Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-01-21
Thursday Morning, January II. 1859.

NOUDSfUCk, y lhGiSlA.
Thursday Morning, January Fl. 1853.
-1f 80 gmpudence.a
White nsea of Virginia, can you read
the following, which istaken form a Wash
sngton letter to the Baltimore SIN, with
ont the feeling coming over you thai
youT time may come. ere long, and that il
will not be healthy for certain parties te
cross your path?.l saas r.
IAN ENpUDsNT CARPET DAGGER. II
Edwin Dudley, a carpet Dagger. who went
to Virginia at the close Of the war. and by
some means. or ether was made chairman
of the Republican State Central Committee
Of the State, has written to Washington
protesting against the removal of political
disabilities frem Hugh W Shelley John 7
Harris, and H. ". Thomas all circuit
judges of the State, the gentlemen named
having made application for the removal of
such disability. Mr. Dudley says he pro.
tests in the name ''of the one hundred
thousand voters in this State (Firgiuia),
who have always been loyal, against ex-
tending this relief to the three gentlemen
named until such time as the State is fully
restored, or pntiltliey show By their acts
an intention to support the reconstruction
of the State upon the plan proposed by
Congress Mr.. Dudley also says the
committee "feel that they have the RICH.
to ask Congress to relieve only such per-
cons as receive the recommendation of our
committee and of our loyal Governor .
and demands, "as a condition precedent
to our recommendation, that they shall
pledge themselves to support the party
which is laboring to secure the restoration
of the State until we are again in the In
ion.n These extracts will serve to show
the tone of the whole letter.
There is an old story Of a cart-driver
who, was notorious for swearing at the least
provocation, and SO generally known was
the fact, that by-standers would often
pause to listen, and have what they term
ed "a little fun out Of old Billy" On
one occasion as Billy was driving up a
hill, his horse baked, and would not
bulge an inch, and in few moments q
crowd had collected, expecting some ex-
'traordinary outburst on the part of the
driver, but he, instead Of exhibiting his
usual profanity, quietly folded his arms
and turning to the crowd, remarked, "gen-
tlemen, language fails II can't do the
subject Justice
So 1t is with US in connection with this
miserable, sneaking, slip. shod wretch
scoundrcl, amongst all the contemplate
misercants that the north has vomited up
on the south since the war closed, more
uuprincipled than all the rest-if there is
one baser, viler, deeper sunken in the
depths of infamy than another, this L. Ed
win Dudley, is the man. We know him,
and know of what we say.
How white men. Virginians, of any
party, can consort with such cattle, is a
mystery, when his antecedents are so well
known. Can it be expected that he should
meet witl anything but hatred from the
people whose rights he attempts to :rample
upon, if his own tognsmen in Massachu-
setts-his own kith and kin--do not coun-
tenaneo or respect him !!
Of all the brazon effrontery and unpar-
alelled assurance exhibited by the minions
of The tyrants in power at Washington, we
do think that the cool impudence of this
Rundown boot-heeled. carpet-bagging,
Puritanical hummer bea s all Just think
If it for moment: He protests against
: age Sheffey and others being retained
l. 3lise" JUST think of this fellow, who,
w months ago, was holding the clerk
e ais county, in opposition to the
r.sles Of every respectable man, woman
enid in it, and who Oily shambled.
II seedy suit, from his boarding place to
his Office as though he was in constant
fear Ct police officer, talking in the above
style The idea of this hang-dog 1icta-
sing what shall and what shall not be
done in this State, would be supremely
ridiculous, were the facts, alas, not too
patent that heed is given to the rawlings Of
such brainless nincompoops.
Then and Now,