Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-04-28
Political.

A friend informs us that the Repub,
llcaus of Botetourt county met IN con.
vention at Fincastle on Monday last
aud chose r. f. Mays as delegate Il
tho Stanton convention. That person
briefly addressed the meeting, declar
ing himself for U. S. Grant for the
presidency and Judge Alexander Rives
for the vice-presldency. His praise o
The latter, declaring him the best type
and the nOblest and bravest Republican
that ever breathed the mountain air o
Virginia, sounded strangely COMING
from an old rebel soldier. There il
very little doubt Mays has bagged the
SIX hundred Republican votes Of this
county, and as he and Malone are as
thick as three in a bed, these votes will
be all cast as the Boss orders. Time
will show who struck Billy Patterson
and the Democratic voters OF Botetourt
had better Watch the Professor, u
aud see that there is fair count"
-Lynchburg NeaeS.
This man Mays was a professed Con-
sentative and white man when he was
elected county judge, but he has now
drllted into the ranks OF the Republi-
cans! That is the drift Of all such cattle
.DanriIe Post.
A report for the Keysvllle Herald
writes that Mr.. Stovall, when he spoke
at Charlotte Courthouse did not have q
dozen white listeners, except those
drawn through mere curiosity to see the
man who had The cheek to preach read
iustment to a Charlotte audience.
The Danville Times adds: at must
have been very Notifying to the gentle
man who once so proudly bore the
banner of the white mans party to be
surrounded by so many negroes. Alas,
what a change! Who would have
it a few years ago."
The Danyille Post says: eff the
evidence were not abundant on every
hand to PROVE that the Malone indie
movement in Virginia is
simply movement TO turn the electoral
vote of the State over to Grant and the
Republicans in November next, the
truth Of would be concluslvely proven
by simply the fact that the proceedings
of all the Republican and Readluster
meetings in the State are published, and
most of them specially requested 10 be
publjshed,in the Richmend Inteltigencer,
stanton Tirgiuian, and Richmond
Vbig-tbe two former being avowed
papers and the latter the
leading Readjustcr organ in the State.
And another significance about the
matter is the fact that the Wing records
all of these Grant and independent
Of 1.-THE Republicans with
evident care and spirit of congrStula-
ton. Such manifestations always show
the way the wind blows"
THE KIND OF CANDIDATE WANT
ED.-We want a man OF sound mind
and vigorous physical powers to direct
the forces in the coming campaign. He
must be able TO awaken enthusiasm
among the masses by the magnetism OF
his presence, the force Of his character
and the purity OF his record. We can
not afford to run q crippled horse in
such a race as that about 10 commence.
There are plenty of sound ones to be
had and the party should see to it that
such an one Is placed in the Reld.-St.
Paul Globe (Dem.)
Are we not having now the con-
test about the legal, political and
social nights Of the negro, that we
have heretofore charged to be the
wicked, uselessly wicked work of
the carpet-bagger in his worst days.
But who now are leading in this
new crusade for the negro, or
against the white man? as you
may choose to call it.
Who are organizing the black
troops, working on their ignorance
andpreiudices
Why, men who pretended that
their desertion of the Democratic
party was solely on account of set.
Element OF the public debt. And
as they began with a claim that the
interest on the debt. And as they
began with a claim that the inter
est on the debt should be readlust-
ed and cut down, and the principal
held sacred, and ended by the vanl
Interpretations boldly to repudiate a
large part of the principal; so they
began last fall by inviting the ne
gro to vote for and with them, upon
the debt question, outside of his
politics, and they will end by fol-
lowing him into the Radical party.
They have taken hold of the negro's
paw to get chestnuts out of the fire,
and will follow the hunt of chesnuts
into voting for the Radical candi-
d ate for President.-Lynchbur
Nelcs.
The Springfield Republican is
certainly very much much mistaken
in relation to Republican sentiment
in Connecticut in supposing that
Blaine has more friends than Grant.
There has never been a test vote
taken which has not shown the con-
trary. In the Hartford county eau
Gus, to which it refers, it is trne
that General Grant had only four
votes, but Mr.. Blaine had none.
And if the question had been mar
rowed to these two candidates there
would have been four votes for the
ex-President to one for the Maine
aspirant. The fact that the great
majority of Connecticut Republicans
prefer Edmonds to Grant does not
alter the fact that the same MAORI
ty prefers Grant 10 Blaine. We
believe this to be a fact which is
beyond dispute.-HarJ0rd COur-
ant (Rep.), April -.