Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-05-21
Elsewhere will be found the proclamation

Elsewhere will be found the proclamation
of President Grant ordering an election on
Tuesday July 9th
From this proclamation it will be seen that
only the test-oath and disqualification clauses
of the Constitution are to be submitted TO a
separate vote. The county organization
clause, far more Objectionable in Its result
to the people of the State than either OF the
above, is left to be voted upon with the re-
,,,o;nder of the Constitution. This will neces
state the appointment of near 2oo saiaf'e'
officers in this county and proportlona'e
number in other Counties. And such set
IF officers It will also entail burthen O.
about 100000 in the shape Of additional
taxation to be borne by the people OF each
county. Disregard, if you choose the
other Objectionable features remaining IN the
Constitution, and what man in Virginia Tor
the sake merely of Reconstruction, could vote
for saddling himself and posterity with such
a curse ?
We have not expected the present Ad-
ministration, judging from the past TO pc
Guided by generous magnanimity, and to
allow us an opportunity to modify the pro-
,,osaa Constitution SO that it might be even
hearable and we have not been disappointed
Hence have we, on that account, as well as
on. account Of preserving. five can' the
very principles on which the existence ana
perlnanency of Republican Government ia De
nends counseled all to be led astray by none
of the supposed expcdiency movements Of tue
mast year. We have been more than sustained
in the line we have pursued, by the course
nol;,;cal events have taken and we again
raise our voice to warn all to vote against
the clauses to be submitted separately and
then vote against the remainder. vote
against the whole. Underwood Constitution.
Safety to our people and their posterlty lies
in this course alone l4H 2
We have been jeered as impracticable
because we would not barter principles for
false bopcs-because we would not sacrifice
what we believe would alone conduce to the
nresent and future welfare Of Virginia for
the expurgated Underwood Constitution and
the anticipated beauties @ Of reconstruction
under it. We have, nevertheless, stood
firm and have the proud satisfaction OF know
ing, that many, who jeercd US. now acknow-
leee their error and stand with us IN support
of the policy of voting down the whole Con-
stitution. s3lsa ~
To the very few papers in the State who
have battled continuously for principle and
for the defeat of the Underwood Constitution
entire, we say, be of good cheer Those
who were led off by cry of expediency are
re-enlsting under our banners by hundreds
Our compcers, blinded for time by the dust
thrown in their eyes, are again, one by ohe'
shouting our battle cry. From this time
till the election our old allies will join us by
ton OF each and every abomlnatlon OF tne
Underwood abortion. r-
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BY request, we publish the following Cir
cular of the Secretary of the Association O.
Superintendents of Insane Asylums, for the
information of all who may desire to be pres
ent at the next annual meeting in this place
The twenty-third Annual Meeting of the
Association of Medical Superintendent Of
American Institutions for the Insane, will
be held in Staunton, Virginia, Commencing
at 10 A NJ. of Tuesday, June 18th 1869.
At the solicitation of DR.. Stribling, the
Presidents of all the Railroads in Virginia
have "agreed that any member of our Asso-
citation, who shall have paid full fare in at
tending the meeting. will be permitted to
return over the same road free OF charge
There are two Hotels in Staunton, about
equally we'll kept and are within 100 yards
of each other 1t might be that the mem
beers could be made more comfortable, by
dividing, and thus avoid crowding either.
Members leaving Washington or Balti-
that day at 81 P. NJ. by taking the cars of
the Orange & Alexandria R. R., which con-
meets at Gordonsville with the Chesapeake
& Ohio Railroad going directly to Staunton-
.s Very Respectfully,
john CURwEN,
Secretary.