The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-08-27
Tho Place of Richmond In TINS
struggle.


The organization Of the new CITY Con-
,.,vstivc Committee eyinces determine
s,on TO nut young men in the front for the
vork Of this campaign. That is right.
We have an active enemy to meet. we
have a powerful coiIition TO overcome, ana
what Is especially needed by us Is compact
organization and able and untiring leaders.
GEORGE u. WISE will do his part. He can
be in Gas many places at the same time
ss any other man, and whether addressing
the people from the hastings or chatting
with them in workshops, streets, or
fields, or at their homes, Is pretty sure 10
attach them to his fortunes. He will be
among the people all the time to the day OF
election, and wherever the head OF an
enemy appears he viii do his partto hit it
hard.
But this Is not his fight alone. So far
from that being the case, upon him VIII
fall blows that are really intended 10 strike
Richmond. He is standing between us
and danger. Let MALONE score great
victory in this struggle, and he will he ao-
so,ute master Of Virginia, and give us no
quarter. II he gets the next Legs
,afnre our charter will be changed.
The police force will be re0rganlzed'
Those who hold Office now will hold it no
more for years to come. The change VIII
not be for the better. Those we love VIII
be displaced; those we abhor VIII be en-
throned. The experiences OF Norfolk, bad
as they are, are as nothing compared 10 the
fate in store for Richmond should our peo-
ple be neglectful Of their duties in this
hour. Every lick struck for GEORGE ID.
WISE is lick for Richmond; every effort
for Richmond is an effort for Virginia.
We need expect no favor. II we are to
hold to seli-government in Richmond we
must do il by beating down the Coalition.
II would be as useless as shameful ior us
to ask mercy that has been denied 10 other
cities. That our charter was not changed
last winter was due not to any regard Tor
our welfare, but to the fact that certain
parties here had schemes OF their own, and
before they were formulated the Famous
Five had taken position. which scotched
the wheels Of revolution.
So let us 90 into this fight resolved to DO
our duty to Richmond. knowing that no
good can be secured for her In which Vir-
ginia will not largely share; that no evil
can beiall her which will not be misior-
tune to the State.
There is vast deal Of work to do. The
dormant clubs must be revived and new
ones organized. There ought to be club
for each precinct. There are twenty-one
precincts, and there ought to be at least
twenty-one clubs. And what will these
clubs have to do? Plenty! The Coalition
lists long ago obtained copies OF nearly all
the observation-disclosures in this city. They
are finding out from them who are regis
tered and who are not. We ought TO do
likewise. They are ascertaining who can
pay the pol-tax and who cannot. Wemust
do the same. They are looking out for
money to carry on their canvass, and VIII
receive help from the fund which the Ma
tional Committee has extorted from every
office-holder-from the negro women who
scour the Capitol steps up to the
cIub-fed holders of fat custom-house places.
The National Government has made no
such levy for us. Our committee and our
clubs, working under the committee, must
appeal TO men of means here to see that
they have funds to pay the expenses OF the
canvass. They can tell them in advance
how every dollar will be spent. Surely
when it is kept in mind for what stake we
fight, and what would be the consequences
of defeat, no well-wisher of Richmond will
refuse to do his part.
So there is enough work ahead even for
the Young blood Of our committee. IL they
proceed with energy and method, they
will find the people here nobly sustaining
them. Not only that, but their example
will extend from county to county and the
result will be victory OF Peace as re-
nowned us any OF war.