Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1868-03-19
Shenandoah Herald.
WOOD STOCK, VA.
THURSDAY. MARCH 10, 1868.
MT. ~Wilsiams's Speech.

MT ~Wilsiams's Speech.
Last week We promised to give The readers
OF the HERALD a synopsis Of the excellent ad
dress delivered in the court house. lat court
oy JAMES IL. WILLIAMS, Esq. at The sol!cita
ton of many Of his fellow citizens We now
redeem ih.t promise
The meeting was the iarces. and most en-
thisiastio held in the county since tae close 0:
the war.
Mr. ". commenced by saying hat the issue
now presented and thrust on rs wsa no lonoc,
negro equality but negro supremacy; not What
rights he should have, bat whgther all h
risats AMI ali the powers Of the government,
all the privileges and immuni,ies q the iuy:d
ual should not be vested ia The negro 10 The tx
c.usicn Of the tchte 'naa for those who are their
allies reserve no. the name OF white and are
isoeis ntheir race; situation in which the
negro Was not so much the procuring cause
a ne instrument. That such IDEAS AZ H. SO
torFed not IN tle sunlight Of Anglo Saxon
civilization and refinement, in "h Oh lie mer.
lis and capacities Of the authors co,..d not b..
SEEN, bur that it remained fer the moons!.!ae
OF African civilization and progress to enable
this spawn OF little politicians 70 play lie part
o! retten mackerel, 10 ''siink ana slime an
shlne and stink, " and this whether the origin
alor. came from 1.-THE Witheispoon onion beds
of Massachusetts,, in n W England, or from
the dark allies of some manufacturing town IL
81, b,r ii.
about, The issue must be met and fought to the
hitter end, resisted by every means hat be-
longs 10 z just tause.
The registration shows a white maioriiy of
some lo,UU0 ia The State. that can be swell,
TO some 10000 by additional Registrations, ana
that. ifw defeated, it will be cur OWE fault.
and must record the deep disgrace Of a vclun
tary submission. the enslaving Of a race 18th
erto always free, ana forgetul Of ances
try, the duties Of the present and the hopes of
the future. We must and win be trne 10 our
own race, and rW iefeat Ills ND cradle ABORTION
q his bastard convention. called a constitution.
The speaker said he had wtnt ssed the dei5
erations Of this wonderful body, aud il onll
required but tie senses of hearing and smel;-
ing 10 realize that the negro vas there with
ms original inst'rrts end ou,stacfS; that this bo-
dy discussed constitutional H. and revised
what came from the pens Of Jefferson, Mason
eDd Madlso,t, men who stand in statuary On the
pedestal Of the statue OF eur own II Washington
petritactions of glory, the authors Of the first
written Conf titotion The world ever saw and
whose districts are now represented By tie re
al genuine African
The speaker counscled not hostility 10 The
negro, for they are at .mpting 10 elevate
themselves and aspire to yits and privileges
never before enjoyed, but turn the honest in
dgnation and scorn of freeman on he crea-
lures whose color would, but Tor base heart,
hatoken some worth, and VINO pr, fer 10 burr
rather than rise into the upper air. You mas
think this harsh. said the speaker, but would
not the indignant spirit Of ain honest man
answer with blow if be were told by ST. indi
vidual that Ire no better than the negro
or perhaps not as good: This insult rump
Congress, processing TO act under tie sane
and formalty Of legislation, thus cflc,ing
graiaiious. wholesale insult to 5000. oo0 Of
white people N he South IN States. fog ting
that the good Of the nation requires that there
should be, after SO bitter slrifa. so cruel
war, speedy restoration; that there should
De mutual Concessions, confidence, cn for.
getting Of the past and the according Of equal
rights.
cut We must be punished. If SO, thcn give
us trial, fair trial; var not on innocent
and guilty, women, Old men and children. IN
war tie end may Justify the means, AMI the
torch and garEt famine may be used without
regard to sex, age or Goa liion, es an auxiliary
TO courage and gerara'sl.p but spare the coun
Try. btacken not the name and fame Of The ma
ton n the pretended effort to save IN vindi.
cate them.
The veil is too thin. The perpetuation Of
party power wliets the keen edge Of maleni
~ that knows no magnanimity, and in def
ance Of all law. human and divine, ". are to
be led to the altar TO appease the wrath Of the
1ncotin ana PuritGn, because We will not crnge
snd faun, because we will not basely deny
our manhood, libel oar race, blacken our re-
cord, ineanly stoop and believe lie
Need you any better proof of tie utter base.
ness and want Of principle Of he radicals !han
is shown in the case of the late It, Gen. Long
street This once great man was one Of the
warriors Of the age, educated at West Point
an old army officer, sworn to support the Con.
stirution and uphold the Government, at he
call of his native State draws his sword and
sheds more :3looI, kills more Yankees than
any man now living. his broken oath las they
say. still fresh on hislips, his sword and hands
still red with he blood of those SAINTS b. has
murdered. is restored to free favor and com
munion ty simple endorsement of the infer
nal policy of the Jacobia nsons'er at Washington,
and divides honors with the great "barn bur-
ner," Phil Sheridan.
What n spectacle! Weep, guardian angels
as his man forgets his comrades who went
at his bid into the battle and came not back
ava;yl as he nronlaln1S himsaIr hasa ,s hia an