Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-28
The New Party.

The old Amelia county negro who said
that the new THIRD party was TO be con-
structed out OF the rotten ends" OF the
two old parties was not 50 far wrong as some
OF his whites citizens often are.
Whilst the best men of the Republican
party might offer what seems to them n
valid reason for going over 10 the Third
party the genuine Democrats OF the coun-
try cannot offer any. justiAable plea for de-
serting the real party of the people-the
old Democratic party with which they
have acted 80 long-and casting in their
fortunes with q new party which has no.
thing but unproduchve promises upon
which to feed the voters. aud no govern
mental measures 70 Offer for the considera-
ton Of the public except such as In some
other form have proved TO he failures
when tested. and unworthy TO DO relied
upon by any man of any party.
The orators of the new or Third party in
/ Virginia lay great stress upon the fact, II
fact II be. that on the stump and in their
public meetings the Blue and the Gray
meet in fraternal combination, and have
never q word TO say 10 regard TO what
their nominee for President of the United
Statss-General WEAvKR-used to be so
fond Of talking about-nsmsly. the "late
rebellion" 1t is veey easy 10 find few
persons Of that sort even in the Repubil-
can party. But does this fact prove that
the Republican party is not as party IN
favor Of the force billy President HARG1-
SON made speech at Malone, N. Y, on the
/ day before yesterday in which he referred
/ 10 the recent war between the States ID
terms to which no southern man would be
likely TO object. But that fact does not
prove that Mr.. HARRISON is not now
as warmly in favor of the passage OF
| the force bill, or rather force
! bill, a. he was when he recommended such
bill to the favorable consideration OF
( Congress. On the contrary, Mr.. HARRISON
represents the force-bill element of his
party which, in the Republican National
| Convention that assembled at Minneapolis
only few months ago. not only declared
in favor of the force bill and laid in their
platform a long and strong force-bill
| plank. but selected Mr.. HARRISON TO
/ stand upon that plank before the intelll-
gent people of the United Ststes and tell
| them, whenever al opportunity was
offered him TO do so. that the southern
States ought 20 be governed from Wash
ington city, and governed, Of course. by
/ Republican officials. In word. the Mln-
neapolis convention recommended that the
southern States of this Union should be
converted into satraples.
Now, we object TO the Third party in
Virginia that whether it is 10 be made out
of the rotten ends OF the other two parties
OF not, it is nothing but an annex" to
the Republican machine" Its utmost
exertions will not enable it to choose
single elector OF President of the United
States. ALI its labors are in effect labors
in behalf Of the Republican party, and all
the results that will follow from those la
bors will be calculated to weaken the
Democratic party and strengthen the Re
publican party without benefitlng the new
party in any manner whatever. Men and
brethren of the Jefersonian. Jacksonian,
Democratic party. are you willing TO be
used as tools by any faction, new or old
I Are you willing to shut your eyes to the
material consequences OF your acts and
vote the Third-paIty ticket. thus lndi-
reotly casting vote for WEAVER, and
doing all that your votes will do to build
up the Republican party and pull down
/ the Democratic partyY Are you SO unwise
as to be willing to pull down the pillars
that support the Temple Of Democracy,
though you know that yourselves and
your friends aud oil your old party asso-
ciates will be crushed in the ruins; Will
you lend your countenance to the Repuo-
lican party, which. in whatever guise 1t
appears. Yer ceases to be the enemy OF
the southern people?