Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-03-31

The intrepid valor which famed in the van
of the old Army of Northern Virginia for four
long years. and which piled so many battle
fields with dead invaders and hurled so many
mighty Federal armies, broken and utterly de-
moralized, from our soil, still animates the
heroic white men of Virginia. The standing
menace of the bayonet has alone prevented
them from teaching the infamous herd at the
Capitol that the rule of the negro and of the
bummers of Butler is impossible in a State
where centuries of greatness attest the virtues
of the white race. And the fact must be kent
before these vile miscreants that the moment
the protection of the soldier is Withdrawn, the
white men of Virginia will teach them that this
is not State where the negro can rule. as In
Hayti and Dahomey
We shall dishonor the memory of our dead
heroes, we shall be unworthy of the fame of our
forefathers we shall merit the scorn of our no.
bic women, and deserve to be hanged in chains
by posterity, if we do not keep the fact before
the Radical rascals at the Capitol, that their
work will be trampled under foot the moment
it is deprived of the protection of the soldier.
The first and most important duty of every
Vrginldn to has race, State and section at this
time, IS determined resistance, either passiUe or
actiue, to ere,y attempt ofthe "Conuention" to
haze ats infamous ordinances obeyed, unless they
are enforced by the bayonet.
The negro must be convinced that without
the support of the soldier he shall not dis
franchise the white race The squatters and
bummers must be taught that it is only safe for
them to piage In the rear of the Federal arm les,
as they did when Lee and Jackson hunted them
like harea.
Let the white men of Virginia bear in mind
that their avowed enemies at the Capitol have
no other objects in view than our disfranchise-
upon our ruin as when they rummaged with
Butler and ran with Pope and Mcdowell
Pretending to represent our people, their hos
tility is more implacable than was that Of the
sodiery who laid waste the State with fire and
sword
When the soldier, stated with Slaughter laid
aside his arms and manifested noble sympathy
with a brave, but unfortunate people, these
wretches dashed at the Threats of disarmed war
rors and sought to strip them OF political rights
which they have given to their late slaves.
The first attempt Of these men to compel
voluntary obedience to negro rule, will, no doubt,
be in the shape of an ordinance taxing the OBJ
jects Of their malice and hate. Having no pro-
perty, and no interests in common with the pro-
perty holders of the State, it is idle to hope for
an adjournment of the Convention" as long
as they can wiring money from their intended
victims Enquirer.
A Radical Judge in a Pennsylvania court
decides that white people have clear right to
exclude darkies from seats in cars, at theatres,
rooms in hotels, &c.
A word in your ear cufee These people
want you to help make Republican heaven of
this country, and keep you outside Of it.. 10y
say you can't go to Congress either. Isn't it
remarkable how these cooks vary their sauce as
the gander or the goose happen to be served
before them ?-Retersburg E1press.