The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-19
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1890.
p,srHICT CONVENTION.

t'HhutR No"sl'''~N-
This is the question TO DE answered ol
the convention which will assemble IN
Richmond to-day.
The selection Of the candidate is a dut}
fraught not only at this time particularly
but always with much responsibility.
The proper exercise Of that duty requires
GOODNESS and judgment.
Representatives Of the party IN 'ooch'
land, King William, New Kent, Hanover
iIenrico, and Chesterfield counties ana III
Richmond and Manchester are gathered
here, and the one predominant idea which
should influence them is that the metropolis
tan district of Virginia, the leader OF the
south, is called upon TO rebuke the outrage
of the Force bill.
That rebuke should be sharp, decisive
and Of no uncertain sound. To make II
this, the strongest man Democracy can
select should be given the leadership Three
names likely to he most prominent before
she convention are those Of the Hon. George
u. Wise, Colonel Tazewell Elicit, and Hon.
Richard II. Cardwell. Results Of the
primaries and precinct meetings show that
each OF these have delegates favorable 10
them. Some of the delegates have already
so announced themselves, some in making
such an announcement before they were
chosen have practically been instructed for
some particular candidate. Others are
uninstructed. only the first ballot Will
demonstrate the relative strength Of each
candidate.
Everyone rccongnizes that this contest be
fore the convention is but a friendly one
No one can doubt for an instant that the
nominee for Congress, whoever he may be,
will receive the hearty support of every
Democrat and true Nirgnian in the dis
trict.
At this vital moment the liic must be
drawn sharply between those who are true
Nrgnians and those who are not.
The line has been drawn 10y a radical
House Of Representatives and il glitters
with Federal bayonets.
such house of alleged representatives
must he purged. Virginia, the south. the
whole country looks TO the Democratic
party to do this.
Ii can only be accomplished by placing
Democrats in seats now held 10y Radicals.
The man who at this juncture votes in
Virginia for anybody but Democrat pro
claims himself an enemy To his own people
and to the liberties Of America. BY his act
he says: IL endorse every act of a Reed
ridden horde Of cOnspirators against their
country. | believe in the Radical party en-
deayOring TO do by force what ii can accom-
plish in no other way. | do not be-
lieNe in the sanctity of the ballot, one of
the safeguards of liberty. l &, not
believe in sovereign state being
allowed 10 conduct its own affairs.
l believe in prostituting the jud ciary toI
partisan ends. | believe in pl cling the
bayonet at the throat Ofthe VIII G race.
believe in turning Virginia into a military
province. am anxious TO enjoy a return
of the horrors Of reconstruction days. | am
not true Nirginian.'
This is the only logical deduction to be
based upon a vote for any man who offers
himself 10 Nirginians a. a candidate for
Congress. unless he is member OF that
party against which the iniquitous Force
bill is aimed. II is aimed at that party be-
cause Democracy has been the answering |
enemy for a century nearly Of the principles |
now embodied in the Republican party. |
One after another the predecessors of radi- |
calism have been shattered by Democracy. |
Republicansm is the worst form and most
malignant type Of the manifestations mimi |
cal 10 the Constitution Of the nited states.
Though defeated now and then by force of
arms, by the use of unstntcd money, or by |
other instruments Of fraud, Democracy still
stands forth conspicuous as the defender Of
American institutions.
Against the Radical Force bill, conceived |
in sectionalsm, blind hatred, and despair,
the Democratic party must offer an I'M
broken line of opposition. The Third-Dis-
trict Democracy must see to it that they
form a solid part Of that line.
Their delegates will select strong man
dS th' htNt Ndhuiudt' loi representative W
Congress. Ii would be one Of the pTOudest
nome nts Of a mans lie when he is called
10 take the standard for the people, and
carry il in this contest against force and
fraud. only one man may do this at the
same time Those who are unsuccessful in
attaining the bonor, will show their pa
triotism, their love of Old Virginia in imme
diately joining forces with the candidate,
enthusiasm upon which SO much depend.
in the bitter fight against Radicalism that
would use the baYOnet il il cOuld.