Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-31
DEMOCRATS. ATTENTION.
THE cosHirrEEs ADDRESS.

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The following address has been is
sued by ,hc Executiye Committee Of
ihe Democratic party Of Virginia:
wAsHISeToS. Oct. 80, 1885.
70 the Democratic Party Of Virginia.
The Executive Committee Of the De-
uocrstic party Of the State. in accord
snoe with past usage in discharge Of
duties which have deyolved upon them,
desire to report progress and to submit
for consideration such suggestions as
The exicencies Of the political situation
demand in connection with the impor-
tsnt election now so near at hand. So
far a. the committee IS concerned. care
fnl attention has been given to the details
Of the campaign, and the organization
Of the party has been placed in the most
effective shape for successful results.
ELOQUENT and instructive speakers have
addressed the people upon the issues Of
the day in nearly every county Of the
State. and the press has contributed its
valuable assistance in behalfof our cause.
The chosen staudard-bearers OF the party
have traversed the State. and throughout
its length and breadth performed their
whole duty OF this afduous and pro-
tracted campaign. All that remains
now TO be done must be accomplished
by your agencies in the full delivery Of
the vote at the polls on Tuesday next.
From authentic information received
from all sections Of the State there ought
not TO exist any reasonable doubt
Of the result Of the election.
The favorable conditions referred to are
nevertheless not unaccompanied by
serious dangers. The air is full Of re-
ports that enormous sums Of money
have been contributed by prominent and
wealthy Republicans from other States
to the campaign fund Of our ad-
versaries 10 be employed as
corruption fund TO bride voters.
Against this atrocity and other nefa-
nous designs yet 10 be developed let
our friends in the counties be fully fore
warned. II The suiIrsges Of the people
sre 10 be purchased in open market,
popular representative government is q
failure and a farce. Such methods
should be resisted and prevented
hy all good cizens at whatever cost.
Your willy and unscrupulols foes have
recently imported into the canvass
Senator Sherman and other distin-
guished citizens Of Ohio TO influence
our election. The object Of the visit
Of these distant statesmen is apparent.
The colored people of Virginia had TO
some extent become discontinued with
their party relations, and their more
intelligent leaders were disposed TO
support the administration Of President
Cleveland. Senator Sherman, as their
especial champion on past occasions,
has been brought TO Virginia TO excite
the passions Of the negroes and reenlist
their waning sympathies in support of
The Republican candidates. This is the
only reasonable solution of the object
Of his extraordinary visit. The people
Of Virginia have vital interests at stake
in the result Of this election, and these
are essentially bound up in the success
Of the Democratic party. The Chief
Magistrate and other important State
officers are TO be chosen. Upon the
Legislature 10 be elected will depend
the appointment of United States
senator, the selection Of the judiciary
Of the State. and the control OF the
whole internal machinery Of the
State government. Every patriotic
incentive exists for the exercise
Of your best energies and efforts
in this important crisis. The commit
tee respectfully urge that the young
men Of Virginia, whose permanent and
future interests are so largely involved,
take the initiative and represent the
rights Of the Democratic party at the
polls on the day Of election and see
that the legal and constitutional
rights Of the voters are main
tanned and protected, and let no yio-
lence be permitted or improper inter-
ference allowed with the casting Of the
ballot OF the counting of the vote. The
experience Of the past two annual cleo
tons has shown the ability Of the Dem
ocratic party to carry the State. We
cannot now afford 10 have our hard-won
supremacy snatched from our hands
by illegal and improper methods.
In the exercise Of vigilance, ceaseless
and unremitting, until the close Of the
polls. will be found the best guarantees
Of victory and success. A supreme
effort on your part now will free the
Commonwealth from further assaults
in the future and make the position
impregnable hereafter.
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