Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-09-19
TELEGRAPHIC.
VIRGINIA.
A COpiOus Exposition of Views.
No Compromise Can be Effected
and the Game is Up.

conservative committee considered
last night the readjusters' PROPOSE
ton providing for primary cleo
ton plan, but propose a modifca
ton of details so as to provide that
only white qualified democratic
voters shall be allowed to vote in
the primary. This proposition, after
a brief consideration, was rejected
by the readjusters, who decided to
adhere to their original proposition,
which provides that all registered
voters, whether they have paid cap
itation tax or not, who may pledge
themselves to vote for Hancock and
English, shall vote at the primary
election.
The letter of the conservative
committee to that of the readjusters,
accepting the latter's plan for a
primary election, submitting certain
amendments to said plan, has just
been made public. In it the commit
tee say: "Ne'regret that your COM
mittee did not accept the plan of
compromise which we submit
ted to you in Difference to
a decree of many of our
people of all shades of opinion on
local issues, but we share in the dis
position which you declare, not to
''perpetuate a strike between the
supporters of Hancock and English" :"
and stand ready to meet you in any
fair, honorable and just terms of re
conciliation and concession, which
shall clearly and unequivocally
maintain the principles enumerated
and the nominees presented by the
Cincinnati convention of the nationv
al democracy. We propose to amend
the third section of the plan of
Cancellation submitted by your COM
mittee so as to require that none but
legal voters, who are national demo
Gratis, shall participate in the cleo
ton. Gen. Hancock and Mr.
English were nominated by the regu-
lar democratic convention. The
delegates who shared in their nomi
nation were all democrats. No
democrat can fttingly object to con-
fining the selection of those who are
to be entrusted 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 profession, from
voting for Hancock and English.
We welcome all who wish in good
faith to support them, but party
fealty, prudence and unvarying Gus
tom alike require that representa-
tives of the party be chosen by mem
bers of the party. Some of the
members of the party which your
committee represents have publicly
declared that in their opinion a
majority of Virginia democrats are
in sympathy with them. We can not
see that they can object to the test
of the democratic primary election
which would only result, if they be
correct, in vindicating their judg-
ment We invoke the test"
Several other amendments of minor
Importance here follows. In conclu
sion the committee say:
Seeking only the triumph of The
national democracy, we will cordially
join with you in this effort to unite
all of it's adherents if it meets you1
appreciation. The political destiny
of fifty millions of people should not
in our judgment, be in anywise dis
turbed or imperiled by difference OF
opinion upon matter Local
to our state. We doubt
not that the people ot
Virginia will in their own way dis
pose of local questions, but we dep
recate their interjection into nation
al controversies which concerns the
whole country. To do this now
would only perpetuate strife between
the supporters of HaL cock, which
your letter declares you do not de
sire. While we have every conf
dence that the ticket which we rep
resent would be successful, we desire
that the moral influence of Virginia
action may be everywhere felt ere
the battle is ended, and that all pop
ular apprehension may at once b.
eased by that union of all democrat:
which will put her course beyond con
troyersy or question"
The readjusters committee were il
session until 5 o'clock this evening
when they sent their reply to t61, 61
foregoing. The reply sets forth tha
the readiusters committee can no
consistently consent to any arbitra,
ton less potent than that Of the pee
pie of Virginia. A signal failure na
attended every effort to secure
popular endorsement of til
first proposition submitted b
the conservative committee, vi;
the mixed electoral ticket plar
10 the people of Virginia
will the readjusters' committee cor
sent to submit as arbitrators an,
this is the easiest and most conclu.
slve solution of the whole matte,
The last analysis of the democracy !
that the majority must rule, and b.
this standard it is proposed t,
measure and contest the strength O
the opposing parties. The amend
ments proposed to the readjusters