The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-10-23

yhua.ao J. Shame = ola the Cavalry,
Thesmost cenviusing proof that the Con.
ssrvatise cause is on i,s last prop IN Virgin.
ia, il the malicious plot concuctsd ID Rich
mond' By the conservative ballot box smash
err aud suffers who rule the party thsre, and
executed by tho Now York Hsra1Es corres-
pendant, In putting before the publics lying
statement t. the effect that Col. Hughes il
ineligible to the ofice of Governor, by reason
Of having carried challenge from Col.
4 larksou to asMr. Fsrfsr,in Bristol in 1870,
since tho adoption Of the present oonstitu-
tion. The reading Of the. papers in the case
gives the lie to the charge: No challenge
passed asd ne duel was contemplated, 30 far
~ Col. Hughes was SoBesrnsd. kveu if the
published correspondents rs genuine, which
We doubt,the most superhoiaf reader will,per-
'oeire that fabricated ohargei is one Of the IN
serupulous andunmanly divioss Of Col Hughes
enemy 10 check the growing popularity ofths
osuss he represents. and ward of the certain
doom that awaits Ksmpsr; for ifthere was any
isrnth iaj it they would hava brought it for
ward long before this. when,, on the occasion
Of his romination, they attempted = similar
demonstration. against him. The. Richmond
papers say they Knew Of il, But slpgular to say,
they collude with the Heralds correspondents
Just on the eve of the election, when it is slt
most iapessible to send the correction Of the
falsshood, into the localities where it will
reach, and have it arrangedto. have special
kilograms sent from Washington 10 them, 20
As to oluds the responsibility Of the base fab
rioation, and give it upon the responsibility
Of the Herald. It is also auno unced tina.
Col. Hughes will be withdrawn, which they
know is an untrnth- There is not man 10
GVirgiaia who really believes there is word
of truth in the whole outrageous publication
They know that Col. Hughes would never
have allowed his name to 60 bsfers the
Lynehburg convention, lad there been any
i'm appointment to his acceptance ofthe office o.
Governor. They know further that he il as
certain to be elected as the sun rises on tho
4th Of November, and it is to prevent this,
that ar the eleventh hour, they concoetsd this
infamous falsehood. and will send it to- every
nook and corner oftheState, through the con-
ssrvativs press, in the hope that the contra
distTos will not follow it.
We venture the assertion that this wicked
outrage upon the Republican candidate will
be worth to him at least 5000 votes. Hon-
sat men, and fair men, will never countsnance
such monstroass wrong. The people will
aveage il, and record their irdigna mt brand
upon it by an overwhelming majority. The
stup endous fraud will reeoil upon its perpe-
teators, and seal the just doom Of party
that can lay no higher claim to the SURFACES
| Of the people than such an unheard of and
usprecedented outrage. It will stimulate
the Republicans and every man whose con.
science will disown the foul wrong. to renew
cd efforts, and show the country that ever
Conservatives of Virginia are above such ne
| farious devices and false and malicisas tricks
especially when practiced against ) high.
toned, bold and manly opponent.
| Rally, Republicans, as one man, sad make
the victory SO overpowsripg and crushing OF
the 4th Of November, thst it will teach these
Twesdites and Tammany bumnsrs, that homes
| ty and courage have not clean gone from Viz
GINA even in the elections Robt. W.Hughel
[will be the next Governor Of Virginia, des
pits these desperate resorts Of an auscrupu-
]ous eaemy.
I Shame! Shame! upon this Boosted ehiv.
airy party that could thus encourage de-
ssption and fahehood that it has not sAe
courage to own, and seek to palm TIE respon.
sibiIity upon the New York Herald, which
always prefers lie well told to the truth, il
| it has sensation in it.
On this subject, the State Journal Of the
21st, has the following clinchsr. This con-
tradiction is made upon the highest aathori-
| ty: ~
In rely to the startling disclosures pub
lished in the Conservative papers of this city
this morning, purporting to be special tel
egram made up from the columns Of yester-
days New York Herald, and charging dis
qualification upon Col. Hughes in conse-
quence Of his having borne hostile challenge
from John NJ Clarkson to Ebert Fowler Of
Bristol, Tenn, we have this to say: "That
the charge as presented is an absolute and
unqualified falsehood, manufactured for base
and contemplate ends" and first published
in the New York Herald to relieve Virginia
journalism from the ignominy of originating
such mendacious political canard.
On the 18th of July 1870, when the a.
legged hostile note Gf any passed between
Clarkson and Fowler, Col. Hughes was in
Abingdon, and had nothing whatever to do
with the cartel of the date, passing, or said
to have passed, between the parties named.
It is true that on the 18th Of July. Col. II.
was in Bristol and acted as Clarkson's friend
to get withdrawal Of the offensive language
used, by Fowler, but when he found that the
latter would neither withdraw nor fight, he
left for his homo in Abingdon, and no hestile
message was borne by him from or to either
party. What was done afterwards by Clark
son WAS vifhout Gol Huobea' knowledpe or