Mr.. StOwell, l regret to say that the
cause Of this defectioniin Brunswick is the
outgrowth Of treachery, deception, and dis
honorable conduct Oh the part of the Hon.
Robert Whitaker, present member of the
House Of Delegates from the county, Robt.
Whitaker is on the "dead make" and he
goes for all he can put his hand on. 1t is a
clearly established fact that said Robert has
been in the market for six weeks, and that
he offered himself very cheap; but neither
Mr. Stowell nor his friends are buying up
delegates or influential gentlemen )" but,
on the other hand, Mr.. Stowell has entered
the campaign upon his merits and his action
in the two preceding Congresses and am
glad to chronicle the fact that the cOlored
people are not unmindful of his course in
Congress and his unselflsh devotion to the
best interests Of the people who elected him.
If Mr.. Robert Whitaker was Jeremiah y
Of Brunswick, soon would Brunswick find
there are other disciples, and true ones al
that, whose voice will be heard and felt
They have seen already that Bob would LEAD
them into destruction, or to any chasm o.
danger to fill his own personal ideas, for what
cares Bob Whitaker for the people on',
so long as he can fill his pockets.
Some of the leading men in Brunswick
who are honest and capable, told me that
they were not disposed to throw overheard
an old and tried friend like Mr.. Stowell fo
a new one whom they never heard of unit
he wanted to go to Congress on their votes
Powhatan county is almost unit for Mr.
Stowell this, too, is an intelligent county
and the Republicans are we'll organized.
attended meeting there last Monday.
found that the people Of Powhatan are no
disposed to forget that W. II. II. Stowel
was the only man in Congress from Virgini'
that spoke and voted for the civil rights bill
The speech of the young orator, w. L. Fer
maid, was brim full of hard common sense
and found its way to the minds of the colore'
people, who are beginning to do their owl
thinking. .H-... ..r..
Amelia county was once upon time rule
by an emperor; but how the mighty hav'
fallen to-day that emperor is without infiu
ence enough in Amelia TO elect him 10 pre-
cinct convention. There is a moral in thi
that 'leading men" will do well to study
Never entertain the idea that you carry tn
black votes of county in your pocket, TO
it may turn out that you will find them t
have disappeared, through little hole, wor
there by your unfaithfulness and bad dealing
Lunenburg county will cast her vote i
the convention for Stowell. The people
Lunenburg have known Mr.. Stowell eve
since the first gun Of reconstruction was hreo
and to-day they are as firm in their lnten
tions to support him for denomination as the
were to reflect him in 1872. ... ..
In this county 1 met with G. NJ. Jennings
ESQ.,, who is wheel horse in the party
this county, and rising young man in Vii
ginia politics also, ex-senator Austin, VII
has donGya great deal for the education, rls
and progress of the colored race in this SCI
ton of tho State, and is still doing. N
man in Virginia is more universally respecte
by all classes than ex-senator Austin,
Iuneabarg county, ia --..L ,:--- .s..
Prince Edward contains more white Re
publicans than any other county in the di'
trict and what is interesting about it is tbs
they are, generally speaking, men Of ability
wealth, and social position Of the first orde
Hampden Sidney College, the seat
learning of the "South Side," is situated
this county; there are other governmer
j places of learning in Prince Edward whic