Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-08-11

Offices, and to Gil properly is Of the high
est public and private concern. There
are other Offices Of higher authority and
more imposing names, but these come
closer to mems business and bosoms, and
affect more nearly the happiness and COM
fort of individual life. Let these nomi--
nations be made, in all cases, by the Or
ganized, accredited action Of tho party in
each locality and when made, let them
receive the unreserved and active support
of all. In no case should more than one
Conservative candidate for an Office be al
lowed. BY the opposite course, division
will lead to defeat, or by making the ad-
versary the arbiter of our discussions,
will | DAD to the obiiteratien of party lines
and the ultimate destruction of Conserya-
ii SIN itself. How humbling the spccta-
Gle Of a people, fresh from successful Sde-
fence of their affairs and frcsidcs, who
should spend in ignoble contests among
themselves thesene g necessary for the
defeat of the common enemy
It is further recommended by the con-
ference that suitable nominations be made
for representatives Of the State in Con-
gross. These cannot be made, with accu-
rate reference to territory, until. by rcdis7
tricting the State, the gross inequalities
of the present arrangement shall be re-
dressed. But attention will naturally be
directed to such men us will Worthily rop-
resent the State. Virginia owed heg for
mev weight in the councils ofthe country
to the disintercstcd patriotism and exalted
character, no less than the political abil-
ity, which distinguished her representa-
tives.-By no other means can any share
of that influence be regained. With such
aid, the favorable regard of Congress
may be asked to the relief Of tho south by
more just and equitable distribution Of
the national currency the relief of the
great staple tobacco-from ruinous spo-
eiic taxation and thosc'galling and op-
pressive restrictions which deprcss and
aetor the fair dealer, while they tempt
the unfair to ftauau Nont evasion mono;
appropriation for the internal improve
ncuts of the State, bringing them in cor
nccton with the great trans continental
lines of communication, aud an equal
share in all benefits of general legislation
for the Union.
Thus have we discharged the rcpre5cn
tstiye duty of recommending for Vrgin-
ia State policy, free from outside inilu-
encc or intervention, the primo condition
of which is the conservation of the power
of the estate in conservative hands, and
between which and social anarchy and
misru,c we discern no alternative; policy
Of pence, restoration, and deyelopement of
the internal resources of the State, as the
best security for her present we'll being
and future weight and influence poll
cY in which the States Of the South have
! ~ ~ instructed by coinfndil interest, suf-
foring, and danger which, at . Jurv..".lr.,
ominous Of political change, guards and
provides for the present Vat reserves thc
power of decision in The -utUrc formation
and movements Of national parties.
r. I. DANIEL,
TuoMAs BRANCH,
.. JAMES NELSON,
ALBERT OEDWAY,
II. II. MARSHALL,
NJ. L STEArUs,
Z. T. Moore,
JAMES Il. FISHER,
A. III. Kelly,
WM. H. PALMER,
7. W. MoCANcE, r
Resident Members.