Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-28
The meckIenburg Committee.

To the Editor OF me Dispdtch
Just few words in reply to Dir.
williams's letter in your issue of March
18th. He has made such pitiful de-
fence of the action of the County Com
mittee that he has shifted the issue -
an attack upon my Democracy. and on
this point am ready to meet him.
have never denied, and do not deny,
that was in favor Of readjusting the
State debt. So were a thousand other
Democrats in this county out Of voting
population of about seventeen hundred,
and neither they nor myself have any
apology to make to Mr.. Williams.
Notwithstanding my views on the
State debt, seeing | would have to afiil-
late with Republicans, | never voted
any other than the straight Democratic
ticket. In the memorable campaign
between Daniel and Cameron, VIXEN
only 687 Straightout Democratic votes
were cast in the large county Of Meek
lenburg, | was one among that small
number who voted for Daniel, as MIR.
William T. Atkins, who gave me
nv ticket, will testify. IL Mr.. Will
liams proposes to prescribe me be-
cause | have been a Readjuster, then
there are a thousand Readjuster-
Democrats who will know the
reason why; and we don't intend
to leave the Democratic party. either.
Nothing that Mr.. Williams can do or
say can ever weaken my fealty to JEFF
fersonian Democracy and my unchang-
ing and undated opposition to the Re-
publican party. Perhaps | ought also
to have stated that | did intend to ap-
ply for the office Of commissioner Of
sales when that bill was before the
Legislature, but did so because ! was
so advised by good Democrat who
now holds an important position on the
County Committee, and who thought
was my friend. and who offered to go
my security in the matter-and he was
to receive part Of the profits of the Of
fee.
fever / make any apology for this
it should be to the Readjusters, and not
to the Straightout Democrats. Mr.
Williams refers to my being deputy
postmaster. | have no excuse to make
for this either, as it was a position |
have been expecting to fill since last
November. About that time Mr.. Bas-
keryill informed me that he would be
an applicant for the post-oiiice, and pro-
posed to me that in the event Of his Suc-
cess to act as his deputy and to keep
the office in my store, to which agreed.
When he was appointed postmaster 1
knew nothing of it until his application
had been presented before the Depart
ment. He then asked me to act as his
deputy, to which | consented.
do not understand that Mr.. Williams
has been authorized to speak for the
County Committee, and | believe that
large majority of them would never
have noticed Chairman Holiness sum
mons if they had thought its object was
to regulate the Boydton poSt-oflice, as
Mr.. Williams seems to think. They
thought they were summoned here in
the interest Of the whole county, and
not Boydton alone. If they were i'm
posed on it is no fault Of mine.
AS far as am concerned | have no
disposition to rival Mr.. Williams in his
rhetorical gnat's-eye" flourish, but
think if he had known how indifferent
was to his opinion Of my Democracy
he would have kept it to himself.
have never been a very active poll
tician, and never expect to be, as my
business demands all the energy and
time at my command. 1t is strange.
indeed, if | were Democrat Of such a
small calibre as Mr.. Williams repre-
sents me to be that the good Democrats
of Boydton should call on me to make
contributions for campaign purposes,
and that the citizens of Boydton, in a
meeting here last fall, should have ap-
pointed me on a committee to raise
funds for the Cleveland and Hendricks
jubilee, and that the members Of the
committee Of arrangements should have
asked me to entertain free Of cost
(which | did, six members of the band.
As far as my means would allow |
have always been ready to respond to
any call for money to advance the
cause Of Democracy.
w. Z. MOORE.