New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-09-10
From Virginia.
HICKsFoRD, GREENvILLE Co., VA, !
August 81, 1874.

iICKsFORD, GREENvILLE Co., VA,
August p, 1874.
To tie Editor Of the NeD National Era:
1t has been some time since l troubled YOU
with line from my pen, but thinking that
you would be glad to know something about
the Fourth Congressional district, I thought
that would write you short letter to in
form you that the people of this district are
still alive to their interest and their country's
good. After gallant fight on the part of
our worthy citizen, Mr.. Mark II. De Mortie,
for that high position to the Forty-fourth
Congress, to succeed Hon. w. II. II. Stowell,
he, like good Republican, has talked with
his friends and Withdrawn, only to strengthen
the party for more able fight at some future
day; and thus you see that Mr.. Stowcll will,
think, be nominated by reclamation in the
convention which will meet on the 10th of
September. 1 see that "Piedmont has
visited all the counties in the district, and
has given you, as stranger, a very fair state
ment of the situation; but there are some
things which he did not know, therefore he
could not tell you. just before the campaign
had fairly opened the people almost over the
entire district had resolved to support one of
their own race for Congress; but Prince Ed
ward, Charlotte, Mecklingburg, Lunenberg,
and part of Cumberland, would not agree,
as Mr.. S. had been so faithful to the trust
reposed in him by the people of this district,
namely, the civil rights bill, that he had
worked both in an out of Congress to have
that all.important measure passed, we
thought that it would be sin of I'M gratitude
for us to think of committing such a blunder
at this time. Mr.. Dc Mortie thought with
his people, and now congratulate the dis
trict and the country upon his personal sacri-
ficc-an example 1 commend to every Repub-
lican in this broad old Commonwealth, from
the sea shores to the mountains, yea more,
to every lover of liberty in America, our
country.
Mr.. Editor, this is one time that the lead
ing thinking men of our party have fought
right together for, as they thought, the good
of all. Rev. Henry Williams fired the first
gun, and the smoke has not cleared away
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that he must not make his visits so much like
angels (that is they are few and far between)
if he wants to tell you about the colored peo-
pie in the Fourth Congressional district.
One word now to the Republican party of
the Fourth district. Fellow cOuntrymen, to
arms! to arms! The enemy is intrenching
himself in every possible manner. Come to
the front. He has threatened to take our
works this fall at the polls. Let me ask you,
shall he do it? Echo answers "No." Do
not think because we have about 1000 ma
jority that you can sleep quiet in your tents.
You cannot. Let your battle-cry be, RE-
member Petersburg and her 500 votes" Re-
membering that, charge ON the Democratic
works in November, and the victory will be
ours. If we have had any South Carolina
Moses's in our ranks let us put them out If
these men will cause our ship to be in a
storm cast them overheard at once, that we
may have a calm, We are struggling for
liberty, and we must get every impeachment
off the track.
Thanking you, Mr.. Editor, for space for
these few thoughts, am, sir, your obedent
servant, PIX. JONES.