The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-07-17
'HE VALLEY VIRGINIAN
STAT NTON, VA.
Thursday, -,-----Juiy ~, 1873.


Gen. Beaurcguard. writing in defence OF
his resolutions 10 favor of the recognition OF
the civil and political equality Of the colored
people of Louisiana, says:
ut is manifest that nothing but the for
-bearance of the colored people prevents them
from subjectipg common carriers and all
keepers Of places of public resort to such
losses and annoyances as would speedily com
pei the practical acknowledgement of their
rights Or the abandonment of business. A
multiplicity of suits, the result of which $50
tar as our State courts are concerned) could
not be doubtful, would soon exhaust the en-
durance of the most violent prejudice. Mean
while, during series of years, the obstinate
denial Of these claims of our colored fellow
citizens by the whites has been the means OF
arraying whites and blacks. almost solidly
in bitter political hostility against each 9th
er. r
r. 1T has driven the blacks into an unnatu-
raj coalition with horde of uDscrupulous
adventures, who have thus secured the pc
litical power of the Commonwealth How
have they used it? To what sad condition
have they not reduced the State It is an
oft-told tale, which [, a son of Louisiana,
holding her honor dearer than ''the rudy
drops which visit this sad heart" have no
disposition to repeat.
Il may be mistaken in supposipg that a
frank and cordial concession of absolute and
practical, c,uil as a0eU as political. equality
betaoeen all citizens, aouAom discyinainc ting
on account Of race or color, as proposed in
this movement. would remove the last bar.
rier which opposes the political cooperation
of good men, of whatever color, for the re-
generation OF the State but I am earnest ia
my conviction that am Tot mistaken"
A Nj Boatwright, of Illinois, was in the
battle OF Vera Cruz, in 1876. was wounded,
and when our troops advanced was left to
the tender nursing of Mexican family
There was black eyed senorita in that fam
lily, of surprising beauty-more beautiful to
Mr.. Boatwright because she was his attend.
ant. His friends thought he would die, but
he had no idea of such an uneallant display
of weakness in the presence of this charmer.
So he recovered and joined bis destiny with
the black eyes. For 26 years his relatives
thought him dead and had erected a monu-
meut in TIE family bnrying ground to prove
it. A short time since his brother living in
St. Louis, discovered that he was alive and
well and atthe head of an interesting family
and large property, il Texas, notwithstand-
ing the marble evidence to the contrary.
Within the last few years at least twelve
persons have been hanged by vigilance COM
mittees in Southern Indiana, TIE latest vic
the notorious Reno gang of express robbers
were hanged by a vigilance committee less
than four years ago. Two years since three
negroes were lynched in Clarke County for
numbering the Park family, and in October,
1870, two burglars, named Pickett and lou
gait, were seized by mob in Orange Coun-
ty while on their way to jail and sulDmarily
executed.
Mr.. L. G. Rristow, Conservative member
of legislature from Middlesex, in letter to
Mr.. E. w. Massey, says that in view of the
many advantages to be gained by cordial
cooperation Of the state With the federal gov
eminent and administration, he will support
the nominees of the ''Lynchburg convention"
if prudence, justice, and proper regard for
the interests Of the commonwealth character
izs tie selection of that party.
The Shah of Persia, now visiting Europe,
is creating quite sensation. At Berlin, he
amused himself by examining very curiously
the pearl necklace of an English Lady Of high
rank, both personal and representative, and
ended by trying to take her around the
waist
At Buckingham Palace, London, where
the Persian Shah is royalty entertained, the
telegraphic wires have been conveyed to his
apartment, to enable him to be in constant
communication with Teheran and thence
With other portions of his dominions..
Hon. Jos. Wilson, Of Oregon, member