Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-09-18
To The Republicans
Pocahontas, Va, Au

your moral, material and intellectual
worth, | do not mean by this little
talk To give offence, but on the other
hand to offer for your earnest con-
Sideration n few thoughts in the
kindeSt and most respectful spirit.
have lived in Tazewell county nearly
twenty years Il haeV learned that
many of her best citizens vote the
Republican ticket, and that Re
publican majority has been recorded
at every election during the past
twenty-five years.
| believe | ann right when | say
The old lteadj djusletC Campaign changed
he political complexion OF Tazewell,
that prior 10 that unfortunate struggle
between Democrats, Tazewell was the
banner Democratic county of the
state. That campaign having ended
(gCod. stable and intelligent Demo
cT2t, hNNin don their utmost To win
the victory from their several view
points,. the Democratic party found
i,seii rent in twain; thc majority of
ler citizens landed ia, q: rather. al
most unconsciously or umkuowinglN
found themselves voting tie kcpub-
licau ticket not that they had
studied and willingly and intelli-
gently accepted the principles of the
Republican party. hut because they
.cit sore at the Fdudcrs. THE lapse
If time mas failed tu close the bTeacn
sons 90 Voters at that time have been
influenced hy their mthtrs. with "A
determination To hold your own and
wen To extend your borders, you
have seemingly forgotten or overlook
ri your reasons for having upheld
Democracy In Virginia prior to the
Readuster Campaign. Prior To That
campaign, how did you view the l3,
Ii and 10Th amendments To the
National Constitution? Was there
not an cXempliiication of their forces
and effect in the Eastern section of
our State? Did you not sympathizc
with your kind and kin In that
section and rejoice that your environ
mcnts were unlike thcis2 DO YOU
remember how that undesirable con
dition was eased? Was IL not done
by fraud In the elections and com
mitted 10y the Democrats In order to
hold control of Local and State Gov
cmment? Did not that practice con-
tinue until the adoption of our pre-
sent State Constitution? All this oc-
casioncd by the l3, If and 10th
amendments To the National Con-
stitution. From the close OF the
Read justcr Campaign To the promul-
cation of our present Constitution,
did you not by voting the Republi-
can ticket endorse the 13, II and 10th
amendments which were IA terror to
Eastern Virginia? And do you not
at this time, (in this 1908 campaign
by voting the Republican ticket en-
dorse the enforcement OF those
amendments? The Chicago Platform
so declares, and Mr.. Taft In his
speech Of acceptance so declares. |
do not believe you favor any such
thing, your are Virginians, you love
your neighbors, yes, even those be-
yond the Blue Ridge. That being
true, why not come back home Gin
the Democratic party) restore that
old time Democratic majority, and
reap your full share as component
part of our State. The National Re.
publican party will have To dispense
with certain planks in its platform
before Virginia or the South will be
Republicanized. Those dreaded
amendments) or the Crumpacker Bill
supported by Mr.. SIemp) do not
tend in that direction. Has our
county or our Southwest proiited
from the National Republican party
To the extent that we have lost at the
hands of our state Government? /
think not. Are we likely to? / think
not, certainly not so long rs Tazewell
county and our Ninth District roll
up IA majority in support of Ii plat
form and IA candidate pledged TO en-
force, or rather TO restore conditions
East of the Blue Ridge as existed
prior To the adoption OF our present
Constitution. Is my view at fault?
You say the Southwest does not get
her share of the good things. l agree
with you Virginians, beyond our
borders, manage to elect Legislators
and Senators who believe that "SeIf
preservation Is the first law of
nature, and thus distribute benefits
to those sections whose conceptions
Retrospective and prospective) are in
opposition TO Republican supremacy
in Virginia. We, in Tazewell and
the Southwest are losing time and
ground. This splendid section of ours
can best subserve her material and
educational development by recogniz-
ing and realizing that Republican
supremacy in Tazewell county and
in the Ninth District does not and
vs., H.