Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-22
The NsnInatlsn e Winchester,

The NsnInatIsn & Winchester,
Opr citizens vere not kept very
well ported a. I'd the proceedings. O
the Convention slast week. No in,
Formation was received after the
third ballot until a Telegram from Mr.
J. P. Rely announced the nomination
of Colonel Holiday, was was quietly
attending to his business in his office,
apparently as little interested as any
man in town. But the welcome news
circulated rapidly, and he was soon be-
sieged by hosts Of friends anxious to
offer their congratulations. During the
evening, and until a late hour at night,
his house was thronged by crowds Of
citizens, while numbers waited in the
vicinity of his residence in anticipation
of a demonstration which. would bring
the gallant gentleman out. In the
meantime the Fred. Holiday Artillery
had resurrected the old feld-piece near
the depot, and were firing a salute OF
fifteen guns. About 10 o'clock the
Light Infantry and the Artillery, head
ed by the Winchester Band, marched
up, and after serenade, the Colonel
was called out and responded in brief,
appropriate and very modest speech,
substantially as follows
Ny FRIENDS AND NEIGHRoRs-I
thank you for this compliment, But
NO! will not take it TO myself, I take it
as an offering to the grand Convention
of Virginlans assembled in the Capital
Of the State, for having conferred 50
great an honor upon one Of your fellow
citizens.
And, surely, no one appreciates it
more highly than myself. Z did not
seek it, because I thought it too high to
be sought by any man. I thought 9TH
ers than myselfmust be the judge of my
fitness for so. exalted a station; and
now that the crown is handed me over
such competitors-gentlemen distin-
guished by all those noble qualities that
have made Virginia s renown eminent
in peace and war-solders and states
men whose names have filed the
mouths Of all the people aud are now a
part of their country's history-this is
an honor that ought to satisfy the most
ambitious. -
But, my friends, whilst 1t gives you
so much pleasure, I feel that mine is
overshadowed at this time with the
sense Of my responsibilities.
Ambition, with its attendants, Pride
and Arrogance, shave no business here
at such an hour" When I look back
over the long line of illustrious men,
beginning with Patrick Henry and
Thomas Jefferson, whom, if elected. 1
will succeed; when 1 think Of the trans
cendant memories of my State, known
wherever the English language is spo-
ken or read, and rivalling that of any
nation that lives in history when re-
call the stories of her triumphs when
peace reigned, and Of her victories on
the field Of arms when I think Of her
in the days Of her prosperity, when re-
tinement and purity prevailed in all her
borders, and the faint of dishonor came
not nigh her Escutcheon, and reflect
that it falls to my lot, now in this her
heu, of trial, to speak and act in her
name and behalf, and uphold her an
Gent Standard forget all personal
considerations, and self IS swallowed up
in the sense Of vast responsibility.
1 pray that, should the people confirm
the action of the Convention, and 1 put
on the robes of Office, self may never
more appear till they are laid aside.
If you are gratiied at my elevation,
l cannot express to you my qualification
at your choice. Here I was born and
reared, here all my life has been spent,
and here hope to be buried. You
know me better than all the world be-
side. and you took me with wonderful
unanimity and presented me to the peo-
pie Of the State as your choice for Gov
ernor. If it is an honor to be chosen
by one Of the grandest Conventions that
ever assembled, Iregard it as no less an
honor to be presented for that choice by
such people as inhabit this Valley.
But when leave this quiet town to
act as the Chief Magistrate Of this Com
monwealth, shall know no Section
Whilst we love our beautiful Valley, we
love, too, the State Of which she is a
part, and we have always contributed OF
our treasure, our labor, and our blood
to maintain her prosperity and honor.
So now, whether in the Mountains,
Piedmont, Southside, or by the Sea,
shall think only Of how I can make Vir-
ginia in all her domain happy, prosper
GUS, glorious. ssh.
Again thanking you, my friends I bid
you goodnight. ..
At the conclusion Of his remarks,
which were greeted with rounds Of ap-
plause, an air was played by the band,
and the crowd slowly dispersed.-Wia.
| Times. u
OUTCOME OF THE RIOTS.
Thomas A. Scott, president ofthe Penn
sylvania railroad, has issued circular
in which he states that parties having
claims for goods destroyed by mob and