Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-06-13

| caucus should determine lo Dc Wlso'
| Yet these four Senators defying you,
contemning you, and giving aid ana
comfort to the enemy, assumed, or ai-
fectcd, to be wiser, better and more pa
hiotic than the great majority Of your
representatives, and. co-opcratcd with
| the Bourbons and Fuuders. All that
remains Is for us to warn you against
this treachcry, not doubling that you
| will rise indignant ut the foul attempt to
impair your party integrity, and reso-
lutely reasscrt and maintain your SOW
creignty in the Commonwealth
Your course Ia this emergency Is
plain. If there is to be no re-districling
Of the State, MS now appears probable,
there will be only the nine districts os they
now arc for ten Congressman, and one
of them win have to be elected for the
State at large. You can easily elect the
Congressman nt large, and you should
do so, trusting to the favorable action of
the House Of Representatives. 10 VIII
Je the duty Of your State Committee to
arrange for the designation OF this cam
| diditc and for conventions for the nom
nallon OF candidates IN The several dis
trlcts at mn early day. with prompt
wise aud united action on our part we
can again banlc Bourbonlsm IN It's efforts
to regain balcful sway In Virginia We
have beaten the enemy when every APP
pliance of Government assistance, state
aud Federal, was at their disposal Now
almost every Office IN Virginia Is filled
by Rcadiustcr, which should forbid
that schools, courts, Judges OF election
and registrars should be used as hereto
fore for faction against the people IN
elections. IL Is Il subject for slccfc con-
graduation that we also have the nctive
sympathy Of the Federal Adlnlnisti0-
tion. IN 1870 we beat the Bourbons dis
nstrOusly even When they were aided by
the support Of the then existing Admin
lstratlon; when high Federal officials
contributed their part to the vain plea
for continued Bourbon rule IN Virginia.
Then, too, mlsrepresentcd ana ma
ligncd. we had not that enlightened
sympathy which now throughout the
land, appnuds NJ Ms our purposes nrc
revealed, and endorses the Admlnlstra-
llon for sustaining the only sincere and
successful movement yet mndc 10 libcr-
nlize and nullonnll2e n people who have
40 long been the unconscious Victims
and instruments OF sectional politics.
Let there be no uncertain sound IN The
conduct Of the campaign II pon which we
are about 10 enter II should bc pro-
claimed IN every formal declaration OF
the policy Of our party that the Icadius-
trrs of Virginia cordially rcclplOratc
the friendship OF President Arhurb
Administration for Themselves. AMI
heartily endorse mn Administration
which gives no comfort or recognition 20
scctIonallsm, aud whose every perform
nnre Il n pledge Of pence 10 the country
The Conservative party Of Virginia once
formally applHndod the Administration
of General Grant fora .lngle generous
net, nnd the chairman Of lts State Com.
mltlco telrprnphpd the thanks nnd con.
glntulnllnns Of his party. Repeatedly
Tint organization dlsayowcd association
with National parties, nnd 1vowod read
mess to cooperate With men of any poe
liirnl organization who were willing
and able 10 promote The welfare Of the
State. IN 1879 II suppllcnied for and
received the help of him whom for two
years II had nssnlcd M fraudulent
President"
President Arthur has not only given
his hearty help 10 our party, the pioneers
IN tho work Of fcnl reunion, bnt he huH
given ample evidence OF lils desire That
| thr Southern States shall plllby some
thing VI that material Md which hns
been 40 bounliluly cxtundrh 10 other
portions Of the country, We want no
better platform M 10 our purpose IN
National politics than declarations W
conventions aud pledges Ol our cnndi-
dates 10 support nn Administration
which Il The first IN ilfty yenrs ~ shape
lia pollry without reghid ~ sectional
divisions. anil whose President, IN his
first musange to Congress, makes no
reference 10 the South save one OF ten
der sympathy for iis losses and sorrows
in The late war.
We respectfully urge upon you The
Importance Uf avoiding ambiguous dee.
nfhlions nf nonacommlital candidates.
Make your platforms specific and place
uandidntes upun them who viii pledge
themselves To the platform and ilrn b.
true 10 their pedgcs. Lot iiH have nt
more mischaneos or complications based
unpn ihn nfplcxt nf misunderstanding
vour WILL Let ne continue 10 bphellI
by the courage and candur With which
wn deal with grave public question:
which berune oil The more striking 10y
contrast with lhe indifeclion and ifi1lnr
of those whom so beat last November
ard whom we arc TO overthrow ih'