The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-06-22
THE CAMPAIGN.
OUR CANDIDATES IN PAGE AND
RAPPAHANNOCK. u.-
Colonel Walker. B. b. DouSinss, eoho'
neIs Rorst and kiser. address
the People Mt Lurny.
ANOTHER PAPER COMES OVER.
Reportcd for the Dispatch.

| Reportcd for the Dispatch.
| ..su... 81" LURAY, June IS, 1869.
The meeting here to-day was most gratl
fvinq in results, and served to thoroughi!
owaEeu the good people of Page to sense
| of the mighty dangers of the hour. There
was no necessity to convert them from falS'
| doctrines, rs Il white Radical Is, hereaDouts
| almost as scarce commodity rs "nit'
crow. The morning was consumed III trl
angular discussion between Messrs. Ligge J;
| Walker, and Roller, of Rockingham, ctnat
dates for the State Senate and so well dc
| they aco,lit themselves that could not bu
| rerret that the district is not entitled u
three senator's, so that the people could cleo
! them all. am very sure that many OF the
voters present would join me heartily in the
wish. -,-,..-f~sr Z ~ 49,. fsE
REMARKS OF COLONEL BoRsT.
After an early dinner, the people respond
ed with alacrity to the call of the bell, ano
the courthouse was soon filled with the
best blood Of Page. s., .....s,...,.r
Mr.. Borst, leading member Of the bar,
and one of the most energetic and successful
citizens of the county, introduced Colone
Walker in a speech as appropriate and in az
good taste as any have heard on similar
occasions during the canvass. He alluded
to the fact that our candidate is endorsed
and his claims advocated by Smith and
Flournoy, Bocock and Baldwin, De Jarnette
and Daniel. Leakc and Staples, and every
prominent man Of either Of the old parties
from Loudoun to Pittsyleania, and from
Highland to Accomac. Wherever he goes
in the progress Of the canvass he is well
coined by the intelligence and worth of the
State rs the peoples choice for Governor OF
Virginia. Though born in New York, OF
which the speaker is a native, like himself,
l. I, 10 Il nj rr1fI
become one Of us. He has been already a
resident of Virginia longer than it takes a
foreigner to become citizen of the United
states, and brought with him, and has
established here, Il character for honor,
truth, and integrity, which entities him to
the respect and esteem alike Of the native
and adopted citizens of Virginia. Mr.. BOrst
very happily contrasted him with his con-
testant for :gtlbernatoral honorS, whose
shortcomings he neither pallatcd nor apollo
gized for. Colonel Walker, he said, stands
upon the broad platform of "peace and
goodwill to all men "a platform that enti-
tied him to the cordial support of the peo-
pie of Page. He urged the people to regis
ter first, and then vote for Walker, the eX-
purgated constitution, and good and true
men for the Legislature.
COLONEL WALKERS srEECH.
Colonel Walker commenced by referring
to Mr.. Borst's alluSion to the place OF his
birth. He was born in the great State OF
New York, and was proud of his birthplace,
even as he was of the family from which he
sprung. 1t matters not where Il man is
born, said he how he is born; whether in
one land or another-in 4 mangcr. or, a
palace--so that in heart and head he fills the
measure of the grand idea of his Creator
when he made him in his own image. But the
issues of the canvass. said he. arc too numer-
GUS and important for me to consume time
in discussing mere question of birthplace.
What is to be decided, ne asked, on the 9Th
of July and proceeded to answer this all
important question by clear, concise, and
forcible analysis of every important issue of
the canvass. Every man present listened to
each word that fell from the lips of our can-
didate as if it was addressed to him individl-
ally and was intended for the ears of no one
else. His appeal to them to show them
selves the Nirginians they were i'll years
gone by, when they never shrunk when duty
called, or failed to give expression ut the
polls to the political faith that was within
them, was received with cheers, which
spoke louder and meant more than If they
had simultaneously responded owe will !"
The frank and manly bearing and out
spoken manner of our candidate Is just
what suits the hardy, honest people of this
rich mountain country, and hence it was
that to-day he carried captive their hearts.
When Colonel Walker had concluded, the
hearty shake of his hand by those near him,
and the satisfied and approving smiles which
lighted up the faces of those farther off, as
surcd your correspondent that he may pro-
mise you majority in Page for the Walker
ticket such as she was want to give in the
days of Virgnia's prosperity and power.
MAJOR DOUGLASS yINDIcATEs TIE ACTION OF
..t THE CONSERVATIVE CONVENTION.
Major B. B. Douglass, who followed
Colonel Walker, said !:
/ accepted the duty assigned me- by our
State Central Committee because the change
in our political status within the last few
months necessitates q change in the tactics
of the Conservative party. ...#.-. -.. ~
When our organization was perfected,
our principles promulgated, and our line OF
action marked out, in December. 1867, we
had an Executive which, if not entirely ac-
ceptable on all points, was nevertheless
comparatively liberal, and, at least, not ami
mated by the deadly and unrelenting hos
tility to the white race and in its participa-
ton in the Government which actuateS
those who now control what Of civil govern
ment remains to us. We had our ancient
system of county police and justice, and an
able, pure, and upright Judiciary. Our
Legislature, it is true, was in allegiance, but
the wholesome laws enacted in the past
were respected and enforced by just and
impartial military commanders aided by
civil machinery erected under the All
,exandria constitution. We were permit
ted to enjoy most of our civil and poll
tical rights under laws of our own choosing
administered by capable and honest agents.
Under these circumstances it was obviously
our policy to oppose a change which looked
only to the adoption Of the Underwood con-
stitution !; and we opposed reconstruction
because at that time 1t could only be
achieved by and through that infamous and
detestable bill of denominations. Far different
is the posture of affairs at present. Our So
called Governor has not one touch of SYM
patty or one impulse of justice or fair-deal-
ing for the white people Of the State; our
old Judiciary and our local and State admin
istration remodelled, or left in many places
entirely, unrestored; for want Of the neces-
sal'y officers, and the impossibility of obtain
ing them because of the disabilities imposed
by the Underwood constitution, many
counties and districts are, and for months
have been, in condition of absolute chaos
without law and without civil administr;l-
ton Of any sort. Through the devilish
Vaccination Of Wells and his pestilent crew
of greedy adventures, aided by few po-
lltical Esaus of our own race and lineage,
the Underwood constitution in its most
offensive and degrading features-its OPP
pressiye restrictions upon the rights and
privileges Of the white race. to the end of
insuring the ascendancy Of another and
inferior race, possessing none of the material,
intellectual, or moral requisites to become
ruling element in our political system-is in
f1s.O1 ryN fyN,,sn on ftNyr
this tyranny The Presidart Of tho IInited