Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25
If we Lose the State, What Follows?

The bullet-head of a loaded cane ought to
contain brains enough to understand that, if the
white men of Virginia surrender their majority,
they will pass under despotism as memorable
as that of Brownlow, in Tennessee. Let us
pause on the picture for a moment: If the
unconditional office seekers (the hungry Sharks
and the uneducated negroes) get into power,
what will they do? The answer is easy: They
will frame constitution DISTINGUISHING all de-
cent white people of the State this constitu
ton will be ratified the State will go into the
Union with the great mass of her best citizens
bound hand and foot, and will become mere
piece OF party machinery in the hands of the
Radical Congress. Then persecution will be-
GIN; Old party hates will blaze out anew and
Property will be crime
Let the people think over this let them talk
oyer this; above all, let them act on this
There IS but one mode under heaven whereby
they can avert the caamities which we have
barely limited, but which no imagination could
depict IN their real colors. Let the State be
lost, and the wretched Israelites Of Roumania
would not exchange places with us.-NoJoH
Nrgmian
Who has Most at Stake?
Has the rich man or the poor man most at
stake In this momentous business? Some per-
sons would say that the man of large property
IS most deeply involved; but such is not the
tact. A man of ample means can leave the
State should it be Brownlowized by Hunnicutt,
Bolts, u Co., but poor man cannot leave
He is bound to the SOIL and the fate of the
man IN the ancient fable, chained to the rock,
with the vultures tearing at his vitals, will be
that OF the poor white man if the State fall into
the hands OF those who are now striving with
ferocious zeal for the ascendancy
The poorer we are, the more need of vigor-
GUS action.-B. e
How can you Fire if you Don't Load?
An English soldier, after one of the most hot
ly contested battles Of the Peninsula war, was
asked by comrade what he had thought OF
| when under fire.
II thought said that stout soldier, "of my
King and my country"
| Let us think of our State and our freedom,
and so, close up, shoulder to shoulder. Re
member, the man who don't load can't fire.
| Register, then, in order that you may vote.-Ib.
If you are sick, go on a stretcher; if you are
lame, get some one to carry you; if you are
blind, get friend to lead you, but COCO AND
REGISTER.-Ib.
Remember that if you do not register now
you can't vote at any election for the voters
for a long time to come will be only those whose
names will be found on the Register All others
will be rejected. -NoJol Nryinian.
| To fail to register is to refuse aid to gasping
and dying country.
Come out, then, to the precincts and enrol
your names upon that muster-roll which future
generations may bless and venerate as the true
roll of honor.
| Trust not the future, but act in the living
present. and leave the results to God.-Ib.
| We are making up fools caps for the mer
that really believe that they are not interested
in registering? Who wants the caps and bells
10
Twelve months residence is not required tt
| Register but to vote.
Register and Vote when entitled to do so.-
| Ii.
| Do you wish to see man fit to be newer O
wood and drawer Of water? Look for thai
person who refuses, when he can, to REGISTER
ID
Do you wish to see an idiot? Look for The
man who can register and won't.-Ib.