Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-12-01
Address to Republicans.


At meeting Of the Virginia State
Republican Executive Ccm@l1sseeEsl0
In Richmond on the 2Srd Of November,
1880, the following address was adopted
and ordered 10 be printed
/ To the Republicans Of Yirsiaia -
We have just passed through cam
vass..in which we have had to contend
against the most formidable obstacles
and yet we have gained one member OF
Congress ard cast oyer "a, 900 votes for
Gen. Garfield for President.a vote with
which, when he becomes acquainted with
the difficulties that surrounded Us, he
cannot but be deeply gratifed. Not
only did we suffer largely from the an
just requirement Of the prepayment OF
the capitation tax and OF the failure oil
Commissioners Of the Revenue to assess
large numbers Of our voters, but the
plans and purposes Of the State Execu.
| tive committe were from the commence
ment seriously interfered with thwsrtcd
and INSTRUCTED by parties both inside
and outside the State, whose duty it was
to have aided and sustained the Com
mittee in every possible legitimate way.
These distractions eliminated in the
very last days of the canvass in DELHI
crate, strenuous and costly effort to
transfer the Republican vote ofths State
from its own candidate, Gen. GARFIELD, to
one OF the Democratic Electoral Tick.
cts that was being run in Virginia.
Your committee did all in its power IN
the brief period which was left to coun'
teract this deep treason to the Repub-
lican party of the country, this gross
injury aud insult to the Republicans Of
Virginia, but it was impossible to get
information OF the baseness OF this
movement to all Of the voting places,
or even to all OF the counties, IN the
State, and thousands of votes were thus
lost to Garfield and the Republican
party. But your own staunch deyo.
ton to the principles OF the Republic
can party caused you to stand solldly
by your party and with your $4,000
united voices for Garfield and Arthur
to administer the steFnest rebuke 10
those who conceived and engineered
this traitorous aud disgraceful scheme
for making Republicans desert
their own honored chief and support his
Democratic opponent.
Had we neen allowed TO carry out
our plan Of campaign without interfer'
enae OIL the part of any but our natu-
raj foes. the Democrats, under what
ever pame they fought, you would have
carried the State by large plurality for
yoar own ticket and you would have
achieved the great end of dividing the
solid South on the Presidential Ques-
ton, a result that would have been of
'incslculable benefit to the whole coun.
try.
The result of this canvass shows that
with an united party here we can con-
troll event, in Virginia. With harmony
and unity in our ranks aud a strict ad.
|herence 10 Republican principles and a
Hxed determination to succeed, we can
at the next election get such represen
tation in the State government as will
make the Republican party control its
measures and will enable it TO remove
from the statute books, with entire
Justice to all, maRy laws that now
operate most unjustly and with especial
harshness upon Republicans. To this
end it Is essential to have Thorough
organizations in the party throughout
the whole State and Throughout every
county IN the State. For that purpose
we earnestly call upon you 10 maintain
aud extend your organizations and 10
take all measures to increase your vo-
hng strength. Keep your county orsani-
cations full and put into them your best
aud strongest men. Transform your
Garfield and Arthur clubs into Republi-
can clubs and in districts where you
have no clubs esta blish them. Have
meetings of your clubs once a month,
for the present, and at every meeting
increase your numbers. Let it be un-
derstood among you that you arc Re-
publicans and nothing else and avoid
all efforts to detach you from the party
tor any purpose and move solidly to-
gether on all political questions and
when the next election for Governor
and members of the Legislature takes
place you will find that you have carried
the Republican party to the full front in
the State of Virginia and will receive
the applause OF the Republicans Of the
whole country.
WINS. e. WICKHAx, Chairman.
ARTHUR A. SPITzER, Secretary.