Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-04-08
THE SHENANDOAH HERALD.
is PUBLISHED WEEKLY By
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WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA.
Thursday Morning, April 8, 1875.
WE publish in this issue the lame

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Thursday Morning, April s, 1875.
We publish in this issue the lamen
tation of the Old Commonwealth over
the election of Judge of the Eighteenth
District Had his paper not been
issued on the first day of April, we
might have been disposed to weep with
those that weep, but from this circum-
stance, are constrained to believe that
it was intended only as a huge "April
fool"
For example, off our citizens had
not have been too sanguine, and works
ed as ardently for their candidate as
did Mr.. Byrd's supporters, we doubt
not the result would have been other
wise" What are the facts? Our citizens
did not know that Mr.. Bird was cans
didate. 1t was only the day before the
nomination was made that Mr.. Bird
consented to accept the position,
and upon that day did our repre-
sentatives receive notice of the fact.
Our representatives knowing the em-
inent qualifications of Mr.. B. worked
hard to secure his election, for which
service they are entitled to the thanks
not only Of Shenandoah but of the en-
tire district We sent no distinguished
"lobbvists" to Richmond to secure for
us this coveted honor.
sShe asks for but little at the hands
of the party, yet that little is denied
her." Rockingham is proverbial for
her modesty in asking for but little.
Having had the office of Judge of this
circuit for over Fifty years in the last
sixty, excluding the time of the war,
she naturally s'feels that she has been
badly treated in this matter" when the
Office is gwen to neighboring county
and to a man s'who," the Register says,
sis the equal of any gentleman any
where in all that constitutes the essen
tial attributes of a just Judge and an
honest man. For forty years, Judge
Smith, of Rockingham, was in Office.
He was succeeded by Judge Samuels,
of Shenandoah. who after holding the
office for about eighteen months was
promoted by the people to seat upon
the bench of the Court of Appeals.
Samuels was succeeded by Kenney of
TlocK ingnam, VINO ne1d the position
for twelve years. Since the war, Harris
of Rockingham was Judge of the cir
cult and now Rockingham is outraged
because she can not still hold the place.
A county that within the last ten years,
has had a Lieutenant Governor, United
States Senator, Congressman, a Judge
of the circuit court, Foreign Minis.
ter, Register in Bankruptcy, Dis
trict Attorney and United States
Marshall, casks for but little and yet
that little is denied her"
Again Buckingham the major part
of the Tenth Legion" What an effort
to impose upon the credulity of the in
telligent reader! Rockingham that
never was even minor or any other
part of the Tenth Legion claiming to
be the major part. If you will inquire
into the history of the political applica-
ton of the term "Tenth Legion" you
will find that Rockingham was not in
cluded i'm the territory designated by
that name; but that having attained a
respectable Democratic majority she
has of late years imagined herself
worthy of being part of that famous
Legion. We have not objected to re :
ceive her, but her union with us must
depend upon her good behavior If
she is disposed to put on airs" mag
inc herself the banner county, ana claim
OLHor nOuOlS W WHICH sue is HOI I'll
titled, we will require her to show by
what authority she marches under our
banner and failing to do this we will
remand her to her old place; re~estab-
fish the original lines, and allow her no
share in the honors which have been
won upon SO many hard fought fields
by the famous old Tenth Legion.
'.1'he banner conservative county"
examine your record. You may be
the banner county, if you exclude the
Tenth Legion, but including that
territory, Warren was the banner,
Shenandoah, second; Page, third; and
then Rockingham. A county that
gave less than 80 per cent. conservative
vote, 10 be the banner county over
Shenandoah that gave more than 81
per cent : What brazeD faced effronteryl
"Quousque, tandem abutsre patientio
,ostra ?"
"She has mentioned candidates for
three positions of honor and trust, but
her voice was not needed We
would like to be informed of any case
when Rockingham was loath to fur
uish candidates for sspositions of honor