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the sayI1e--neithtr VIII No'o 80 e""'
tIon OF The other.
Consider the relations OF eacu TO the ma
tlopal Democracy, and wbethcf eitne, nas
the absolute light to demand SURRENDER Oh
Inc other. II Is true that the Conselvauve
marty saved the State OK Virginia ana maae
lis Influence felt In national sna'rs, put
called into being by the Joint action OF he-
pubIicans and Democrats, II heid us organI-
cation wholly distinct and separate rom
national parties, aud claimed and exercised
the right To adopt the men and measures OF
any. The State government saved, II founu
In the Democracy It's natural ally, ana
usually co1perated with II In national con.
ccrns. and in the Cincinnati Convention,
that mart OF Il retaining is name ana Or
eanIzation placed itself In alliance with.
hut did not merge itself 10, the ma
tiopal Democracy. The Readjusters calling
their Convention for a day subsequenttot tue
| sessions of the Conventions OF both ma
tional partes, by their end0rsatlon OF HAN
cock only approve what they gave no ala 10
effect: and while these facts afford satislac-
| tory reasons TO every one not Read1us,er
for supporting the Conservative electors IN
the absence of q national Democratic or
fusion ticket, Rcadjusters will not so regard
them. Could Conservatives but realize this
fact do not believe they would longer oc-
cupv the attitude they do, and yet II con-
fronts them a. a fact unalterable. You de-
mand OF Readjusters their support or
brand them as allies OF the Republicans.
ard appeal TO them in the language OF
the call OF your Executive Committee.
They reply that they are az honest men ana
true Democrats as you are; vote with them
and save the State; that politically. so.
cialIv. and as mere matter Of fact, you ig-
more Them, and TO consent to the terms dc
tated were to assent TO their political and so
ciaI degradation and absolute nonentity.
True, say they, you call upon all Democrats
to vote with YOU; but 1t is your voice, not
THAT OF the Democracy, heralded by your
own Executive Committee 10 them TO fall IN
line under your flag, not the Democratic;
that YOU told them the first national cleo.
ton would sweep their party out OF
existence, its incongruous elements melt
ing into your own and the Republic
can; that thus you show them the PIT
dug for their feet, and are driving them
into II. Eloquent orators will proclaim
all this and a thousand things besides, re-
miuding them Of the opprobrium hurled
upon them in the State elections while the
bitterness then enoendered still rankles in
their bOsoms; and though you call from
every hilltop as loud as the deep'yOiced
thunders, or in notes as soft az siren ever
sung, YOU will call in vain; and in turning
away from the Conservative lines, the Re-
adjusters, wise or unwise, right or wrong,
but follow the dictates OF those natural
feelings whose impulses ever VIII govern
the conduct Of men. Meanwhile the Re-
publican party are concentrating all their
energy and strength upon the d0uDuui
States. The whole OF their vast re-
sources, hitherto disseminated over the
whole South, will be concentrated upon
the vote of Virginia. Their ablest organ
zers and shrewdest politicians are already
on the way with unmeasured money TO carry
the State. and soon shall we hear the - halle
lujabsv OF their sable bands ring out on the
night winds in every forest rs their ebony
ranks in pbaanX fern, to be met with the
impotent crv of " No compromise !" which
upon the lips OF Funders and Readiusters
sounds an empty mockery in the ears OF the
peeer bondbolder and decapitatcd Capitol
official. Truly do the gods first madden their
intended victims. And all this while the
great body OF the Virginia people, " Bour-
bon Funder" and " Ragged Readjuster -
all except their politcians-lrue to that
calm patriotism which chained the State to
the Constitution until the guns of Sumter
broke the spell, are ready TO rise up, shout
der to shoulder, and bear Hancock iuto the
presidency.
Have the Conservatives among all their
boosted virtues no magnanimi,yE Can they
not, in an emergency like this, abandon
what they vainly imagine their vantage
ground to save their country! The Read
lusters dare not decline frank and fair
proposal authOritatively rendered, for 1t
would irrevocably fix upon them the re.
sponsibility OF defeat, while now they allege
that one made by themselves would be
spurned with contempt. The organization
OF the national Democracy to act Mt present
only by placing an electoral ticket in the
field, leaving the states for Congress as they
are. or Joint action to the same end by the
executive committees of the respective par
ties. would give common ground on which
all Democrats could meet, and involve no
compromise OF principle, honor or dignity,
DISPLAY no weakness and surrender no
strength.
This article has grown far beyond any
thing had contemplated few words
more. For years the Conservative press
and representative speakers have denounced
the Republican party as Cloths and yandals,
knowing no law save their own impious
and imperious will, laying unhallowed
hands upon the sacred Constitution and
wantonly prostitutiDg the most exalted
powers OF government-that Constitution
and that Government the life-work Of the
soldier sa9es OF sevenly.siX, eulOgized the
liberty-loving world all over as the grandest
and most glorious monument OF wisdom
and virtue the mind OF man has ever reared
on the shores OF time-and are these gentle
men ready to-day to deliver 1t over into the
hands OF these barbarians rather than 1t
shall be redeemed by the vote OF debt
bill opponent, although the best blood OF
the Commonwealth courses through his
veins, impeled by heart as noble as any
that beats in the land?
Then. virginians, speak and act for your
selves. +. N. FLEMING.
The White sulphur Fire.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. August 4, 80.
Editors DISPATCH In the letter from this