Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-08-11
The Campaign Opened.

h. Tucker was one OF the speakers,
and we give his speech vcrJatim as
published in, the World, Mr..
Tucker rose while the band played
a lively Virginia reel. He said;
81 come 10 you from the old
Commonwealth of Virginia, and L
am glad to meet the old Democra-
cy Of New York. 1t is a crafty
ing memory to me that in 1900 the
States of New York and Virginia
were united in elevating a Demo-
crat of that day to the Presidency,
and l come to answer a question
frequently put by the Republican
press, why we have solid South,
The Republicans don't like it-and
if they don't like il they may lump
it. We were solid in 1SO0-solid
for Thomas Jefferson. We have
liked Democracy ever since that
day, and don't like to give it up.
There were two parties there once,
but the Wings went up, and the
Know NothiDgs were disposed OF
by Gov. Wise in 1898. If the
Republicans had one grain OF wis
dom, which they haven't, they could
have divided the white people of the
South on questions of administra-
ton, But they did not let us di-
vide. They forced every man who
had drop Of Anglo Saxon blood IN
his veins TO oppose that party with
all their powers. Virginia's sons
are taking part in adding to the
glory of that Union of which we
are still a part, thank God. The
Republicans stole our liberties in
1865. They brought Governor
to Richmond and put him in pow
er there as a simon-pure Governor
of Virginia. We said, Very well,
sir; how are you, Governor 2
Gaughtcr.) And they brought a
| legislature in an omnibus and set
them over us. This was the Rump
| Legislature; and in 1867 they pass
ed a law saying that we were not a
legal government at all, and they
sponged us out and made Old Nir.
qinia District No. l, and the rest
OF the South Districts ,, 3, /. D, 6
and 7, and put military Governors
over us, Who voted for that bill !?
James A. Garfield of Ohio. Ills
ses.) The whole South was under
pail. I have seen little fellow
with shoulder-straps come into e
court of Justice and order a judge
to enter judgmcnt-and this in
old Virginia. l have seen 25,COO
white men excluded from the ballot
box and 100000 negroes allowed
to vote, and this in old Virginia.
,Do you wonder we did not rush
into their arms ? But there was a
CLEAN of hope. There was a man
down there who knew the Consti-
tuition which he had sworn to up
hold. Garfield put the sword into
lhis hand and said, General, WELD
it, but he laid it down and said the
civil rights of the people should be
maintained. Thank God that he
created that soldier statesman lie
was not a militia general in Con.
gress who is very civil in military
matters. who is one of the men who
never begin to fight till the enemy
lis down, Gen. Hancock could figh
a rebel till he fell, but he lifted thai
rebel up afterwards.
The old Confederate soldiers,
, limping on without a pension, say
, hurrah forHancock, because he was {
.. chevalier general. He recalls th'
: old colonel in the Lady OF Lyons
. who said it was a pleasure to know
q man who had been able to figh
|, YOU and then not trample on you
: Now, about the Southern claims
who owns them Why, all thos
Republicans who stayed at hom
down there while the men passe(
> on to Gettysburg and met Hancock
There is no more chance of those
Southern claims being paid when
Hancock is President than there is
of Garfield being elected. The 'Rebe
; Brigadiers' are enthusiastic 70
! Hancock because he can fight an
when he stops fighting can max
friends. When the war decide
we were to stay in the Union
bowed submission to that verde
. and now we are going to stay i
. the Union to see the Republican,
> put out of their ill-held power. Tn
war has taught n great number Of valu
able lessons, aud l would recount a lev
0 of then now as they strike US In the
B. South. The first lesson is that what
ever people may have thought prior
1860 as to the right OF State to secedt
I, | believe that question is settled By IN
] fourteenth amendment q nd the result
g of the war. Don't let anybody scar
, YOU by saying that there will be an
+, more rebellion from the South. Th'
1 issued settled in the war eau never
: come up as caused Of war again: Never
? Next for my colored friends. Whatever
: is thought of slavery l am sure tha'
, There never will be again in this countr