The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-09-28
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| Your State Convention has met da1iharatod
| and adjourned in q shirt If harmonv and viz
| a community and eegnestness Of ,,,lgy.ose which
promise the most ausDicious results f9r fha CON
| test in which yor are about ia el,care In fax-
words they have riveD vo, ifs so,9 ana c.I7t Ill
s.en-oYpositio ard ssfegt 10 Pa4ea1is,a ,yIaner
or ana wherever IL nav Ia IN 4i,,,a ~ ~ i
trust with which tsv a,.e c]nthea he fo,,sa,z
va4ive Stale COMMITTEES wnn1,l o4Yo,. W., 500 L.
Elections which thew hone viii seen, ay,nronr;ota
10 he occasion. They VIII l,a "a l,riaf ~ s.f
ieat 50 extensive will 3,,,.,,;f
II is with Radicaiisrf. sa il baars an Tho ;,4or
nal affairs Of onr State thu. We are now rnos+
concerned. hut n 5lanca al ii as & 9isn1ov,s =
self en- the theatre Of the refion o.,,rof ~ Ill
omitted from, a rronar s,rrav If orr ,,ol;4.eo1
condition An tha claga IF tt,p vrar s7,d or,o
its mast tlisnsfro,,8 results fba pal7ion1 ,,at
found itself without ap or,nosifion and "a flur
scarcely possible in tile conception Of lis fram
ers) IN unchecked control Of all the powers Of The
Constitution From that moment. It has set I'd
limits to its corrupt ambition. By a continuous
train Of usurpations. the checks and haIaneas of
the Government have been DESTROYED, and the
powers oonfGed to IL Tor The defence and s.7fyo,
of freedom, have been perverted to its destluc-
ton. Here in these Southern States where the
love Of constitutional liberty has struck its roots
deepest, and lis forms have ever been most rev
erentially practioe2 Its determined purnosa has
been to subdue the people to its viii. and REIGN
over them by force. 1t has submitted to their
choice d change in The Constitution, designed for
tbei, Punishment and degradation, ia pronosinc
which they were denied 4 voice, and for reject
ing which, it struck their governments from ez-
istence Alartiallaw was proclaimed against
them, and military satraps, in the pride and in
science of unbridied power. strobe over the land.
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bilities Of their people. BY the wholesale pro-
sCription of their wealth. inteli gence and So
cal refinement, ii trap sferred the sovereign au-
tnority to horde OF newly-freea negroes, and
verse THAI these, native parasites Of absolute
power, and foreign adyenturers devoid Of char
acter nay, destitute even 0! the Instincts of de-
cen, shame. These were the reformors il set to
frame 2epUdIie0m constitutions for the Southern
States, whose labors have issued in putting under
the ban every Que WHO bore evidence Of perma-
nent common interest with and attachment to
the community" aud il driving the ploughshare
Of ruin through all that was venerable and ven
Grated in the Institutions, forms, and usages CT
the real people In fine, ii has Waged war against
the Anglo-3axon civilization which has existed in
these States from their foundation, for its final
defeat and overthrow.
But the last experime nts IN statcsrnanship by
this party, have taken q wider range than those
which preceded them. 0ne design, doubtless,
was to control these Southern g disloYGl" States,
but their scope embraces ell the States Of the
Union. The establishment Of unlimited personal
government at the centre, upon the ruin of the
States is plainly their object But no tyranpv is
safe where suffrage is free. No State is thor
ougtIy subdued, which retains the right and
power to protect the rights Of person of its citi-
zeps 4 State unequal to this is but a mockery
ard ahsm. Conscious Of these primary truths,
the Radical Congress las, in its two election acts
assumed control of al the State elections where
members of Congress are to be elected; and by
the existing Constitution Of Virginia, most Of the
State elections concur with these elections as to
time These enactmenls override all State laws
fer the registration ana reception of voters, and
for the regulation Of the polls, and the canvass
ing and return of votes Paid Federal officers
may surround the polls with The Federal army at
the call of any one Of the thousands of special
deputies and marshalls, to he appointed by Fed
eral authority. On tie afidavit o. any worth
less and irresponsible partisan whose vote has
been rejected for want Of registration, these Of
fcials may drag the officers Of election from their
seats ana cast them into jail. and in this and 9TH
er ways break up the eleciions throughout the
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