Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-08-28
OUR NOMINEES

NEVER has a campaign been opened
inVirginia under more favorable aus
pices than the one upon which we have
just entered. The conservative party
Of Virginia stands united. There are
no questions which threaten a rupture
of the party. The issue is one upon the
result of which depends the prosperity
OF our entire population. That issue is
not one which we have chosen. It has
been forced upon us by the Radical
party By the aid of Union Leagues,
carpet baggers, and those who.have ev-
er opposed the native white element,
the negroes have been arrayed in dead
~ political hostility to us. We would
have had it otherwise. We have ex-
tended to the enfranchised race every
right which they could have possibly
claimed They have received every
evidence of the Kindly feeling of the
Southern people. They have been Civ
en- employment and good wages Their
families have been protected and sup
ported BY those whom they, under the
leadership Of our, enemies, have attemp-
ted to deprive of thepolitical privileges
to which they themselves aspire. They
have. draws the line and placed them
selves beside our enemies. We can on
~ acquiesce in their decision and fight
the'battle upon the issue which they
have forced upon u.s.
The State Of Virginia must be
governed by the white clement, or be
subjected, under the government of
negro rule, to the outrages which have
desolated some of our sister states. The
prospect Of victory is cheering But
that victory haa NOT snt AaA,, achieved, !
It's achievement is dependent, almost
entirely upon the vote of the Valley |
counties If the Valley responds with !
no increased maj critics, the success of
the conservative ticket is doubtful |
Shenandoah has never yet failed to
give a good majority for the conser
vative ticket. But in spite of the
majority which she gave last fall, the
State went for Grant We must give
q heavier majority at this election
This can only be attained by thorough
organization and the most active efforts
upon the part of those who appreciate
the magnitude of the issue at stake.
The Importance Of carrying the State at
thiselectlon cannot he ovcrestimated.
What would be the value of our prop
,erty it the State government were
thrown into the hands of negroes who
possess little or improperly and would
have no hesitancy in imposing upon
our people taxation greater than the
present profits of our laborf Property
itself would be comparatively valueless.
The whole legislation would be in the
interest of those who have contributed
nothing to the prosperity of the State,
and whose only interest is of the most
selfish character. Glass legislation
would deprive us of the privileges TO
which all are entitled
Our schools, in all probability would
beopen to whites and negroes alike.
The whites of course would be compell-
ed TO support these schools, while their
own children would Be educated at
an additional expense in select schools:
There is but one mode of frustrating
these designs, and that is by the ex-
ercise Of an active, continued effort up
on the part of the conservatives to
have every man fully understand the
issues at stake and q determined un
wavering purpose to pole every Con
sentative vote in the county. II
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