Daily Republican., 1885-07-30
Virginia BourbOns.

Virginia B0urbOns.
Fresh from tho fields of their recent
victories gained by organized violence
and fraud, the Virginia Borrbons, by
the way called Dem mocrats, to deceive
the people, met yesterday in State Con-
vjntion, aud started to carry ont an
other cam paiEn of violence and fraud
to over-ride;ha will Of the people. The
job they have on hand is so vast and
weighty tha. their convention will
occupy two days, and the wiseheaded
Democrats will formulate platform
with a reasonable semblance OF fairness
in words, but only to be broken and
violated, if needs be, TO carry the cleo
tion. To gain victory and defeat
Malone Is the great object Of the Vir-
ginis d ,mocratp, aud this they intend
TO ID, platform or 40 platform, fairly IL
they can easily do it by fairness, bu, to
defeat him anyhow.
Virginia stands now the only Safe
of the solid South that gives the Bour.
bons much trouble. She has in the
past half dozen years gone back upon
the solid South record, and has elected
Legislatures and Governor that have
not been in accord with the Bourbon
plan. Though she has not been claim
ed as Republican State, the opposition
to the Democrats Lave so far healed
their local differences and progressed
with TIE Republican spirit of the age,
that all In the spirit of harmony have
marshaled them selves under the Re-
publican banner. If they succeed it
will only be because the people are
becoming enlightened on political mat
ters and are determined to take a
stand for the right, regardless of threats
and violence of party that will not
stop short OF bloodshed to accomplish
its purpose. The Virginia Republi cans
deserve succ ,ss and will succeed in a
fair election and fair count.
The opposition they will have to con-
tend with, can scarcely be estimated,
indeed it is a latent force that is,for the
present unknown, aud it is as unscrupu-
lous as 1t is unknown. They have not
only to contend against organized vio-
lence and fraud, but against the power
of the Federal administration, that for
the first time in twenty.four years is
ready to bow the truculent knee to the
bshests of Southern power. The Bour-
bon campaign for this fall was actually
begun two years ago, when aLegislature
was elected by the aid Of the Danville
riot. By fraud and murder the Bour-
bons elected, or rather seated in the
Senate, tweDty.four Of the forty Sena.
tors, and sixty of the one hu ndred men,
bers OF the House of Delegates. But
this was not enough to carry out the
revolutionary purposes of the Demo-
Gratis, while a Republican Governor
sat in the chair of State. They had to
have two-thirds majority in each
House to override the vetoes of Re
publican Governor by infamous revolu
tionary laws.
But the Bourbons were equal for tn
emergency. The Legislature had scarce
ly convened before trumped up charge,
were made against a number of Repub
lican Senators and delegates but ther,
were no charges made against Demo
cratic Senators and delegates. One Re
publican Senator was refused his sea
until he had been elected three times
Three others wereu nseated on films,
charges, and their Democratic oppo
nents, who had been defeated at th
polls, placed in their seats.
The same methods were pursued il
the House until enough votes had beef
gained to make two.thirds majorit.
In each branch of the Legislature. Ii
this way the Governors veto was nulli-
fied and the Democratic B our bons giver
full swing in enacting laws to carry ou
the conspiracy to place Virginia irrevo
cabfy in line again with the solid Bour.
bon South. By the aid of the election
laws 1t is expected to override the yer
dict OF the people. The people hav,
nothing whatever to say or do in choos
ing those who arctic. hold,,their elections
The Bourbons have appointed thre
Democratic com missioners in ever,
county In the State. These commis
sioners have the appointment OF tn
election board of each election district
OF course every board will be thoroup oh
ly Democratic, "a it was intended the
should be, and Of course care will b
taken that they are OF the kind tina
will not hesitate to do a little falls
counting In close districts where it /
needed to help to elect Democratic mem
bers Of the Legislature. Step by ste
the Beurbons have taken to get posse.
sion of the State. The hrss step wa
the Danville massacre, to gain til
Legislature, in which they succeeded
The second step was to unseat Republi
cans and admit Democrats enough
override the vetoes of the Governor, |
which they succeeded also. The thir
step is to elect q Governor and 9th.
State officers by the unfair partisa
laws passed by q fraudulent Legisl
ture. If they do this they will gras
the prize-Mahone's seat in the U nitt
States Senate and the State for Demt
cratic President in 1888. Their succe
will depend upon the determination
the people. There is no mistaking tn
determination. It's to defeat this i
famous combination to carry an electi,
by fraud and violence. In anythil
like fair election they will do 1t, b
with unfair, dishonest men to hold t
elections their fight is the fight of no
against hope.
THE sympathies of the public are in
remarkable degree drawn out towar
the bereaved families of the two m
who lost their lives in the falling bull