Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-07-01

! giving no time fOr reply -DeiOfe the eiec
ton. This letter is not less remarkabl
in in its statement Of facts. For instance
in the first sentence it says, II fear the
| (the Walker party) are about to let tn
Radicals take control of the district with
out struggle" From this, the reade
would infer there was Republican in tn,
| field, when the fact is, that on last Fri
day they were to have had convention
| at this place to nominate candidate, ant
not d single delegate from any other coun.
ty attended, and nothing was done. Con
sequently, they have no candidate, and
COL Baldwin knows that for, he says,
further on, "a Wells Radical may at the
last moment be sprung upon US. Again
he assures us that Mr.. Conrad is candi
date, in the face of the fact that he is moi
regularly announced in any paper in the
district, and that in answer to letter re-
questing him to run and make an ACTIVE
canvass, he answered, saying he would
not canvass, but placed his name in the
hands of the gentlemen written to. The
latter published the correspondence with
out announcing him, and there the matter
ends, except two papers in Winchester
have his name at their head. refer to
the papers Of the district for the proof of
this. So Col. Baldwin creates the neces-
ity by MAKING TWO candidates in order to
call upon the people to avoid the diem
ma by voting for his "near connection .
Again Col. Baldwin announces this to
be law. ITO elect man to Congress
who by the constitution and laws of the
U. S. is prohibited to hold Office, State
or Federal, would seem to be flying in the
face of the national authority Chow defer
entail to the National Authority p all at
d6ce) and wou.f Civ 0ongres--a sub
stunttar reason not only to reject our
Representative, lut to disregard all votes
cast for him and give place to is Radi-
cal opponent. This Col. BALDWIN announ-
ces to be constitutional law, that if an
eligible man receive one vote, and his
ineligible opponent receives $4,000, the
former would be entitled to the seat. For,
mark what he says, it would afford Con-
gress "substantial reason" In the dis
cussion of constitutional questions, how
can a reason be substantial, unless found
ed in law This doctrine is in the face
of any decision on the subject. He makes
this assertion too, in the face of the fact
that number of southern men have been
elected to congress since the war with dis
abilities and admitted to their seats. For
instance ?. NJ. Young, Confederate Gen.
eral and conservative from Georgia, was
admitted to his seat. And further in the
face of this fact, during the last winter,
Mr.. Payne of Wisconsin offered resolu l.
ton covering precisely Col. Baldwins
view Of the law To wit, that the el;gi-
Bile candidate should be declared elected
and disregarding the votes cast for the
candidate under disabilities. This reso-
luton was refused and never heard of
again. So Congress refused to do exactly
what Col. Baldwin says they wiW do. The
Col. ought to look into the proceedings
of Congress little, before he makes such
sweeping assertions. AS to his "near
connection" and to his "capacity' to make
good representative, II have not hing
to say, have ceased to notice him"
In conclusion 1 appeal to the people of
the District to vote their sentiments with
out regard to Col, Baldwin Or any body
else Let him vote his own sentiments,
but not undertake to vote yours. WASH
ington issued the first address of warning
to the people, Col Baldwin the second !!
l will be pardoned for stating that it is the
first time in the history of this District, that
any one man has voluntarily undertaken
to influence in behalf of another whole
district of freemen. all his peers in polit-
ical rights and privileges. The time was,
and is yet in some countries, when Kings
ordered their "near connection" to high
places and orders their subjects at will,
but that time thank God has not come 10
US yet. The fewest number of men ever
known to take the Old Dominion on their
shoulders was ''nine," but it seems now
the honors are divided out, and one is to
say who is to 60 to Congress. If the Col.
had called committee Of nine" ON me,
the thing aOould haze been serious, but
when it comes down to a committee Of
one, I beg to be excused from regarding
it. Col. Baldwin having said, if were
eligible, there would be no objection to
me. l hope after reading my cards on
that subject, the people will concur with
him and give me their united support.
r0HN n HARRIs