Daily Republican., 1881-11-07
TRs vIsoluIA CAnPAlGy.
Strength sf the DlRePons Parties
Tho Liberal Movement 3ainlnx
0Foand-Poaitlon Of she Fun
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NORFOLK, Va, Nov Cit is diff
cult to understand how the Liberal
movement in Virginia has 80 long ex-
listed and NJ sturdily male hca1way
against the old prrjudices whi n made
human slavery possible and the rebel
lion inevitable. Two papers in the
STATE, one Republican weekly, have
done goo! service, but the rest, without
exception, are Democratic and for the
mos part OF the narrowest type. In
this city which boasts Of = Rsaijus'er
Mayor, which is the centre Of G. n
grcsiDnal district represented by u Re-
publican, and which has in fact large
anti-D"mocratic majority Of voters, all
the papers are Bourbon.
LDocal views must exist, II at all, Ia
spite Of what u p"iDted and read. A
candidate for nthoe, being lssailed pays
advertising rates 70, hi defence, or re-
sorts in stree: placards Sentiments
with which every Democrat and Re
publican at the North is familiar must
here be propaga Ell orally If At all. The
venom OF the Northern Democratic
press is pretty sure TO tird circulation
and pass for the opinion Of tho world at
large, while local original matter is 100
often calculated to keep alive the pre-
judi Cos which should have been buried
long ago In spite OF these facts, how
ever. Liberals is making lis way, and
the time seems TO be approaching when
the trne issues may be presented to the
people with 'ul Disgusting them under
shading oames. The leaders in all
parties are aware that Read ustorism
means TIE equality beto G the law OF
the races, the rule OF msjorities and
progress.
The crying need OF the State IL a
press winch shall have sufficient iude'
peudence 10 present the tIuyh. Such a
press would uos have u harl struggle
10 got or, for il is sald that, in the Two
/ or three instances where lteIub ica.ti
| uewSI aper' hAv. be N started in East.
cru Virginia even the Advertiser were
noted and avoided.
Should tie coalition succeed, there L.
reason to believe shat party names, at
least, would 5000 be changed, and the
principles for whioh the Republican
party at the North has fought ana
worked would b. made the rallying c,y
OF the party OF progress " Mahone Is
voting with the Republicans, is now
the oil od-urdIing annon1cemcnt Of tht
bourbon press and the Bourbon ora
tors II don't oae if he is," is fre
Qu, ntly the reply of tho4. who are fol
! lowing the prOsr.ssive Senator in his
ga liant fight against political proscrlp
tiou,sts and hide-bnurd reactionists.
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.
Congressional District will probably
give majority for Cameron. The or.
Iginal Readjusters wers never very
numerous here, but they have recently
made some influential converts from
the ranks sf tile Funiers. Tho white
rerudiators generally ara working fol
tue coalition with more or less hearth
ness; but the main reliance IL placed OF
the colorsd vote, which, If IL is brough
out, will be east so'iily in favor of The
new movement. Some Of the Funder
have said that il the coalition ticke
was successful they would interpret i
as an expression OF the popular will II
Iavor Of repudiAtiou, and would adOp
repudiation AS one OF their principles
Federal otiiceholders are in some
thing of a dilemma. One was recent J
approached by ihe editor of a loading
Democrat paper who said that if h'
favored the keahjusters actively tn
lea Ting Democrats Of Norfolk would x
to Washington and seek to defeat hi
coz frmatlun should he geek renomina
ton. On the other hand the Readj just
er leaders have iptimsbed TO him tha
he was running his chances for renom
ina,ion by lukewarmnes4 in slelr cause