Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-08-12

tHeir asSociateS, serve the State two years foI
less than fifteen hundredl Oh, wondrous econ
omists, conscientious hypocrites, and nogro-
humbuggers Was there ever such a set as
sembled together before?
AND ANOTHER.
They indorse and approve the administration
of President Grant in the past and pledge
it their support for their future.
Grant, the salary -grabber Grant, who sign
ed a bill to make his own salary fifty thousand
dollars year-more than all the negroes 10 the
Lynchburg Convention could earn in the same
time. These economists are too modest by half
They think the Virginia Conservative officers
should work for nothing, but that the Radical
officials should receive from 81, 500 to $50, 900
per annum for their valuable services in ruin
ing the State and making fools of the negroes.
NEGRO JURIEs.
"We are in favor of reform 10 the admins
tration of justice in this State, and an enforce
ment of the State Constitution In this respect.
which will secure impartial justice to all ire
spective of race, color, condition, or political
sentiment.
Always the negro! White juries are not good
enough for Hughes, Platt, Smith, Sener, Chan
dler, Popham. Morton, and Washburn. They
desire to see Lewis Lindsey and Joe Cox in the
jury-box. A word to the wise is sufficient
THE WORST OF ALL.
''Resolred, That the Federal courts should
be accessible in all the states to all citizens on
appeal for redress Of wrongs or protection of
rights 10 cases where, upon proper showing,
equity demands it, We demand reform in
State laws in order to secure fair elections by
the abolition OF partisan supervision to enable
every voter to exercise the right of suffrage ac-
cording to the dictates of his own conscience. "
Do Virginiaas understand that resolution? 1t
means that all cases of all sorts between white
men and negroes and between Radicals and
Conservatives should be tried in Underwood's
court. 1t means that juries in Underwood's
court should send those Virginians to the peni-
tentiary who, Mr.. Hughes says have violated
the law 10 denoubcing the negro party. L
means consolidation of all power 10 the hands of
Federal officers. 1t means the Capitalization of
all patronage In the same hands. 1t means
that the Radicals have no hope of being elect
ed by the people of Virginia, and mean to call
upon Congress to substitute Federal for State
courts for the trial of all sorts ofcases 1t means
turmoil, strife, and subjugation. 1t means that
Virginia ought to be ruled as Louisiana is, from,
Washington. Need we add, that no conven-
ton of Virginians could ever have passed such
a resolution? The carpet t-baggers did this thing.
Let them never hear the last Of it.
MIXED SCHOOLS
The most startling thing done by this Radi-
cal Convention was the stri7sing out of the plat
form as prepared by Colonel Daniels of the re-
solution declaring against naired schools There
is the everlasting negro again. A Radical Con-
vention in Virginia thus by implication favors
sending white children to school with negroes
No explanation can do away with the fact of
the striking out of the resolution in question:
We will not enlarge upon this point Our
speakers will do this to some purpose we trust.
CONCLUSION
Can party such as the Radical is thus shown
to be hope for success in Virginia? Never. AS
certain as election day shall come will these
hypocrites and deceivers be defeated once more
by the true people Of Virginia-the men of
honor, character, reputation, and Intelligence.