The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-11-01
Don't Forget.

Don't Forget.
There are severa, things connected more
or less intimately with the contest now
being wagcd In Virginia which must not
be lost sight OF. And to-day Is as good q
time as any other to recall the attention OF
Che voters to them.
First, let rs reproduce that famous
pledge:
81 hereby pledge myself to stand by the
Rexdjuster party and platform, and to go
into caucus with the Readjustcr members
of the Legislature that meet q; Richmond,
aud vote for all measures, nominees, ana
candidates to be elected by the Legislature,
AS THE CAUCUS MAY AGREE UPON.
"Givcn under my hand and seal this -
day Of September, -.
r.. 81 "---
Now, In view OF that pledge, and its his
tory, and OF General MAHoSE's well-known
determination TO have no officers under
him who will not execute his purposes, il
Is in order to inquire OF his candidates for
Congress whether II elected they will go
Into caucus with the Republican members,
md pledge themselves TO vote as the caucus
may agrces Will they initiate JOIN PAUL
and vote at the bidding Of the caucus TO
1nseat white Democrats and seat Republi-
can negroes?
gccollect that the Republican congress
men last winter in caucus decided not to
allow the iniernal-reyeDuc system TO be
abolished, and compelled Mr.. KELLEY. OF
PENNSYLVANIA. who has for years been in
favor OF its abolition, 20 go with the party
on that question. Recolect, too, that in
his first and last annual message TO Con-
.grcss Mr.. ARTHUR said:
81 therefore concur with the Secretary
Of the Treasury in recommending the abo-
ltion OF all internal-revenue taxes eycept
those upon tobacco in its rdriOuS forms
and upon distilled spirits and fermented
liquors, and ercept also The special tar
upon the manufacturers Of and dealers IN
such articles"
Except those upon tobacco and whis-
key. Except" that tax which Viz
ginia is most anxious 10 he rid OF. " EX-
ccpt" that tax which compels Virginia to
pay more money into the Federal Treasury
than is paid by all the New England states
together. Notable exception! Now, voters,
see TO il that your congressman shall be
men who. caucus or no caucus, MALONE or
no MALONE, ARTHUR or no ARTHUR, will
vote to abolish the entire abominatiOn
known as the internaHrevenue system.
ARTHUR or no ARTHUR That name
brings TO mind another fact which must
not be forgotten whilst we are talking
about pledges. Here is told what the last
Republican Administration thought OF the
present President Of the United States
when he was plain Mr. ARTHUR. Read:
"You have made the custOm-housc Il
centre Of partisan political management.
With deep sense Of my obligations under
the Constitution | regard ii as my plain
duty to suspend You, hat the office may BE-
honestly administered.
OR. b. HAYES, President"
This same ARTHUR, thus denounced by
Mr.. HAYES, has made all the departments
at Washington "centres OF partisan politi-
cal management" He has shamefuliy
proStituted the powers of hi, Office, and ab
dcatod his functions IN favor of WILLIAM
MALONE, allowing him TO walk unrebuked
through the several departments and desig
nate what Virginians shall fiji the Govern
ment places in those several departments,
and even who shall be poStmasterS in this
honored old Commonwealth.
All these things must be borne in mind
when you are calculating the probabilities
as to what ARTHUR and MALONE will re-
quire OF their candidates for Congress. II
is impossible to be too yigilant. II is inn
possible to tell what such men rs MALONE
and ARTHUR will not do. BE sure, how
ever, that they will require every Admin
istration congressman from Virginia to
vote with the Administration party.
it is for the Democrats Of Virginia to say
whether they are willing to take such risks.