National Republican., 1875-11-17
VIRGINIA.
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YRKpxRIcxsBrne. Va, Nov. II, 1s75.
TO fhs Editor Of ths National RsDubIfc1ss
srE "A brief rsyisw Of the political canvas and
Its results may not Do uninterestfns to your
readers who feel interest in Virginia politics. We
have reasons 10 be pleased with the result, not
because OF the number Of members OF the Leginls-
ture We have elected, but because Of the develop
ment Of troubles In our ensmy's camp which give
promise Of success to us In the great struggle Of
seventy-six.
Singular ss the prediction may appear, I feel
confident that We will give the electoral vote OF
the State to tho Republican candidate next year
with less expense and trouble than we did In 1s72
The late election foreshsdows this.
It is true We have not elected ss many members
10 the Legislature as usual but the failure to do
extent, our own party leaders were responslble:
besides, in certain localities the Democrats have
reduced
BALIor-Box STUDYING
TO science and wherever there were large Re-
publican msjorities to overcome, and Il vas
was done magnihcently. In Petersburg, for ex.
smple, not satisfied to overcome the recognized
majority of about 500, they did that and "iung
in" thousand additional "puts."
In some instances our candidates lacked char
aeter and popularity to such extent that they
ents were run where Republicans should have
been, and rice rersa. The two most important
eleoed 70 vepe sr ss lack Of
ization and the inactivity Of leaders other than
the candidates themselves Except Judge Alfred
State executive committee, know Of no prom
inent Republican in the State who exhibited the
usual activity and interest IN the election Just
passed. He always does his duty.
This district (the First Congressional) elected
o greater number Of Republicans, In proportion,
to have elected one more re to the House and still
another to the Senate, but for the unfortunate
selection OF the nominees In the Senatorial dis:
King William-with q clear Republican majority
of i've hunGred, we were defeated. The nominee,
william L. s, Hes;eir, wa Vas & very 1PPOp1isT, m & and
whether he was
IIvIrG OR DEAD.
According to an account published in the Bslti-
more American some years ago, and written by
himfelf, he was shot and instantly killed BY
Dem ocratic desperado while delivering patriotic
Republican address. But for the mistake, both
in the statement and the shooting, we would haye
who, % as a RepubIican 'i1 in 1870, voted for DR..
Douglas and Vessels W, not have been burned
In efiRy, as he was Saturday night last by the
King william, with two hundred majority,
elected Democrat because OF the unpopularity
@ and unftness Of our csnSidate 1i From Nortnssnp,
most sensible and popular colored men In the
State. Lancaster elects T. Splcer. Curlett, Q
make q score Of the kind Of RepubiIcans we have
always with us. From King George Ia Demo
cratic county, DR.. w. B. X. Price was elected.
This revolution is due to the rularity, respecta
bility and industry of our candidate. Aaron
Commodore, an industrious, modest, honest and
soG1oe S sssse
dicates,) but native Of WestmOreland, defeated
lis
DEMOCRATIC COMPETITOR,
who was very popular.
L. u. Bristow, Of Middlesex, completes the list
OF Republicans elected in this district He was
once before elected, but rs an Independent, be-
lieved. He is now an out-and-out Republican.
The vote in this district indicates our triumph
next year beyond doubt, II We can persuade the
fcoLkiller to pay us q visit and get away with
four or tve OF our would-be leaders. Guess he
What we most need, not only here, but all over
the State is organization such an organization as
Will be respected by the Administration at WASH
ington and by the voters at home. Give Us this
and we will soon be free from the dissensions and
disturbances which have heretofore brought US
at hsme.
In this county we believe now is the time to
paign Of next year; already q call is issued for a
grand mass meeting, to be held at Spottsylvanis
Courthouse on the 9Th instant, to renew our
which shall bring US victory.
