Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1880-10-05

might be lost to Hancock and English
through a quarrel among ourselves, over
questions, TO my mind, foreign to the
main ISSUE.
In my last speech made at Wytheville
! September 18th, in partial reply to Col.
Fulkerson's first speech after his nomi-
nation, | said: "When the two COM
/ mittees meet in Richmond on the 18th
inst, the party that refuses to compro-
mise will be Weakened" And the Fun
der committee did then and there refuse
to submit to a primary election to be
held on the 10th of October next to test
the strength of the two parties-Read-
juster and Funder-and in said election
the party proving the strongest was to
cast, through its electors, the electoral
vote of Virginia for Hancock and Eng
lish. This is my understanding of the
matter, and think was no unfair prop
osilion. Now, the 10Th of May ticket,
to my mind, is weakened, and the 7th
of July ticket is strengthened, because
it is Of the people and is not afraid of
| the people as the other party seem to be.
When Il party becomes 50 timid that it is
afraid of the people, II is safe to assume
that it is trying to misguide the people.
If the Funder party were seeking
compromise in good faith, then they
have acted in bad faith with true Dem
ocracy, which teaches that majoritics
| rule, and not minoritics. This is the
essence of representative government,
and on it hangs the law and the proph-
cts. When maiorities cease to rule, then
the vitals Of democracy are destroyed,
and another form of government takes
its pace-one that is not representative
but at war with every principle of our
free institutions, and contrary to all con-
sttulional law and Federal compacts.
If Funder instincts are so great, and
their capacity so Unsuitable that nothing
will do them bat n square, open fight in
this district, say let them have ii, and
| will withdraw from the canvass and
let this newly TRIGG-ed uag-Mr. Me
Culloch's last, bring up the rear as | did
two years ago.
have been sacrificed on more fields
than one. and am glad that am ready
and willing to be offered up again, that
my country may he redeemed from fraud,
my State from Shylorks, my people
from bondage, aud my children from
heritage of woe.
And now to your tents! Oh, Readjus-
ters and let every man do his duty
"lIew to the line, let the chips fall
where they may" Let REIMBURSEMENT
be your pillar Of cloud by day and your
pillar of fire by night. We want Han
cock boom and big REIMBURSEMENT
boom-one that will thrill every fibre in
the heart Of REIMBURSEMENT, and cause
shudder to steal into the very soul Of n
decaying aristocracy, which has clung
to the heart Of Virginia, fattening on
the sweat and toll Of her children. Re
member that Hugh lMcCulloch, with his |
non-taxahle and golden bond, will be 1T
your door again demanding his pound of
flesh
And now ] appeal TO my rersonsl
friends, as well as my political friends
all over the Ninth Congressional Dis
trict, and elsewhere, to give not rest to |
their Limits nor Slumbcr to their cyclids |
until they have rallied every man they |
can to Colonel Abram Fulkerson, the |
standard bearer of our party, and as |
sure M fate. the first week in November |
next, a shout of victory will be heard |
that will break the stiffness of these |
mountain wilds, and cresttallen Funder-
ism. with its brazen front, will hide |
itself in ignominious defeat, and will |
call upon the mountains to fall upon its |
TO hide IL from the wrath 10 come.
TO my old friend, Gov. MrMullin, |
have this to sap: You IRE n Readiuster
in whom there Is no guile, one who has
lshored in the cause from early morn till
"a
we let u Funder slip into Congress-
You blame me, and blame you. Any
Way, the blame lies between us. and we
can make no amends 'or it now, only by
getting ont of the wav and preventing
the like again. The blame shall not lie
at my door this time. Governor, do MS
have -wlthuraw--and II will be-
the browning act of " long. honorcd and
useful life. You have won all that an
honorable ambition can crave. Magma
nimity, shown In its true spirit, IL worth
more than n aeat IN Congress.
10 my friends, feel more than CRATE
ful. Though many Of them do not ap-
prove the course have pursued, still |
hope they will be- patient and not con-
denim me for what have done, as this
|
the future will reveal to them what |
scc from nv standpoint now. have
sren The rnd from the beginning. What
| hive Lost IN the struggle my people
will gain; aud though al humble farm
or, ss | am, if | am never honored with
n seat IN The councils Of nv country,
where farmers src seldom found. nm
Glad thnrc are many other men who ARE
willing to make sacrifices. and serve the
dear people. have lived half ccntu-
ry. and IN the battle with The world I
hs,e clung 10 The truth and The right,
never dcigning 10 climb where merit
could not lead. ginriln" witha Jealous
eve good nnme, which Il to he chosen
rather than great riches: md now, rs |
stand hevond the meridian of ltfe. |
would rather hc doorkpeper ih The
camp Of Repdinaiment than 10 he the
nominee of Fundcr Convention: for
houchi honor II SHAME. ns the WAGES of
sin Is death. shnll endcayor TO live IN
the future NJ have In the past, not for
mvsclf alone. hut for my country and
my countrv's GOOD.
am, your humble fellow citizen,
SAM. H. NEwBERRY.
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