Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-09-22

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IL. The tickets to be used by both
parties shall be uniform in size and
Icolor.
Rooms RE-ADJUsTER STATE CON-,
September l6, 1880.
The above is true copy OF resolu-
lions, &C., this day adopted by the Re-
Adjuster State Committee.
w. e. ELAN. Secretary, &c.
Failure of the N Negotiations for
n Compromise Between the
Regular Democrats and The
Readiusters.
The letter of the conservative
committee to that of the readjusters,
accepting the latters plan for a
primary election and submitting
certain amendments to said plan,
has Just been made public. In it
the committee say: we regret
that your committee do not accept
the plan Of compromise which we
submitted to you in Difference to the
decree Of many Of our people Of all
shades of opinion on local issues,
but we share in the disposition
which you declare not to 'perpetu-
ate strife between the supporters
of Hancock and English, and stand
ready to meet you in any fair, hon
orable and just terms of reconcllla-
ton and concession which shall
clearly and unequivocally maintain
the principles enunciated and the
nominees presented by the Cincln.
natl convention Of the national dem
ocracy. We propose to amend the
third section of the plan Of concilla-
ton submitted by your committee
so as to require that none but legal
voters who are national democrats
shall participate in the election.
Gen. Hancock and MIR. English
were nominated by regular demo-
cratic convention. The delegates
who shared in their nomination
were all democrats. No democrat
can iittingly object to coniinlng the
selection of those who arc 10 be en-
trusted with casting the popular
vote for the democratic nominees to
their brother democrats alone. We
by no means wish to exclude any
person of whatever political profess
sion from voting for Hancock and
English. On the contrary. we well
come all who wish in good faith to
support them. But lparty fealty,
prudence and unvarying custom
alike require that representatives OF
the party be chosen by members Of
the party. Some OF the members
of the party which your committee
represents have publicly declared
that, in their opinion, a majority OF
the Virginia democrats are in SYM
pathy with them. We cannot see
that they can object to the test of a
democratic primary election, which
would only result, if they be cor
rect, in indicating their judgment.
We invoke the test Several other
amendments Of minor importance
here follow. In conclusion the COM
mittee say: Seeking only the tri-
umph OF the national democracy,we
will cordially join with you in this
effort to unite all its adherents if it
meets your appreciation. The po-
litical destiniels of jO,00a000 of
people should not, in our judge
ment, be in any wise disturbed or
imperiled by difference OF opinion
on a matter local to our State. We
doubt not that the people Of Viz;
ginia will, in their own way, dis
pose OF local questions, but we de-
preciatc their interjection into ma
itional controversies which concern
the whole country. To do this
now we would only pcrpetuatc the
strife between the supporters of
Hancock, which your letter declares
V on do not desire. While we have
every confidence that the ticket
which we represent would be sue
cessful, we desire that the moral in
huence Of Virginia's action may be
everywhere felt ere the battle is end
ed; that all popular apprehensions
may at once be eased by that UNI
ion of all democrats which will put
h er cause beyond controversy or
question:
REPLY OF TIE READJUSTERs.
The rcodjusters' committee was
in session until 5 o'clock this after
noon, when they sent their reply to
the foregoing. The reply sets forth
that the readjusters' committee can
not consistently submit to any ar
bitration less potent than that of the
people Of Virginia, Signal failure
had attended every effort to secure
the popular endorsement of the first
proposition submitted by the con-
servativc committee, 0he mixed
electoral ticket plan.) 10 the peo-
pie of Virginia will the readjustcrs
committee consent to submit as az
bitrators, and this is the easiest and
most conclusive solution of the
whole matter. The last analysis of
democracy is that the majority
must rule, and by this standard it
is proposed to measure and contrast
the strength Of the opposing parties.
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