Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-06-24

the carpet baggers, to the negroes, anc
the ultimate effect of it. Of the carpet
baggers, he said their rapacity was insati.
able their mouths were Mediterranean
and their stomachs could never be filed
They absorbed all that came to. them.
and gave back nothing. In regard to the
Underwood constitution, he said that il
was SO monstrous that both the Congress
of the United States and General Grant
said, sthis thing can't be !" it is crime
against civilization" And the two most
| obnoxious clauses have been submitted to
separate vote. This proposition came
from Radical Congress and Republi-
can President. and 10 man can say that
that Congress and flat President would
have united upon skch deposition if
these provssss0ns Cd MT been naonsAous.
The negro starts out with the doctrine
that be has equal rights with the white
man, and is building the foundations of
his house on the sands of intolerance and
and prescription. While they claim equal
rights, they deny to the sons of men who
formed this government the right to vote
and hold Office. In Tennessee, where
Brownlow has been on the rampage for
four years, where sixty or seventy
thousand white men are DISTINGUISHED,
Senter and Stokes, the rival candidates
for Governor of that State, are vieing with
each other who shall go farthest in the
work of enfranchisement. The poor igno-
rant and deluded negroes, who are thus
endeavoring to build up this doctrine of
prescription, should know that day OF
retribution will come; and when it does
come, it will not come with still small
voice, but with the whirlwind and tie
earthquake. Negro suffrage and white
disfranchisement is an iniquity that nei-
ther God nor man will submit to. White
men, do you hear that !? Applause. Ne
groes do you hear that Z Eyes, yes, y
and laughed.
1t is the part of madness and folly, be-
cause you cannot get the highest good, not
to take the highest pissi5le good. Do not
initiate the dog in the fable, who lost din
ner in grasping at its shadow. What is
the highest possible good? The Black
Crook constitution be considered the sum
of al iniquity and disgrace to the men
who made it, and that was going as low
as be could go. He would advise no one
to vote for it after it was expurgated. -
| The idea that tha constitution was all,
was s -zissafzea 1aii3eros Ipe constitution
touches you ouce the law touches you fifty
times. Secure the Legislature, secure the
men arho make the luus That is the
highest possible good. Upon this de-
ponds the question whether Virginia shall
be habitable for white men, The Conser-
yatives and True Republicans had put
forth ticket, and he was not going tc
bawl himself hoarse in praise of them sep
aYately. 1t sufficed for him to say thai
the worst man on it was better, much
better, than the best man on the other
ticket. The Radical ticket was composed
of an freshman, an Englishman, Ger
man and eight Africans--the United
States not represented at all, the Western
Continent not represented at all. White
men, choose between these tickets, choose
whom you will serve. 1t is gloriou;
privilege to be white man. 1t is glo'
| rious thing to have white skin.
In addition to the Legislature, you have
to vote for a Governor, clothed for the first
time, under this new constitution, with
the veto power. For this Office MIR. Ii
H. Wells and Colonel Gilbert G. Walker
are candidates. Gilbert G. Walker has
never allied himself with race foreign
to the bleod that runs in the veins OF his
own children. He never insulted the
down-trodden people of this State after
they had fought their gallant fight and
had surrendered. He has never been be
fore the reconstruction committee Of Con-
gress and believed the people of Virginia.
! Wells has done all this.
He was not going mad over Gilbert
Walker either. He came here as per
| manent settler, and there was that differ
ence between them that, up an inclined
plane it would take Wells AS 900. 0OO
of years to reach the position he occupied.
Judge Ould then thanked the audience
and retired amidst loud applause.
SPEECH OF MR.. NELSON.
He was followed by james Neeson,
Esq. He congratulated the audience Oh
the opportunity that was allowed them tc
participate in an election in the State o.
Virginia. He contrasted the parties be-
fore the public for their sutfrages. tie
said one was proscriptive aud the Other
generous party. In regard to the eff
fects Of the revolution through which We
had passed, he said certain great truths
had been evolved. One of these is the
eternal abolition Of slavery and the con-