The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-08-31

hc,peu 10 eAa XII IN remind you OF an I'M
mus noI ,a rendered You ut critical
period in your political nls.ory. "' ho; inr
first TO discover q COM Il, a,,r o,oc'
Matched I'm washington 10 usieit you , o, Dc
ton TO the Senate, by commune o ~, TT.
publican and Democratic yole III ,; une n.S
iatnrc against you. Beiie'lhS' nNc W., v;r
pleton. that YOU would DC aii ioho, ~, " W., w.,
ginia IL elected TO the Sehate, anu .na. od ~
would be faithful to the pieuses you nau
made. / communicated my uisoo'eiy , W
you and also induced ir,eh9 ~ .o.n!
YOU OF the effort being made 10 ueiea' YOU
yor SENT COLONEL CAMERON
fnow Governor) to Washington to confer
with me. | gave him VIVA. ln,u, n,'', III,
possessed at that time, ana ai,e, WIZ" W.; men.
the same subject. -.
II IA barely possible that to my early dis
coverv Of the scheme to defeat you and the
notification I gave you, you owe your cleo
ton 10 the Senate. / hope not; because
don't want such sin to answer Tor IN the
future. But IL it be true that by this action
oi mine Won were able to secure your cleo
tion I shall begin at once to pray for for
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the people OF Virginia. - without regard
to race, color, &C., &c" Tor haViiig ooi,c
Them 90 great n wrong. II my action made
YOU n senator and thus enabled the Re-
nubIicans TO obtain control Of the Senate,
they owe me debt OF gratitude that ought
10 secure me better position than the
humble clcrkship from which you
"bounced" Vour favorite term) me so I'M
| Of
feel grateful to me for the results which
followed nv action, all ask is thatfhey
d" stand of and see fair play" between us.
In 1850, by diSgraceful means. you
ATTEMPTED TO STEAL TIE REPUBLICAN VOTE
of Virginia and give ii to Hancock and
English. BY the most questionable means
YOU attempted the same thing with our
vote for uO,t- candidates for Congress in
districts where the Republican vote out
numbered that OF your party ten to one.
In my district YOU found me in your path
way, and YOU will always find me there
when you attempt to violate Republican
PRINCIPLES. / shall stand by my Republic
can friends and the glorious principles in
scribcd upon our banner whenever asSail-
ed by enemies, whether they come in the
power and plumber. or in the more COM
mcndablc shape OF open and honorable
foes.
Sir. | have withstOOd Democratic pro-
scription and intolerance for the past six
teen years, and ! still maintain my loyalty
to my party; and ii you, the President,
and Secretary Teller expect me to sub
nit 10 your dcspOtic demands by dc-
It Il IN IN
wife and children, you all are mistaken in
the stuff OF which | am made. We the
wife and chldren) have suffered greater
Inconvenience because OF my politics than
il is possible for YOU TO subject H. to; but
ii you had the power to torture us all, the
mother and children are as true as the
father. They, too, bid you defiance, and
spit upon your petty meannesS.
ICAME TO YOUR RESCUE
when white men OF my party, who now
belong to your priyy council, were trying
to asSaSsnatc you. stood by your side as
long as believed YOU to he the friend Of
political liberty: but since you have I'M
masked. and | have the proof over your
own signature that YOU are a miserable ty-
rant and would deprive mcof rights which
the kukuX KlanS OF the past respected,
mean to fight YOU through the press and
before the people until prove that you
are unworthy the esteem OF the humhlcst
negro in Virginia. 20 which elias, you owe
all you are to-day. He shall he made to
see how you have violated every pledge
Won made to him, and what an un@ratcful
wretch YOU are.
But to return TO the past. In 1879 you
declared 70 the Republicans that YOU were
indifferent as to national affairs; that YOU
were interested only in State and local mat
tiers; and that il they would support your
legislative ticket YOU would help them i'm
the national contest the year following. We
all know that, instead OF helping us in 1850.
YOU made the most desperate and di>rcpu-
table efforts to defeat lis in the First, Sec
ond, and Third districts, and came out
OF that contest greatly outraged. because
OF your attempt to steal Our vote for Ham
cock and English, and for y0ur candidates
for Congress ought then to have been
satisfied that your purposes were not hon
orable, and that your never intended to keep
your pledges; but 30 anxious was to see
the colorcd peoplc-who had served Us 80
faithfully before and during the var
given fair show in the race OF life, that
decided to give you
ANOTHER CHANCE TO DO RIGHT.
came to Washington, and in lengthy
interview with You at the Arlington Hotel
told YOU the objections had heard urged
against you by prominent Republicans.
told you that General WicI:ham and other
leaders OF the opposition charged that ii
You were successful in the gubcrnatorial
fight YOU would become the opprcSSor and
prosecutor OF Republicans: that it was one
of your plans 10 kill oil all the old leaders
Of the Republican party, and especially the |
white leaders. FAltorcd by having re-
cciycd nearly eleven thousand votes i'm my |
fight (Which was the largest |
ever polled for Republican candidate |
since the imposition OF the capitatiOn-taX), !
| felt that | might be regarded by you rs |
one OF "the leaders" and Is / didn't want |
to be "killed of" by the power | had |
helped create, deemed it wise to obtain
from YOU Il denial OF the charge. You
denied the charge, and then and
there pledged your honor to deal fairly
with those who had helped and who would
continue to help you in your fight. Salts
led with your assurances, | pledged you
my support, and right well and zealously
have you had il, as | shall show.
began the work by inviting friends who
lad opposed you to come to Washington,
hat ] might introduce them to you, and
~ our united efforts win them to your sup
port. In some cases | succeeded; in some
failed. At all events, did my best to in
luce my friends to help you.
About this time
THE STRAIGHTOUTS,
composing a majority Of the State Execu-
i've Committee, had decided TO call Con-
.enton at Staunton to oppose your plans.
\ppreciating the advantages that General |
Nickham (the leader of the Straightouts) |
would have if the Convention met at Staun-