The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-07-26
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advice. I do so with que noues?, .V az
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only expected to do our pes.' "'u
stand prominently in the posl.io ,a; y, -" /"
young man. and as a young na' rm1 ,r my
views to Young men OF our eu'' " Ttonn,,
policy In the November electon. lpous.
men. when young. ipso Jacto, nav ill., Hsa
qualifications for the requirements VI me-
lit! is an unwillingness to
ne Governed or thought for. AS they
advance in life they lose this fault, ana De-
come willing to abide the judgments OF
others. A man in the possession OF perfect
mental and physical yigor naturally desires
to be leader, and condemns result upon
which he has not impressed himself. Thls
Is specially true i'm the department o! poll
ties. for when man Is q legally-quallhed
voter he rates his opinion upon public al.
fairs very high, and il he is not CONSUMED
il inclined to set up line OF conduct Tor
himself This bias is frequently productive
of harm, and | am DESTROYS to prevent It's
spread at this juncture. / have heard
young men declare they would not vote ior
/ Mr.. Massey. wish to reason with them
and show them the folly OF such concit-
sion. Our State Central Committee has
lust adjourned after adopting a resolution TO
the effect that il is ineXpcdient to nominate
candidate for congressman at large, de-
claring that "the paramount object OF res
cuing this State from the evils OF bosslsm
and Stalwart Malone Republicanism may
| best be attained without such action"
This action renders Mr.. Massey our candi-
date for though in point Of fact the COM
mittee did not endorse him, it is clear they
| intended to indicate to us that they deemed
il the course OF wisdom that he should be
voted for by our party. No man can es-
cape voting for him under the preteXt that
the failure Of the committee TO nominate
him leaves the question OF who shall be
voted for as congressman at large an open
one, to be solved by the intelligence OF the
individual voter. Did the committee in
| tend us to infer that they think we can res
cue the State from 'bossism and Stalwart
Malone Rcpublicanism by voting for Mr..
John s. Wise? II they did not. they UNI
questionably alludc to Mr.. Massey. l sup
pose no one wishes a discussion OF whom
they silently endorse, as the fact Is too plain
| to admit discussion. This committee is
your creature, and is clothed with powers
delegated to them by you. Resting upon
their faith and intelligence you gave to
! them the management OF your party. and
YOU cannot save by regular methods re-
sumo the trust. The determination OF
your committee was reached after full and
complete discussion, participated in by
/ frnY nst ri 10
monwealth. Now, are you prepared, be-
cause the result Of their labors does not
Jump with your opinions, to leopard our
success in the election, and more
firmly rivet the degrading collar OF
William Malone? II | conccde that
you are wel-iniormcd is to the necessities
OF our party at this time, do not modesty
and good Judgment urge YOU TO close with
views of men older and more experienced
than yourselves and whose sources OF
| knowledge are much greater: The worthy
gentlemen composing the committee have
no wish to induce you TO do a wrong. On
| the contrary, they are endCayOring to pro-
tect YOU in your civilization and property.
| These men have endured the dust and dan
ger OF battle with you, and they are true
and tried servants. NO party can exist
without obedience from its members, and
those refusing to yield obedience are de-
Serters. Boosted independence OF thought
and action produced the treason OF Bene-
/ dict Arnold.
There are two candidates soliciting your
sullragcs. Mr. Massey is 4 Democrat ana
will be in sympathy and accord with the
national Democracy in Congress. The TACT
that he was Il Readiu.ter does not at all
operate against your voting Tor him, no
question of the State debt being involved
! in the coming canvass. The issue you are
called on to meet is one OF graver moment
and farther reaching i'm it, results. To you
is left to say whether This Commonwealth
shall be ruled by her intellect, capital, and
virtue, or by her ignorance, poverty. and
vice. The Malone faction. embodying the
three laSt-namcd attributes. have held the
reinS OF government for year or two, and
the evils which they have brought on us,
and those they contemplated, speak for
! themselves, without need OF Vituperation
from ne TO make them more atrociolls.
Mr.. Massey is hot only pitted against
Malone. lat is doing all in his power
to break down his domination. No one
can logically charge lIr. Massey with hay
| ing opposed himself to Malone for the
purpose Of getting Office. II is 4 palpablc
| fact had he succunlbed to caucus dictaiion
! he would now be Auditor OF the state.
/ But not being ready TO surrender all in
dependence, and being, moreover. a Demo-
crat. and seeing that the mission OF the
! Rcddiustcr party was completed, he took
| the only course left open TO him, and came
| back into the ranks OF the regulars. There
were great many good men who differed
with you on the question OF the debt, but
that simple fact does not deprive them Of
their Democracy, and you cannot keep
| them out of their party. There is now
no such organization rs the Rcadi ulster
party, and so we are forced TO end our
warfare upon it. There is now opposed to
lis the Arthur-Mahone party, composed OF
negroes and renegade Readiuster-Demo-
Gratis. How shall we defeat them! BY
making peace with and Obliterating all
lines between ourselves and our brethren.
What facts will be accomplished by Ma
homes success in Virginia! You will have
an incompetent and perhaps corrupt jul
dietary; you will have the subordination
OF the white man to the negro, and YOU
will very probably have Grant for a third
term. Do not such impending evils alarm
You? VIII you aid in bringing them about
merely to crafty an unmanly vanity! Vote
for Mr.. Massey and the rest OF our ticket,
and these results will not be reached.
The other candidate is Mr. Joha S. Wise.
He poses as the exponent Of the Arthur
Administration, and is its district attorney
for this district. He has been most Jealous
in promoting the ends Of the Malone fac
ton, the faction which has deprived you
OF your Court OF Appeals, your county and
hastings judges, and this city of its emi-
nently qualified chancellor. Can you under
existing circumstances trust him with the
interests OF the State? II you stay away
from the polls you in effect record your