National Republican., 1883-11-15
REPUBLICANS MUST GO.
How Mr.. Dana's FavOrite War Cry Is Sounded
in the South.
The Peculiar influences Brought 20 Bear
by the Bourbons on Election Day.
10 Mn EdRor.

F1NcAsTLE BoTEToURT County, VA,
Nov. 12, S3.--Accompanying this find
a letter directed TO myself, and mailed and
postmarked at Fincastle. This letter is but
the outgrowth of bourbon success at the late
election in this state, and shows the feeling
which animate nine-tenths of the bourbon
democracy of this section.
Thirty thousand white men of Virginia who
followed the fortunes of the lato confedoracy,
and who have in good faith accepted the re-
suits of the war; and stand pledged to uphold
the laws as they are written and to preserve
the peace Of our common country appeal to
the great republican party of the north for
that protection and safoty which will now
be denied TO us and our families at home. VIII
this appeal to be made in vain?
Truly of your friend, Il. +. MAYS.
BoTETouRT, VA, Nov. 10--JuDGE X. #. MAYS:
This is TO notice you that you must leave this
county in five days. Tho democratic party of this
county Is determined that no republican official
shall hold office In this county and no radical
shall live here and vote here You are, therefore,
ordered to resign your Office and leave the county,
or suffer the penalty our regulators shall inilict.
TEN DEMOCRATS.
7ohe Editor.
ABINGDON, VA, Nov. 14.-The Danville
circu'' I'd massacre frightened o number of
our timid friends, especially among the
Tunkers and Mennonite religious societies.
These people being non-combatants would
take no part in an election out of which they
were made to believe war was to come. The
straightout republicans polled seventy votes
for their ticket and, no doubt, some for the
democrats.
To The Editor.
SALEM, VA, Nov 9.-When we take into
consideration the last diabolical plot carried
outby bourbonism we can fully understand
the cause of the sudden revolution of our
people. The Danville affair was gotten up
in circular containing the most brazen and
outrageous lies by tho tens of thousands They
run their printing presses here all day last
Sunday, aud by nightfall had at least dozen
horsemen started to every neighborhood in
this and Craig counties, and by Monday
night the people in the remote settlements,
especially of the ignorant class, were
worked up to the belief that the
whole state was to be overridden by negroes
if the readjuster party was successful. have
no doubt this scheme was carried out all
through the southwest, so much so that on
Tuesday hundreds of our party-men who
had never failed with their support-turned
deaf ear to all persuasion and would hear
nothing, fully bent on voting the only ticket
they believed would save the state from negro
domination. But this was not all they had
seemingly an unlimited supply of money, and
used 1t very freely with the negroes, and after
all our diligence and watchfulness they got
about 36 negro votes at this precinct and
lOO ~ hOuuOko. A1Ucr all, L De-
lieve this county will give republican ma
jority next year.
To The Editor.
PRINCESS ANNE, Nov. live first got
news of tho Danville riot on election day.
Tho bourbons had riders out everywhere cir
culating their version of it. Men that had
promised to vote with us voted against us,
and that could be got out of them was that it
was time for white men to stand together If
we had had few days to let the people know
the truth of the affair we should have beaten
them out of their boots We have over 1000
men i'll this county who will never vote with
the bourbons, and wo will carry the county
against them next year.
To Me Editor }g tHa1i 1rA hii
GooDsEN, WASHINGTON Co., Nov. H.
The color line and money did the work against
us here. We clearly had tho county three or
four days before the election, but tho DAN
vile tragedy completed their work, and
hence the cyclone against us. We do not,
however, propose to give up tho ship The
bourbons have carried Virginia, but lost the
balance of the world. They have no political
sense, and cannot sustain themselves in
power. They have made this fight in the
southwest on the color line-a false issue
which will disgust our people on a sober
second thought. My motto is to take courage
from defeat and fight the harder. The color
line did the work out here, and not national
politics or parties.