Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-10-10
CONSERVATIVE CONVENTION.

It'll Instant
Onanotinn of Mark Bird, Esq, Mr..
Henry Jennings was called to the chair
and Il. G. Allen, Esq, appointed secreta-
lrg
| On motion of Moses Walton, ESQ.,, a
committee of five was appointed by the
chair to dealt resolutions, consisting of
Messrs Dr.. j. B. Strayer, Thomas A.
Jackson David Ii. Walton, Jacob Lantz,
and Abraham Stricken, who reported the
following Preamble and resolutions:
+ WHEREAS ths7acts of Congress known as the
SnscohstructAen Acts require that vote
onthe registered voters of the several South
ern States shall be taken upon the question of
Iohsentlon, or no Convention, and also for
delegates to such contemplated Convention
| ana whereas the General commanding this
District has directed by an order that
such vote shall be taken on the 22d day of
October (lnstant) in the State Of Virginia
Therefore,
/. Resozped, That we deem it the duty Of
every Conservative voter to exercise the cleo
tive franchise in such manner as he may deem
most conducive to the interest of the people of
the Commonwealth of Virginia
2. That a selection of the wisest and best
men, whose services can be made available
under the said'acts of Congress, for seats in
said Convention, is the true policy Of the peo-
pie ofthe State
| 3. That only such changes should be made
by said Convention. (should it be called, in
I the fundamental law Of the State as are abso-
lutely required by the necessities of our con-
dition, and that these be made in the spirit of
our Bill of Rights, which declares, -''No free
government, or the blessings of liberty, can
be preserved to any people, but ~ firm adj
herence to justice, moderation, temperance,
frugality, and virtue, and by frequent re
currence to fundamental principles" <''''s.
4. That we regard with utter Indifference
the old cry of ..disloyalty," so potent and
available in former days, when the most UNI
worthy wished for selfish purposes to. invoke
violence. upon men. more honest and patriotic
than themselves, believing that The day has
passed when they can longer impose upon po
pular credulity, and that the men who possess
true loyalty, or any other virtue, are not in
the habit of making perpetual proclamation Of
it, and in the spirit of the Pharisee hankaag
God thet they. not as other men.
5. That committees should be appointed in
each maSisterial district, whose duty it shall
be TO urge voters to attend the polls ON the
day of election, distribute ballots, and by eve
ry fair and honorable means endeavor to Sc
cure the election of the nominee of this Con-
vention and such Conservative candidate as
may be recommended by the people of the
county ofPage, or in the event none such is
recommended, such person as will be most
likely to endorse and carry out the views and
principles ennnciated in these resolutions.
Whereupon the following gentlemen
were appointed committees in the several
nlagisterial districts. namely:
First Dstrict--Obed Funk George A. Hupp,
Or. G.. A. Brown, Thomas A. jackson. Sanrl
G. SteI henson, Joseph Watson, and William
S. Newell. 2
Second District--M Bird, j. IT, Williams,
DR.. g. w. Magruder, John j. Conner Jacob
Burner James w .smoot, and G Whitley.
Third Distrig-David AIcInturf, Nimrod
| Bowman, Joseph Marston, John H. Bauser-
man, Edward DHsheag, James S. Trout, and
Dr.. j. L. Campbell.
Fourth District-Joi \ J. Stoneburner, DR..
2. Belew, Robert Lantz, 3. P. Newman, Philip
Kelsey. Dr.. D. w. Prescott and B. F. Murray.
Fifth Djstrict--Dr. George H. koontz, W.
w. Bird, Lemuel Allen, John G. Meem, Jr.,
Erasmus +. Rinker, Saml Moore, and J: M.
Bradford
Sixth District-Dr. P. NJ Cline Charles S.
Wunder Dr. J. B. Strayer Walter Newman,
G. Il. Calvert, Moses Zirkle, and w. A. Quick.
On motion of j. G.: Mckay, ESQ, a
nomination committee of eleven was ap-
pointed by the chair, consisting of J. c.
Mckay, VIM. W. Bird, George F. Lud-
wig, Geo. II. OFT, Samuel Hannah, Hi
ram Bowman, DR.. Geo. I'll. Koontz, Dir.
Eskridge, Amos P. Spengler, DR.. G.. A.
Brown, and John McQuaid which, after
consultation, reported the name of Moses
Walton, Esq, to the meeting: which re-
port was unanimously adopted
I During the interim between the recep-
ton Of the report and the putting Of the
question, the names of H. c. Allen and
Mark Bird, Esqrs., were called by parties
in the assembly, but they declined, in a
gentlemanly and proper manner, the nom
nation, and begged that their names be
withdrawn in favor of Mr.. Walton, which
was accordingly done.
4 committee of three was appointed,
consisting Of Messrs. Mark Bird, James
H. Williams and Geo. Ell. OFT, TO inform
Mr. Walton Of the action of the Conven-
ton, who, on leaxning of his nomination,
came into the Convention, and in brief
andsappropriate speech accepted the NOM
nation.
On motion of VIM w Bird, Esq,
committee Of three was appointed by the
chair, consisting Of Messrs. W. W. Bird,
DR.. JOS. 4. Strayer and Samuel Moore,
to confer with the leading men of Page
county with reference to the nomination
to be made by Page.
On motion thn panotinr od,nurnod