The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-11-03
Prenare for the Voting.

IN enable Democratic orators TO make many
speeches but there will be time enough
for the active workers Of the Democratic
marty to make all the needed preparations
for the final contest. We cannot say, as
NAPOLEON said 10 his soldiers in Egypt,
"forty centuries look down upon u"
but we can say that the whole OF
this wide-cxtcnded land looks now
with interest to Virginia, and that all the
southern States watch her movements with
n painful anxiety. The results OF the Vir-
ginia elections Of 1879 and 1881 have driven
from the minds Of our southern friends
that unfsltcriug faith which they once had
in the people OF the Old Dominion. "Per-
feet confidence casteth out fear" The fear
that to-day possesses the bosoms OF the
people Of the States south and southwest
OF Virginia lest MALONE should again carry
this State i evidence enough that they no
longer have, what they once had, perfect
confidence in the fidelity and Democracy
OF her people.
Lei us all work. then, from now untll
Tuesday next as il the name and fame OF
the old Commonwealth were entrusted TO
the keeping Of each one OF us. Let us
spare no efforts to put down once for all
Coslitionism, Rcpublicanism, and Malone
ism-all three, or all one, as you like to re-
gard it or them. The applause OF our
brethren Of other States willresound in our
ears after the election II we put down Ma
boneism; but that ought to be weak in
centive compared with the approval OF
good conscience accompanying a sense OF
duty performed. To work Tor Virginia Is
honor enough for any man.
We must sustain the Democratic party II
we desire the entire abolition OF the inter-
nal-revenue system. The spies, informers,
electioneerers, and facile partisan tools,
whom this system has fastened upon the
country, must be swept away. The people
OF Virginia must be freed from the CALLING
sbackles which now bind them hand and
foot. IL il, as Mr.. MASSEY says, monstrous
that under free government man is not
allowed 10 sell the tobacco which he raises
IL we did not know it to be true that the
people should continue in power party
which devised and has enforced for years
such a scheme Of plumber, decentralization,
and corruption-such n scheme Of taxa
tion-such scheme for paying partisan
electionecrers with Government mOney,and
taxing the people to enrich the men who
enslave them. Why need we talk against
laws not half so Objectionable as those
national ones which tax tobacco in Il sum
exceeding by lar the selling price OF that
staple 4? which fine q Virginian for selling
tobacco except a. prescribed by those
laws, hut allow persons who raise corn,
wheat, oats, hay, or any other product OF
the farm, TO sell those products to whom
they will? AS we asked the other day,
Isn't tobacco-planter as good as wheat
raiser?
And il we would sustain the Democratic
party we must vote for MASSEY. "SOlitary
and alone" as Mr.. BENTON said on a men,
orablc occasion, Mr.. MASSEY "set this ball
in notion" lie it was that wrested the
Legislature from the hands Of MALONE.
Virginia; but rather than surrender his
freedom OF action as such he surrendered
that important and lucrative Office. To his
side rallied at first the noble big -Four
and afterwards .the Famous Five" But
for their manly stand there could have
been no such thing as defeating the odiou,
and abominable measures which MALONE.
beutenants had ordered in caucus to BIZ
put through the Legislature.
Vote for MASSEY if you desire to ware
of worse schemes than any which have
hitherto been attempted to be carried out
Nobody dreamed last fall that MAHONI
would dare to try TO legislate the circui
judges out OF Office in violation OF th'
Constitution, or that he would frame bill
such as his odioUs land-commissioner
bill; but when his caucus met, the willin!
tools Of the Boss agreed ut once to under
take these Jobs. Let him carry NTgini
and he will recall his Legislature ant
originate new schemes which YOU canno
now even so much as imagine-Scheme
worse perhaps 10y far than any OF thos
which last winter so justly alarmed th
good people OF this Commonwealth.
II you desire Il substantial victory owe
MALONE, you must vote for MASSEY. Ms
HONE would not acknowledge the clectio
Of seven Democrats TO Congress to be
triumph over him or his party ii JOIN
WISE should carry the State. MALONE ha
promised, ii is said, that seven ADMINISTERS
ton congressman shall be sent TO Washing
ton this fall from Virginia; but he ha
doubtless become convinced before nov
that the goods cannot be delivered. VIVA
remainsy What can he do TO save hi
bossship! How can he satisfy MI
Arthur that he still has right to sign hi
name, "MAnoNE, Virginia He can
this only by securing the defeat OF MASSEY
Not that he cares any more for JOIN !
WISE than he does for MAYO or any othC
Coalition candidate, but because no othC
OF his candidates is running all over Il
State.
Line upon line and precept upon pr
4 cept" we have given you. II you fail
see your duty as we see it, the fault WI
s not be ours.
Augusta County.
Extracts from letter from Churchville