National Republican., 1885-10-31

tie last Democratic President. TIC Repu :
licGn party gave to this coui Y the rest
currency that las ever lcen devised by man.
II drove cut of eX stcncc the hetcroy yenOus
rcd.dog and worthless currency Of the ol1en
tines, and substituted In its place the green
lack and national bank note, which Is good
everywhere, cannot be successfully coun-
tcffeitCd. aud wherever issued Is at par
within the United States and since rcsulnp-
tion is worth In every commercial city Of
the world as much as the best gold coin
issued OF any mint. Blythe system OF fund
ing and the gradual payment of the public
debt We so advanced the national credit that
the bonds of the United States bearing the
lowest rate Of interest are now worth more
than those of any other country In the world,
not even excepting Great Britain. Wehaye,
without burdcning our people, established
system of taxation Which enabled the gov
eminent to rapidly diminish its debt to
meet all claims against II, improve our har-
bors, open up our natural ways, TO build
public buildings IN every state, aid In con
structing railroads TO the Pacific. so that
the means Of communication oil over our
vast country are equal to those Of the oldest
established monorChies of Europe. We
established Il protective tariff which has
increased our manufactures from eighteen
hundred millions in 1860 to ifty-ilyc hun
drcd millions in 1850. That has so d.vcrsi-
fed our manufactures that nearly every
article Of common use can now be made IN
this country, and the burden of the tariff
falls almost exclusively upon articles Of
luxury, which DO not enter into the con
sumption Of the common people. Under
this benefccnt policy our country has adj
vancod in wealth and strength more rapidly
than any nation before in the history Of
mankind.
Tnr rARTY or PROGRESS.
t. tbts oil rTkig ,,ort,
composed Of the great mass of the intelli-
gent people Of the northern states, is still
strong and vigorous In public confidence,
and proposes In the future to continue the
old policy of protection and public improve
ments; to encourage manufactures In the
south as well rs In the north; to develop
your resources and enable you to share In
The benefits Of diversified industry. II pro-
poses, by wise, national election law for
the election Of presidential electors and
members of Congress, to secure the people
against the evils which now threaten II, and
may, II not corrected, at any time involve us
IN civil war. And II proposes to secure to
You bimotallic money of both gold and
silver coined at their market value, so that
the dollar Of one coin will be worth as much
ns a dollar of the other In the markets Of
the world.
This party now appeals to the people Of Vir-
ginia without respect to the divisions of the
past, with honest sincerity, burying out Of
sight all the animosities of the war, to join
with us in policy in thefuture, which will
confer upon you greater benefits than are
proposed by the Democratic party. We do
not wish In any way to interfere with your
local policy or controversies, especially as
to your public debt This seems to have
been agreed upon by the acquiescenoe of
the Democratic party in the plan proposed
by Senators Malone and Riddleberger |
dismiss this question from the canvass as
one you have settled for yourselves, with
which a nonresident has no part or lot.
We admire the courage with which you
fought in what you regarded as good
cause during the war, and claim for our
selves q share of the honor you conferred
upon American citizenship by your courage.
We frankly admit the sincerity of the
motives which led you into the contest,
ard neither wish to reproach you with
nor to make any reference to what you
did during the war, and all we ask
of you is to Join with us in securing the Just
results of the war expressed IN the constl-
tutional amendments and still more broadly
III the parole taken by Gen. Lee and his
soldiers at the close Of the war You may
not agree with us as to the wisdom of the
adoption of the constitutional amendments
or in the necessity for universal manhood
suffrage, but these, like the war, are Ques-
agreed to 10y yourselves MS amendments to
the constitution. They are to be respected
like any other portion of the constitution,
and all we ask of you Is to Join with us in
securing to every citizen his rights as pre-
scribed by the constitution, and to allow
every legal voter to cast one honest
vote and have 1t counted. We can
fairly appeal to the confederate soldiers us
n point Of honor to observe the parole they
took, AMI to the descendants of these sol
diers, who by Inheritance assumed the
promise Of their ancestors, to stand by the
honorable terms agreed upon between Gen.
Grant and Gen. Lee at the close of the war,
that all should go home, be good citizens,
and observe the constitution and laws Of the
land Upon this footing there is not man
In the north who would not freely and
heartily and kindly meet in party relations
or in social ties with confederate soldiers,
without regard to the contest which ended
twenty years ago.
PHILOSOPHY IL DEFEAT.
Perhaps it was as well that, after long
lease of poverty the Republican party, the
Democratic party should be put on trial
for four years. 1t, at least, will dissipate
the impression In the south as to the ability
of that party to manage the multiplied in
teIests Of Il great government like ours. IL
may, trust, also dissipate the impressions
of the south as to the purposes and objects
| of the Republican party. Wedo feel deep
interest in the election of Gov. Wise and In
the reelection Of Gen. Malone, though
they are confederate soldiers Of proved
courage. We neither expect them to waive
| their pride In their achievements nor their
| loyalty of purpose and intent during the
civil war; but we understand that they are
willing now to join with all Others, north
| and SOUTH In the maintenance of Republi-
can principles, and we, therefore, feel for
| their success the same earnest desire, and
for the same reasons that we struggled for
success IN Ohio and expect 1t in New York.
II would be memorable triumph II Vir-
| einia, the mother Of states and statesmen,
should now break the sectional line that
threatens our country with constant con-
tcntion, and, governed by the best interests
of her people, Join with those in the north
who agree with her in principle IN the adop-
honestly believe, confer greater benefits
upon the whole people than can be done by
the Democratic party. In former times be-
fore slavery divided us on sectional lines,
the people Of Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, and Kentucky took the lead
under Mr.. Clay IN support of the principles
of John Marshall, for which we now con
tend. !, therefore, earnestly invoke
the intelligent and conservative peo-
pie Of Virginia to decide the questions
that ] have presented without respect TO
the events or result of the war, and, above
all, to see to 1t that at the approaching cleo
tion every citizen entitled by law to vote
shall have an opportunity to cast one
honest ballot and no more, and to have that
vote counted. If this is done, and your eX-
ample Is followed, / have the confidence to
believe that the end OF sectional animosity
is at hand, and our country will again be In
| the highway to unboundcd prosperity.
THREE C'S,-Thcrc are three cs that SEIZE the
| children and carry them OIL, and the sorrow
| ing mother, weeping seas of tears, secs the lit
tie ones borne away TO the cemetery. Tho
three c's are colds, coughs, and Group. Mothers
pr Bulls Cough Syrup saves the little ones
| lives!