The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-02-18
Aaar ess Of the state Ceutrat COMMIT
tee oT the emocrattc Party =" '"e
tp.oulc 0f virginia..

tee ar inc emocrattc Party 90 the
People OF vtrgtnia.
The State Cnlrai Committee of the Con.
servaiiye. Democratic party OF virgins, al
session held IN the city Of Richmond on
the 10th OF February, 1881, unanimously
adnp,ed the following resolution:
| Resofred, That convention be beld IN
| the CITY OF Richmond on the first Thursday
fourth day) Of August, 1881. and that In
every city and county there shall be one
delegate and one alternate for every 2oo
votes and fraction OF 200 votes exceeding
| 100 cast 10 such city or county Tor the TWO
| Hancock aud English electoral tickets III
the late presidential election; and all INA,
supported Hancock and Epglish IN either
ticket are invited 10 participate in The eiec'
ton OF delegates 10 the Convention, ana we
assure them hearty welcome ana an earnest
pledce that we will 10 good faith cooperate
with them all In striving TO unite the Con-
seryaiiye. Democratic party to save the state
from the Radical Republican party in the
November election.
Pursuant TO this resolution the Conser-
vative voters OF Virginia. irrespective OF
past differences on whatever su6lecf, are
invited TO assemble in their various countie.
and cities, under the direction OF the iocal
authorities OF the Conservative party, ana
choose delegates TO speak their VIII IN pup
lie convention.
In accordance with the uniform policy OF
This committee. aud its duty as II has ever
understood IL, il summons 10 participation
lin This choice every member OF that great
party 10 whose keeping the public interests
of Virginia have been committed for so
many years.
Last, almost, among the southern States
TO cscspe The mailed hand Of military des-
potism. Virginia, under the wise counsels OF
this party, was the first TO resume her place
as a self governing Commonwealth; aud
while tempest Of corruption and robbery,
OF social terror and public discard. swept
her unhappy sisters, she marched steadily
onward In career OF peace and happiness,
pursued by methods that were the models
on which those less fortunate States pain
fully and slowly won the heights which
she reached, through Conservative TIL
umph. at single bound. And now
that a menace 10 the supremacy III her
government Of The virtue and iDtelli-
gence OF her people confrontS Us more
fatal than any we have encountered since
the woke Of the Underwood Constitution
WIS lightened. let Us meet II IN that spirit OF
upitv and Cancellation never heretofore III
yoked m vain. our party had It's Diftl IN
the Ilroes Of a supreme act OF compromise.
II has waXed mighiy, 'nourisbed by concill-
atoms; It Is the child OF sacrifices; 1t has not
lost the cipab,Iily OF concession, and never
before has the need been more urgent. En-
c0uraged by our divisions, tue Republican
pan y, which eight years ago made but
feeble struggle for the prizes OF govern
meni, aud -four years since fled from the
| A. "a int da lIp "
isience in the late election, aud under cir.
cumstances The most dis ,ouraging disclosed
a strength which with slight increase would
have swept the State.
What Republican triumph in southern
Commonwealth means lei the wretched re-
cord OF fifteen years attest. IL signifies, IN
a word, the dcthronement of the virtue,
character, intelligence, and property OF the
State, and The erection on Their runs of
dynasty Of prcfigacy, ignorance, and malice,
whose unvarying fruits in southern States
have been social degradation, universal rob-
berry, continued disoFders-'be undOng, IN
our case, Of the toilsome labor Of twelve
conservative years.
Higher, in our judgment, than any other
issue that can be presented 10 our people Is
the preservation OF their civilization and
the maintenance Of white supremacy in
their government; this is The life OF
the State; our FIRST duty; all else is second
arv TO it. To secure 1t fer ourselves, to
transmit it to our children Is, TIE sovereign
service imposed upon Us by our time and
circumstances. This must be saved, what
ever is lost; and TO r. scue 1t and plant it on
enduring foundations j. an obligation that
mounts high above the domain OF party poll
Tics and demands OF Us every sacrifice.
/ A.. Ia, I,lia dol. hn
Committee dsclainls any power or purpose
10 speak for The atve.Democracy OF
| Virginia. Ii but states historical facts,
| however, when it alleges that all previous
attempts TO settle it have proved but par
italy effectiye-that its settlement is mat
ter of admitted snd urgent nCed-and
the Conservative, aud not the RepuO-
hear, party az Virginia Is the or
ganlzation 10y which that settlement
must be made If i! is TO be dcfoilive
and AT the same tImt just No guaranty
OF final aud acceptable settlement can be
afforded half 80 potent and egectual a, the
pledge Of united ConServatiSe party.
When that party ,cdS united it announced
in lis state Convention OF 1877 that wha-
ever scheme Of adjustment might be adopted
It should he so ordered as 10 add nothing
TO ibe burdens Of the people 10y way
OF increased taxation, and doubles, that
resolve will be adhered to when again
il shall spcaf with united voice.
In this interest we urge the conservative
people OF Virginia TO send to the CoDven'
ton OF the 4ih Of August their most reple-
sentative fellow cilizens-men who Will
wisely as wen as faithfully reflect their
0piniOns-wilh the view to dnal cOmpr0-
mise and settlement Of the debt on such
concession OF extreme position as the best
Judgment Of the Convection may deem me-
ceSSary.
This concord is likewise needed to secure
the pubic-schooi system OF the State. As
the founder Of that system, its hereditary
guardian and unflinchCg friend, the Con.
>eryalive- Democracy will see to the preser-
walton OF this bepeGcent Institution to its
development, and TO its defence against all
| asssilants.
We invoke now the spirit Of concord which
brought together in the late election so
many Conservatives formerly estranged to
the end that Virginia ia her domestic affairs
may speak with the certain and potential
voice which marked her response in tbe'
Federal contest--that order. social free
dom, and tue blessings OF good gov
ernment may be added 10 Tie advantages
of material prosperity, Of which The
| omens are 80 suspicious. We invoke it
no less that in the great contest OF the near
| future for the rights OF States and the prin-
cipies If constitutional liberty, Virginia
may MOI be prevented by divided Conserya.
tive counseis from WELDING her whole
strength Ia the good cause to " hich her go-
| riOus history commits her.
In view OF these urgent needs for The
! united counsels and energies Of tie Conser-
ye-DemOcFatic marty Of VIRGINIA we