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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-08-26
SULLINS COLLEGE,
BRISTOL-GOODsON, VA.


TINE next Session Of Five Months Of this School
/ for Young Ladies', will commence on the
2Sfh Day of January, '73, In charge
of the following teachers
REV. d. SULLINS; A. NJ, Principal. and Prof.
Of Mental, Moral and Advanced Nat. Sciences,
Prof z. Deichn'an, d. Phi, Professor Of Mathe-
MATES and Lansuasss.
Mrs. B. /. Chaneeaulme, Principal Academic De-
partment,
Mrs sullins. Principal Primary and Preparatory
Departments, and Miss L. Cox and Mss Jimmie
CarGwell, Assistants.
Prof, F. E. Hacker; Teacher Of Music and Paint-
ing and Drawing:
Mrs A. r. sullihs, Matron.
TERMS, per Session Of five Months-one-h half
IN advance, unless by special contract:
Primary Department. ............ ....sIO co
Preparatory Department, %. .............. II 90
Academic Dept In Two Classes, lst Glass;. IA 90
% class, 80. II Oe
Collegiate Denartment Including L4tin...... 20 90
Modern Languages, each .................... 10 90
Music on Piano and Guitar, each, with use Of
flano .....-.....- .-................ % 90
Painting and Drawing, each, .............. 10 90
NeedleTork and Embroidery, each, ....... 10 90
Vocal Lessons to the whole school, ........ Free
Special Vocal Lessons, % 90
Board ana wood, 81 90
Boarding department in charge Of Principal and
his wife. Young ladies fornish their own pillow
cases, sheets, towels and fights. Washing can be
had at dollar per month. No deduction from
bills unless In cases Of pfotracted sickness.
sErFor particulars address the Principal a.
Bristol, Tenn. Jan 2s, '73.-tf
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-08-26

may appoint city or county committee
to. consist Of two members from each
township or ward in each city or coun-
ty, who shall be charged with the af-
fairs and conduct of the party in such
city or county regulating and directing
the same, either by wards and town
ships or otherwise, as such committee
may prescribe.
Such committee shall elect a chair
man, whose duty it shall be to appoint
all meetings and regulate all affairs as
to the party, which may embrace the
city or county.
In the election of delegates to any
district convention, it shall be
the duty ofsuch committee of the city
or county to prescribe by public notice
whether such appointments shall be
made by ward. township, city, or
county meeting, and the number of
delegates to which such ward, town.
ship, city, or county shall be entitled.
ResOEUed, That all nominations
made by counties, senatorial or cleo
ton districts, and all that may be
hereafter made by delegates already
appointed under the plan of organiza-
ton heretofore adopted. are hereby de-
clared regular and valid.
THE OYSTER TAX.
The com 1ittee on Business, through
Hon. John T. Harris, presented the
following; which was adopted:
ResOLUed, That the Conservative
party disclaims any intention to i'm .
pose burdensom restraints on any Sec
tion, and pledges to correct any errO-
neous or mistaken legislation disturb
ing the harmony and welfare of the
tidewater section of the State beiiev-
ing that all acts imposing a tax on any
interest not general in the Common
wealth, should be modified and adj
justed on principles of equity and jus
tice to all sections, reducing the tax
imposed within reasonable and prop
er bounds"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-08-26
THE NEW PLAN OF ORGANI-
ZATION.

The late Convention at Rich
mond, adopted by the following
plan of organization for the party
in Va. 1t is quite an improvement
on the old one.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-08-26
THE LATE SOUTHERN HIS
TORICAL CONVENTION.
Bold Speech of Mr.. Davis.

