The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-11
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pe ,s W n,r,v that brought Virginia ont Of her
tro,,hles. Let it be remembered that Tue
conservative party Is the party that mas sep'
hacI the Radical hordes, negroes ana WHITES,
xvho would have DISTINGUISHED very @ise
nronort;on OF the best of our virginia pr,
,,le Let I, be remembered that tue ha", 49, |
nartv e. the party that has reiied uPou ".
negro element to control the "bi'c e'sAs'
Gas thew were then so they are now. l lug, nsy
have not recanted single measure W
poIicy, What ne haze 70 sptn nrasent.
c;rle. The Richmond Wh'g' as rep. oJuo. |
atiye Conservative journal. bas ave. iii rho
Gated and urged corcentra!.1,n y,
power OF the party 10 iaVot VI IN nor and
81 the party. The Wing IS parry paps sor
~ ,hn reason that the partyts he S'dse LOT
~ rooson that if the Conservative orsanHf
49,, shaiI foil. all the business interests OF IT.
.s;nia fail. for the reason that il Rsdicahsn
Sa oI,owcd to raise Its head In this STATE
aosin. with pros pect of control 10 The couh-
c;is Of the State, we need not expect any
further hope Of immigration either from tse
North or from foreign countries Tor the
reason that every vital principle lnvoiF'ng
locli sclf.goyernment, and ali that pertains 80
II is an issue between the Radical party ana
the Conservative party.
eve saw 10 the people in oil the counties OF
the State, sand by your nominees, and give
them the undivided support of the ConserVa-
tives."
Especially is this advice applicable to the
case OF the people of Richmond. Here we
have had excellent government. order ana
Justice have had full sway. Judges. Jurfes'
lawyers, policemen, businessmen, all nave
nursued the even tenor Of their way W'ln
nothing to modest them or having q tendency
n iniure the business interests OF kich-
mond. But now it is proposed to take tnat
first step whose necessary sequence VIII
be shooting the Niagara that lands ats VIC
TINS in the whirlpool Of the Radtcal parry.
For wdosoeYer sapposes that be can th's ID"
act upon the theory that M one 10 10 nonof
bound to support the nominees OIL MS party
and next spring get his present opponents
70 consider themselves bound to support has
nominees, will fad himself wofully mistaken.
Men who have property or occapational IN
terests in Richmond should ask themselves
whittier their steps tend. DO they pro-
pose to have negro juries in Richmond!
Do they propose to have negro policemen!
Do they propose to have such q STATE OF con-
slant turmoil and excitement as nc" prevails
wherever negroes and their allies undertake
to rule the community, and as will ruin the
trade of Richmond and reduce the value of
real estate by fifty per cent? If not, let tue
disconnected pause. Break the magic ring that
encircles us now as political party, and next
spring every man will feel free to go whittier
he will. A few hundred boilers in each
ward can easily give us a City Council hun
cry for spoils and ready to levy such taxes
as New Orleans now groans under. If you
are not bound, who will ever be bound, to
support the Conservative nominees: These
nominees were selected by the people them
selves, over 5000 roting-at least half as
many as will vote the Conservative ticket in
November-instead of by fifty or a hundred
voters in each ward. Every man Of these
$500 is pledged to support the nominees;
for none others were allowed to take part in
the primary election. This election was con-
Quoted by as good men as this city can pro.
duce. Not one Of the indictments will deny
this. There was nothing 10 the way Of a
full expression of the will OF the people.
Any dozen mtn, or half dozen, or single in
dividual indeed, had the right to prepare
tickets Of names pledged to vote for any
one, or any two, or any three Of the asplrants
for the Senate. eve believe the nominations
for the House stand 'Inimpesched) To say
that TANNER could control the men who
voted for him and make them vote for john.
SON when they desired to,yote for some other
man is an insult to every. honest voter in the
city. Neither TANNER, nor JOHNSON, nor
KNIGHT, nor w oRTKAm, nor HOLIDAY could
do that. Can anybody tell why there were
no tickets with three candidates names upon
them? UnqueStionubly, because it was sup.
posed that third nsme would weaken the
ticket. The second nane must ;Eave had
the same effect. Some men who were will
ing to vote for either one Of two :Men were
unwilling to vote for both, and SO that ticket
lost votes. If JOHNSON was more popular
than TANNER, JOHNSON LORI strength 10y the
association. Ii TANNER was more popu.
10l luau UUuNSON, hNNrAf looL ruauSIu
by the association. In political, contests it
has ever been held that ." single shstsn tell
for the candidate receiving them. To say that
there were no tickets at The polls. prepared
for any two candidates, whoever they ms ght
have been, is to say that nobsdy felt interest
enough in their success 10 prepare such a
ticket. No doubt the Gamer of malconteuts
has induced some honest, weN-meaning per
sons to suppose that there was some mystery
aboHt the election Of senatorial delegates.
But never was there greater mistake. gAe
plan was simplicity ITSELF and.Gelegates were
elected only because Heurieo county had 8
voice In making the nominations. Tickets
headed TANNER and KNIGHT, TANNER and
4 JOHNSON and JOHNSON and KatGRg, wouie
have covered the whole ground so far as the
city senator's were concerned. Each voter
would have found necessarily the easn of biz
choice, because whichever two he preferred
their names would have been there. No
tickets for delegates were prepared by the City
Committee. Thelullest liberty was aEosed to
candidates aad their riends to prepare them.
Remembering these faets, and how easy it
would have been for anybody to have had
tickets headed in either of the three ways
above given prepared for the men Of his
choice, it is almost Incredible that Anybody
should fail to see that the election was tair TO
all parties.
But complaints always exist. We had
them last spring. We had them two years