Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-01-08
FRIDAY MORNING, JAN s. 1859.

been variously commented upon by the Press,
has occasioned meeting of prominent gen.
tielnen, from different portions Of the State,
in the City of Richmond, the results of which
meeting we give elsewhere. Their resolu-
lions set forth, in nut shell, the prominent
idea in the communication Of 'Senex,' and
On this account we do not publish it.
On the representation to us that the action
suggested by ''senez'' would be met by
corresponding magnanilnity on the part Of
Congress and general amnesty be the re-
suit, altho' against our principles and pre-
conceived opinions, for the sake of a real
peace, we we're inclined to agree with
'Senex.'
The more, however, we have reflected
upon the subject the less inclined are we to
believe that good would result from carrying
into effect the views of "Senex."
The franchise has been extended to the
colorel people but without the consent Of the
people of Virginia and il opposition to their
wishes We have organized party in OPP
position to the theory and have nominated
candidates and canvassed the State to defeat
u Constitution, one of the most Objectionable
features of which is negro suffrage and eligl-
,ility to Office. This canvass resulted in the
srcusing Of the people of the State to real
e II, Of
Constitution and with a brilliant prospect of
its defeat
Upon the eve of a vote being taken on
this constitution, the meeting in Richmond
is held, which yields one Of the prime points
at issue and, from the prominent gentlemen
engaged in the new movement, is likely to
distract and divide the organization we have
just spoken Of
Is it probable that the result expected will
be realized by the proposed action! We
think not. So far from any assurance on
the part of any member Of Congress that the
acceptance Of negro suffrage and negro eli
gibility would secure universal amnesty,
those members of Congress, who have ex
pressed themselves on the subject, throw
cold water on it.
Senator Pomeroy, in reply to the Editor
of the Norfolk Tirginiea, evidently taking
our friend Hope to be a brother Radical,
thus scouts the idea Of Congress being at all
affected by any bending of the suppliant
knee on our part:
SENATE CHAMBER,
Washington, Dec. %, 1868.
Ny DEAR SIR Il have seen proposition
to suhnait the s.-hie----1~;a Constitution, so
called, With negro suffrage added, along WIN
the one lately passed at Richmond, for the
adoption or rejection of the voters of Virgin
in.
[ hope you will not encourage that for
many reasons, among which are the follow
ing:
lst 1t will divide and weaken the vote Of
the party in the State who really desire the
early restoration of the 's0ld Dominion" to
the Union, as / most devoutly do.
3D. 1t will not be held to be compliance
with the Law Of Congress to pass upon and
adopt a Constitution not authorized by Con-
gress.
And, finally, what can be gained by it
for az Congress has prescribed one mode, it
is not likely it will now prescribe another
Salvation is not i'll many ways but in one
ssay !; that one way is compliance in form
and in spirit with the prescribed terms
When Virginia does that her peace will
Cow like river and her prosperity will he
h., coff1
Very cordially, &C., Nc,
(S;gned) S. c. PoMERoy.
The committee Of gentlemen appointed to
repair to Washington are men Of prominence
in the State, yet we doubt not they will find
Congress deaf to all appeals for any modif
caticn of its acts. Like Senator Pomeroy,
Congress is likely to declare that there is but
,,,.e. road to reconstruction and that on the
prescribed Congressional plan. We shall
then have to return to the odd programme
and, 9th our forces distracted by vain hopes
raised by the new movement, attempt the
defeat Of the proposed Constitution. This
attempt is more likely to fail then than if we
had stuck to our old programme Of voting
<lown tie Constitution. We, therefore, urge
~,ur readers not to take this step until they
s,aye fully counted the cost If you should
accept universal suffrage in the hope of gain
ing universal amnesty, and fail, your only
hope would then lie in the defeat of the
Underwood Constitution. Consider then
whether, with demoralzed forces, you will
he as able to defeat that Constitution as YOU
would have been, lad number from your
ranks not gone off, on frAhless raid, to cap
tnre universal amnesty.
Col Dan Dechert, of the Hagcrstown
Mail, has just recovered Of the City of Ha-
gerstown, 81, 500, as damages sustained by
him ia the destruction of his printing Office,
by mob, during the war. He applied to
the Mayor to protect his saicc as soon as he
apprehended damage 10 it At the hands of
political opponents. The Mayor, being of
dhe war party, refused to exert his authority,
as Mr.. Deehert was an anti-war man. Hence
this most just verdict.
The Virginia Express Company was
robbed Of $4,000. at Norfolk Va, on the
31st alt A man named King was the agent
at that point and alleged, that on nearing
the Depot, where he was going to transmis
Che money, he was knocked down by two men
and the money, which was in an envelope,
,unc tai-an from, his .,oal-ot liz