Daily Republican., 1885-08-11
Alarmed BourbOns.

The V irginia Bourbols are already
manifesting symptoms OF alarm AZ the
result o. the coming election In tina
State. Tuey would willingly sa-f.iee
their candidate for Governor Fitzdu3h
90 for Nhe sake OF saving the Lagisla-
tlre aud prevent the return OF General
Malone to the United States Senate.
s. much concerned are they that they
have issued a call to the Democracy O..
every county in the State, TO make
som sacriti ce for the supreme end OF
saving the commonwealth from the
shame and misery of again having the
Legislative branch in the hands of our
enemies" O. course, such warning
is we'll un isrstood.
1t is as much as to say tha' IL nothing
better eau be done to swap woes with
t le Republicans, all wlo can be in
duced to swap. and give them the Gov
ernor and other State Off cials, but let
us have the Legislature. This is of far
more consequence to US than the State
eff ,ers. 1t is saying more than that.
virginia Bourbons will understand this
cry of danger, and they know that it
means that the Legislature must be
saved at all hazz ards, even il another
Danville III assacre has to be precipi-
tated upon the unsuspecting people.
They know that 1t means that all OF
the peculiar Southern methods OF car
rying elections are to be employed,
even the stuthng of the ballot boxes,
and the false counting OF the votes
after they are cast, to accomplish their
purpose
Thus early in the campaign we are
brought face to face with fraud and
Threatened Violence and the question
paramount before the people is not sc
much one of political principles as 1t ii
whether a man living in a Southern
Ssate shall have the privilege ofcastins
IN honest vote, and having tina
vote honestly couHted. The question
will not be so much whether maj
shall vote Democratic or Rspubli
ciu ticket as whethsy be shall vote eithe
n: fh.aam if he desires to do So But i
this contest in Virginia there Is an eI'
ment that has found itself for the drs
time in the Republican party and l
harmony with it. The candidate
that party for Governor was once
member of the Bourbon party, but lei
State to dead issues, refusing to take n
the line of advanced thought and legi
lation that has IN sde other States gre
and prosp porous. Is Fitzhugh Lee
gallant Confederate General? Jot
ID. Wise ID his equal in dash and
courage and his superior in ability.
Fitzhugh Lee member OF one of I
Oldest and respected families of t
State d? John d. Wise is eminently
much 30. With the advent of w
into the Republican party, thousands
gallant Virginians have cut loose frc
Bourbonism and come with him.
1t is now no more a contest betwe
the whole native white element OF t
State, and the negroes aided by f
so.cai.2cd carpet baggers. 1t is a &C
test between y at has been termed t
chivalry of the old S.~se OF si'R'ni
and in this respect it differs r,cu. a
other political contest in the State.
1t il hored that Mr.. Wise in his fig
against violence and fraud, and in fay
of free and honest elections, will ha
the moral support of the people of t
North. Tue contest in Virginia
really the contest of the whole peop
II a fair election is held in Virgin
and an honest count OF the votes is hi
Virginia will be numbered with
Republican States Just as surely
Ohio, and with Virginia, ,sthe mothe
Presidents, made safelyaud honestly
publican, there will after the pres
Presidential term expires no. be II
tition of such shameless partisan.
and incompetency shown by
other administration as now disgr
the country.