Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-08-15

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On the other hand the Staunton Virgin
ian has received a letter stating that De-
ncale will take the stump for Hughes.
TWO PIECES OF HISTORY
The Warrenton Index" publishes the
following piece of history about Col
Hughes:
''In the spring of 1869 II. Fl. Wells was
nominated by Radical Convention as their
candidate for Governor. He had been most
distinguished for the ferocity with which he
had prosecuted our people. President Graz
had about that time sent in message to
Congress, calling their attention to the con-
dltion of Virginia. He requested the au-
thority Of Congress to submit the Under.
wood constitution to a vote of the people in
such manner as to allow them to expur-
gate the test.oaths and DISTINGUISHING claus
es which it contained. Wells appeared be-
fore e reconstruction committee of Con-
gress and made speech against the propo-
sition.. The convention which nominated
him declared 10 favor Of the adoption of the
constitution with the test-oaths and disfrau-
chising clauses R. w. Hughes, the Rad
ical candidate for Governor of Virginia, ed.
tied the State Journal" the party organ
in that canvass, and defended its prosorip-
tive policy. Our people voted out the OBJ
noxious clauses Hughes then urged Gen
Candy, the military Governor, to apply the
iron clad oath to the Legislature which he
had ell ted. The effect of this would have
been to deprive the Virginia people of all
the fruits CT their victory over Wells. Gen.
Candy, in accordance with HvgLes' sugges-
ton, issued an order that no one elected
should ta,,.e his seat unless be could take the
iron clad OATH Grant interposed and had
Canby's order revoked. If it had been car
ried out no Conservative could have taken
his seat Yet Hughes now asks the people
of Virginia to forget his black record and
elect him Governor y
And to this the Lynchburg Virginian
adds still later piece as follows
When Judge Riv,s made that terrible
fare pas here last Fall, in declaring in open
bloodshed at the polls than that distinctions
the mode Of approaching the polls in two
lines and voting the whites and blacks alter
nately,) the elaborate defence Of Judge Rives
whose uncivil and anti-Yirginian course
'-astonished the natives and excited the
: ,hteous indignation of the Conservative
ass in and out of the State, that appear
in the columns Of the Radical papers in
is city, was written, we are credibly in
formed, by Mr.. Hughes. This will hardly
be denied, for we have living witness to the
fact. And yet, white men are expected to
vote for Mr.. Col. Hughes Where is the
white man that ever was Conservative Who
will manifest so little self respect as to do it ?
He would be disgraced if he did.
ACCEPTANCE OF THE CONSERVATIVE CAN
DIDATES.
The acceptance Of the nomination by Gen.
Kemper is as follows
GoRDoNsv. LIE, VA, August It'll.
I accept the nomination with profound
sense of its responsibility, but without fear
Of defeat Let all true Virginians stand to-
gether for the sake Of Virginia.
JAS. L. KEMpER.
In letter to a friend written week be
fore the nomination, Gen. Kemper said :
IF the office should ever be conferred upon
me, should be every inch the Governor,
and should, so far as | might know how, dis
pense impartial, sc-upulous. and fearless
justice to all interests and men, 1t is very
;retifying to me that, while all sorts Of rep
resen tive men and their lends have com
inundated with me, not or e of them has re
ceived, not one of them has sought, and all
O them have disclained seeking any pledges
whatever at my hands. y
Col. Withers, in his brave little speech to
the convention, alluded in such frank man
ly way to the feelings of perhaps false pride"
that he had experienced about taking the
second place on the ticket, that he won the
hearts Of The convention at once, and when
he added "take me and place me where you
Will the cheers were deafening.
THEIR FORMER Pc .1TIcs.
The Richmond ''Whig' says: "The hon
ors were well divided between the old polit-
ical pa les. The head of the ticket, Gen.
Kemper, as prior to the war, distinguish
ed memb Of the old Democratic party,
whilst COL Withers and the R. I. Daniel
were lifelong and devoted Wings. Wings
and Democrats, let us rally to the rescue Of
our noble leaders They are each and all Of
them worthy Of our entire respect and con-
fidence, and should receive the cordial, en-
thuslastic support Of every true man in the
Commonwealth.
MISCE LANEOUS.
A meeting Of the State Conservative COM
mHtee is called at Richmond for Aug 2lst,
COL Jno. B. Baldwin is the member from
this district. ..-.
Col. Hughes has re- gned the office Of U.
S. Attorney for the Western District Of Viz
ginia, with the request that the vacancy be
filled before the Goth inst
Kemper is the Anglicised rendering of t!
Anglo Saxon word ccnepo signifying soldier
knight, champion,
Raleigh 7. Daniel, the Conservative Al
ta.ney General, is grandson of Thomas
s one, one of the signers Of the declaration
Q. Independence.
Geo. Rye, the Ex-State Treasurer sup
!. rts the Conservative ticket
From the editorial ear marks in Saturday
e, ening's Journal the Richmond 'Enquir-
e." is inclined to believe that Bob Hughes"
has again become the editor, and is blow 'ng
his own trumpet.
Tramp Tramp Tramp the boys are march
ing
Fear not brothers, we will win, we will win
And beneath the Kemper flag we shall breathe
the air again,
Of freedom in our old Virginia home.
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BOGUS ENGINEERS The Fncastle Va.
Herald says: 'sSome time ago frolicking
Marty of YOUNG oentlaman from IIunchhnrn