Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-10-24

that to give Malone the power and
patronage of 100 fat offices through
the Influence Of which TO further
strengthen his hold upon the rights of
the people.
we would, in this connection, call
the attention of the people to the fact
that every bill of this character that
was advocated by the coalition caucus
(chanccry commissioner bill, notary
public bill, school trustee bill, &c )
had direct tendency to remove tbe
officers of all kinds farther from the
contact of the people to whom their
allegiance is owing; to deprive the
people more and more of tdeir right
10 choose their own servants, and con
fer this power on one man.
In plain words, to ceDtralize power
and lnslaye the people.
Again evil the Readjusters of
the country districts see Virginia and
THEMSELVES bought and sold' again."
Rcadjuster Democrats, you are charg-
ed with having been bought and soldl
So charged by your own party ! So
charged by your own committee Are
you cattle to be bought and sold IN
the political market? We consil cr
that you are freemon, and that every
freom an, who has a spark of manhood
lingering in his breast, will hurl back
this foul insult upon the he ads Of those
who would dare make it.
Quoting again; ITO this end they
have copied the registration books and
have appointed captains Of tens &C.,
&C.. sc.
Fellow citizens, we claim, at least
to be freem n, and to have the right
TO organize to deieat the over whelm-
ing calamity that threatens us in the
success of party led by Malone AID
composed of two-thrds negroes. Yes
fellow freeman, | ct us organize LET Us
leave no honest stone unlurned that
can aid us in acco mplishing the suc-
cess of our just cause But 10 our at
tempts, SO far, TO organize, We have
been baflcd and thwaIted on every
hand We have been told that We
had no right to have a list Of the vo-
tiers, have been refused and denied
the RIG hts that belong to every free
man, many of our registrars have not
been tire peoples officers, but Only
Mahone's cfficvrs. We were slaves,
serfs, bondsmop; We did not deserve
the rights Of freemeD. Yea, some of
the peoples registrars, instead of re,
ceiving orders and obeying the laws
Of the statute books, would receive and
obey only the orders of Mahone's
county chairman. We had to 90,
like slaves to master, and get orders
from coalition county chairman,
directing cur registrars, the officers
Of the people, to furnish freemon with
a list of the names of their fellow
freemen.
Truly We have fallen upon evil
times, when the officers of a boss 5
political organization can dictate to
the peoples servants what they are
to do; when petty Mahouoito county
chairman can weld more absolute
power and authority than it was ever
the intention of the people to confer
upon the President of the In tied
States.
Now, we will notice in few words,
the wonderful conclusion of that truly
wonderful address.
I'VE adhere to the one (name) IN
der which we have made a success of
every issue we espoused, and coerced
tlc fundeis to assemble in convention
and ratify all that they denounced and
combatted'
Truly a wonderful CONCLUSION to
wonderful address.
Readjnster Democrats, you are told,
IN that address, of ali grand schemes
you must carry out; you are cntreated
to come to the rescHe Of unaccomplish
ed aims; You are aroused to or apple
in a death-struggle with the enemy;
you are told of all the desperate and
outrageous coDtrivance that are be-
ing resorted to by an unscIupul Gus
and criminal enemy, to thwart you
10 your grand cause of progress and
reform +; and when they think they
must have aroused you to a state Of
infatuated frenzy over the great dan
ger thRe threatens you, they calmly
tell you in conclusion, that you have
ALREADY carried to success EVERY Is
sue you have espoused, land cocrced
your enemy to 'ratiiy' aud accept
them one and all, and that 10 spite of
all their buster and fury, there is
longer a straw between Democrats to
fight over,
Fellow-ireemen, we have not even
the time to enumerate the many vital
points at issue, much less to discuss