The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-27
SATURDAY. AUGUST o. 1885,
NJ nrYAN ro nE RErIKED2

or esteemed and distinguished leHo"-
citizen. CAPTAIN Camm Patteson' OF BUCK
,,obom county who f. always interest
INC no matter what position he assumes
on anv political question, prints IN yes
terday's New York sun one OF inc HloS'
interesting Of All communications una' we
have seen from his pen.
Captain Pattcson Is in full accord VII"
the sun in its advocacy Of teTitorlai OK
mansion. and declares that the flag or the
Union. which has been carried by tne
valor Of our soldiers from place to place
.haIl never be taken down with his con-
sent We must not only annex the
Philippine Islands. he says, but IN aool-
zion we must acquire a port in China for
The benefit of our trade. Not by war;
he adds hut by honorable negotiation
AS for cuba and Porto Rico and the la
waiian Islands they are ours. and must
be ours forever lie does not propose that
we shall make States of the Union OF
cuba. Porto Rico and the philippine
Islands perhaps Tor nfiy years or more
certainly not until their population should
ae.uire sufficient intelligence 10 entiile
shom 10 SUCH q position.
In the meantime, he contends they
can be governed as territories. and he as
serts that there Is not one letter or
syllable in the Federal Constitution
against such action. But TO do justice to
the concluding portion Of Captain Pate
sons communication nothing short OF ms
exact words will do. and so we quote:
may pause here hong enough TO say
that the Democratic members of Congress
who voted against the annexation OF
Hawaii will have a stern account 10 set
lie with their constituents. writing nor
Virginia. l viii declare that the war mas
unlocked the sluggish thought of our peo-
pie: II has stirred them 10 action. Inc
vast bulk Of thom prefer the prosperity
OF our country TO any party on earth'
The wise prudent. sagaciousband states
manlike administration of President VIII
liam Mex inley in the administration or
the affairs Of this country In the great
crisis through which we have passed mas
deserved. as IL has received, the cordial
approval Of the best people of Virginia,
and IN deed, Of the entire Union. writ
ing as a Democrat who has always been
true 10 his party, I say that 81 STANDS
the administration of Grover Cleveland.
who tore down the stars and stripes
lrom the island OF Hawaii and afterward
attempted a. plruEo this country into "a
war without any cause whatever with
England our chief ally. 10 IS difficult,
yet 70 s. impossible TO characterize his
conduct with sufficient animadvcrsiOn
with reference 10 both Venezuela and iia-
wall. II remained for William Mckinley
''to plucl, the flower of safety from the
ncttle OF danger" He has carried into
eject true Democratic principles OF Gov
ernment
The seed sown by the grand National
Democratic Convention OF 1874 is beginning
TO bear noble fruit. That was the con-
vcn,ion which inaugurated the doctrine
which requires q majority of two-thirds
20 be given before any candidate can be
nominated for President This change
was made 10 defeat Martin Van Buren,.
who was opposed 20 the annexation OF
TEXAS. and 30 accomplished its purpose.
This Same spirit of True Democracy nns
aireQuf clipped tle wings OF Ihtl ain-
bilious youne statesman. Joseph To- bAi-
ley. o. IeNuf ~ D. reaching iuftA u-
'priarsan arrns for other food in Che Dom
oCratic party. NclihCr beautiful rhetoric
nor the most skilul political <manipUla-
ton though AIDED by the unsurpassed
advantages OF the Virginia Walton law.
can save from the doom which awaits
them the oGiceholdegs Who oppose The
policy OF annexation. The men who at
tempt 10 stem this mighty torrent viii
be swept away by the rcsistless force
Of public opinion. They wiu join sterling
Morton William T. Wilson. Villas ANA
Don NJ. Dickinson. tosehcr they VIII
form what may properly De termed the
fotsam and jctsam of the Cleveland ad-
ministration and will quietly float away
spring up new Democratic party. which
VIII prove 20 The world that the spirit
Of true liberty stnl fingers among us. and
the memory and ,ho deeds of an d.
iustrious ancestry have not been for
cotton.
II Is not orr purpose 10 enter into any
discussion with Captain Patterson as to
his proposed policy Of expansion for our
views on that subject are Wei known TO
those who have done as the honor 90
read us from time TO time But there
are two or three significant statements
10 Which we would direct special atten-
lion. II g. significant that Virginia
Democrat who Ia 1896 had no liberation
for those who dld not support free silver
and the free silver candidate and who
declared that the country would bc ruined
Il Mckinley sAc aid be elected, should