The late Convention which as
sembled at the Montgomery White
Sulphur Springs was composed of
those prominent survivors of the
Confederate struggle who are de-
termined to vindicate the truth of
history. Such men as ex-Pre8ident
Davis, Generals j. E. Johnston,
Early, Beareguard, Hood, Ad-
miral Scenes and others, yet live
and they are the repositories of
facts which unless soon gathered
and recorded will be suppressed by
radical historians, and our children
will be taught in the light of fed
eral falsehood.
AT the close of the deliberations
of the Society and after speeches
by Semmes, Early and others, ex-
President Davis, who was on his
way home from Richmond was in.
duced to accept an invitation to
stop and deliver a short address.
He was conducted by Admiral
Semmes and introduced by Gen.
Early. The Richmond DIsPATCH
furnishes the following report
cat this point Admiral Scenes,
Chairman of the Committee of Recep-
ton, entered the hall escorting Mr..
Jefferson Davis. Admiral Semmes
said :"Mr. President, l have the honor
to present to you and the gentleman
of the Convention Mr.. Jefferson Davis
our esteemed president of the late Con-
federate States"
Mr.. Davis was received by the au-
dience standing and with prolonged
Governor Letcher said LAS the or
gan of this Convention it is my pleas
ure as well as my duty, Mr.. Davis,
to give you a hearty welcome-a well
come to the honors, the affections, and
Inequalities of Virginia.
Mr.. Davis responded; 81 am deeply
thankful for your kind welcome. L
feel at home in Virginia. She gave
her bosom to be torn by all the nor
rors of war, and her sons and her treas
ure for the cause, and look upon her
mountains in their peaceful grandeur,
her verdant wales and her material
wealth yet, above all, her men eXcel
her soil and her women excel her men.
Fresh in my memory is the devotion
and self-sacrifice of her noble women.
When the Shenandoah Valley was laid
in waste the fair women whose hands
had never known an hours toll la
bored for the support and the comfort
of the army. l am most happy TO
know the cause for which we have
convened. Much time has passed
away many of the participants have
been called to their fathers. It is hard
for those whose hearts were in the
cause to think of those days without
feeling their mothers softness coming
to their eyes. We have been cheated
rather than conquered, and could we
have foreseen the results of the snrren-
der we would have been free to-day.
The time has come for us to viRdicate
the truth for the sake of the unrecor-
ded dead who fought for truth and
died in a patriotic cause. These
scraps of history do US injustice. We
must collect the material for the future
historian. 1t may have been well to
wait until passion and feeling should
subside, but we should delay no lon
ger, Do we not see decadence in all
that makes people great and happy ?
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-08-26
RICHMOND, August 9. 1873.

The appointment of the Conserva-
tive cqnvassers of the State having
been entrusted in part to myself, and
in part to the State of Executive Com
mittee of the Conservative party of
Virginia, 1 have determined to with
hold the announcement of the canvas
sers in the grand divisions aud Con-
gressiOnal Districts until the entire
list shall be made out.
THOS. S. BOCOCK
President.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-08-26

Zen. VIM. Y. G. Humes of Men,
phls is now spending a few days in
Abingdon.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-08-26
TUESDAY, AUGUST &c, 1873.
An INTERVIEW WITH EX
pREPIDENT DAVIS.

The distinguished ExlPIesident
Of the late Confederacy passed
through Bristol on his way TO Mem
phis on wednesday last. 1t was the
rood fortune of the writer of this
70 meet him on the A. al. and 0.
cars at Abingdon, and to have a
FORTY minutes conversation with
him. MIR. Davis expressed himself
as greatly pleased with the political
management which has saved Vir-
cenia from ruin and shame, and ex-
pressed the opinion that the good
old commonwealth has now over
ridden her dangers and may be re-
garded as safe. From personal
knowledge of an official intercourse
with Gen. Kemper, he does not
hesitate TO ascribe to. him the rare
and valuable gift of decided admin
istrative ability. He spoke in the
highest terms of Colo. Withers
and Mr.. Daniel and thinks the en-
tire icket most admirable one
Their honesty and integrity he con-
siderS above question, and says
these qualities are not in these
times 50 very general that we can
afford to give to their prossessor6
any very trifing consideration.
He enquired particularly as to
the health of his old friends Capt.
Sewer and Gen. 4. E. Jackson, of
Jonesborough. To the latter he
ascribed in a preeminent degree in
tegrity, honesty and valor, adding
significantly, "when we have chop
ping to do iron is better than gold"
1t is with some hesitation that VIC
give publicity to his language
touching any gentleman, but his
compliment to General jackson
was so generous and SO just that
we do not feel at liberty to with
hold it. 1t is due TO that 4" gallant
and true man" as he again spoke of
him and we r!ace it on public re
cord.
A word more Of Raleigh T. Daniel
whom he alluded to as one of the most
polished and accomplished orators
IF Virginia. This compliment was
u higher one than we had supposed
was Mr..Daniel's due, but we have
no doubt that Mr.. Davis knows
whereof he speaks, for being him
self one of the most fOrcible and
faciuating orators of a day, when in
the midst of Calhoon, Benton, Clay
and Webster he attracted the pub
lie admiration, he is not apt to
ov6rmark his man.
Of Gen. Early he remarked, that
he stood the test of both storm and
time, coming forth bright and IN
furnished, like pure gold from the
fire. Having met Early a few
days previous he alluded to his
protest against the James River
Canal Scheme and remarked "why
General that is pretty good States
rights doctrine" to which Early
replied "why we wings are the best
States rights men in the country.
"Qnly those,'' said Mr.. Davis,
"who counted the cost of secession
stood firm through the storm that
followed it." The ex-President is
in good health, and aside from
being quite gray shows little wear
since 1868 when last we saw him
previously. In conversation he is
pleasant, sociable and even fascina-
ting. He dresses very plainly and
as Tar as possible avoids notoriety.
lie expressed a lively interest in
the railroad destiny of Bristol and
stated that alta future time he hoped
10 De able to accept the hospital
iheS rendered him by its citizens.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-10-09

