Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-10-31
For the Spectator.
The Situation.

The undersigned being laboring man and
farmer by profession, begs leave to address
few words to his fellow laborers and Conserva-
tive voters of Augusta county, through the
medium of your most excellent paper.
There seems to be somewhat Of political
crisis at this time as to who are and should be
the regular candidates for the Legislature, and
Who are most deserving of our votes at the No
vember election Is it not true that our dis
tiDguished townsman, Col Baldwin, and 9TH
ers spent their time and money in attending
Conventions in the city of Richmond, and
thereby secured the triumphant election of our
excellent Governor, in 1869? Is it not equally
true and probable, that without said Conveu-
tons and Conservative organization, we would
have been overrun and oppressed by taxes and
woes unnumbercd, as some of our sister South
ern States are now? 70 avert the same ca
| lamities our representative and leading Con-
sentative men in the State, again met in the
| CITY of Richmond some six weeks ago, and
wisely provided Conservative county organi-
cation in order that we might have Conser-
vative Legislature next winter. In pursuance
of their plan and the usages of the Conserva-
tive party Augusta county, true to herself,
| held her Township meetings In the different
| Townships, and sent their respective delegates
| to the Staunton Convention, on the 10th of
October, where and when, Mr.. A. B. Cochran
was regularly nominated for the State Senate
and NJ Hanger A. B Lightner and G. s.
| Roller, were regularly nominated for the House
of Delegates, as the choice of the wisdom of
said Convention. It is well to remember that
every Conservative had an opportunity to par
ticipa,e in the primary meetings, constituting
| said Convention.
! Since the above nominations, fellow voters
we learn that the nominees do not exactly
please everybody. And when did four candi-
dates suit everybody? 1t is evident that il
was the best that could be done under the cir
cumstances. We are sorry, fellow-voters, that
some of the very men, who call themselves
I Conservatives and participated in meetings.
which resulted In said nominations, are now
grumblers and are talking about running indie
pendent candidates, and all that kind of thing.
| Alb /! what an unworthy greediness for Office =
see in the last No. of the Spectator, some
BODY signs himself 1.-THE people of the whole
County" 1t is we'll he did not say 1.-The
whole people of the County, for so far as
the writer is informed. he knows nothing of the
whereabouts Of the people" The writer.
though an humble farmer, will venture the pre-
diction, that neither Mr. Waddell, nor Shelton,
nor Sterrett, nor Hansberger, will consent to
run against the regularly nominated gentlemen.
We have not the least doubt but that Mr.
Waddell and the other three gentlemen are
good men, and am happy to believe, that the
/ great and powerful old county of Augusta has
scores of men qualified to represent her. in the
halls of the Legislature Now, fellow voters
mechanics and farmers in paricuar-will we
abandon our regularly nominated candidates,
the time-honored usages of the Conservative
party? Will we abandon our own selected
leaders just on the eve of the November cleo
ton ? If we do, our party will, fear, be ir-
retrievably demoralized. Then let each Town
ship vie with her sister Township, in recruiting
throughout all our borders for our nominees
Let the Conservative masses teach all Repub-
icans, and all independent candidates, on Tues
day after the lst Monday in November that
Augusta county is Conservative county, and
| is able to manage her own affairs.
SOUTH RIVER FARMER.
| October 25th. 1871.