Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-03-20

Mr.. Hundley: will say to the gentle /
Governor stated to him he did not object |
to the bill on constitutional grounds.
Mr.. Cochran will tell you what he |
told me. He said: ssI'll not stopt to discuss /
the constitutional questions, but go fur /
Their, and say this bill is in contravention |
OF the bill Of rights, which is higher than |
the Constitution, and of the liberties of the
people.
This was Governor Kemper's sshigher
law and it was very different thing
from the higher law of Mr.. Seward.
At AIS Mr.. Moffett having concluded)
Mr.. Pridemore called the pending question,
and the same was ordered-ayes, "a noes,
IL.
The pending question was put by the
President s'ShaH the bill pass a,otaoitls-
standing the objections Of the Gouernors"
The vote resulted upon the call OF the
roll:
ham, Finney, Holiday, Hundley, Kirkpat-
rick. Lawson, Meem, Moffett, Patterson,
Smith Of Nelson, and Terry-13.
NoEs.-Messrs. Allan, Clark, Cochran,
Connally, Da,cso, Eubank, Eva1,s, Gro
ham, Greever, Grimsley, Herndon, Lack
land, Lathrop, Maddos, Massey, Newberry,
Nowlin. Pridemore, Quesenberry, Rag
land, Rue Smith of Russell. Stevens,
Thomas, and Ward-25.
Ages, Noes.
Conservatives ..........................l3 16
kepubllcanS ........ .................UO
The President announced that the bill
had failed.
Mr.. Clark said he desired to explain his
vote. When the bill was upon it's passage
he voted "aye," having been satisfied that
| it was constitutional Now, after all the
! information he had upon the subject, and
| the speeches that had been made, though
he was not altogether certain upon the
/ constitutional points, was satisfied it was
inexpedient, and for that reason voted
'tno.''
This ends the bill, the house having no
vote in the matter.
| THE FEELING IN PETERsBURG--THE
GOVERNOR BURNT IN EFFIGY.
The action of the Senate intensified the
feeling in Petersburg. The "Appeal"
says:
| About 5 o'clock the bulletins announced
| that the veto had been sustained by vote
| OF Is to 25. By a misconstruction it be-
came rumored through the city that only
| one more vote was necessary to have passed
| the bill over the Veto This attracted to
the newspaper offices and other public
places large groups, eager to ascertain if
at least some spark of hope remained. The
arrival OF the mail from Richmond, how
ever, settled all doubt, and showed that
| the vote, as elsewhere published, was Is for
sustaining the veto and IS for defeating it.
| Counsels of moderation and forbearance
no longer prevailed to restrain the wild
| impulses of the betrayed citizens Of Peters
| burg, and accordingly party organized
themselves for the purpose Of testifying to
| the world their indignation and emphatic
| reputation of Governor Kemper's action.
! Acting upon this impulse an effigy was
constructed, formally designated as Gov
ernor Kemper, and labelled as follows
"James L. Kemper,
Governor Of Virginia,
Sold out to the Radicals
The image was carried after dark to an
| elevated spot in Blandford, baptized in
| kerosene oil, and in the presence of large
! and enthusiastic attendance, the torch ap-
piled, amid the jeers and reproaches of the
crowd, and frequent cries of ''burn the
| traitor" &C., &c.
| This demonstration, i'll measure, ap-
| peased the vengeful feelings of the party,
| and as the last flicker of the flames died
! out, the crowd turned away and quietly
dispersed to their homes.
1t may be mentioned among the Incl
| dents of the day that, on yesterday morn
ing, the prominent places Of the city were
1 placarded with the inscription /: "Wanted,
800 Men to Lynch Kemper," in the centre
| of which was either red, yellow, blue or
| black heart. It is stated that the black
| men waged a relentless hostility upon all
| bearing the black heart, and stripped them
from their places.
WHAT THE PRESS SAY
| The Enquirer denounces the veto.-
The Dispatch sustains it, and the
"Whig' which condemned it on Friday,
| says on Saturday:
We sustain the action of the Senate in
passing the bill, but we have no hesitation
in saying that there is great weight and
| force in the objections urged by the Gov
ernor, and we commend and admire his
conclusion to respect his oath and convic-
ton Of duty rather than the strong desire
we know he entertained to crafty his
many friends in Petersburg and the Gen
eral Assembly. Without fearing the charge
| of inconsistency, we repeat we upheld the
| action of the General Assembly in passing
the bill, and now endorse the action Of the
Senate in sustaining the veto of our able,
| true and patriotic Governor.
The following brief extracts will give
the spirit of the press elsewhere.
From the Petersburg Appeal
Never since that black day in the spring
| of 1855 on which the victorious Federal
column marched into the streets Of Peters
| burg have the hearts of our people been so
dismayed and distressed as by the news of
| the veto by Governor Kemper of the re-
| formed city charter. Although suspicious
20 T.,
| had been given out many days previous,
and although sinister whispers could be
heard on every side, no one could realize
| that a Conservative Governor seriously
contemplated leaving the second city Of
the Commonwealth to the seat Of corrup-
ton and the ruin of misrule, and the news,
at last when it came, fell like a stroke of
| lightning from an unclouded sky. The
people for time seemed half paralyzed,
unable as they were to comprehend the ex-
tent of the misfortune which had come up
on them. But the excited and indignant
groups which speedily came together soon
resolved into spoken and emphatic words
| the profound sense of wrong under which
| all of our citizens labored.
| from the Petersburg News.l
That the Governor of Virginia--now
| that Virginia is once more free-should
| have dealt, of his own will, mortal blow
| to one of the truest and most tried of Vir-
GINA cities no man believed to be possible
Such blow Governor Kemper dealt to
| Petersburg on yesterday.
That he did so honestly, from his own
point Of view-that.h The did SO conscientious
~, and even with some sort of regret-we
would be reluctant to question.
That Governor Kemper is brave man,
his career in the army fully proved that
he is man of probity and honor, his
private life, so far as we know, has proved
in equal degree. But we may as well be