The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-08-23
Rmhn,ond Qispatth.
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST %, 1857
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vote the moral obligation Is transcendant
He who fails to cast an honest vote com
mits two crimes. lie shirks his duty u
vote worthily; he aids every man WIZ
votes unworthily. II this was ever tru'
and clear 1t il doubly so now. In the com
ing election the voter has new power ant
new responsibility. He may and eithe
actively or passively ,cls, support t,oo can
didates for Congress this year; and as tn
mower Is doubled so Is the accountability
Before inquiring how this enlarged duty
should he fulfilled it Is worth while In
curing TO whom this increased power Il
due.
The Mahoneitcs in the last Legislature
had arranged TO disfranchise you. Th'
JOHN s. WISE party had planned youl
political destruction. They had rearrangeC
this district, taking out Of it the only two
counties that gave maiorities against JOIN
WISE last year and substitutingdor them
batch OF black counties from the Peninsula
Had this scheme prevailed your vote would
have been farce; suffrage, to you
mockery. While it obtained you would
have been the slaves OF any coalition Will
the blacks that could have been effected
Who saved your Who prevented thu
outragey Who paralyzed this audacious
assault on justice, whereby three fifths OF
the voters OF Virginia were TO have t,cO con-
gressmen and two fifths were to have eight
Our party in the Legislature was abso-
lutely powerless. The salvation OF Viz
ginia from this outrage was the work OF
five political opponents, and OF JOHN +.
MASSEY, and every one of these .fre asks
you 10 cote for Mr.. Massey to-day. To
them GEORGE WISE owes his certainty OF
going to Congress second time, and to
them alone. Can any friend of GEORGE
WISE refuse TO recognize services OF such
value. To them the Democracy owe the
fact that Virginia will have Serep Demo
Gratis in the next Congress instead OF ttcO.
Can any Democrat refuse to reward such
an ally? To them the anti-MahOneites OF
the Fourth district owe their deliverance
from the collar of the Boss !
Can any man sensitive to the honor OF
his State, and grieyed and ashamed OF the
supremacy in its counsels OF the prOnigacy
and venality of which MALONE is the
source and symbol, refuse to honor and re-
spond to the men who removed this cup
from our lips! No such assault on our
rights as members Of the Union was ever
made since the reconstruction acts openly
DISTINGUISHED us. 1t failed, and the ques-
ton confronts us now, GLOW should this
privilege so nearly lost, so won almost by
miracle, be ayailed OFF," If you vote for
john S. WISE and your local candidate for
Congress you destroy your vote as effect
ually as if you voted for two opposing can
didates for any other office; if you vote
for john T.. MASSEY and Your local candi-
date you douJle your vote. This states the
position in a sentence.
Two years ago there might have been
some doubt OF this. There is none now.
Two years ago JOIN s. WISE, announce
ing his candidacy for Congress, said, 81
was born Democrat, AN DEMOCRAT, AND
EXPECT TO DIE ONE" To-day he is 4 Fedc-
raj officc-hoIder. nominated by Republic
can President, and confirmed by a Rcpub-
lican Senate. Two years ago he boosted
OF his loyalty to HANCOCK, your candidate
for the presidency; now he holds office by
the favor Of HANCOCK's enemies. Two
years ago he publicly pledged himself to
do all in his power to secure the endorse
ment OF the Democratic national ticket by
the Readiusters; now he is stumping this
State, trying TO persuade these same Read
iusters to give their confidence to IIANC0CK's
political antagonist. Two years ago he in
yoked all the elements Of opposition TO YOU
in this district to concentrate against YOU
TO defeat GEORGE WISE, assuring his fol-
lowers that if they should concentrate they
would defeatyOu " overwhelmingly" And
though they did not concentrate" bv
2,4O0 majority. he is with equal zeal - con-
centratng" the same elements to-day. Can
any Democrat, ANY HANCOCK man, any friend
OF GEORGE ID. WISE, without qualification,
vote for him: And what is true OF this
district is measurably true Of every other
Everywhere there is an unpaid debt OF
gratitude to JOIN 4. MASSEY and his
friends, such as no party in Virginia or
elsewhere ever left unrcquitcd. TO give
him your vote cOnsOlidates his friends,
confirms our alliance with them. demon
strates to our cddjuster-Democratic iel-
low-citizcns the sincerity Of our profession
OF d desire for unity with them, and above
all-transcendantly above all-asSures the
downfall OF Mahoneism. What prejudice
should not patriotic citizen be glad 10
sacrifice to secure such results? Mr.. MAS
sEY's candidacy aaagonizes no Democrat.
No Democrat Readiuster or Debt Payer
contested the place with him, or now con.
tests it. Elect him and the National Demo.
crazy will have staunch vote and an able
voice when need requires. Elect him and
MALONE will have at his side a foe his
superior in every quality that fits a man
for politics, his scalping-knife whetted
with the memory OF unnumbered insults
and injuries.
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Wise's Discontinue.
When JOHN S. WISE loses his temper, 4.
our Chatham corres DOndent shows him IL