The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-06-10
THE CAMPAIGN.
OUR CANDIDATES aV yyooDsroCK
SPEECHES BY COLONEL, WALKER. JOIN
Ii. LEWIS J. II. WILLIAMS, AND
MOSES WALTON.
SHENANDOAH AROUSED.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.

Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.
WOODSTOCK, June THE meeting to-day
Mt this place was most gratifying success,
and assured the friends of Colonel Walker
that he win not lose vote in the county Of
shenandoah that could be gotten by any
Conservative or moderate Republican in the
State as against Wells. The people came
from every quarter of the county, and gave
our candidates a cordial and demonstrative
reception. At O'Clock, the hour fixed for
'~-the commencement OF the speaking, it was
found that the courthouse would only ac-
commodate portion of the crowd, aud the
meeting, consequently, had to be held upon
. the court-grecn.~~ From its beginning TO its
+ close the best people Of Shenandoah stood
; and listened with that close attention which
become the Importance of the issues of this
. momentous canvass. One had only to look
at them to see that they are terribly in ear
nest, and resolved to do their whole duty
as Nirginians when the day of election ar
riveS.
REMARKS OF MIR. WALTON.
That safe and prudent counsellor Moses
Walton, Esq, whose excellent sense and
purity of character made him marked
member of the late Convention, was select
ed to introduce Colonel Walker to his fcl-
, low-countymcn. lie alluded to the sincere
pleasure it afforded him to discharge this
duty, and impressed upon the people the
Importance OF the election of Walker as
, Governor. He gave rs reason for not
speaking at length that he intended to
buckle on his armor right away and tho
, roughly canvass every part of the county.
SPEECH OF COLONEL WALKER.
Colonel Walkers speech here contained
many of the points made so efiectllal at
! other places during the canvass, and found
, lodgment in the heart of every honest,
right thinking man III the sound Of his
voice, for he asked neither black nor white
TO do ANYTHING that contiictcd with their
duty to themselves, their State, or their
/. country. He regretted that it was neces-
sary here, rs at Lexington, TO give the en-
phatic lie to the reports that he was 4 sutler
in Buffers army, or member of the grand
jury when Lee, Lctcher, Davis, and others,
, were indicted; and in strong, terSe,
and emphatic language, gave them the
home for him and his in the good Common
wealth Of Virginia. He spoke Of the present
canvass as by far the most important and
eventful of any to which Virginia was ever
Il party, and rs one involving the public and
, private interests Of every individual citizen.
The very life of the Commonwealth, and
the liberty and the property of the citizen.
Stllu uf, tlC illNoN GU lOI wal vi hoI Ai i''
In a thoroughly organized party in the
: field, whose wutchword is prescription,
, seeking hy arraying the poor against the
. rich, the black against the white, TO obtain
control Of the State government, that they
NAV administer it for their own personal
Acknowledgement, to the destruction OF its
material interests and the impoverishment
Of its people, they would, If let alone,
wickcdlv diStranchise from ten to twelve
thousand, and deprive 1T least nlncty-1ive
per cent. of your best citizens OF the pllvl-
lcge of holding an office of emolumcnt, trust,
or honor.
The very men whom they seek to mana
, Gle are those Virginia delighted to trust and
honor in the past, and without whom she
t cannot do III the future. The speaker and
those he represented wanted every man
upon the soil Of Virginia to stand free and
untrammclcd either by tcst-oaths or dis
franchSing enactmcntS. 1t WAS for the peo-
pie to determine whether, when the sun
sets on the 9Th day of July, the white men
OF Virginia shall be emancipated or bound
, for all time; for if the Underwood constl-
tuition, pure and simple. shall he carried on
that day with the strength which the lnl-
i. uuitCuS gcrlymander gives the Radical
party, he saw no ray Of hope OF relief for
them in the future. Is it not worth an ur-
tiring an unccasing, and united effort on
the part ofall good citizens, without regard 10
from such a fate and the State from the
degradation and ruin which will naturally
follow rs effect does cause. He showed con-
clusiyelv that there can be no middle ground
in this contest-that he who is not forvoting
down the test-oath and the DISTINGUISHING
clause and against the Wells-Harrls ticket
is against us.
He regretted that we have not the priv
lere of voting down the county organlZa-
! rnnf Of hu nnn
theless, thought it best to vote for the cX-
purgated constitution, because if once IN
| The Union we will be able to rid the lnstru-
mcnt of that and other Objectionable proyl-
sions in n manner provided for by us
trainers 1t fortunately, added he, FUR
niShes sword to lop of its own head, ana
provides for its own speedy Amendment.
We are utterly powerless, however, to help
ourselves until we get control OF our own
government and he saw no more ready
means of doing this than by accepting the
expurgated constitution-not as choice,
but as q necessity which cannot, under
: the circumstances, be avoided. The
great paramount want of Virginia now
D IS q stable and settled government, ad-
. choosing. She has been too long un-
der the control Of those who know nothing
about her 1t is true that, despite all that
has happened, the people OF the magnln-
cent Valley Of Virginia have resuscltated,
and are now comparatively prosperous; !;
but Eastern Virginia almost feels the cere-
ments of death about her vitals. tic here
made an earnest and eloquent appeal Ill be-
half of her and her people, and besought
their brethren of the Valley to come, III
their strength and might, to their assist
apce. He gave a history of the efforts
made by various Conservatives and mo
derate Republicans to prevent the con-
/ stitution from being submitted to the peo-
plc as 4 whole, and awarded the PreSi-
dent full credit for his efforts i'll the same dl-
rection. While he thought it best, how
ever, to vote for the eXpurgated constltu-
ton. and would do so himself, it was mat
ter upon which the people must act accord
ing to their best judgment; but whatever
be their decision in this respect, let no one
fail to register or to vote for good ana true
men for the Legislature and for the state
ticket.
II elected Governor of Virginia, 1t would
be upon the broad platform OF universal
amnesty and impartial suffrage. upon this
every white and black man in the Common
wealth could, and he hoped would, stano !,
, for it was the only basis of settlement that
would bring peace and prosperity TO tne
State. 1t secures equal rights and gives
equal privileges to all classes Of the people,
and without these there can be no perma-
,,eace Tn Eastern VIRGINIA the whites