Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-08-25

FRIENDS or VIRGINIA:
have responded to your
call to be with you to-day.
not only for the reason that
my heart is enlisted In the
cause which you advance.
but also because | claim
some right to speak here
and TO Virglnians. A hum
bred years ago my ances-
tor, n Nirginian, left this
state to fight the Indians In
South Carolina. and fell
there. Nearly n century
later almost every male de-
sccndant of his who could
then buckle sword came
hitler to fight and die for
Virginia and Virginians. do
not understand that | come
here to dictate n policy To
you or to advise you what
you must do. Rather am |
here 10 consult with you Ms
a Democrat, Ms q man, aud
as a southern sOldier-as
one who looks back to the
time when he shared with
YOU prlvatlons and suffer
Ing and defeat In the army
ofNOrthern Virginia. | am
here to voice the earnest
hope that ! feel, to utter the
feryent prayer Of my heart,
that Virginia. the mother
of states aud statesmen, Of
heroes and patriots-tlie
state that gave the brain
that conceived aud the
hand that penned the Dec
laration vi Independence
the state that gave the
sword that made that indie
pendence a iact-will not
prove recreant to all her
high traditions.
What Is Nirglnia's dtlty
nowY You hardly realize
my friends how much de
ponds on the action OF your
state. You do not bring
home to your thought what
u responsibility you carry
In this contest. We of tile
south, who, having been So
long plunged Into outer
darkness, have at last
emerged frum the black
ness OF despair. aud carried
forward our states to where
they belong In the splendid
sisterhoOd, come to you to-
day, aud tell you that We
mean victory. We intend
to subordinate every SELF
ish personal consideration:
we intend To put away ev-
cry side issue; we intend
to look solely and only to
the Democratic platform
and the Democratic stand
urd-bearers, and with Gods
help we intend to win this
light for that platform and
for those acknowledgements.
VIII Virginia, when We
have success In our very
grasp; will the men who
were born free. men who
were reared under the doc
trincs OF Jefferson and OF
Madison; Will the men who
followed Lee and jackson,
will you sacrifice the Dem
ocratic party, will you sac
riiice tile south, will you
sacrifice the national gov
ernment, by aiding, indi-
reclly though 1t he, TO elect
a Republican presidentp |
cannot believe IL. Realize,
ii You can, what will follow
n Republican triumph In
November. You have all
seen what strides that party
has made toward central
ization. you have seen your
/ judges stricken down by
the mailed hand OF the
national government: YOU
have seen the Republican
party mass troops at ,ouf
polls to oyerawe your free
suffrage; you have seen
their deputy niarshals, THEFT
supervisors, their return
ing boards, tile Instrument,
ran overthrow Of the last
vestige of state rights.
tell you. my cOuntrymen,
the late OF the south will b,
harder than ever II the Re.
publican party Is success
ml in this campaign. W,
shall behold no more fire.,
elections, no more untraIu'
mellcd expression OF pollt'
ical sentiment, and no On'
of us now living will eyel
again see n restoration Il
Democratic rule and prln'
ciple.
ii we elect the Demo.
cratic nominees the Repub
llcan party will 20 to piece
like u rope of sand. TheiI
mission is ended, II the!
ever had n mission. Their,
Is nothing that holds then
together to-day save "th'
cohesive power of publil
plumber The Republican
party is the party OF hate
the party of rank and rabbi
sectiOnalism. The Demo
cratic party is the party u
peace and OF union tina
would blot out all sectlOna
differences forever, and
has proven this In the nom
ination OF General llancocI
at Cincinnati. There wa
but one feeling there anon
the southern delegates
That feeling was espresso
when we said to our north
ern Democratic brethren
"Giye us "A northern Dem
! ocrat who can tie elected
We bring you l3s vote
: and we ask you To bring u
a man who eau bring US 0
more.n They gave us I'll
man; his name is HancocI
! That name took like wild
IRE at Cincinnati, as II Ia
. taken like wildiire from on
end of the union Ia III
! other. Since that nonlina
: tlon was made, every ma
! who was In that CONVEX
ton has come to the col
clusion that we could nj
possibly have made a wise
= or a better. When Han
cock was nominated Ba,
: ard wrote To me that u
! was perfectly satisiled--ihi
( Hancock was the only ma
? who had no opponents
9 the party, and furthermorl
that he was one agains
whom the bloody shil
could not be waved. W
have put II In the power
the people to elect III
ticket. They can elect
II they will. You will hei
to-day from one who CD
speak better than any oth'
man alive for Forth Ca
olina--nay, for the who
south. Gov. Vance WI
confirm my words, and u
you that we can carry OF
states, that we can earl
the south, If you will on
carry Virginia. He h
come, like me, to appeal
you no. 10 forsake us In Il
hour OF our need. appe
to you In the name Of q
great men of Virginia.
know that both sides a
sincere In this local hgl
i know there are hone
men and true in both 20
factions, but whether "
be re-adjuster or fund,
whether you be gree
hacker or hard-money ma
IadJure you, In Gods nan
remember that you are VI
ginians.