Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-01
a Voice from Tennessee.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, August &c, 1889.
To The I5ditor Of the DispGtch:
"strlke ior tho crecu graves Of your sircs.
81 u,F vnur uativn land

To The Editor Of the DiSpdfch:
"strIke ior tho green graves Of your sIrcs.
God and your native land"
"God save and bless old Virginia y is
now the constant eiaculatOry prayer OF
every one Of her sons, no matter in what
land or country he may be. Every eye
is now watching the life-and death strug-
Gle for the honor and integrity OF the
proud old Commonwealth now being
wagcd around the graves OF the Mar
shslls, Pages, Nelson's, Randolphs, Lees
Monroe. Madison, jefferson, and Wash
ington. Are these TO be given up to the
desecration OF mob OF unciyilized ne
croes? Is the memory Of the sacred SOL
a. Yorktown, ONCE drenched with the
blood Of the last Of orr Revolutionary
heroes, to be smothered ont by the stencil
Of n mongrel mob? Never while there
live any OF the brave men who fought
for honor and right at Bull Run, around
Richmond, at fredericksburg, Chancel-
lorsyille. the Wilderness, or IN the Val
leg. to iniuse into the young men OF to-
day that Statc-pride which made Virginia
great. and made her the leader OF human
liberty and tue foremost OF the immortal
thirteen sovereign and independent
States. Has Virginia passed her zenith
ia she in her dec!lnaton, and must she
sink down below the horizon under
black cloud Of negro domination? No,
the white race will not permit 1t; the
march of civilization viii not allow 1t |;
aud inst God Will forbid 1t.
The nominations made ut your late
Democratic Convention are such rs any
State should be proud of-strong, brainy,
brave, heightened gentlemen III the full
est acceptation of the term. Honest
men. "Ihe noblcst work OF God" Viz
pinia hss never seen the day when the
votes of the most needy Of her white
men were for sale or could be bought for
q price. Blocks OF Five " can never
be arranged among them, and should the
Chairman Of the Executive Committee OF
the national Republican party. IN an
effort to degrade and ensiaye you, Hood
your State with bribe-mOney, the digest
part Of it will go where 1t Will
do You no harm. Oyou NirginiGns, who
are Justly proud OF your State and your
ancestry. look back to the time whom the
Sage OF Monticello moulded and guided
tho political thought OF your State, and
was tho great leader Of Freedoms army
throughout the world, and then look for
ward to that which threatens You IN the
very near future-a brave little soldier,
but arch-traitor to his people and his
State, leading an army of illiterate ne
rroes to usurD control Of proud old Nir-
einin. And for what ? From a love OF
authority and power. and to revenge
himself upon the decent and cultured
because they condemn his ways and turn
their backs upon him.
Your crandslrcs who followed Wash
inpton believed that they were fighting
for righteous and noble cause. You
who bled with Stonewall Jackson and
the Lees fought ior the sacred reserved
rights Of the State. But you who are
now engaged in a blOodless battle are
struggling for civilization, high morals,
refinement, culture, Tor Your good name,
and, above all, IN defence OF your
women. In such q struggle you cannot
and must not stop TO think OF high
/ tariff or low tarih, or internal revenue.
Under taxation that would swallow hall
your income you can stlll live and pre-
/ serve vour seif-rospect, but under tho
disgrace Of being ruled and governed by
ba1barous race you would dic-perish
ont Of existence. This is the only ques.
ton worthy OF consideration 10y the old
slave States. And here they stand al
/ bav and will die to man sooner than
submit 10 negro rule. Sooner or later
! bloody revolution will come II the ne
groes are not disfranchisod. When that
/ is done the negro VIII quietly drop lntc
the notch for which nature and God in
tended him, and the solid South will be
no more. J.. ii. u.