The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-07
Iror the Dispatch.l
'iFidewater's Greeting 10 "Save the
state. ava So Save the Union"

Tidewater's Greeting 10 save the
state. awa So save the Union"
The Valley has spoken as to the spirit OF
the " Shenandoah movement looking to q
lrcalitiou and consolidation OF the two divi-
sjops OF the great Democratic party OF Fir'
ginia, the great Southwest has given heI
liltterances, and Tidewater Virginia, with
her masses in perfect accord and conso'
nance with that spirit, now sends forth hel
salutations and greetings. The first and
paramount question for solution with us
| is, "Shall-a Democratic State cast Repub-
lican voter" Shall Virginia, with eleven
electoral votes, cast them for Garfield,
which would make difference OF twenty
two votes in the aggregate OF all the votes
Of the States, and which would probably
decide in favor Of a Republican President
Every other question and consideration
sink, dwarf, and melt into insignlhcance,
and the masses OF our people, whose hearts
are honest and noble, and whose lives are
adorned by the cbivalry Of labor, will not
be deluded by false issues and insidious APP
pesls, but, like Virginia yeomen, will stand
up for the white mans civilization trans
mitted to them by their fathers.
The people of Tidewater especially de-
sire peace and prosperity, which alone can
ton from all the attendant evils incident to
Republican domination. They yearn for
bOme.rule, return TO frugal and constitu
tional methods, local seIf-government, and
the autonomy OF the States, which Virginia.
in the sistelhoOd of States, has partially at
tanned by her natural alliance with the Ma
tional Democratic party; and in this the
bright promise of a budding future and the
halcyon hour Of success they are unwilling
to frt away the fruits of her achievements
and the prestige of her power in the last
decade without one plea for an armistice as
to ,Questions that divide them within the do
main OF State policy. AS Anglo SaXons
we can unite under the inspiration OF
a common ancestry. common cause,
common country, ana on grander and
more elevated plane, with the sentiment OF
q nationality, and unite in the slogan,
.' Save the State, and so save the Union"
have never swerved in my loyalty and
allegiance 10 the Conservative party, and
have always been an opponent OF the Re-
adiusters' policy. 1t was my province to
offer the Essex resolutions, owing to the
enthusiastic adoption Of which by the peo-
pie OF Essex there was no representation
in the Mozart-Hall Convention, nor has
there been any in any State Convention
since as i am advised Of. AS such. and
known as such, have watched with inter-
est the spirit OF the Shenandoah move
mentn and the compromise, have conferred
freely and canvassed it among the truest,
staltDchest, and most stalwart Democrats OF
this section for many months.
Before the recent Congressional Conven-
fon that met here, and during the sessions
OF that Convention, composed OF people
from this (FirsO district, stretching from
the mountains TO the ocean, there were
many friends and sympathzers fresh from
the people, and true representatives and
tribunes Of the people, who pledged an
active cooperation throughout the Tide
water section as soon as the idea could be
crystalized into practical shape and move
meat. Almost all with whom l conyersed
sympatbiZed with the movement except the
representatives of the press, whose policy
had been shaped or foreshadowed as being
opposed TO compromise. Even these ia
yored the idea II there could be successful
eoHsummation; but IL not successful when
commenced might impair the esprit du
corps OF our organization, aud be con-
strued as changing front in face Of the
enemy or retreating under fire.
In the May Convention at Richmond /
offered RESOLUTIONS inviting fraternal
union and cooperation OF the Readi usters
and Ddbt-Payers, which resolutions were
never publ he'd, and went TO the Commit
tee on Resolutions under rules after they
were read. The Chair decided they could
not be read under the rules, and after j
asked fora suspension OF the rules they
were read, and the demonstration showed
that the spirit OF the Convention was In
accord with them. Win any cool, candid,
and unprecedented Conservative pause or
isit? When such pure and brave men as
JNdge A. &. Allen, OF Shenandoah Gen.
efal James A. Walker, of Wythe Micajah
Woods, of Albemare; Frederick Fleming,
OF Louisa, and a host OF others, favor this,
wh0 can say that they are e0wardly, erin
ging mendcants and pensioners at the feet
OF the Readi and that they beiray
the 1isakness OF their cause from fear OF
losing the vantage ground rather than from
any tial@-nspired patriotism or nagnanimi-
ty OF salil9
The article In the Dispatch Of September
I'd signed .2'WirginiGn," and with the cap
ton "Sas,eabe State, and so Save tbeU nioU,"
Is the most feasible, practical. and best plan
have seen yet. Ysu say it cones from
q one Of the fsaest Democrats as weE Rs one
)f the most hieh-ton0e gentlemen in Var
yinja." The plan proposes that the Exc
,utive Committees OF both divisions Of the
party, with the consent Of the electors
,hofen by eset. agree that their names he |
placed in an Ordinary isTy-box and drawa 4
herefrOm, and the first eleven electors A
lfawn. without distinction. be voted upon, |
nd that the other eleven electors not drdwa
t0nce resign their positions, tsen both ccm-
nitfees In regular exercise Of their IegitI-
nak powers appoint the eleven electors so
hosan by lot to be voted on by all the Con.
eryaGges In the State.
/ cas speak advisedly when say that
Ion. 1holnas Croxton, CT my town. and
shom O. delegate asked TO be pnt as
Isctor OF the First district on the M5yI
Iaet0ral Ticket, and whose bright blade has
lresdy bee& flashing along the lines. en-.
orses this piSn, and Is in sympathy to save I
be State. Catholic and liberal ia bis views | /
J be Is gifted In speech and oratory and | Z
0werfui In debate, vigilant as be is sensi. | d
We about party integrity, he will resign to | I
srmonizs the dlyisjon II the cxigcpcy 3
Uses.
From facts and reasons known,to myself '