Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-09
A PLEA FOR BUFORD.
x.. pus,,s ssrvscs and III. Special
Qualifications for the once
Clearly SGT Forth.

ton in this city:
To he Democratic Voters Of Virginia.
II has been quite the fashion Of some
persons 10 suppose that the Office OF Gov
ernor Of NirGinIa IL so limited in 10 powers
as TO be comparatively unlmportnnt ana
10 adopt the idea that IL may be ngntiy
gwen for considerations that do not re-
spsct as first aud paramount those qusii-
ties and qualifications OF the canulcate
which arc conceded 10 bs tho most import
ant and helpful % the people IN their ef-
forss and progress toward revival anu re-
stdras.oa from their burdens and ioDg-
borne depression. THIS suggestion Is az
I mlscbievous rs u is untrue. During the
: four wears of tho evil war Virginia
! was rayaged aai made oesolste oy
the hand of the most pithess ,h-
vader that over hartied ps'pss;
Every one of those CONDITIONS wnlcu hso
made her citizens prosperous ana happy
was destroyed. not excepting her lavos
system. 80 essential TO her recovery, Wnlch
was suddenly and totally overthroWh %
perverted. Her civil institutions. innstl,cu
from generations OF statesmen, VIZ
forced 20 give place 70 ne" auu u,s.lisJ
forms. The capital which Is always needed
Under most favorable circumstances was
either DESTROYED or by covert methoas ahu
sectional Federal LEGISLATION aOsorbed Tor
uses elswbere and withheld from ner peo-
ME. Credit went with 1t, and the otu
State WAS left burdened with deot WIFI
her honor required her TO respect, wnne
sine was despoiled aud dismem oereo oi
that portion or her territory WniSn "'
not beea overruD.
I ONLY HER PEOPLE LEFT
! All that was left 10 her was her people.
! These had been shs brayest in war ana
were the most tractable In peace. lney
had new lessons TO learn. new suherings
To endure. With a spirit OF Devotion 10
, her true character and traditions, unsur-
/ passeh by any portion of her great history,
/ her people have labored and struggled anu
\ waited without that due reward 10 WHICH
| their toll fairy entitled them; put
bravery and perseverance, accomplish al
things, even If the progress - retarueu.
! Our credit and condition has been In some
sense improved. and at any rate restora;
| tion of democratic control OF the feuerai
Government give hopeful reasons
TO expect an early beginning o,
| a new dawn of hope and a renewed
period of improvement aud restoration.
We arc vet. however. IN the miust .. a
transition period towards revival ana are
in the crisis or the need OF leadership
enidance. and help--the wisest and most
couslderate we can command. We need "
nil the more because Just now ne" anu
unexpected danger appears above our no.
r,zou. The President of the United states
grayely declares to Us that as result OF
unwise laws. which he more than hlhts
were the product of Republican mlsruie,
great loss and damage 10 our people have
already accrued. and that we are con-
fronted with "perllous condition whlcn
threatens TO cripple our merchants stop
the wheels OF manufacture. bring distress
and privation 20 our far nsrs, ana WHO:
hold from our worklngmen the wage Oh
labor"
TIE MAN FOR TIE TINES.
He calls 10 assemble around him not
only those constitutional advisers upon
whom, under normal conditions, ne may
very properly solely rely, but invoices tho
interest and cooperation of oil good
people TO az ist In ayerting the danger
watch threatens 10 sap and overthrow lor q
season the prosperity and enterprise ot tie
country. At such q time are We 10 nave
inexperience at our helm, or must our
wisest be- brought into council Will the
gesture OF the mere decleIiner strike oown
the perlls of the hour IL voiubiity OF
utterauce going 10 supply volume to the
currency? Are figures OF speech going 70
take the place of those other figures when
we are struggling to create on the credit
side OF our account! The poet may DC
born, not made out the statesman Is the
creation only Of painful efforts and OF a
ceaseless experience, aud ms aolilty 10
take core of the fortunes or people must
have begun in his fitness TO handle bravery,
strongly. snd well those interests which
have already been committed TO his care.
He must not oniy be a lover OF his people,
but lie must have ALWAYS diligently pur,
sued such method IS indicate wisdom ana
inspire confidence. He must DO willing TO
share their sacrifices. but he must also
show them out of his own experience now
-. Hal ~ M
to be poor. but he must not plead poverty
as merit. or DO content with lt when
something better Is legitlmately to be won.
| BuPonD UPro THE STANDARD.
We present to you IN Colonel Buford a
man VINO comes up to the standard we
have endeavored TO sketch. he has been
in every sense the architect OF his own
fortune, and has carved his prominent and
useful career through the very iungles OF
both early and later disadvantages. lie
has achieved success in the varied under
tgklngs or private and pubic nature IN
which he has been engaged. HIS patience
his industry, his systematic HABITS. ms
extraordinary judgment. and his slngulal
power of enforcing enlightened views IN
words and in action, and withal his weight
OF character. derived from bis habit o.
stern adherence 10 his convictions of duty
ana public and private obligations, have
not only produced for him character ant
moral power ct home. but respect abroad
and they have lett behind hin
monuments in the public service
which demonstrate his strength under
circumstances of extraordinary Difficult
ty and of painful embarrassment
No better illustration of this can bs found
than in the fact that the Richmond ant
Danvills railroad, coming under his care
when DESTROYED by the results OF the war
and IN a condition Of almost hopeless en-
bsrrassment financially and physically
was taken up by his strong and resource
full energies and not only enlarged into
system of immense value to the Interests
OF the State, but was restored to q copdi
ton OF bene1cencs to the people OF VIZ
glnia, which none moro gratefully nc
knowledge than that portion especially IN
! terested in the results which he effectsS
in connection with its administration
! during q period Of more than twenty
years.
SERVICE AZ LAw-MAKrR.
He has served you in your legislatiy
halls at intervals of many years. reprssen Mt
ing two great constituencies of the Stat
with distinction and usefulness. From
his earliest manhood he has been identifie,
more or less, and of late years largely
with the farming interests of the State
has signalized not only his identifcatio
with that interest. but his usefulness In il
promotion. protection. aud development
His whole aim throughout his life, fruit
full Of energies. has been to ally himsel
, with the pubic veal. and he has been n
insignificant factor in such portion of
} as we ENJOY. We commend him withou
reserve TO your confidence and your SUI
} frage. For the rest permit US TO say ths
! II is not our purpose any moro than II
: the suggestion of good taste to CRITICS
7 those who are competing with Colon,
Buford for the forthcoming nomination
: We desire . clean canvass, and We do nc
believe any body that is unwilling to hay
7 10 Is ut to DO Governor of Virginia.
: Ia an address recently issued in the il
1 terest Of one of the candidates, with O
: without inspiration, three indictment
4 have bssn brought against our candidate
: that he lives in Richmond, that he is b,
I lieycd III Virginia to DO . railroad mar
and that he Is esteemed to be capitals
We have yet to learn that it is discred
70 live In the svsr-giorious capital Of TIL
State. which is recognised as the bacl
bone of that stern Democracy, which ha
kept Virginia steadily In the columns