The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-26
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Correspondence.

RICHMOND, September 25, 1873.
Colonel w. ". Ne,on1an: 49,. '...,i.
Sir,-The undersigned have been ap-
pointed subcommittee Of the, Executive
Committee OF the, Green back party Of the
Third congressional district Of Virginia to
notify you formally Of your nomination as
the candidate of that party for Congress.
In the performance OF this duty we sub
NIT TO you herewith the platform OF the
party, with an explanatory resolution OF
the Executive Committee appended. -.
Your welI-knoWn devotion to the Green
back cause, as we'll as your informal accept
ance OF the nomination yesterday, gives US
assurance that you will. after fuller and
more careful consideration OF the enclosed,
confirm in more formal manner that ac-
ceptance. ra.,.., .4,t
With high hopes and best wishes for your
success, we are, Colonel, ..,.si-ar. j.,
Your ohe dient servants
G. L. MINOR, Chairman
' A. MoNTEIRo,
3. W. HoxSEY. te
PLATFORM.
The conference OF citizens Of the Third
congressional district of Virginia, who re-
alize the present desperate financial condi-
ton of the country and seek relief from it
at the hands of the National Legislature,
and despairing of such relief from either OF
the present political parties, resolve and de-
clare as follows: -.
l. We demand the immediate and uncon-
ditionai repeal OF the resumption act, and
the abandonment for the present OF all idea
Of resumption in COMA measure r1dlcu-
lous, because it is impossible.
2. We demand that the bonds OF the
United States, now payable in lawful
money, be at once paid i'll such money, and
that it be made legal tender and receivable
by the Government for all debts, dues, and
demands.
3. We demand that thesissue Of bonds by
the United States shall cease, and that no
further Understanding debt shall be con-
tracted by the Government.
4. We demand the repeal OF the infamous
public.credit resolution OF 1869, so far as it
relates to bonds issued before its passage,
and the payment OF such bonds in lawful
money, the currency in which they were
payable before the passage Of said resolu-
ton. as
5. We advocate q protective tariff, which
shall keep our workingmen from competi-
ton with the pauper-labor OF Europe.
G. We demand that the natlonal.bank
notes be retired and legal-tender notes sub
stituted for them as quickly as may be con-
sistent with fairness to the banks and their
customers. .....a .. ...
| 7. We demand that the internal-reyenue
laws be so modified as not to discriminate
against any portion Of the country, and
that taxation shall leach the rich as well as
the poor, and be levied uniformly on all
property. .>- '.'l"
s. We declare that in justice to the peo-
A. Til Cfotoc 1rI,i boo
betrayed By it's legislature in the interest OF
the bondholder, the currency necessary to
pay all bonds, not expressly declared on
their face to be payable in coin, shall be
issued and paid out in redemption Of such
bonds without regard to its value in coin [;
that the Government should pay in the
currency wherein it contracted to pay, and
by the issue OF such currency enable the
private debtor to do the like. IT, ..I r.
/ 8. That the currency issued for the re-
demption Of the bonds payable in lawful
money should not be redeemable in coir
except at the option of the Government, nor
at an earlier period than thirty years after
the issue Of the same. Il :. ..,s:>r e-. 1.>.
10. That this organization be. known as
| the "Greenback party OF the Third Con-
gressionaI District OF Virginia." and that
The terms '.lawful money" and ''legal-
tender notes" used in its platform refer to
and mean United States notes known as
greenbacks. .trsI .s~u .a .rv.:#, ,.:n..
l.Tt, COLONEL NEwMAN's ACCEPTANCE. t''..
ST R1cBMoSD,: VA. September 25, 1873
To g. L. Minor, DR.. 4. Mon!ero, and B.;W.
HorSey: s.,. =. ,r.,,
Gentlemen,-Your communication for
mally informing me of my nomination by
the, National Greenback party OF the
Third congressional district OF Virginia as
candidate for Congress, together with a
copy Of the platform Of said party, has
been received. As a speech delivered by
myself on last Monday night before a
Greenback mass-meeting. has been pub
lished, amplifying my views upon the fnan-
cial and other questions OF the day, deem
it unnecessary to do more than to say that ]
cordially endorse your platform, and, with
due appreciation OF the compliment, accept
the nomination OF the Greenback party. ]
am, gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
| W. w. NEWMAN.