In the Second district, where the stupendous
f,aud was committed Shich 50 far has robbed Mr..
elected BY the people, there seems to have been
GENERAL LDEHoRALIzATIoN,
OF o general cheating-more probably the latter
hr. Piatt always held his district well in hand,
and in the general result in the State we shall
have reason to regret it IL he should determine to
make his home elsewhere than in Norfolk. The
district will also lose valuable representative.
The Third district is-no man knows, nor will
be ever know so long as the set controlft who do.
-Four Republicans are elected from that district
one from Henrieo, one from Chesterfield and two
from Louisa. The latter county sends VIM. F.
Gordon for
clerk Of the Virginia House Of Delegates. He
will be the leading member OF the few members
We will have 10 lead in the next House.
The Fourth Districts composed OF counties and
OF Petersburg, all Of which contain Republican
majorties; besides, it has IN 1t the best political
there is reduced number Of Republican repre-
sentatives elected.
Thisi is due to the brilliant frauds perpetrrted
about Petersburg, against which it was impos-
sible TO provide. The Democrats are
CALCULATING ON THE DEFEAT
Of Mr.. Stowell next time or whoever may be the
party nominee, by the same infamous means.
The Filth district is out of the question Alto
cept in Haliiax,which sends one Republican, and
he ts so small microscope is required to him.
The Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth districts
fax, but have elected number Of independents.
These latter chaps are great humbugs and Rad
ieaI Is seldom justified in supporting them.
When they take their seats they have to do
TO show their adherence OF RldicaI-
ism, or else they are not respectable, and right
the most proscriptiye scamps i'm
sginable. Your correspondent never had much
use for one ofthese fellows, and the negroes are
growing very much disgusted with them.
There are q small number of repudiatlonIsts or
anttfunders elected from the southwest and val
ley counties, who viii give some trouble to the
Democrats, and who may cause q split of some
Importance.
We shall receive considerable aid in the future
from that class Of brave and honest men who have
shown, and Will continue TO show, their
EXTREME DISGUST
with the manner elections have been carried In
ever since the war. The same means
used to defeat the Republicans were adopted the
last lime in Richmond to defeat the Independents
Generalization. Rich exposures may
be expected, for those engaged In the showing |
uPm mean to put them through.
Mr.. John s. Wise, o chip of old Henry A, with |
Gen. John ID. Imboden as the most active are en- |
gagged with others In investigating these frauds, |
and viii Vigorously prosecute the guilty parties:
hey have the pluck, ability and determination to
The determined action Of Mr.. Wise and his |
riends puts an impossible gulf between them |
md the Conservative party of Virginia, and this
esult VIII give Us the bensnt in the future Of their
Altogether, we have reason to be satisfied with |
What las just trans2ired, and II We Will 20 to
work at once and mako ready for the next ma
State, and place her where she belongs by right |
II mAjority-ir the Republican ranks.
ScALAwAe.
Details Of g Peculiar Law Case.
VIENNA, VA. Nov. 8, 1875.
To the Editor Of the National Republican:
SIR: The great cases Of BardWell vs.. PickTlck. |
" Doe vs. Roe, bid fair to be qaite overshsdowed
~ the great case Of Hins vs. Brown. 1t is case
hat wont down at anybody's bidding. It spread |
tself last summer all over the columns Of the |
Fairfax Farmer. 1t cropped out again in the |
Washington Presbytery at Falls Church. It |
illed goodly portion Of DR.. Sunderlsnd's church |
With goodly portion Of the people Of Vienna
md then and there was sent promptly to the |
limbo Of all departed charges and specifications |
shen, prestoI 1t yesterday morning rose again
n John Browns little church at Vienna, aud |
Zept the little church full OF the good people |
hereof for nearly twenty.four consecutive hours,
The time was when
CHARGES WERE DISMISSED
~ an ecclesiastical body they stayed dismissed;
md 30 "the time was when the brains were out |
he 1an was dead" Now, not Baaquo's ghost
Tor that OF aburied Denmark" stalks abroad |
more briskly than do the dead and buried charges
md the specihcations to matchl Eut, jesting /