The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-06
nomination of Mr.. Workman was made
unanimous.
THE CANDIDATES

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Mr.. Straus moved that o committee, con
sisting of one from each ward of the city usl
one from each township of the county, ht
|appointed to wait upon the candidates to In
form them Of their nomination. The Presi
dent appointed Messrs. Julius Straus. Of
Monroe Ward; James Hayes, OF Marshslf
P. J. Wright, of Madison; A. G. Babcock,
Of Jefferson; Robert w. Oliver, OF Clay; J.
Of Vdrina township; James Anthony, OF
Fairfield; Andrew Ford. of BrookIand, and
j. N. Hopkins, Of Tuckahoe. -
The committee retired from the hall TO
discharge the duty imposed upon them, and
In about five minutes returned. escofting
General johnson and Mr.. Wortham. MI.
Straus said that the committee had been un-
able to find Major Tanner, but had brought
| in with them Ex-Governor Walker. (Great
applause.]
GENERAL JoHNsoN's SPEECH.
The President, Mr. Drinkard, introduced
General Johrson, who, In accepting ahe
nomination, said:
Gentlemen of the Convention and Fellow
CitiZens,-I would be more than human or
less than man if | we're not profoundly
moved at the proof of the confidence which
yon and the people have given me In this
nomination.
l thank you from the bottom of my beaEt,
and, while feel deeply my misglvings lest
your partiality shall expect more from me
than my abilities can accomplish, | can only
say that every energy and power of mine
shall be devoted to the public service, the
advancement of Richmond, and the preserva-
ton of the Conservative party.
hn mr.
condition of Virginia and her cities with other
southern States we must feel pride in the
intelec:s that conceived and the will aud
seIf.sacriicipg love of country which con.
structed that organization, the foundation and
cornerstone of which is the union of good
citizens for the sake of good government.
of opinion and action; but the party having
once decided on question it requires the
most absolute obedience 10 its DEGREES. 1t is
this which has preserved the Conservative
party, and the Conservative party has pre-.
served Virginia to this day.
Let US therefore now close up our ranks
ard move on without delay to The Noyem-
ber election.
While we thus preserve possession OF the
Government we can devote ourselves to
base Of all national and civil prosperity. We
can tie the Northwest, the Southwest, and
the South to us with hooks Of steel and rails
Of iron. We can open our port to the world
By waterway safe, convenient, and eco
nomical. We can invite and welcome to our
city "the oppressed Of all nations" in the
words of the great Virginan, and bring
hither all honest men, without regard to
birth, to wealth, or to opinion, recognizing
in our race the common brotherhood Of man,
and giving to all the freeSt welcome and the
widest liberty Of thought and action.
AS true sons of Richmond, we will carry
her colors, full high advanced, in the very
front of free thought, and place them on the
very crest Of high and honorable ac>ion.
First among the steps to be taken is to
place her before the world in a position
which shall be beyond doubt in affirmation
of the highest political, social, and economi.
cal integrity. We will show that we
understand that sound public credit is
the basis of all prosperity, political and
material; that loss of credit affects
every man in the community, whether it
be the lawyer in his office, the merchant
In his couuting.room, the mechanic in bis
shop, or the laboring man at his toll; that
loss Of credit increases the expenses of living
ard lessons the earnings of labor; that it
paralszes prosperity by drawing away capi
tai and enterprise and deterring other sup
plies of that kind from comiug here; that it
keeps down the price of land because it pre-
vents purchasers coming, and raises the price
of the necessaries OF life because it makes
money dearer and scarcer.
We will make it clear to the world that
we understand these things, and that R,ch.
mond will maintain her honor and credit
and that OF the Commonwealth every where
and all the time.
Thus protecting and defending Richmond
we defend and protect the whole Common.
wealth. l do not picture TO myself our city
as q virgin, with silken hair and lily hands,
or it may be clad in mail TO protect herself
But I love to think OF her as our noulishing
mother-alma mafer-tcnder ard true aud
loving to her children, bu; rugged and steru
to all wrong.doers. Her toun.eous bosom
shall draw here in years to come brave and
manly population on both sides Of the river.
Around her shall collect 4 brood Of sturdy
sons and fair daug ghtcrS, and her men chill
dren shall battle with the mountains and the
rivers the winds and the ocean-to
bring loving tribute TO her. She is row
arouSing them to their duty.
In the battle hereafter the world shall think
"there be six Rchmonds in the field" when
she cries to US
Awake, awake,
Arm, fight, and cOrquer,
For fair Virginia's sake"