The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-05-01

v1 NAV he right, and we may have oeen
wrong last fall in claiming ,ns' ."s ~
valves wouId have a msiori'y OF Tue a'eni-
her. Of the new Legislature. .,uf AZ we had
not doubt on the subiec! we 10 mol UNDER
.,aud how we could bouc.ably do otherwise
than say 10 everybody that In our opinion
There was no danger. However, we let our
old friends eensure have It's due we'gn',
ana let him give bis own view as 10 tue
preseat ,tste OF things:
tFor the Dispaich.I
Messrs. Editors, due respecs "
w,u. I must ind fault with your course OF
action In the last fall campaign. lou kcp.
telling the Conservative party that all was
sase that VIC would be sure to eject TWO
,h,rIs of both houses OF representatives.:
and nerhaps three fourtbss and that was all
w,orc n created an apathy among inc
| conservative voters, the largest NUMBER OF
o. hich are poor, honest workingmen, ana "
cost them some effort and loss OF ume
(which Is money TO get 10 tne Pons.
and with the assurance toat we wiz
sure IN win large number were pefsuaucu
that You could do without them, ana tney
neglected 10 20 10 the polls. MY eNpeii-
ence l. that poor workipgmen are very APP
TO be idle when they are persuaded tns, YOU
have no use for them. II $50 10 Chefcn OF
c,atc. Let poor man Join the churcD.
arr, IN Won gSye him noihing TO do he Will
do nothing and make a sorry meHser; Dut
give mm work and let him feel that ne can
do some good, aud my word for that man
viii make good memlrT. so IN
State wat,ers. Let every Conservative
cotsr feel that the success on his party de-
peuds IN a great measure on las o~n Efforts
and YEN will fiusl that man val never la'i 20
vote and TO advocate bis ctsise. NOW Cee
CITY elections gre coming on. Don't let us
lose our cause by apathy-or by TOO taoch
bragpadocio: but urge 1t upon every Con-
seryatiye voter to be ur and doing. Let
lrsm feel That the whole responsibility
rests upon him. Let him tect that
he Is Of some use I'm the world.
Urge every Conservative to nc kind
TO the car didates and voters OF the opposite
par,y--wse no harsh language to ahem or
about them. Call them by no hare names
tell them that we love them, bat we are
sorry fhat they are fn such great error
and will persist i'm error, and yEl VIII ma
that you can catch more flies with money
than with vinegar. ii we do well IN the city
this spring we wilihave some show to redeem
the State next fall The present generation
has inherited this great far.s; our fore
fathers created atlebt to improve the farm,
and now we are in the eBtcyment OF this
beautiful farm, with all the improvements,
and with industry and frugality we can all
make living on this farm tud all be con-
Portable and hsppy and about ten cents IN
the dollar of the value Of this farm will pas
ali the debt, and with the offer that is
now made to as by the McCULLOcH bin, We
can pay the debt with all the interest de-
manded in forty years, and i think a'a
shame IL we refuse the offer. cannot think
the good people OF this State can persist in
such wrong. What would you think OF
Young man II be inherited Homestead
wo,th one thousand dollars with debt OF
one hundred dollars contracted by bis
father for the Improvement OF his homestead
and that young man should repudiate that
debt beesuse it was not OF his own contract
ing? / think he would be a bad young man.
Every healthy man should pay one
dollar per year for the privilege OF voting
and for the protection that he receives
from the state and city governments; and
IL he is an invalid give him certificate TO
that effect, and let him vote. But II he is
an imbecile, pity him. but don't let him
vote. Eknow men at work every day In the
year, anG never pay their capitation tax
simply because nobody ever calls for 1t. |
have advised some OF my men to pay their
tax in advance and save the percentage,
and they frankly told me they coSld stay
away and save all the tax; and any person
owning abomesiead can very easily pay to
the State.fve dollars per year IL they would
make up their mind to do so. The taxes are
lighter iT this State than in two-tbirfis Of the
other States, and most CT US spend more
money in whlskey than would pay double
the amount OF our tax, and we consider
ourselves sober men too. Now, let Us try
and be right ana conservative in our vo-
ting and debt-payiug. Let US all pray
for the ability and disposition to do unto
others as we would they should dounto us.
Let the conservative party nominate the
very best NTH they have for city officers,
and you urge it as duty OF every Conser-
vative voter to go to the polls and cast his
vote, and c,y word for it all will be right.
AN OLD.LINE WfHG,
AND NOW A CONSERVATIVE.