The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-11-03
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why should you vote tho hesolu''e'
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Are VOL, a i,epublicany Are you willing
"a become the ally Of CoxKLISc, CAMERON,
DAVIS. cg1SpLrs, and The rect OF the
crew Of bitter and malignant hsters OF ell
that Is southern!
Are You willing to see the negroes con-
trolling virginia. And don't you know
that but for the expectation Of getting nine
tentbs Of the negro votes, CAMERON would
withdraw tomorrow Could you conscien-
tiously rejoice in victory over the white
men Of Virgins gained by thirty thousand
whites leading q hundred thousand ne
grocss
Are YOU willing 10 rcpudiaie thirteen
millions Of bonds issued by your own
officers, signed by your own pubic ser
wants, under law passed by your own Le-
Sislaturc and approved by your own Gov
ernory Can you bImdly follow WILLIAM
MALONE into such gulf as thati DO you
not know that IL you were to repudiste the
entire debt in 1881 Il would knock at the
doors Of your Legislature in 1000, and
again and again until settled in accordance
with the wishes OF your creditors!
Are YOU wiling to follow multitude to
do wrong which you would not DO OF
your own motion, nor II you alone owed
the debt? Remember that YOU csnnot
diycst yourself OF responsibility by Join
ing crowd already engaged In an unlsU-
ful act. II thirteen thousand men have q
right to repudiste thirteen millions OF
debt one thousand men have the
right 10 repudiate one million, and
one man has the right 10 repudiSte one
thousand dollars Of debt, or any less OF
larger sum. You cannot diyest your
sell Of responsibility even by allowing
your neighbors to repudISte the debt
whilst YOU remain at home on electien-day
and refuse to vote. Their guilty act will
ring your guilt in your own ears. 1t Is
IS il you should see > man drowning and
turn your back and walk away from him.
You would see that man in your dreams rs
long as you lived. So it Is In the case be
forc Us. You cannot turn your back upon
the ballot-box, and walk away from It, and
expect to hold yourself guiltless Of the
crime the less thoughtful voters are about
TO pcrpetrate. 1t is your duty to come to
the rescue Of the credit Of the Common
wealth.
are You willing to keep Up the agitation
oil. the debt question forever in order that
ofsice-seckers may get into Fat places? DO
you really believe that MASSEY, RIDDLE
BERGER, NAHONK, CAMERON, BLAIR, and the
rest, have travelled all over Virginia, and
thus spcY Thousands Of dollars, either be-
cause they desire 20 serve you or the State,
or because they ere willing to spend ten
dollars in travelling in order to get rid Of
one dollar Of taxesf Is it reasonable that
men are in earnest in talking about high
taxes, and poverty, and loss OF property,
who have spent in the last two years ten
times az much money in travelling over the
State as they ever did or ever will pay in
the form OF taxes!
Are you willing TO desert the Democratic |
partyS Don't you know that every Demo
crat in the United States Senate and House |
Of Representatives, and in every State Of
ths South and the North, is anxiously
hoping for the triumph next Tuesday Of
the regular Democratic ticket in Virginia.
Wouldn't you be ashamed to be instru-
mental in aiding in defeating the Demo
cratic party Of Virginia and the Union!
Are you willing, In word, to become n
turncoatY Or will you not rather remain
true to your friends, your party, and your
country?