Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-08-27

his own services uuIiuk III
the late war, he said SolaC
il is that | am bound to |
you by bonds which death 81
alone can sever. So Il iS' q
that 1, iike so maag Of a;
the reterdnS Of The Con-,g
federacy, dBi jealous cf n
the honor. and proud Of 9.
the glorious heritage De- y
quedthed to her by her al
Lee and her Stoae,raH sc
Jackson. Do not under q
stand that J come iere TO hi
dictate a policy to you, or v
to advise You what you D
must do; rather am Ice
here to consult with youfc
as a Democrat, as a man, ~
and as a Southern soldier X
as one who looks back to ~
the time when he shared CT
with you privatious and 81
suffering and defeat in the "
army OF Northern Vir I'll
ginia. yC
II am here to voice the in
earnest hope that / feel, A
to utter hefervent prayer gi
OF my heart, that Nir- III
ginia, the mother Of fe
States, will not prove pl
recreaut to all her high V
traditions. We hare al 81
,cags looked 10 her TO h,
lead, and tcs klIotc thGtlSi
she has the right 10 do so. u
We kno,r her history, and hi
zee kilotc that IN seeking d
the path of duty she has d,
erer found the irdy 10 g.
glory. 1 ddjttre Y"t. 5gltf
uour traditions. BY al -
that you hold sacred, 10 to
lead again, Virginia, es
you haze done hereto nj
fore, not dl,edys 20 re m
tory, but alicays to honor. p'
What is Virginia's duty y,
now? You hardly realize, b
my friends, how much de- Il
pends on the action of h
your State. With a united g,
South casting one hun "
dred and thiSTy-eight elec- pi
tordl uOteS, ire need only n
Ne,c York and Indiana, III
aud 1 beliepe 1re Shdltis
hare them. VIII Virginia, o
when we have success b
within our very grasp, 81
sacrifice the Democratic I,
party? will she sacrifice "
the South ? will she sacri- Il
flee the National Govern. 8
ment by aidi' g, indirectly t
though it be, to elect ala
Republican PRESIDENT lii
will not believe it. / stood o
| four years by the side ?
Of Firyinidns, aud ic
knoio the stuG Of 1chich a
they are made. In hoSs I,
four years / nerer Sdio I
them falter. Atthiscyiiais t
! l cannot, 1 lriiL not think '
that you loitI prore false h
to your trGditions-thGt. g
yoR can prOre recieant TO v
the e.ralted teachings, Helv
ennobling Inspirations Of d
your glorious past. Put 70
by eueTythinJ that eau v
distract your attention J
from our one great OBJ If
ject. Look only to that ;,lv
fght for il, and triI the, S
fght. 1 hare nothing to L
sag TO you about yOiir b
local Differences; ice hare t
them in eur Otr1 State, /
but We hare resolutely put C
them behind us. Realize, IL
If you can, what will fol- Z,
low a Rel ublican triumph u
in November. You have h
ell seen what strides that {
party has made toward "
Capitalization you have h
seen your Judge stricken s
down by the mailed hand n
of the National Govern (
ment you have seen the /
Republican party mass 7
troops at the polls to over !
awe your free suffrage ; s
you have seen their dep t
uty marshals, their super {
visors, their returning 7
boards-the instruments 6
of an overthrow of the t
last vestige of State rights u
l tell you, my country Il
men, the fate OF the South q
will be harder than ever e
if the Republican party is. Ii
successful in this cam :,
paisn. We shall behold S
no more free elections, no e
more untrammeled ex- u
preston of political senti- p
ment; and no one OF us n
now li:ing will ever again "
see a restoration of Demo s.
cratic rule and principles. 'rI
II we elect the Demo
cratic nominees the Re- CT
publican party will go top
pieces like a rope of sand. p
Their mission is ended, il T
they ever had q mission. II
There is nothing that II
holds them together to- h
day save "the cohesive IL
power of the public d
spoils." The Democratic +
party IS the party Of peace IL
and of union that would %
blot out all sectional diff Sc
ference forever, and it OF
has proven this in the oi
nomination of General W
Hancock ut Cincinnati ii
There was but one feeling Al
there among the Southern Il
delegates. That feeling al
was expressed when we II
said to our Northern Dem Il
ocratic brethren give us d,
any available man. They W
gave us that man. and we s.
have put it in the power CT
of the people to elect the VI
ticket. They can elect il W
they will You will heaE bl
from one to-day who can "
speak for North Carolina. m
Governor Vance will con. m
firm my words that we &C
can carry the South. fill
you will only carry Vir. Ias
ginia. He has come ike fiji
me to appeal to you not L
to forsake us in the houritt
Of need. Consider lchat IN
Lee and Jackson icouldlin
do irere they alive. These CT
are the same principles Il
for iulieh they fought for h;
four years. Remember b,
the men tcho poured forth W
their life blood on Fir- w