Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-09-02
short-Lived Parties.

ting the support Of the people of Virginia
win find their numbers dwindling down TO
small figure before election-day. There
no room in Virginia at the present time
for new party of any considerable
strength. We are engaged in a contest
which rs too important TO allow US TO turn
aside from the battlefield OF 1892 and
enter that of 1895. The people have made
mp their minds TO decide this year that
this country shall not be ruined by force
bill. nor by tariff worse than the Nc
KIxIxY act, nor by any other Of the
measures which the Republican enemies
of the South profess TO regard as of so
much importance.
In this State tho force bill throws into
The background all the other schemes for
depressing the people which the Republi-
cans are recommending TO the favorable
consideration OF the people of the north
srn States. We say recommending TO the
northern people. for the Republican lead
ers well know that 1t would be impossible
10 secure en- endorsement Of the force bill
from the true people Of the South. The
negroes have no State pride, and rejoice
whenever the Republicans resort to any
measure calculated TO Cypress aud hui
initiate their section. They are enemies to
the people amongst whom they live, and
would rather see the southern States in
CHAINS than not. The negroes are the tools
relied upon by the mslignants to aid them
in holding up the hands of the enemies of
this section in their long-continued war
upon our true people.
II these premises oe sound. the conclu-
SION must follow that short-hved in
deed will be the new parties which are at
the present time seeking TO gain the ear OF
the voters of Virginia. From now until
November the new parties will go on
diminishing in numbers From now until
November they will become more and
more ashamed of the position they occupy
in the opinion Of their true-hearted fellow
citizens and fellow-Democrats Indeed,
before that time they will have become so
insignificant that they will either vote the
Democratic ticket OF decide that there is
no new party which tor any good reason
they can support and wind up by remain
ing at home on election-day.
of election. appointed because they were
more feet Of foot than their competitors
for the Office of supervisor, will feel rather
small on electiou-da when they find
how insignificant indeed is the number of
followers Of WEAVER and FIELD in this
State. Not one SINGLE electoral vote will
they get IN Virginia. Nay. we suppose
they do not themselves expect to secure
single electoral vote IN the United States.
Aud what good would it do the deserving
Democrats in Virginia to have the election
of President Of the United States thrown
into the House of Representatives! MIR.
CLEVELAND would beyond doubt be
elected by that body, the Democrats
having an immense majority of the delega-
lions therein. These deserving Democrats
would thus secure the election Of WHITE
LAW RID, Republican, to be Vice-Presi-
dent. Isn't that dainty dish to set be-
fore the good people Of Ahe South as the
product Of Third-party tacticsf
So we appeal 10 the people of Virginia 10
Zee for their lives from the cities of the
plain. Let them not be found !" in all the
PLAN" when the threatened storm APP
pears.
We appeal to the public also to denounce
the force bills each man TO his neighbor,
and'thus do all that can be done TO reduce
the Republican vote in this honored old
Commonwealth. That bill, il it ever be-
comes law. will render it unnecessary
thereafter for the Republicans to wage
anything but q sham war upon the Demo-
Gratis, seeing that the former viii always
thereafter have 1t in their power to carry
oil the elections for the Republicans. So
also it would be useless for the Democrats
ever to engage in another political battle
after the force bill had tied their hands 80
that they could accomplish no good re-
suits by all the labors they could re-
sort to.
In word. the Democracy must succeed
this year. or they may never again have
the opportunity TO do SO. Will you
fall in i" al, once and help the old Demo-
cratic party to gain glorious victory ?
Men and brethren. this is a question which
you ought to make question of con-
science.