The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-10-28
To the voters or the Seventh Congress
ssoual Distrfct Of yirgfnfn.

NtOUOk DistElct VI s@'f'
Fe,low-Citizens,- hereby announce my.
cell Republican candidate TO fepressh,
Won I'm the next Congress OF ,he on'.eu
States. | take this means OF addIessnns
YOU because Il will not be possible ior ilie
10 meet YOU all personally ana address YOU
in speeches, however much may uesh1 ~
do 90. The time from now untii ihe cIco
tjon Is too short. ] am an open anu
ovowed Rcpublican-not that soIt VI
Ietyivt and between that would surren-
Jor INV marty into the hands and keep
inc of men who are either ashamed or
afraid TO answer before the world that
they are Republicans; men who III all thelr
nn6lic speeches deny that they are kepuD-
i;cons claim 10 be Democrats. and turn
Republicans In private, in order to get
tLeir votes. and tell them they will IN due
t;mc onenly avow their membership with
the Repubiican party men who are using
our Marty IN nut themselves In Office. In
other words, to be plain, am not willing
IN surrender TO the Democratic-Read-
iuster marty. nm a National Republican,
and belong 10 that party, which in all us
Great conventions pledged itself to the
novment Of both State and national debts.
/ am n Republican from principle, not
nolicv. / am not ashamed OF being known
az Republican. | announce myself n
candidate for Congress because desire to
be elected | ask the people OF this dis
trict TO support and vote for me because l
believe / can represent their interests bet
ter than either OF my competitors. Col
onel O'Ferrall is a Democrat OF the old
fashioned kind, who seems to think the
Union OF the States mere rope OF SAND
that nav be broken by any member, and
his party's greatest achievement was in
bringing OH and carrying through four
long, drcary years the most terrible and
bloody war ever known, and lie strives to
keep alive sectional feeling OF hatred.
and in this campaign eNcites by his
speeches those feelings.
CAPTAIN Paul is a Democrat Of that branch
known aS Readiustcrs-a party that has no
national eXistence-and il elected can by
no possibility have any party utilization
with the Republican Administration and
partv. except when his vote is needed. and
then the great Republican party is required
to stoop and careSS Democratic Read
iuster.
Neither OF my competitors will be able,
if elected, to carry through any great mca-
sures of relief. Captain Paul has already
been there and tried his strength. What
has he done to relieve his people OF its
onerous and burthensOme tax on the in
dustries OF Virginia? The internal-reve-
nue. tax on tobacco and spirits is the same
now il was when he entered Congress. II
| am elected, associated as | will be in poll
ties from the beginning with the majority
and the Administration, so far a. 1t Is Re-
publican in practice can and will be able
TO have these taxes abolished, and our citi
zcns will no longer be dragged by deputy
marshals before the Federal courts to answer
indictments for selling drink OF whiSkcy
or twist OF tobacco 10 their ncighbOrS.
| believe, II elected, can induce Con-
grcSs, in accordance with Mr.. Blainc's
views, to pay of Nirginia'S debt, because
Virginia. when the Federal Government
was poor, gave to it territory worth more
than three times the debt OF Virginia. In
conclusion, | believe these things can be
done. | feel confident that ii the Republic
cans Of this district will stand together and
vote for their candidates, lion. j. VI. Daw-
son and myself, we Will be elected. We
have before Us to-day divided Democracy
all over the State. Ii we are wise we will
take the advantage Of them and elect or
own people Let Republicans pay their
poll-taX this time and vote Tor the repeal Of
The capiiation-taX and their candidates,
and all will be well.
| champion the cause Of good money,
good government, and good citizens, and
if elected promise to represent all classes
OF our people, but especially the poor labor
ing man. TO which class belong.
Respectfully, j. W. COCHRAN.
Hqrrjsonbprg, Va, October, %, 1SS2.
Besolyedby the EcpuLiicaa state CentrH
COMMITTEE, That we endorse the candidacy
OF Jane, ". Cochran, Esq, ior election to
Congress from the Seventh district. That
we call on all sound and true Republicans
TO rally to his and Hon. j. NJ. DaWson'>
support, and vote for the repeal Of the capi-
tatiOn-taX and the candidate.