Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-04-26

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TIE VI not pc - ms 10 recall
all toe inc iitirs OF tine Underwood
Ccnstit ,tior
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one could bold this mo. trivial
Ole; u"leas viii ~ sn6 al q fake
Il re irop-clsd OATH & nu.Agly
devised pro, sioss we g ,sede ed,
the eject OF whic, woSlc. il.ve been
a pi' cical lco $50 .ticn o. ;le Iaut q
OF he Comnonweai tb. ML.eo
schools and comp ,lso. &C ,ca ion in
them was ie p oiu;.ep ir1tre IN
the edo rational s-e.er AID 10 one
could teach unless able d sw llow
she iron-clad o;ih," one claose of
which required the recipient 10
swear that he had gwen DC aid
comfort counse' or encou agement
to ony person engaged IL armed
hosti ty to tie Uni cd STATES Gov.
eli nmect." Eut 1 will rel d late on
its enorni .ss f. .1ec.
In the spin O. 1863 invention
OF The Conse' vative pnrLy assembled
in the city of Rictmoc 10 take
counsel that they might aver The
th eatened rein. ATe- due de-
liberation it was deomsd best
to make uow;oatiors for the
Office OF Cove 10, Lieu 1ans Gov
ernoc, add Attorney Gene a., 70 be
supported a. tie eco ion va'ch was
arranged to be held, think, in the
letter part OF August, g schedule
having been apreoded 30 the
Constitution instruot--g the con-
msnd int of District No 1" TO cause
an election 20 be hold at that time
for the adoption of the Constitution
Whilo nominations for The State
Office were MADE by tie convention
1t was understood and proclaimed
that the primary and supreme prr-
pose OF the active canvass upon
which It WIS proposed to embark
was TO secn-e an adverse vote on the
adoption Of the Constitution, and, of
course, il teis were done, the can
didates for the SSate odsce could no.
enter upon the discharge OF the du
ties of their respective Offices. The
ticket put in the field by The Conser
vative convention of 1868 was:
For Governor Rote { e. W;the
OF Lyrchburg.
For Cieute1ant-G ove nor, Jams
A W"'ke', OF Pulask;.s
For Attorney General, Jos1 l..
MErye, o. fredericksburg.
A ss.oog Executive Committee
was also selected 20 M aea a.. a~.ange-
mepss necessary fol an az. > and
aggressive canvaes. Ta.s c. mr. '.teo
acted with great prompts ,de and
arranged for a series of On, meet
ings all over the State, 10 be add ess
ed by the Candidates az Other
speakers.
A very spirited can, ass was at
onre inaugnrated, certainly uu: Tue in
one OF its features, for t.e candi-
dates were usiIg thsir best Efforts
to secure The rejection of he Conrti.
tuition. aud Therefore AID the 'eby.
to defeat themselves.
AS candidate at The head oe Che
ticket, of course, the heayi lest harden
fell on my sh oulders, aud can
truly say that I discharged all the
duties incident to the po, lion 20 the
best of MY ability, as 1 ,.aversed
the - - from Accomac on
- e, to Lee ,unty, on
bo-de-, frequently
s ana 'aslonally,
ssday and resting not
8t al.
1t was well known thas most O; the
counties in Southwest Virginia con-
tanned large Urioa clement as it
was called, IN many cases comprising |
majority Of voters, and SPECIAL
attention was tibet sfore give this
section.
The first speech I made dnfing the
canvass was in the city of Pets. sborg
where al Immense audience was as
sembied in the rark. embracing, /
certa. =, a thousand negroes. II
announced alphabetically in that