Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-06-12
Gov, Wiss's Programme.

and also saving some hard things about
the Radicals, Gov Wise, in his recent
letter, gives the following az his pro
gramme:
There are many independent, true,
fearless, responsible, and honorable men
whe are patriots without fear and with
out reproach, who will not be cham.
pionsiof either one bird or the other Of
your feathers; yp5f either principal party
OF its endofser in the w-fong; but who
are tired and sick Of you both, and will
try to take rakiug at you both. They
wish for peace and prosperity "a don-
bic peace---not only to cicatrize the
wounds between Northern and South
crn people en- States, but between labor
and skill and capital. and races Of men
in our midst
If war of races the white man to
be arrsyed against the. black man, OF
the black man against the white man.
| is to be h'the H-atchword ard the reply
in the coming political campaign in
Virginia, VirginiaY honor and every
interest of Virginia will demand peace
makers in Virginia, true enough, brave
enough, and independent enough to in
terpose between Both black and white
sanslottes to silence their raven notes
as silent as DEATH They will require
both Conservativeeksss IL she aia Republicans,
without going to either-to come to
| their programme Of peace and of prinee5ls
pie; - =, z. - !. ! :.
| They viii demand that no war shall
be made by political parties of the white
upon the colored race; that all men shall
be placed on the same footing before
the laws, and they will struggle for the
restoration of ali political rights and
/ reparation of al wrongs incurred and
caused by tie late civil war.
Without delaying and disputing with
West Virginia about her liability for a
portion Of the ante bellum public debt
of the old body polite Of Virginia, they
will insist that East Virginia, as well
as West is a new State, and they will
endeavor to relieve both Of the oporcs-
sive burthen Of the debt ofths old State
of Virginia by uniting both new States
and all the creditors Of the old State, tc
petition and prevail on the Congress Of
of the United States to pay, fully pay
all her debts; to insist that, by dismem
bering the old State and destroying hel
body pelitic and being in law, for ths
national use Of saving the Union, the
United States assumed her liabilities
And that the two new States Of Eas
and West Virginia are entitled to al
the advances and expenditures fer them
usually made to and for all other new
Ststes-such, for example, as the new
States Of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, ant
Michigan, the terlitoy Of which or Vlr
ginia ceded, without money and with
out price, TO the United States, unde,
section III, article ~. Of the cosstitu
ton of the United States, and under thu
various deeds Of cessien aud land ordin
ances of the United States.
That during the pending Of petitions
for payment by Congress Of the princi
psA Of the old State debt, due pro
vision shall be made to pay the in
terest thereon, accruing and accrued
by resorting to extraordinary measures,
which may be in the power of thu
State, such as that of assuming tn.
sovereign light Of insurance of life ant
property; thus enabling the State trea
suly in time to meet the interest, ant
in case of judicial decision to Chat
effect, to pay the principal Of the ole
State debt, and att the same time t.
diminish the taxes- Of the people, BY
bringing into the public Golfers frolr
three to FIVE millions worth Of premiums
per anfnm, wifi eli 5ll''.strs slow paid to, pri
vate insurance companies, and most Of
which is taken aatls Of the. State by
foreign insurance eotnpsnies.
That they VIII unite. in urging upon
Congress to- take the James river and
Kanawha canal at cost; and to com
plete: the construction, thereof, on the
largest and most permanent scale, from
the tide-waters Of the Jaines to the
Ohio rivers. on the ground Of It's Being
an improvement az national as any
ever made or to be made on the con
tinent. -.-a,. IL,
They will demand that the monopolies
OF railroad completes, land. the colrup-
tons of railroad RINGS, shall be pre-
| vented under: icsffectual penalties and by
free competition. < st'l', ~
They will demand that tbs ate Of
interest on ulony loaned, Or due, shall
not exceed six per cent. per annum
excessive usury; and that the lately ex-
pressed viii of the people as to usury
shall be obeyed.
They will endeayor to have the pub
lie schools of instruction better regulat-
ed, and to make then. worthy Of the
cost Of liberal support.
I They viii struggle to make assess
ments Of, property Uniform and
adxxvalore,n;t and to. -lave the State
revenue more regularly collected and
paid into the Treasury; and to insure
that more economy shall be observed in
! the public expenditures.
They will combine to eiect4tile best
men to office, without respect to parties
or their caucuses, 70 carry thesei prin-
ciples into effect. And, if the Presi,
dent Of the United States will aid in
promoting those measures, they will
without regard to the past, give TO his
admin istration forthe fiiture'a just and
generous support.
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