We are aware that the almost exclusive de-
votion Of the EIRGINIAN to matters connected
with the present political contest, is not ac-
asptable to many Of our readers, who feel
bat little interest in party politics. It
d cs not indeed, suit our taste But we
. EN- 1t Necessary to the proper presentation
II the views We honestly entertain to discuss
She issues involved, in every phase that they
are suggested to our mind. It is not our ma
sure to advocate anything hesitatipgy or in
doubtful terms. When public question is
presented, we must be either for it or against
1T earnestly, and having entered into this
canvass. we have been compelled, in justice
30 our own convictions, to deal with the
questions embraced in in it with an energy
commensurate with the results comprehen-
ded. We believe that the best interests OF
the State will be subserved by the election
ct the Republican candidates, aud so believ-
ing, we intend to use every argument to en-.
courage others to entertain the same belief
We hope, therefore, our friends, who dc
not admire this constant discussion Of politi.
cal subjec 8, will bear with US for several
weeks longer, when the election will have
passed. We will then turn our attention
with the same zeal, to the publication Of g
paper more entertaining and instructive tc
the general reader.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-10-09
Kemper and .sCivilfzasion.o

We had never seen or heard Gen. Kempcr
until the 18th ult. We had expected, from
the stereotyped kilograms published in the
Richmond papers, giving an account of his
wonderful performances on the stump during
the present canvass, to have heard one Of the
most finished orators and powerful reasoners
the age has produced. We must confess
that we were sadly disappointed. Instead of
the imperial orator be had been represented
to be, we found him superficial declaimer,
without the first claim to craftsmanship; a
reckless, infanmasory demagogue, whose in
accurate assertions, stale, second hand anec-
dotes, and interjected proeane expression s,
were absolutely shocking to refined taste,
and eminently derogatory to the high posi-
ton for which he is candidate. He prated
glibly about the civilization he was de-
Tending aud advancing -the elevated mora.
sentiment he was intoxicating Of arrayipg
! the white race against the black, &c., when,
if We are to judge from his impious excla-
nations, and violent imprecations, We might
safely conclude that he was representing the
civilization Of Tom Paine's Gage Of Rea-
son." and the blasphemous reign Of that
Triumvirate Of Fiends, who made France
drunk" with the blood Of their victims, and
Haunted in the face of christendom the fg-
ure Of naked female as the Goddess Of
their worship.
We have been taught to believe that the
march Of civilization was hand 10 hand with
the advancing strides of the doctrines OF the
Prince Of Peace-that the solemn injunction
Of the evangelist, ''swear not by Heaven, for
it is Gods throne, nor by Earth, for it is
His footstool," was an authoritative inter.
diction Of the use of profane language IL
presenting the claims of that higher "civili'
zation' which has for its object the purifca
ton and elevation of the moral and estheti
cal sentiment Of the human race, and has it,
foundation laid deep down in the iccompara
bic morality of the s.Ten Commandments,
But we are free to admit that if the 'civi
ization" Gen. Kemper illustrated in hi
speech by his profane expressions, his seek
ing to stir up the bitterest feelings of race
prejudice, is the civilization of which hi
election would be the forerunner, the civiliz
ed world, and especially Virginia, would b
better without it. It was painful to realiz
that a candidate for the highest position ii
the gift of the people of this grand oil
State, could not address an intelligent an'
civilized audience without indulging in ex
pressions which would be certainly offensiv
in refined society, and especially reprehen
BILE to christian civilization.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-10-09

