The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-02
ALL
DRUGGISTS.


4 In this locality. 4,
man has been harmed In this canvass, In
this district, on account OF political opln D
ion, or Of race anita onisnls. or where the
local and State authorities have refused
Or been towerless to deal with any phase
Of crime occurring In their Jurisdictions
please stat the Instances as some JUS z
uhcatlon of a proceeding which now
seems TO me as inexplicable rs Injurious
TO the common welfare. ai
Ssg But Ii, us ! am corivn ced. you are 4ig 4
$norant OF any circumstance calling for.
1.-THE init oduction OF troops. OF signifying
the Inability OF the civil authorities to.
cope with, any trouble likely to arise, l
beg th1t you will give public ties tiinony to
the exoneration Of people among whom
You live from charges 50 htlrtful to theft
honor and posterity am, 5r.
Respectfully yours, &c
WILLIAM e. CAMERON, ~
TO G. =. Ratnsdell Esq, Petersburg, Va
The Following Is Mayor Cameron 8 re-
sponge to Marshal Ramsdcll's letter. to-J
day sent to that official: 4sts
II Office OF the Mayor
l5s Petersburg, Va. Nov. 9, 4 1870 L
70 c. r. Ramsdell, United States Mar
shall, ETC.:
sr,-Your letter OF the 31st ult., has
Lecn received. That 1t is or was intend
ed TO be ia reply i o mine OF the 18th OF.
October no one could claim who had
re al them both--n contIng ency which you
ii isely provided against by publishing
yours alone lii the National Republican
az Friday last It falls alike in tone
end In directncss to meet the frank in-i
1uiries i addressed to you, and can,
not do your intelligence the conscious
injustice OF supposing to be ignorant Of
that fact. # ..i$ E,.I ~ ii fss {5
j wrote to you OF affairs present and
nntent, and called your attention to the
prevalent peace throughout this district
during the present canvass, and you an \
swer by producing an exaggerated &C !: x
count Of 3 matters which TRANSFERRED u ut
various times. tho latest OF which was
H., more than six months ago. ask you
Ito Instance outfages calling for the emf
Iloyment Of troops, and you ! rifle at
once with the good name Of the good
sense Of this community by general al,
lus!on to newspaper articles written and
Official speeches made. which, under
Your construction, breathes the hostile
nnirnus against some persons or class
OF persons. You would, therefore. in DO.
lance OF plain constitutional provisions,
ir defiance OF the very terms OF the
Federal law, and inS subverslon Of the
most essential spirit Of Republi>..n In
bt,tution, base an armed invasion OF the
$te rrttory of a free and sovereign state
4cnRthe unstable foundations of suppo-
sltion and Of words. In this you but
show your own ignorance Of the nature
OF the government OF which you are an
af!lcer. and your disregard for those
forms which are of the very substance
III the security In liberty of all American
citizens. Discussion with men who re-.
cognlze no obligations as higher than
those OF party. and who view everything
with reference to Its campaign effect
ran lead to no good result; for nothing
can now be said which would enlishten
the public appreciation of the sentiments
ard motives OF your class You listen
With pleased equinimity while Mr.. Blaine
end Mr.. Hnlstead, and the ST. Louis
lie mocrat and the National Republican
threaten Republican usurpation should
the people OF the United States exercise
their clear rights Of choice and eject Mr..
Tilden to the Presidential chair: ana
vet YOU call Justify for Federal soldiers
I'd confront the men o. Buclsraln con-
jured up by your uneasy brain, when
Democratic writer's and speakers, In the
reart Of partisan pleadings. say what
.hey think should be the course adopted
IL trouble should be forced upon the
cople by the Vaccinations OF a few
designing adventures. expected You
10 rise above the level OF mere party
emergencies, and you have sunk to the
lowest plane Of political pleading. When
I speak OF tho unmpeachable now. you
rIant yourself on the 1ebatable then
q st as Beknap and Babcock and Blaine
ind Butler, when accused OF their glar-
INK and present shortcomings appealed
to musty almanacs and DRY out against
the 'rebels" Of tho past decade, pro-
duce ncontrovertihle facts.
This canvass has progressed without
a blow OH either side. Whites and nee
groes have We'd with each other In OBJ
seryance OF the law. New York has
had Its disturbances, and model Ver-
| mont Its d!sgracefu! riots, but In the
Fourth District not a cheek has been
touched or a hair harmed: and You re-
bly, with resurrectionary remnants OF
past contests and the shadows OF re-
mote contingencies. A brief examination
OF the law under which you are a SER
want OF the people would show you that
extraordinary circumstances are REQUIRED
to Justify the use Of troops, and that
even then specified method Of requt-
s!tlon must be followed But what care
lions or the forms OF civil law2 made
tho mistake OF supposlng you better
than the kind with which you moved
and superior to the school III which
you graduated,
Sometimes wish that troops might
come to shield US from the possible res
suits Of the desperation Of men who
would saorIhce any and everything to
their continuance In peace, hut am
~, ha "a sill vlyJ,Jl o