Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-12-12
The Expelled One Legged Oonfederates
Ghost That Will Not Down.

Nothing that has occurred in Virginia
policies has aroused such storm of exc
Grafton as the recent act Of the l:eadjust-
ers in the Legislature in ousting Arthur
Sullivan, a 0ne-legged soldier Of the Stone
wall Brigade, from his place, and putting
no act that we can recollect has found
so few with the hardwood to excuse IL.
We give some extracts from the press,
which from want Of space We are COMPEL
ed to condense as briefly as possible:
Let the recorded vote for First Door
keeper of the Virginia House Of Delegates
for 1879, be written in black letters
| across the Dome Of tie Capitol, III
the face of Virginia 8 great men standing
on her public domain, in marble and
br, me- and let every Confederate soldier,
| who has not sold his record aud his hist. ry
for a mess of pottage say, Remember Ar
thur van!-Lyachturg Ne,oS.
The debt payers wing of the late Con-
SCI vative party was prepared for defeat
| this morning, but when il came to electing
a negro to fill the plac of IA one-legged ex-
Confederate, who had also proved most
efficient officer, it Was more than they
could stomach, and the election OF the
coiored Individual to this position created
| flag was waved to no purpose. The negro
went in, and with expressions Of sincere
sympathy Oh the one hand and indigna-
! tion un the other the Door er Confederate
linaped out. Among the decapitaltd Off
+, cialS Today is also One-armtu tx-COnfed-
crate Rici,no1,d cur. N. Y. Herald, De-
cenlbcr 3
But, then, once is not for all time. The
day il cuming-and it is lot far off when
the true people Of Virginia will have to
| decide whether negro undertaken, OF Or
| binary Intelligence, is more worthy of their
confidence than brace and honorable men
Of Caucasian blood, vhQse empty sleeves and
manned bodies shoao malquestionable evidence
Of sincere devotion and patriotism. We
Opine their verdict will be a just one. Until
! that day shall arrive. sGod save the Old
Commonwealth. ''-Danville Post.
Yes. the time for kicking out of Office
| tile men who shed their bio. d and gave
their flesh and bone for Virginia has al
rived. in order to give the negro place.
The time for putting the bottom rail on
top has come and the leaders OF the Re-
adjuster party now propose to barter hon.
or, patriotism, everything, for negro votes!
What do their constituents think? '-Nor-
folk Varginian. saa
Poor manned Confeds, you suffered
| almost death fer your dear old State. but
Readjusters have concluded that you vol
unfairly disqualified yourselves from hold
ing office, and that even negros are enti-
tied to more consideration at their hands.
We say to you, however, be of good cheer,
for tile treatment you received at the
hands Of those Readjuster Legislators will
| nv 1x,c 70 Of Int doC in
arms, to put forth greater efforts to rebuke
the outrage committed upon you.-Freder-
icESburg Star.
l knew Mr Sullivan as member of the
Stonewall Brigade, and a Drawer heart
never followed Stonewall Jackson. 1 ap-
peal to you not to turn Out of doors a mar
that must go halt and limping through al
his days as testimony that you turned
| him out and put in his position colored
! man. have no reflection to make on my
colUred friends, for have loved and honor
| ed many Of them, but find some other way
of rewarding their party services than by
turning out Of doors the man who has
sacrificed so much for Virginia.
| of Dandrid .;e, Of Frederick.
Mr.. Frazier thought that if Cooke (col
Ored) would only do his duty to thi!
House-and he had no doubt he would
| as his people did Ito mine' the Readjus
tersl. there would be every cause for con
gratulation. 1t may be, SAID Mr.. Frazier
that he didn't lose leg or an arm in thu
Confederate service, but, doubtless hi
built breastworks. HIS race. declared
Mr.. Frazier, has proved conspicnously
| true in the past five days.. A. Frazier
nominating Cook.
! Here we have the spectacle of a Copfed
crate general forming combination te
beat his former comrades in arms for thu
qualification of personal ambition. W.
call the especial attention of all Exon
federates to this picture. We mean thos'
of our former comrades who may hav'
| honestly voted with the Readjusters. Thu
colored element we have no quarrel with
Probably they did as they thought right
from their standpoint. This readjustinl
gang will have to be crushed if the Stat,
is to be saved, and the ex-Confederates ar
the men who will have to do it.-Fred
ericksburg Recorder. .4.