Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-09-08

y utfu fNnOfscu" 10 tfte tft-
itor Of The Herald, Au-
gust l6.
I FRIENDS OF vIRG1NIA:
,tI liaye responded % your
tIcan ~ te With fou to<tist,
4 sInot only for the reason
3 sltbat my heart is enlisted
elm the cause which you ad-
e.vance, but also because l
' ylclaim some right to speak
Q here and to virginians. A
hundred years ago my an
: -Icestor, q Virginian, left
!, this state to fight the In
!, ldians in South Carolina,
aIand fell there. Nearly o
rlcentury later almost every
-lmale descendant Of his
.lwho could then buckle on
eIthe sword came hither to
i, fight and die for Virginia
Iiiand virginians. DO not
e cumberland that I come
a here to dictate a policy to
4 you or 10 adyise you what
s you must do. Rather am
ell here to consult with you
b las a Dem Crat, ns a ,nan,
-Iand as h southern soldier
y-as ole WHO looks back
to the time when he shared
elwith you piivations and
and dcfeatin the
,flarmy Of northern Virginia.
!, I am here Ia voice the ear
d nest hope that l feel, 10
llIuttcr the fervent prayer OF
'sImy heart, that Virginia,
rIthe mother of states and
,t tIstatesnlen. Of heroes and
,, lpatriots - the state that
the brain that con-
glceived and the hand that
'slpenned the declaration Of
% oIindepcndenoe 49, the state
yIthat gave the sword that
itImadc that independence q
d fact-will not prove recre-
" ant to all her high tradi-
I. What is virginia's duty
lnows You hardly realize
ylmy friends how much de.
), Ipends on the action Of your
y state. You do not bring
II home to your thoughtwhat
HI u responsibility you carry
d In this contest. We of the
- south, who, having been
h so long plunged into utter
= darkness, have at last
}. emerged from the black
-e ness Of despair and car
Ir ried forward our states to
e!where they belong in the
,e splendid sistcrhood, come
le to you to-day and tell you
p that we mean victory. We
|. intend to subordinate
It every selfish personal con-
+? sidoration; we intend to
fput away every side issue ;
le we intend to look solely
,c and only 10 the Democratic
and the Demo-
Is cratic standard : bearers,
!Iand with Gods help we In
l tend to win this tight for
u that platform and for those
'r standard : bearers. Win
"a Virginia, when we have
= success in our very grasp;
T. will the men who were
u born free, men who were
4 reared under the doctrine
s. of jefferson and Of Madi-
n son; will the men who fol-
Il lowed Lee and Jackson
., will you sacrifice the DEM
,c ocratic party, will you sac-
,tirifice the, south. will Won
" sacrifice the national gov.
n ernment, by aiding, ipdi-
e. rcctly though it be, to elect
s.Ia Republican presitlent7
It'll cannot believe it. Re-
il you can, what will
r. follow o Republican tn
in November. You
lethayc all seen what strides
u that party has made to-
Is ward Capitalization +; you
le have seen your judges
l. Istricken down by the
u ulmailed hand Of the nation-
NAL government; you have
&c seen the Republican party
,eImass troops at your polls
n to overawe your free suf-
$, frage; you have seen their
, deputy marshals, their su-
l. pervisors, their returning
W boards. their instruments
te to an overthrow Of the last
yIvestige Of state rights. /
,fltell you, my countrymep,
.rlthe fate of the south will
j. be harder than ever If the
n Republican party is sue
II ceesful in this campaign.
= We shall behold no moro
d free elections, no more un-
H. trammelled expression Of
IL politica sentiment, and no
n one Of us now living will
> ever again see a restoration
,. to Democratic rule and
p If we elect the Demo-
10 lcratic nominees the Re-
l. publican party will go to
if pieces like q rope of sand.
4. Their mission is en- led, IL
ls they ever had q mission.
e There is nothing that holds
,f them together to-day but
le "the cohesive power Of
plunder." The Re-
If publican party is the party
ltIof hate, the party Of rank
n and rabid sectionalism.
n The Democratic party Is
Of the party Of peace and of
a. Iuniop that would blot out
ntlall sectional differences
and 1t has proven
q. this in the nomination of
ID General Hancock at Gin
b. icinnati. There was but
N one feeling there among
lie the southern delegates.
at Thatfeeling was expressed
itIwhen We said 10 our north
'lelern Democratic brethren,
BY Give us a northern DEM
II. Iocrat who can be elected.
o. I'VE bring you l38 votes,
orland We ask you to bring
n- us a man who can brir I
ayIus so more" They gave
~ Ius the man: his name is
" ylHancock. That name took
as,like wildfirc at Cincinnati,
tolas II has taken like Wild
In fire from one end of the
~ Union to the other. Since
l. that nomination was made
eyIeyery man who was in that
seIconyention has come to the
eylconclusion that we could
q. not possibly have made a
hoIwiser or q better, When
was nominated
IL, lBaysrd wrote to me that
m he was perfcctly eatisfled--