Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-11-11
The NirginiauS.

In speech By Henry Clay Dean, OF
Iowa. delivered in New Jersey, Oct. 2Slh,
made the following remarks in reference
to the people of Virginia -
81 dare speak one kind word for the
oppressed in the very teeth OF the oppres-
Isor. Since Adam took possession Of
Eden, no part Of his her5iIage has given
such an hundred years Of history as that
of Virginia, beginning with the public life
OF George ashiugton, and ending with the
surrender of the armies of Gen. Robert
+. Lee. The great orator, Patrick Hen
ry. whose spirIl lighted up the first grea'
! Revolution. and whose mid sweet voice
called armies up the valleys and down
! from the mountains 10 defend New York,
| New Jersey and Massachusetts from The
invaders hoof, was Virginlan; George
| " ashi1olon, who led these armies, was a
Virginian; Thomas jefferson, whose great
soul encompassed the world and lifted lis
| light u0on benighled age to teach 1t l!b-
ierly, was Vireinian; James Madison,
who environed our rights by a flame oil
living fire which the most lIIusIrlous pc
RODS in the past ana presen: century PIE
served unharmed all that was sacred IN
life and precious in hope-,he COnsh'u-
ton Of tie United States-was a Nrglnlan;
John Marshall. whose luminous mind,
guided by immu,able justice, gave being
10 a profound and comprehensive Judlrl-
| ary, the bu warli Of American institutions,
the marvel of mankind, was VirginiaH;
| Henry Clay, whose commanding majesty
of soul drew after him withersOeVer he
went one full half of The whole moral and
intellectual power of America, who did
obeisance to lis name, was VrgInlan;
the Lees, Richard Henry, Arthur Francis
Lightfoot, Light Horse Harry, and his
llluslrious son, Robert E. Lee, were Viz
ginians; Thomas Jonathan Jackson, the
great military genius of the western hem
isphere, born on my own native Monon'
gahela, was a Virginian. The courts.
and legislatures, and forums, ard pulplls
of every State in the Union and every
government On The: continent, have been
adorned by Virgnians. Their blood,
shed in noble defence Of liberty, has rat
tened every valley, and their bones have
bleached on every mountain from Bunker
| Hill to the city of Mexico. With such a
history and such race Of fTeemen, Hen
ry Wilson. Horace Greeley and Charles
Sumner would disfranchise this illustrlous
people, and place them under the tuie-
Ilage Of barbarian negroes ! Proud, glo-
rious old Virginia, what American, with
| American pride, whether Abolitionist or
| Democrat. would not rather be SlonewalI
! Jackson, buried in the bosom of Virginia,
/ dead and immortal, than TO live and be
/ Butler, loaihed by mankind ? The ne
groes can never be taken 10 the polls in
Virginia, until they have been al the same
time in every other State. In New York,
rich negro is as good as poor white
man, and can vote, bu, poor negro is no
better than a horse, and can't vote; and
Mr.. Greeley tells you squarely that they
need the negroes vote TO secure the pay
ment on the bonds to help the rich grird
the taxes from the poor. This is the last
feather that will breaS the camel's back,
and henceforth the Republican patty will
be no more. They now appeal vocifer-
ousIy TO The soldiers 10 cone 10 .heir aid.