Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-11-03
70 the Conservative Voters
OF THE
SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
OF VIRGINIA.

OF VIRGINIA..
If Won wish to know how John I. Harris
got to be the Candidate of The Harrisonburg
Convention. read the following facts:
You all know that the Convention was
held at time when the great food had COM
PEELED the people of our unfortunate Valley
to forget politics for the lime. and when all
the ordinary meaus of travel were broken up.
and that many counties could not hold meet
ings and Others were deprived of representa-
ton il the Convention by the high water and
broken communications
Bote tourt county had elected six delegates
to the Convention, only one of whom came
and contrary to the sentiment of his people
voted for John 7. Harris, though he was in
structed by his five colleagues to vote against
Harris under all circumstances.
Rockbridge selected five Delegates, who
were com nlitted to vote against Harris, none
of whom succeeded in getting to the Conven-
ton. But when two gentlemen from that
county presented themselves and asked to be
admitted as Delegates, the Convention passed
a resolution that thsy were not entitled 10
their seats; and in the next breath admitted
them into the Convention; thus creating dele
gates for an entire county. And the result
was that while one Of them voted against
Harris every ballot. the other voted one
half of Roc5briige county, 1860 votes for
John 7. Harris.
ALLEGHENY was represented hy the soma
one man. Dr. Graham. Of hockhrid@a, who
voice Ike entire county for Harris, hy what
autno ity the people Of Allegheny Will answer
at The POLLS.
Ratli ca,snty was not represented - ali.
Highland was rot represented at aI}. Al.
though gent leman from ihat county asked
admission on The same prnoiple and rule
that had admitted the Two gentlemen from
Rockbrdge This Highland man was exclud
ed. he was not Harris man.
| From one Township in Rockingham, a
double delega ton was admitted. one anti
Harris, the other principally for Harris.
| The first named was reported by the commit
tee on credentials as The regular delegation,
the other by being admitted killed the vote
! of that Township. and gave Harris strength
| to which he was not entitled.
| Page was represented by y delegation APP
pointed 6y a warm Harris man, on the recon-
mendation Of four gentlemen appointed hy
| this same Harris man to recommend dele
gates This gentleman who appointed the
| Page delegates was himself delegate in the
Convention, nominated Harris, and voted on
every ballot for John T. Harris.
| But the two delegates from Warren reach
ed the Convention, and they on the final vote
cast the en- tire vote of Warren for John l..
Harris and against Giles Cook, the most pop
ular citizen of Warren count Y.
Two Delegates from one Township in
Shenandoah who participated in the Conven-
ton were appointe without authority from
the people, by gentleman who had acted as
| chairman of a meeting held some ime before
| They were admitted, however, into the Con-
| yantion and voted for Harris
| Two Townships from this county were not
represented at all.
Clark had but two delegates in the Conyen-
| ton: they voted on every ballot the wishes Of
their people, and against Harris, but were
powerless.
Frederick sent four delegates. three of
! whom faithfully represented that county, as
shown by the last election, but they were IN
| able to resist the food tide 81 Harris men who
! had gotten into the Convention.
| This then, gentlemen. is the ConEento
whose action you are asked to endorse, and
| whose nominee you are asked to support in
the face of the fact that his mama was On
| the Radical Wells negro ticket only two years
| ago for Congress in part of this District, at
| least and he was beaten overwhelmingly by
stranger from Pennsylvania, who although
| unknown, was less Objectionable than this
man John I Harris. to The Conservative
| people of the Valley.
Without the vote Of any of the counties
that voted for him, Harris could not have
been the nominee he is, therefore, the can
didate not of the District, nor Of majority
of it, but a minority nominee in every sense
of the word. gs|~
This man Harris, ia 1858, ran againt the
Democratic nominee Of a regular Convention
of the party he claimed to belong to. Will
the people now hesitate between Harris and
Col Goblin Reynolds, a true Conservative
Virginian who has never deceived them,
and a gallant soldier who has shown his de-
votion on the battle fields of Virginia.
CONSERVATIVE.