Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-07-28
and all the time. Applause. |

Here there were more cries for Harms,
and it looked as if, though the committee
on resolutions was ready with it's report,
the criers would have. Harris out first.
After moment or so, silence was obtain
ed and Col. Skinner, Chairman of the COM
mittee, read the following:
RESOLUTIONS
RESOLVED, That in the nomination of
Samuel J. Tilden for the Presidency, and
Thomas A. Hendricks for the Vice-Presl-
dency Of the United States, we have pre-
sented to us as candidates for these exalt-
ed trusts men of ripe experience in public
affairs, whose honesty capacity and fidelity
have been signally displayed and proved In
the high offices which they have heretofore
filled, and whose comprehensive patriotism
affords complete assurance that under
their auspices and Executive control, and
Under the guidance of the principles enun-
ciated by the st. Louis Convention, equal
and exact justice would be done to the
whole and every.part of our common coun-
try, to all it's diversified interests, and to
all classes of its citizens. Thus we should
again enjoy, as fraternally united people,
| d government which, honestly, economl-
cally and justly administered, would re-
store to us the blessings of union, peace
and prosperity With these views and ex.
pectations, we, the Conservative party OF
Augusta county. pledge ourselves to labor
earnestly for their election.
The resolutions were adopted with cheers,
and on motion of Judge of j. II. McCue,
| ordered to be printed in the Conservative
journals Of Staunton.
| Mingled cries for Harris and Paul then
arose, and Mr. Harris waving in favor of
| Mr.. John Paul, of Harrisonburg, that gen.
tleman mounted the stand and was intro
duced by Gen. Echols.
MR.. PAUL
said that Rockingham, like Augusta, was
ablaZe with enthusiasm from mountain to
mountain. And it was well it was so, for
it was no common occasion. In other days
the questions at issue were different. This
campaign is being fought on a different
idea. Our government has gotten to a
state in which it is demanded that the
| watch word shall be Reform-not Reform
in the sense Of reversing anything that has
| been done in the way of laws or constitu-
| tional amendments, as our opponents de-
| clare for political purposes. 1t is Reform
| from the President down to the lowest tax
gatherer. We present spectacle of hu-
initiation, degradation, rottenness and We
| nality to the world in this the Centennial
year Of the Republic. Applause a voice
| Domino j a year when the world is in
vited to our shores to see President turn
| ing every honest man out of office; a Pres
70 hi RI !,
down on honest men. And this party that
we are fighting So corrupt is it that at
| Cincinnati the leaders of it had to stand
| aside from the nomination, because every
one of them had such grave charges of
corruption hanging over him that he was
afraid to come befofe the American peo-
| pie.
| 1t is to correct this state of things that
| this campaign is to be fought-a campaign
which is certain from the statistics before
us, to place Tilden, the Great Reformer,
! in the Presidential chair. His opponent
| can offer no hope of reforming the govern
| ment; his party have him by the nape of
| the neck, and say do this and. do that, and
he is forced to do it. Grant, it is true, has
his own way, but that is only in doing
wrong; if he were to try to do right, they
would soon stop him. No President can
run this country without backing, and
the backing that Hayes has would produce
only a continuation Of the government
Grant has given US. The reformers of the
| country are backing Tilden. Wehave had
one good first step so far by the Demo-
| cratic party, and that is it's strong and sue
cessful fight for retrenchment in the gov
eminent by the lower house. Hayes was
in Congress, but he never made an appear
ance as Reformer, nor made any attempt
at it.
THE TRUE ISSUE.
And thisis the platform upon which we
are to fight. Dare any Of the Republicans
defend the Grant Administration, which
is endorsed by Hayes2 Where is the Re-
publican newspaper that dare do it? They
dropped its defence by quiet consent di-
rectly after the Cincinnati convention,
and have turned to- the old issues. The
Union is preserved forever; slavery is dead
forever-no man would restore it if he
could, and couldn't if he would, and yet
the Republican papers harp on these old
issues-anything to get away from the rec
ord Of their party They continually
charge that it is the desire of the Demo-
Gratis to reverse the action of the Govern
ment, which is as false as hell itself, and
they know it. [Applause.]. The mission
OF the Democracy is to make qaeav Gov
eminent in every sense of the word. 1t is
no light task against a party sixteen years
in power, and with 10000 ofice-holders to
hght-white office holders you turn
ing to some negroes in the gallery; you do
the voting, but you don't get the offices
The powers of the Government are per-
verified to aid this effort to retain power,
In Virginia we have met these people be-
fore and whipped them, and in November
we will drive them to the wall. Applause.
We want active campaigning to bring out
every voter in Rockingham and Augusta.
The full vote of these counties has not
been out since the war;. In Rockingham
we intend to do it. Our purpose there is
earnest and our hopes high. We already
see the bow of promise in the sky, fore
shadowing victory and peace. [Cheers.]
JUDGE JOHN 7. HARRIS,
who was received with loud applause, said
he didn't expect to make a speech. In
passing through, he merely stopped to give |
some account of his stewardship in the |
House of Representatives,. When he went
there, six years ago, there were only few
O.,
dence in speech they had accomplished a
great deal. The Republicans would have
given a million dollars for blood and
thunder speech from a Southern member
They went on working that way until they