tellecsual activity, SO as to bs prepared to
receive the great truths Of christianity and
to comprehend them. Ignorance is an ene-
my to religious enlightenment, and the
grandest stride that has been made in the
10Th century in the interest of the christian
religion and the universal diffusion of Bible
truths, was consummated in the result of
cur late civil conflict. 1t was part Of the
economy of Heaven in the dspensation Of
the gospel to emancipate the slave, enlarge
tho field of his mental inquiries. and pre-
pare him for the reception of religious in
structions. All such CON motions are but
parts and parcels Of the plan Of Human Re-
demption, detaehed agencies, working for the
of the human race, SO as to fit man for the
com prehension of his grand destiny as we'll
as his tremendous responsibilities.
"Be still, and know that am God I
v,N be exalted among the heather | soi2l
be exalted on the esrthv'
Whatever may be the surface results Of
human councils. whether in peace or war,
we are satisfied they will all be directed to q
final good, and the advancement cf the inter-
ests Of the human race.
The verdict has already been declared in
advance of the conflict between Faith and
Infdelity, as it is found 10 the imposing lau-
guage of the psalmist, and while we may
watch with interest all the various associa-
tons and events, which mark the prepare.
tiou for the decisive issue, we have no doub,
as to what it will be.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-10-09


The Whig Of the 4th, fills its columns
with old editorials from the Richmond En-
an,iiner of 1861, and says they were written
by Hughes. This is mere conjecture, but it
is of no Importance. There has been great
civil CONFUSION since then. Old theories
and policies were submitted to the decision
of the bayonet. Those Of the South were
lost, and we all pledged ourselves to conform
to the new order of things. The Constitution Of
Virginia, adopted by over 200, 900 majority.
voted for by Republicans and Conservatives,
emphatically declares that the questions thus
settled. are perpetually settled. Does the
Whig wish TO revive them Col. Hughes is
only doing what he pledged himself to do,
and what the fundamental law Of the State
and government requires him to do. Does
the Wing object? The Wing held to the
same views in 1861. Does it do so now
Are its pledges and promises mere deceptions,
and is it the purpose of the party it repre-
sents to re establish the doctrine of secession
1t looks like 1t, and that Jefferson Davis was
not far from right when he promulgated the
idea that the issues Of the late war were to
be fought over again.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-10-09

SETTLED.-We think the Conservative
Convention, last Tuesday, settled finally and
forever the question o! town and county.
and also that of lawyers to represent them
an the Legislature. The Convention was one
OF the largest and one of the most respecta-
BILE, IN point of char actcr, We have ever seen
assembled. 1t decided, after the question
was pointedly raised, that it did not matter
what portion of the county man came from,
30 he was we'll qualified, nor whether he was
"a lawyer or not. All the representatives
from this county in the next Legislature will
BE lawyers, including the Senator We
think the people are under obligation to us
aor bringing this matter prominently to their
attention. Ii is a matter of record, that the
country people do not think farmers are suit
able persons to represent their interest that
lawyers are, and that they would rather pay
1900 day for a speech, than Sc for lit
ele quiet work. s. let US hear no more
about town and county, and lawyers. hereas-
ter. Staunton can furnish enough brains
and enough CAB for the whole county.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-10-09

Gen. Kemper offered the resolution in the
Conservative Convention 10 1872 nstructine
the Virginia delegates to the Baltimore Con.
vention to vote for Horace Greeley as the
Democratic candidate for the Presidency, and
the Cincinnati Platform. Horace Greeley
WAS. an vowed advocate of social equality,
mixed schools, Summers civil rights bill,
and amalgamation. The Conser yative party
OF Virginia, with Kemper, Withers and Dan
lel Among its leaders and prominent repre-
sentatives on the stump in the Presidential
contest, voted for Greeley without recan
sation> or modification of anything he had
said. Yet this party and these men have the
audacity to charge the Republicans of Vir-
GINA with being the negro party, the advo-
'eates of mixed schools, aud they the white
mans party! Was there ever such i'm pu-
dence?
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-10-09

BEwARE.-W While Col. r W. Hughes
the Republican candidate for Governor, was
defending the constitutional rights and priv
iIeges Of Catholics and foreigners in 1865,
against the malignant prosecutions Of the
Know Nothing party, Col. B. E. Withers
and Raleigh I. Daniel, the Conservative can
didates for It, Governor and Attorney Gen
eral, were among the leaders Of that vindic-
tive organization. Gel. Hughes, to-day, is
championing the same spirit of liberation
and justice to all classes of the people, while
these same men, on a ticket headed by J. j..
Kemper, are identified with party controll.
ed by similar purpose Of intolerance and
ostracism. When Catholics and foreigners
go to the polls to vote, let them remember
these stubborn facts, and beware how they
foster and encourage tie spilis that would
have driven them from the csuutry, or made
ts:a victims Of pa.tizan and religious bisot-
ry.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-10-09
Mr. Stuart AT New Hope.

