Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-04-28
Go TO Work !!

In view of the fattering advices from Rich
mond, we would say to all those entrusted with
the duty of organizing the conservatives of Vir-
ginia that they must AT ONCE GO TO
WORK The Convention is on its last legs
and even as we write may be in the very ago
MES of dissolution We use the word advised
ly for neither representative assembly, nor del
egated convention, nor self: constituted mass
meeting, ever experienced such horrld fortunes
as wiring the souls Of this black and tan assem- sSe
bage in the hour of their death-agony. The
pains of hell gat hold upon them"
However we may enjoy the spectacle OF their
unwilling demise, we must remember that this
is no time for indulging in such luxury. The
crisis is upon us, and work Is to be done. The
Infamous constitution which they have adopted
must be defeated, or we must stand prepared
to witness the degradation OF our race, and see
the sceptre of political power pass into the
hands of the ignorant and debased. Organlza-
tion is absolutely necessity with us. We can
not hone for success without it. The supine-
ness which marks the conduct of some white
men is absolutely astounding. They do not
seem to realize the imminence OF the danger,
or appreciate the necessity of constant and la
borious effort Some men Of property hold
themselves aloof in the vain hope that others
will do all the work-wil encounter the labor
and defray the expenses of securing an organl-
zation which will defeat the radicals, and they
will then come in and enjoy with them the ben
efts of their labor But they forget that they
are risking their ALL on slender thread
They do not realize the fact that all their
boasted wealth, and their broad acres will melt
away like the frost of the morning under the
burning sun of high taxation and untrlendly
legislation We say to every man OF property,
if you would protect yourself from bankruptcy
and your family from want, you must earnestly
labor to protect your State from negro DONNA
ton.
To the laboring white man we would appeal
in still stronger terms. Permit the radical con-
stitution to be foisted upon us, with all its
abominable recognitions of political negro equal
ity, and that social equality which will inevita-
bly follow in its track, will first be felt by you.
1t is in your workshops and in your families
that the assertion of their equality will exhibit
its first practical demonstration.
We urge every white man then to be up and
doing We beg the different county and dis
trict superintendents, and chiefs of fifty, and
leaders of tens, to 90 to work tbis morning and
if they have not perfected their labors, to give
neither "sleep to their eyes, nor slumber to
their eyelids'' until they shall have accom-
plished their labors. The opportunity will
again be afforded every unregistered citizen to
relieve the disability under which they labored
the list of voters, and join with his race in re-
polling the odious constitution prepared by me-
groes and their allies for the degradation of
the white, and the elevation of the colored race
We suppose that few arguments are required
to convince white men of the Importance of do
ing everything possible to secure the defeat of
the radical constitution, and avert, for a time,
at least, the fate which threatens to overwhelm
uS.-Lynch. Ne,Cs.
'aTHE FLAG OF THE UN1oN'' is under the
Radical ban, and Federal soldier, who has
borne it without molestation through the South
ern States, is denounced like pickpocket be-
cause he was not put to death by ''the rebels. :"
Could the Radicals have perfected their arrange
ments for having Sergeant Bates 'martyred,"
they would have taken his mangled remains
back to Wisconsin with all the pomp and cir
cumstance of pretended grief But for Fede-
raj soldier to perform journey of thousand
or so miles with the stars and stripes floating in
the breeze, and to stalk into Washington, safe
and sound, and clad In full suit of velvet pres
ented by rebel ladies' was too much for Radical
patience. This terrible refutation of all their
SANDERS Of the South has been received with
the most extraordinary venom, and it is evident
that the Northern soldier who was permitted to
traverse the South in safety, could not carry his
flag thirty miles through any State infested by
the Radicals without insult, and perhaps bodily
injury. The flag since it has been treated
with respect by the Southern people, has be-
come dlstasteful to the party which has hereto
fore claimed a vested interest in that interesting
bit of bunting. And when Sergeant Bates ar,
rived at the seat of government, he was refused
permission to enter the sacred portals of the
National Capitol dedicated to ''impeach
ment, and he was not permitted to unfur from
the dome at Washington the flag of the ma
ton which he had peacefully spread to the
breeze on the Capitol at Richmond
Such is the spirit of the Radical Rebels!
Enquirer.