Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-07-14
The Readiusters' Convention.

The State Convention of Read
lucters, which met in Richmond,
yesterday, adopted a platform of
principles, elected a Presidential
ticket and adjourned last night.
The body which is reported to
have been composed of about six
hundred delegates, was called to
order by General Malone, upon
whose motion II. II. Riddleberger,
of Shenandoah, was chosen tempo
rary President. Upon taking the
chair and after returning thanks
Mr.. r. said the readjuster party
had now come to the bridge, and
they proposed to cross it and march
on to victory, looking neither to
the right nor to the left.
The call of the roll showed repre-
scntatives present from all coun-
ties and cities in the State, except
the counties of Northumberland
and Page and the city of Danville,
the delegates numbering nearly six
hundred, and including about forty
colored persons.
Col. Abraham Fulkerson, oil
Washington county, was chosen
permanent President who said il
the work of this convention was
characterized with the wisdom and
flood judgment with which the party
had heretofore worked; the electoral
vote of Virginia would be cast in the
next presidential election by the re-
adjusters of the State, by whom it
ought to be cast,
The resolutions urge the promo
ton OF the welfare and maintenance
of the equal rights of all the people
of the State, reassert the right Of
the people to control the revenues,
and protest against the subsldina-
ton of the support of the govern
ment and maintenance of the pub
lie institutions to any other claim
whatever, and in reafirming the
principles as laid down by the
Mozart Hall convention, approve
and indorse the bill to re esta blish
the public credit passed at the last
session OF the General Assembly
and vetoed by the Governor; reiter-
ate the purpose OF the rc-adjustcrs
to vindicate and maintain the right
of the citizens to the exercise Of &
free and priceless suffrage; demand
the honest application Of constitlon-
al grants to the education of tho
children of the people, a fostering
policy towards public schools, &c.
The sixth resolution asserts thai
while looking to the maintenance o
the principles and accomplishment
of the local objects set forth as SUI
pcrior to all other considerations
there arc reasons both OF duty an(
policy why the readjusters organiza
ton should control the vote o
the State and national at
fairs, and that it is important to tn
successful issue of the contest o
1851 for supremacy in this Com
monwealth that this convention
should nominate a full ticket Of cleo
tors, and that the party in the sew
eral districts nominate candidate
for Congress, and believe that tn
objects hitherto declared and tn
interests of all people of Virgins
as to be best subscrvcd by the cleo
lion of Hancock and English to tn
Presidency and Vice Presidency
therefore, it is fuiher declared tina
the electoral ticket nominated b,
this convention is instructed in be-
lhalt of these candidates, and tina
they are cordially commended to tn
earnest support of the readjustcr or
ganization of Virginia. The sey
enth resolution provides that feder
al government should be admins
tered in exact conformity to the con
stitution as it is; that it is the dut,
of all to accept in good faith the re
suits of the war, and that the ain
Of craftsmanship should be to es
tablish peace and good will betweeI
all sections of our common countr,
and all classes of people; that du
ties and privileges, burdens AM
benefits of government should b
equally distributed; that the tariff
and revenue systems OF the govern
ment should be reformed; that tn
Federal tax ON tobacco is an unjus
discrimination against land and la
Dor employed in agriculture ant
ought TO be repealed. The plat
form was unanimously adopted.
The following electoral tickle
was chosen
At largc,-Col. w. Cameron
of Petersburg, and II. II, Riddle
berger, of Shenandoah; LIST district
r. NJ. Mayo, of Westmoreland
Sccond-Col. VIM. Lamb, of Nor
folk; Third-Capt, j. S. Wise, o
Richmond; Fourth-F. E. Buford
of Brunswick; Fitth-Wm. Powell
of Franklin, Sixth-Gen' W. NJ
Elliott, of Appomattox; Seventh
]. S, Brownell, of Augusta; Eight
Maj. n. B. Meade, Of Culpeper
NINTH, G. Taylor, of Montgom
cry. There is not single repub
lican readjuster on the ticket.
Mr.. Cameron offered resolution
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