Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-17

Mr.. Williams 90 "Cittsen.-
CLARRsvILLE, VA. March 9, 'S5.
To- the Editor Of the Dispatch:
| returned from Washington last
night, and noticed in your issue Of the
4th another letter from Citizen y in
regard to the Executive Committee OF
this county, which, had it been as short
as this, would have trespassed much
less ON your valuable space. This most
absurd production was intended as a
reply TO letter written by myself,
which appeared in your paper OF
date about the Goth OF February,
and begins by saying that /" the object
Of my communication was to raise the
question whether the county executive
committees have the right in their ca
pacity as political organizations to en-
dorse and recommend candidates for the
various Offices in their respective coun-
ties at the disposal Of the Federal Adj
ADMINISTRATION" which is not true; but
its object was clearly 10 raise the
question Of whether the said COM
mittees had the right to recommend
when they heard that Richard Jones,
the Republican postmaster at Boydton,
had sold out and resigned, with the un-
derstanding that a Republican clique
might name his successor, which no one
doubts. lmean no solid Democrat. Ii
\ tha4 Z - 70
w. +. Moore. and it will be seen in few
lines how it is that this twenty-five
calibrc Democrat has in few little
months assumed the proportions of
real, stalwart Jefiersonian Democrat.
He is keeping the post-ofice under the
change. In other words. Brother
Ephraim' got the coon. Who overheard
Of Moore doing anything for the cause of
the old party? Some people do party
more good by opposing it, said the
Duke of New Castle, and we may be
fortunate that Moore has at least up to
| this time not been very ardent Demo-
crat but now he is red-hot, teasing
the press with his stupid production of
March I'd, by way of blowing of his
surplus Democracy, as he would have the
people believe. when the fact is, five may
Judge from the service he has rendered
YOU could pick all of his Democracy
in gnat's eye with conference.-the
and the gnat would not find it out. lie
states that | pleaded circumstances as
justification for the action of the
committee, and he stated me correctly;
for that. is the sole reason that stimu-
lated me. and it does seem TO me that
no committee could have had better
reasons for its action. The committee.
as stated in my former letter,
believed that the whole scheme was
conceived in Radical trickery and born
in the arms of anti-DemOcrats. The
committee believed this. and had good
reason for it, and they believe it now
Why. is it not too absurd to conclude
that Dick Jones, the negro postmaster,
who has been lighting Democracy all
his life, would have resigned months
before the Republican party had
TO leave power unless he had
received pay from some source :
know Dick very well, and
think that he is too smart to be
thus picked up. lie further asks if it
can be that failed to see the letter in
the Meclleabuyy Democrat Of the 18th
of February, signed Voter" as to
muimuring of the people at the com
mittec's action. have only to say
that even if had seen that letter |
would have been little impressed. as |
would have certainly concluded that
the voter who wrote against the action
Of the committee was either Republi-
can voter. or interested in the post
Office or related to those who are.
Now comes that portion Of his la
bored epistle which submit to any
intelligent man, woman, cblld, or
any one else. is the very maturity OF
imbecility-tlat is, where. after COM
plimcnting my co-workerS and myself
ior conducting a vigorous campaign last
NJvtmbcr, he goes on to say - For
here we have Mr.. Williams Boosting of
having voted every man at the Clarks-
Vile precinct on the 4th of November
last but one, who was sick, and yet
neither Mr.. Williams nor his coadiu-
tors knew they possessed this cNtraor-
binary power Of recommendations
until the 9TH day of February,
two months after the campaign had
ended" Only one word in reply
TO this balderdash Is. that the trick of
the Republican clique in causing the
postmaster TO resign. as the committee
believed, had not happened, and there
was no reason for the committee to re-
commend, and this part of his letter is
strong to refute the charge of the COM
mittee having uSurped power; for if
the committee had desired to arrogate
TO itself the right to dictate to the peo-
/ pie it would have not waited two months.
No; they waited until they considered
that it was their duty to do something
TO prevent the Republicans and those
antagonistic to the Democratic party
naming our officers, and simply adopted
Recommendation a. the means of avert
ing this calamity to the party.
The Legislature of North Carolina
recommended Mr.. Jarvis for a Cabinet
( position. and yet this was not what they
were elected by the people to do. and
he was recommended without assign
Ing any special reason except the
merit of the candidate: but our
committee never thought of making
recommendation until the trouble
about the Boydton post-sfiice had
occurred, under which circumstances
the committee believed il their exigent
duty 10 do as they did.
Citizen " closed by saying that
complained that his real name was not
signed to his letter. and said that |
could learn il by demanding il at Boyd
1 ton. But | still complain, not that
there was anything in his letter per-
sonally offensive 10 me, Tor had that
! been the case should, before replying
TO his letter. have seen him, as never
( resent an insult by saying = You are
T another, = and | don't intend to do il