The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-04-14

sion had been made on account OF color the
Senator would probably have reg ,rded the
This opposition to Riddlebergcr was in view of
the coming election in Virginia. IL was de-
sire TO uphold bourbonism there; i was Q de-
sire to uphold the party which, while openly
processing obedience to the Constitution, held
by mental reservation purposes hostile to the
which did not believe in the right Of the freed
man to vote; II was to uphold party that,
while nominally accepting the Cincinnati plat
an honest count had been demanded, had in
troduced q Constitutional Amendment requir~
of8cer on any account until he had paid his
captatton tax. This effort was to uphold
party which defied the Democratic creed. and
which had undertaken. by methods OF tndirec-
ton, to disfranchise the colored man. That
was the purpose, and whether his colleague had
not speak. He i mt Mahonei had ne never % given given
that doctrine his assent, either in public or at
the ballot-box. For one he wanted no political
serfs In Virginia He wanted no longer any
condition of personal servitude. He asserted
the right, sacred to all men, of free, untram-
ever might be the professions of Gentlemen
on that subject he stood prepared here on this
noor, by the courage of the men who were be-
in vireinie ~ least there should be . free suf
frage, apf II =o"-"ye, . full vote and al
q the aSG he
said IL by brave men who stood at his back In
sae cause OF s Hs ToId tell the Sen
Of sterner stun than they calculated, and
would survive any record Investigation. The
had been elected by the Bourbon funding par
ty. He had been the candidate of the people,
who had nominated him at the polls BY a ma
tOrity OF over 10000, in an election where the
Senatorship had been made an issue He knew
Of no consideration which could have induced
have held any place at the head of the Bour-
bon or funding party OF Virginia. He was un-
der no obligations to it or its champions
hero or elsewhere. His allegiance under God
was to his country, and his frst duty to the
people OF Virginia 1t was true the Read
Hancock and English, but it was equally true
IL had forborne and purposely forborne, from
instructing for those candidates as nominees
OF the Democratic party. He referred tn the
manner OF his election. asserting that there
had been a combination againat him, and that
SSeh sss
been willing to trade a seat I'm the United
States Senate for few county officers. II
the other side loved. none Of it for him. Tue
purpose OF the Readjust was to stay the
Virsia % so S6 S sSe 10 as grae 70 nf
States to her original position in the sister
hood of States. Far be IL from him that his
by a caucus whose party had waged war on
his constituents, and whose party success was
held paramount 70 what he conceived to be
the whole country. The Readjusters OF Vir-
ginia bad no feeling OF hostility, no words of
faith, and IL was his earnest hope, that the
march of enlightened civilization and
human progress would proceed until Gods
great family should everywhere enjoy the
blessings of civil, religious and political
liberty: The colored man had been loyal to
Virginia in all the days of conflict and blood
she'd which had come Of the heroic struggle in
the war of sections. By no act of his was
either the clash or his freedom invoked. He
had not measured his duties by the considera-
tiou OF sclf-lnterest. Not so much could be
said Of the distinguished statesmen who urged
the South to resist the Readjusters In behalf
OF principles held to be fundamental. Wiz.
ginia had not forgotten her abandonment
from that quarter. and needed no counsel as
to her duty. To him and the people Of Viz
mere geographical expression" and no longer
epitomizcd a dream of empire. IL do not
question: he said, in conclusion, the dream
of that hope and aspiration, but 1t was
qCenchei i'm blood; and the South of our day
has acluieseed in the decision of the war
The Democratic party affirms that decision iI
it's National platform and in declarations OF
its Chairman. 1 am here to assert that vfr
ginia, the mother of the Union, renews hel
old-time faith and devotion to the Govern
ment her honored son aided to construct, an6
In furtherance thereof I propose to give my
best abilities and to exert my every energy.
| CApplause and hisses.1