Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-07-14
For tie q V1n0tcOfOr
Highland County.

At . Convention of Delegates frou, each
magisterial district in the County of High
land, Virginia, held at the Court House
thereof, on the Oath day of June, 1865. !.
Thomas Campbell, Esq. was called to
the Chair and A, T. Stephenson, appointed
Secretary.
On motion. the Chairman appointed the
following gentlen en- committee, viz: w.
w. Fleming, Andrew ]. Jones, John NJ.
Armstrong, Adam II. Fleishcr and John
is. Newman, to report permanent officers
for the Convention.
The committee retirel and in short
time reported the name of Thomas Camp
bell for permanent Chairman and A. L.
Stephenson for Secretary, which report was
; adopted.
On motion. the following resolution was
adopted:
R'esolced, That every citizen of this
county (being qualified voter) present
and wishing to act in this Convention, be
allowed to take a seat therein as member
of the same.
On the motion of W. W. Fleming. Esq,
the following preamble and resolutions were
submitted 70 the Convention for considcra-
ton and adoption;
JTheyeas, Some persons have been max :
ing an effort to have the County of High.
land transferred ftom the jurisdiction of
the State of Virginia to that Of the State Of
West Virginia.
Therefore We being delegated by the cit.
liens of the different magisterial districts
of the county aforesaid, to meet in Conven-
ton, do now res olive that we consider our
selves citizens Of the Commonwealth Of
Virginia, and that it is our sincere and earn.
est desire SO to remain.
Resolved further, That we believe we
express the sentiments of very large mas
jority Of the citizens Of the county aforesaid,
when we declare that they have no desire
that the county aforesaid be annexed to
the So called State of West Virginia.
! The foregoing preamble AID resolutions
having been sustained by the mover and
also by Adam Stephenson, Andrew J. Jones
and James NJ. Seig, they were IN ,nimous-
ly adopted.
On the motion. of Andrew J. Jones it
was resolved that the Proceedings Of this
Conv.Etion be signed by the Chairman and
Secretary, and copy thereof forwarded to
the Editors Of the Stauuton indicator and
Rockingham Register with the request that
the same be published and that the Rich
mond Tiues be requested to copy.
On motion the Convention adjourned.
THOS. CAMPBELL, Charm.
A. L. STEPHENSON, Sec'y.
.. For the "Vindtcator."
Mr.. Editor: desire through your paper
to call the attention Of the people Of the
Waynosboro' magisterial district, to the
Importance Of selecting four suitable per
sons to be voted for at the ensuing election
for the Office of magistrate. 1t has beer
the practice in this district, for many years
to elect Two persons who reside in Waynes
boro' and two in the country. How the
country Justices of this district have dis
charged their duties, / know not. But il
there ever was country that needed two
faithful aud fearless magistrates, it is thai
country known as the Kaynesboro' section
in the fifth magisterial district. For the
last four years, little OF no attention has
been paid to the execution of the laws; near
ly all the houses from the river to the noun.
tain, have been converted into liquor shops
where mean whiskey aud brandy has been
sold.in broad daylight. And for nearD
the same length of time, three establish
ments of the same character, have been
more or less, in operation in the edge O
the village north of the town. More re.
Gently = regular Bar has been opened il
the same section, where sorry white men
aud mean negroes resort and arc made
drunk by very mean white man. To
remedy these evils, propose to the people
Of the district to vote for and elect, for the
Waynesboro' district. VIM. Withrow, Jr.
and j. s. Wallace, two gentlemen eminent
~ qualified for the Office of magistrate, aud
who, am sure, if elected, will make Thu
class Of violaters Of the law Aowl il they
continue their evil practices. Whether
these gentlemen are elected or not, l beseecl
the people of the district not to elect either
of the old justices who reside at Waypes
boro', for they have not been worth one cen
to the preservation of the public peace.
A. VOTER.