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

up head and shoulders above all others, is
Shall the white or negro race predominant in
Virginia? If the Constitution is adopted. as
it surely will be, an entire change in
our State policy must take place necessarily
| am strongly in favor of a free school sys-
tenn, as soon as it can be established upon n
proper basis, and we are able to do it, To
be more explicit, am in favor of commencing
the system on such scale as our ability will
Justify am in favor of separate schools for
blacks and whites. am in favor of reforma-
ton in our .ju 1iciary system-in our road laws
&c., and while shall always support these
changes, l would ask, is it necessary to vote
the Wells ticket to secure them Does not
the constitution, even after expurgation, pro
vide for all these things Certainly it does.
Then why vote for the niger? Is it neces-
sary to degrade your own race 10 accomplish
these ends :? Will the sons of the sires of '76
cast from them as worthless the proud hertz
age bequeathed them by their fathers Will
the countrymen of Westinghouse Jefferson
of Patrick Hcnry-of George Mason-of
Madison, and a host of other illusrious names
of precious memory, tamely submit to be led
to inevitable destruction by thieving set of
carpet-baggers, who have come among us to
live by public plumber and to stir up
strife between the ignorant, deluded negroes
and their former masters These men hay
ing filled their pockets to their utmost capa-
city by plundering the U. S. Treasury, or by
robberies committed during the war, very
modestlv ask the good people of Virginia to
give them their votes to enable them to fin
ish their pile for the hard earnings of our
people. Will Virginia. the degenerate sons of
noble sires, raise the matricidal hand to plunge
the dagger to the heart of their cherishingmotE-
err? Wings of Shenandoah! Ye gallant little band
of heroes, who so long and 80 nobly commended
for the right against fearful odds Ye who
clung with so much tenacity to the old Wing
ship, when deserted by friends and buffeted
by enemies and when our noble craft sank
beneath the waves of fanaticism, which en-
gulphed her in 1861 ye went down with
her with your colors nailed to the mast, bear
ing that glorious motto t'The Union, the
Constitution, the Enforcement of the Laws"
where are ye? Are ye still fighting for the
rig ht-.not under the Knownothing motto
sswhite men must rule Virginia" Or are you,
led by your prejudices, following in the ranks
os the enemies of the State white Demo
Gratis are offering up their prejudices upon
the alter of their country, are We less patriotic
than they? l am not ashamed of Wing princi-
Piles, and my prejudices against mo dern Dem
cracy are as strong as any mans ought to be,
but when the question ofraces is to be decided
upon, can l hesitate which of the two to
choose?
Many Democrats declare that they were
deceived in 1860 and 1861, and declare that
they will have nothing more to do with the
Democratic party. Why, bless you, this is no
Democratic contest. 1t is the niger against
the white man, and in voting for the degrade
ton of your own race, and you are not COM
hitting more fearful error than you did in
1861 i? Then you voted for secession, now
you vote for negro supremacy, and virtually
for amalgamation. Then you stood upon the
platform Of State rights now you stand upon
that fearful platform-negro ascendency.
Ye men of Virginia. In the name of this
glorious Old Commonwealth-in the name of
the precious memories of the past-of the
fearful future-in the name of God stop and
think before you take this fearful step-befure
you sacrifice the welfare of your country upon
the unholy altar of your bitter prejudices.
l have no more doubt that the success of the
Wells ticket will eliminate in war of races
than have of anything l do not positively
know; and when the contest arrives to that
terrible arbitrament, where then will the white
Radicals of Virginia be found If they stand
by their principles, they must accept the fate Of
this misguided race of beings and stand or
fall with them for, depend upon it, the two races
are antagonistic, and never, never, can live
together upon an equality, either political or
so clal
White men of Virginia do your duty-your
whole duty. Go to the polls Vote for the
expurgaton of the Objectionable clauses from
the Constitution then vote for the Constitu
ton thus expurgated-don' dodge the ques
tion Vote for Walker and the white mans
ticket. Go to the polls let no hinderance
prev ent you. Is your harvest ripe, and your
work pressing Go to the polls; spend a,
few hours for the good of your country.
Go to the polls; do your whole duty.
and let the result be what it may. your skirts
are clear. Fail to vote, and aterrible respon-
siblity rests upon you, the burden of which
you will feel as long as you live. Go to the
polls andif you have no horse to ride, walk
there; and if you cannot walk, crawl there;
and ifyou cannot crawl, get your neighbor to
carry you there, and if you die on the road we
will erect monument over you, and inscribe
upon it ''Here lies one who loved his coun-
try better than life."
"Strikc-till the last armed foe expires,
Strke-for your alter and your fires,
Strke-for the green graves of your sires
God-and your native land"