The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-11-01
The Withdrawal of General Echols.

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The withdrawal Of General EcHoLs from
the canvass for Congress in the Augusta
district has been announced. He came
too late to the field, and after good tight,
finding reasons satisfactory TO himself
against continuing the struggle, he with
draws. The following is his card OF resig-
nation:
To The Voters of the Seuenth Congressional
District: a4.
In consequence of the lateness o; my an.
nouncement as a candidate for Congress.
and OF the consequent impossibility OF or.
ganizing throughout this widely-extendsa
district those who agree with me IN the
DriDciples which have advocated, my cleo
fion is, in my opinion, very lmprooapie.
am not willing, under the circumstances, TO
impose upon my friends any farther inc Ia
ber necessary to carry on the canvass, ana,
therefore, l take this. method OF announc-
Ing TO you-Iny withdrawal from the contest.
/ trust that the canvass which / nave
made has been productive OF good; ana
am confident that in the future those OPP
nosed to forcible rcaajustment OF the deot
o. VIRGINIA, and in favor OF an honest ana
substantial currency for the whole country,
have bu. to organize and appeal to the sense
OF Justice and intelligence OF the people 10
see their principles triumphantiy enoofseo.
Thanking those VINO have SO zealously sup
Dorted me in my canvass, and acknowledge
ing with gratitude The Kindness and re-
spectRul consideration which have received
from all classes, am respectfully,
JOHN ECHoLs.
Staunton, October 81, 1878.
General EcHoLs has done himself credit
By the bo!dness and vigor OF his speeches,
and has ayowed to willing ears views
and doctrines in quarters where they
have been not often heard Of late TIL
the General appeared before the people.
In this he has done o good work. be
has assisted to improve the tone OF pub
lie feeling and revive the spirit OF pubic
devotion which even in that sound and solid
community OF Augusta county had begun
to wane. Strange ideas have been Yentl-
lated in that stout and loyal region, and
people bad learned to listen patiently TO
them who would thirty years ago nave
given notice 10 their advocates to leave the
county, as, with their views, "their room
would be good company"
But we have fallen upon evil times. The
good and the loyal citizens have become 10
almost doubt their own identity. we near
doctrines preached in high political places
that were unknown thirty years since, and
that no man would have been permitted to
ayow publicly. Now not only are they
openly espoused, but their advocates are
sent TO make laws for the State. But time
is gradually and steadily changing. A Few
years will bring about revolution. fubilc
devotion and sound finance will ere long be
in the ascendant, and people will ind that
there can be no prosperity, no peace, WITH
out a sound medium for the exchange OF
values, and that public and private credit
are one and the same thing, ana that
tainted public credit and q dishonored Com
monwealth must ruin the business and pros
trate the interests Of the people who live
under its government. ~
Glad indeed will be the people then to
come back to their former loyalty and their
well-known public devotion. General
ECHOLs commences the work OF restora-
ton OF the moral and patriotic orthodoxy
OF the public feeling, and we trust the WORK
is to continue and proceed until the happy
event we look for shall come s.asa,-a7s
All around Us are the signs OF recovery
and restoration. The rapid settling down
OF finance and commerce to q solid basis
will compel the States to march into line.
and in short time we shall see that sort OF
harmony aud order that will prove the re-
turn OF the days OF peace and thrift. Then
energy and enterprise will be liberated and
encouraged. and the whole country be freed
from the terrors Of agitation and destructive
politics.