We understand that Mr.. A. II. Fl Stuart
introduced his speech at New Hope, on the
25th, by calling to mind that over thirty
years ago he spoke there for the purpose of
exposing the corruption of the Democratic
party under Martin Van Buren's administra-
ton. II was certainly singular coincidence
that the next time Mr.. Stuart spoke there
it was to defend the party headed by disci-
pie of Van Buren,, aud during the existence
Of the Democratic organization, prominent
member, responsible fer its ''corruptions," as
one of its constituent parts. 1t is note
worthy instance Of the mutations of men that
Mr.. Stuart should have appeared as the elo-
quent defender ef the old Wing party thirty
years ago, and now presents himself as the
volunteer champion of the Democratic Con-
sentative party. following in the wake of
Kemper, Billy Smith, and R. NJ T. Hunter.
Mr.. Stuart also alluded to the services of
the "committee Of nine" in obtaining from
Gen. Grant, the privilege Of voting separate
ly en- the constitution, expargated of the two
obnoxious clauses, by which Virginia, as he
assumed, had been saved from desolation and
degradation 1t is further note worthy
fact that notwithstanding this acknowledged
boon extended to Virginia by Gen. Grant
and Republican Congress, Mr.. Stuart
should now be found engaged in malignant
hostility to tn e very man and the party that
granted this acknowledged favor. It is an
other evidence that people, as we'll as Repub-
lies, are sometimes monstrously uograts-
full.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-10-09
KEMPLK AS A DEMAGOGUE.

In his speech at Harrisonburg last week
we understand that Gen. Kemper held up to
public apprehension Col. R. W. Hughes for
having written an article against the policy
Of exempting the Tunkers from military du-
ty, during the war. While denounclng Col
Hughes for manifesting such a spirit
against this religious denomination, he very
pathetically exclaimed, holding out his right
arm, cit was this arm, my fellow-c citizens
that signed your exemption papers, which
kept you out Of the war"
/ Now, if Gen. Kemper hnew anything
about this matter, he must have known that
the charge against Col. Hughes was not SO,
that he never wrote such an article If he
repeated the charge merely because such an
article had appeared in the Eranainer at a
time when Col. Hughes was not its editor,
without knowing that he had written it, he
was guilty of SANDER upon his competitor
in his absence.
The idea Of Kenper having signed any
thing, except what he was compelled by the
law to sign, OF resign his position as Chief
of the Conscript Bureau, is quite plausible.
when it is remembered with what blood thirsty
ferocity he hunted down the poor conscript
and dragged him from his wife and children.
leaving them helpless and frequently house.
less, while the victim was taken to Castle
Thunder and forced into the army. If KEN
per signed any exemption papers, it vas be-
cause his Office compelled him to do it. He
would have signed the death warrants Of the
Tunkers, much more cheerfully, judging
from his bloodhound scent after conscripts
It was the baldest demagoguery for him to
pretend a respect and sympathy for this re-
ligious denomination he never felt, and BY
his stage acting and tragic mannerisms to
practice deception Of this kind, in the hope
of securing few votes. IF he takes the
Thinkers to be- parcel of blockheads and
simpletons, be will ind himself mistaken Oh
the day of election.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-10-09

What docs it mean, that the Conservative
Convention which met 10 Stanton. on Tues
day last, nominated Mr.. Stuart for the
House of Delegates, who has been charged
With having favored Gen. Wickham for
Governor While we think Mr.. Stuart
was entirely right in the expression of that
how the Kemper party could consistently
take him up. 1t is in keeping with the
past history of the party in Virginia, howev-
err They took up Walker, republican aud
"earpet-bagger," in 1869, and made him
Governof and Greeley, a Radical Republi-
eau, in 1872. and rua him for President.
Well, if Mr.. Stuart suits them, we ought
not to complain.