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

ABOUT HUGHES -MIscELLANEoUs ITEMS,
&C., &C., sc.
The Conservative ticket seems to have
met with the most remarkable enthusiasm
ever elected by State ticket in Virginia.
It is unanim ously agreed that the people
might take any man on it for Governor an
have splendid man. Even the Washing
ton "Republican" says that, as to its per-
sonnet, "it is exceedingly strong" The
convention at Richmond surprised its friends
as we'll as their enemies, in presentin, the
ticket, and both in the Northern aud Southern
States the press are congratulating Virginia
on her choice.
OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN.
The campain is opening early. At
Spottsylvania Court House, on the 9th, the
venerable statesman Hon. w. W. Amber,
Hon. Charles Herndon, and J. Horace La
cy addressed the people At Wytheville,
on the night of the 18th, the citizens, hea :
ed by band, waited on Col. Withers at the
Hancock House. In replying to the ell,
he brought to remembrance the sad exper.-
ence of Virginia while under the rule Of
carpet.baggers and negroes. A telegram
says:
He next took up the Hughes speech at
Lynchburg and exposed its salient &c lures
showed how its whole spirit and tenor was
laudatory of the negro at the expense of the
white man that it was an avowed accep-
lance of the issue of race in the coming con.
test, and committed him and his party fully
to negro equality, not only civilly and po-
itically, but also socially; exposed his
sophistry, laid bare and denounced his falsi-
fication Of fact, and held him up to public
scorn and reprobation as a'tonoe,ster of civil
strife. as skulker from military duty, and
recreant to all the principles in which he
was reared and for which he had SO long
commended with pen and tongue. He con-
cluded with a strong appeal to all Conserva-
tives, all lovers of Virginia, all white mon
who desired to retain control of the State
government to buckle on their armor and
60 forth to the contest
Speeches were made by Colonel Robert
Kent, COL Frank S. Blair and others, and
the rapturous applause with which they
we're received shows the Conservatives of
the Southwest are unit for our ticket
THE CONSERVATIVE PLATFORM
The platform adopted by the Richmond
Convention is just what the people Of Vir-
ginia would have bad them declare. The
paragraph about President Grant is in ex-
cellent taste. We owe him something and
have not forgotten it. The following are
the resolutions
First We, the representatives of the
Conservative people Of Virginia, in Coz.
vention assembled, do declare that contra
Of the condition of Virginia under Conse
vative government with the condition
those Southern States which have been
unde: Radical rule, illustrates the wisdom
of the people of Virginia in the adop on of
this plan of policy, demonstrat,s the
necessity Of continuing the powe 9 Of the
State government in the control the
Conservat' We people Of this Common
wealth.
"Second That the chief purpose of the
Conservative party of Virginia is to secure
to every citizen of the Commonwealth,
whether native OR adopted, Of the white or
Of the colored race, exact and impartial JUS
tive, and to promote by wise and benefeent
legislation the prosperity Of our whole
people: t., Ill.,. -. c.....-. - .,...
Virginia, disclaiming all purpose of capt. IS
hostility to General Grant, will judge
impartially by his official action, and will
cordially cooperate in every measure Of his
administration which may be benefcent n
its design and calculated to promote tie
welfare of the people. and % cultivate SEN
timents o. good will between the different
sections Of the Union.
Fourth We recognize as fundamen-
tai political ruth, that upon the intelligence
and virtue Of its people must rest the pros
perity, honor and permanence of the State
we point with pride to the successful estab-
lishment and progress Of The free school
system of Virginia, inaugurated and con-
Quoted under circumstances of peculiar
difficulty for which we are indebted to the
wisdom and zeal of the Conservative State
government. Liberal provision ought to be
continued for the support and extension Of
the free schools for the white and colored
races respectively.
"Fifth That the interests of large
section OF this Union, no less than those Of
Virginia, demand the speedy enlargement
and completion of the James River az
Kanawha water line that should connect
the waters of the Ohio with those of the
Chesapeake, affording to the teeming popu
latiop OF the West cheap transportation of
their products TO the points of shipment and
wants Of trade in the East The compile
ton by the government of this great design
of George Washington would be an addition
al bond of union between the communities
whose products and commodities would pass
over the line of this great National work.
THE DETECTION FROM HUGHES IN HIS PARTY.
The fact that John W. Wolff, late
Secretary Of the State Republican Commit
tee, will oppose Hughes, has been announo-
ed. The Salem, Va, "Times" says;
Mr.. John W. Wolff, ex-secretary of
the Republican State Central Committee,
was in town last week. We understand
from him that he will oppose Col. Hughe
election with all his might. Mr.. WOLF
has great influence with his party, and viii