The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-11-04

and the weekly Dispatch are the last 'i'a'
.,,,,, ro,ch our readers in the country be-
fore election day. We wish to say re"
last words TO them, therefore, IN regard to
che coming elections.
I. DO not forget that we are engaged IN
avht between the Republican and the
Democratic parties. II there were no other
Issue involved In the campaign, that iac'
alone ought to be sufficient 10 induce every
true man in Virginia TO rally TO The support
Of DAsIgi., BARBOUR, and MchINNSY.
Nv your votes this year. you WIN
decide the fate OF the Democratic par
tv OF the United States. You viii declde
whether FtrLEERsoN and PAUL shall vote
with the Democrats or with the kepuoh-
canS--whcthcr they sball aid the RepuDli'
cans TO Cypress us, or The Democrats 10
logislata for the whole country. You VIII
decide whether the United States Senate
shall be Democratic after the 4th OF March,
1883, or controlled by the enemies OF your
state and yourselves. You viii, in aword,
vote either with the defenders OF Vir-
pinia's GOOD name or the libellcrs OF her
fair fame. II is perfectly Idle Tor the
Mahoneites longer 10 pretend that he Is
Democrat. He is no such thing. lie
Is the ally Of ARTHUR, and GRANT, ana
CoNKIIYG, and CHANDLER. NO Democrat
in the United States recognizes him as
Democrat. As we said the other day, ne
has gone over to the.Rcpublican party. lie
is now trying TO deliver this honored ola
Commonwealth TO that party. It's Tor the
voters 20 say whether he shall succeed or
not. His followers have been misled step
bv step until now large proportion OF the
thirty thousand voters who last fall voted
for HE bogus electoral ticket are ready to
walk with him into the fold OF the RepuD-
lean party. Are you doing all that you can
10 nrcyent this sad result? II not, arouse
yourselves and go TO work at once. 1t is
not too late TO work. On the contrary, IS
the time for speaking and writing has
PASSED. the time for constant, persistent,
untiring work is now upon us. We must
not suffer Virginia TO stray off into the Re
publican party. II we do, Georgia, South
Carolina Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama,
and I'll the other southern states will soon
find springing up within their borders
men who will lead the discontented whites,
and try to step into Office from the negro's
shoulders. We repeat, the national Demo
cratic party win have received its death
wound in Virginia.
2. The state is to be re-districted next
winter for the election Of members OF Con-
gross. II you elect 4 Republican-Read-
juster LEGISLATURE, a majority Of the dis
tricts win surely be turned over to the Re-
publicans. Won't you work for the next
three days to prevent that resultS
3. Judges OF the Supreme Court OF AZ
peaIs are 10 be elected by the next Legisla-
ture. Amongst the men elected by Re-
publican-Readiuste Legislature would De.
no doubt, just such bitter Republicans as
john r. LEWIS, and Just such malignant
Regdjusters as were last year chosen to I'll
some Of the county iudgeships. Will you
consent thus to Republicanlze even your
courts of justice2 or to put incompetents
upon the bench Of your highest Judicial tri-
bunalS
4. Reputation is involved in tho cleo
tons. Thirteen millions Of dollars OF
bonds are to be repudi ted, though these
bonds are your own. They arc nobody
olse's. They are not particularly Governor
WALKERS bonds, nor Governor HOLIDAYS
bonds, nor Governor KESPER's bonds. |
They arc the bonds OF every Yirginian.
They are your bonds. II they are repu-
dated you will be a repudiator-yes, you;
and you, and you. You cannot escape the
responsibility nor the disgrace. The Lo-
g1slaturcs which authorized these bonds to
be issued were your Legislatures; the
Governors who approved the bills were
your Governors; the officers that signed the
bonds and Issued them were your officers.
o. And we again remind you that il the
Democrats are defeated next week Virginia
will no longer be governed by her white
men. The negroes will constitute much
the larger division Of the new party. The
whites will he comparatively few. The
Democrats would feel that there was really
no contest il ii were not for the negroes.
These are numerous enough TO be formi-
dable. II they all vote the ReSdjuster
ticket it will require, IS we have said here
tofore, the vote OF every white Democrat
in the State 10 overcome tho combined
strength Of the thirty thousand white Re
adiusters and their negro allies. But there
are seventy-threo thousand more white
than negro voters in the State, and 1t can
hardly be possible that enough OF these
whites will follow MALONE to give him sue
cess.
q. And the RDDLEBERGER bill Ia TO be
killed. Let ii bo slain at once. 1t il bill
OF denominations. Smother it with honest
ballots.
Men and brethren, this q most important
election. Let neither rain nor snow, nor
sunshine nor storm, nor cold nor heat, nor
Republican nor Readiuster, induce YOU TO
stay at home next Tuesday. Strike one
powerful blow for your State, your sec
ton, and your whole country.
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A Free Ballot and Fair Count.
OF all the war-cries which were ever en-