Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-18
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPH NEWS
Address Of the State Central Commit.
tee of the Democratic Party to the
People OF Virginia..

leC Oh TIC DeuOCraLIC IdTfy 10 Inc
People OF Virginia..
RICHMOND. Va, Feb. is, lSSO.-The State
Central Comuittee f the ConseIvative-D Demo.
cratic patty CT Virginia. at session held Wed.
n:sday unanimously adopted tho following res
olutior:
Resolved, That convention BIO held in the
CITY OF Richmond on the first Thursday fourth
day of August. 1881, and that in every city
and county there shall DO ouc delegate and one
alternate for every 200 voters asd fraction of
200 voters exceeding 100 cast in such city or
county for the two Hancock and Engish celec.
toral tickets 10 the late presidential election;
ard all that supported Hancock apd English on
either ticket are invited to participate in the
eectloo OF delegates to the Convention, and we
assure them hearty welcome aud Oh earnest
pledge that We will in good faith cooperate
witt than 81! in striving to unto the Conser
vatiVe- Demo cratic party to save the State from
tho Radical. Republican party 10 the Novem-
bar electio2.
Pursuant to tLis resolution the Conservative
voters OF Virginia, irrespective ct past differ.
encss ca whatever subject, are iuvited to as.
semsla in their various counties and cities,
under the direction OF the local authorities of
the Conservative par y, and CHOOSE delegates to
speak their will 10 public convention.
In accotdsnc, with the uniform policy Of this
con mlitec. and is duty as it has ever under
stood l.. /: summons to participation 10 this
choice eVNy member of that great marty to
whose kctplug The public interests ct Virginia
hlvo been committed for so many years.
Lass, almost. cmtDg tho Southern States
10 escape tho mailed hard OF military des.
potisu, Virginia. ubder the wise c,unsels OF
this party, vas tho first to resume her place as
q eel! governing Commonwealth and wbilo
tempest OF corruption and robbery, ct social
terror AID public disco1d, swept over her un
happy sters, sho marched steadily Onward in
career OF peace aud happiness. pursued by
methods that were the models on which those
less for.uaato States painfully and slowly won
tho heights which she reached, through conser.
vatiVc triumph, at single bound. And COW
that menace &c tho supremacy in her govern
mont OF tho virtue and Intelligence Of her
people contents Us more iatpl than ATTY We
have encountered size, the yoke of the Uuder
wood Constitution vas lghtened. let Us meet it
10 that split OF unity and corc!iiation never
heretofore invck:d iu vaia. Our party had its
birth in tho throes Of supreme aot Of compro.
mice. II has waved mighty, noulished by con.
cllialoas il is the child of sacrifices it has
not lost Inc cala5iliiy of concession, and never
b, fire has tho need been more urgeat. Er-
cou'aged by our divisions. the republican party,
which eight years ago made tu. feeble str1g.
gle for the prz!s OF government, and four years
Eisce fed from the hsld, suddenly soranc into
formidable existence in tho late election, ADD
uuder circumstances the most disc ,uraging dis.
closed strength which with slight inoreass
would have swept the State.
What republican triumph ia a Southern
Commonwealth means let the wre(cled r,c,rd
OF fifteen years attest. k signifies, 10 word
tho reinforcement OF tho virtue. character, iu-
telllgaGca aud property OF tho State, and the
ertc 100 op th,lt rul15 OF dYnss;y of prcfliga-
cy, lenorence, and malice, whose unvaryiug
fruits IN Southern States have been social
degradation, universal robbery. continued dis
orderS-lhe undolDg, 10 our ice, OF the toilaome
labor ct twsl7e consecutive years.
Higher IN cur Judgment, than Spy ether
issue that can be presented to cur people is the
preservation OF their civilization and the MAIN
tenauce OF white supremacy 10 their govern
mont; this is tho Ifs of the State; our first
duty; all else is secondary to it. 10 secure |,
tor ourselves, to transmit it 10 our children is,
the sovtr5le n serVIcs imposed upon us by our
time and circumstances. This must BIO saved,
whatever is lost; aud to rcscuo it and plant il
on enduring foundations is 40 obligation tha!
mounts high above the dom iu of party politic,
and demands of US every sacrifice.
Upon the question of tho public debt the Com.
mlstee disclaims any power or purpose to speak
Tor tie Conservative Democracy of Virginia. 1t
but states historical facts, however, when il al
leges that all previous attempts to settle it have
proved but partially effsctive-that its settle
mont ia matter Of admitted and urgent need
and the Conservative. and not the Republican,
party of Virginia is the organization BY which
that settlemen mt must be made if it is to be deHn-
live and ct the same time lust. No guar"
anty of final and acceptable settlement can be
AFFORDED hslt go potent and efiectual as the pledge
of united Conservative party.
When that party 1Oas united il announced in
It's Stste convention Of 1877 that whatever
scseme CT adjustment might be adopted it
should DO SO ordered as to add nothing to the
burdens OF the people by way of increased taxa.
ton, and doubtless that resolve will be adhered
to when again it shall speak with united voice.
In this interest we urge the conservative people
Ct Virginia TO send to the convention of the 1sh
ctlzens--men who will wisely ss we'll as faith
FULLY feilsc! their opinions-Wi.h the view to a
final compromise and settlement of the debt on
such concession OF extreme position as the best
judgment oftbe convention may deem necessary,
inns coaco!d Is likewise needed to secure the
pooiiS sSAooi sJstSW VI Inc StAte. as the
founder of that system. its hereditary guardian
and ut illnehing friend, tho conservatve-dem.
ocracy Will see TO the preservation of this benz.
lcent institution-to its developement and to lis
defence against all assailants.
We invoke now the spirit Of concord which
brought together in the late election 80 many
conservatives formely estrenged to the end that
Virginia IN her domestic affairs may speak with
the certain and potential voice which marked
her response in the Federal contest-that order,
social freedom. and the blessings of good eoy.
eminent msy be added to the advantages of
material prosperity. of which the omens are go
suspicious. We invoke it 40 less that in the
great contest of the near future for the rights of
States and the principles of constitutional lber.
~ Virginia may not bs prevented by divided
Conservative couuaels from welding her whole
strength in the good cause 10 which her glorious
history commits her.
IN view OF these urgent needs for the united
councils and enorgies of the Conservative Dem-
o &C party of Virginia we earnestly invoke
u.s. Us thorou9h orgsnlz' tion in all parts of the
state. and appeal to its members and local
this imp ortsnt work.
EorNrn