Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-04

Answer at the Polls, Virginians.
What OF Virginia? Before another issue
q this papsr reaches our readers the battle
OF the ballots will have been fully Joined, and
The reply 70 the question which opens this
article will be awaited with the deepest snx-
iety throughout the length and breadth OF
the land. Letoyefy true Virgiuian ask him
scS the question, for IN the reply may be in
voiyod the most mouentous consequences,
both 10 the State and the nation. Upon the
manner IN which the old State conducts her
self IN :hc i,bt may depend the fate OF the
national ticket-may depend whether the
Eouth shall retain The position OF equality In
the sisterhood Of States a Democratic adj
ministratlon secured her, or again be turned
over 10 the tender mcrclcs Of the sectional
Cloths and Nandals
Whqt OF yirginla2 Let the question ring
over the Commonwealth like a bugle-blast,
calling the Democrats Of every city, town,
village, hamlet. aud county precinct to the
work demanded by honor and by duty. Let
81 be the signal 10 liaht the Democratic watch
Ores and rally the Democratic hosts from the
mountains 10 TIE sea. by the answer that
will 20 forth on Tuesday night Virginia will
be Judged no less for the future than for the
present. ~ it shall be known whether she
g. for The patty OF peace. Maternity, and
sn ipdissolube union Of indestructlble
EtAtes. or is for tho party Of dscord, section
slism, and Capitalization. by 1t shall be
known whether she is for the Constitution
In it, purity ADD integrity or for that instru-
ment ~ tr1mpicl upon and prosututcd and
perverted by the Scythians OF American
politics. BY Il shall he known whether she
s. true to herself, loyal 10 the demands OF
PATRIOTISM, loyal o. her friends and those
who look mp TO her North and South, OF pro-
poses to grOVcl 1T the feet Of the modern
CAIGULAs who hate the South with as re-
Veugeful a hatred As that the Roman monster
bore the people Of Rome.
What Of VirginiaI VIII she hold out her
fair hands-aua with them the hands OF
her southern sisters-to the shackles OF ma
iisuant ruler VIII she bow cringingy
20 the yoke OF negro domination? Has she
forgotten the terrible night OF reconstruc'
tlon with its hldeous saturnalis OF rob-
berry. oilicisl vsmpirism and debaucbery
i;s rolling Ia prejudice, passion, and
late, its record u humiliation, its
cruel oppression tbst brought her almost
10 the verge OF despair? VIII she prove
Obvious TO The fact that the real and the
paramount issue Is the preservation OF south
ern ciyilizaiion--the preservation OF all that
the southern States gained when they threw
OF Radical and carpet-bsg thraldomS Has
abe forgotten the recent proposed legisla-
ton OF the CnANDLERs. the BoUTELLEs, the
eHKRMANs whereby they would II they
could wrest from the South part Of its repre-
tentatiou Ia Congress and place this whole
section forever under the iron heel OF the
party Of moral treasonf Has she forgotten
the rule Of the bsyonet, the carnival OF the
sAtrap, the insults TO the memory OF her best
and oravest hurled from the stump and
through the Radical orgsnsf Does she not
know that these enyenomed speakers aud
these vituperatiye organs express the senti-
menls Of the wolves 10 sleeps clothing who.
while prating OF politicos economic questions,
would spring upon the South and elut their
appetite for revenge! WIN she warm into
lie the adder that In days past sought TO
sting her TO dcathy
what OF Virginia! Has she forgotten
The glory Of the past, the demands OF the
future, the hope OF the nation, the obligation
abe owes to principlei Has she fallen from
She high place OF defender OF the right she
has occupied for over q hundred years
Shall her shield no longer be the protection
Of the weaks Shall her lance no longer mold
sloit the orinamme Of good iaithP
ANSWER AT THE Per.Ls, vmGISIANs.