Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-08-04
Ont in the Cold.

We are to be ieft alone. Ali the plans OF the
carpet-bag adventurers to get immediate pos
session OF the State have miscarried They
have not been able to devise scheme which,
in the judgment of Congress, would perma-
nently secure Radical rule in the three States
gress has, therefore, adjourned without taking
any further action looking to that end Affairs
are to be left to tide over in these States un-
til after the Presidential election. We may,
therefore, regard our status as settled until that
time, In so far as Congressional action can affect
it, and we may as well take an interior view of
the situation and begin 10 calculate the advan-
tage of home work.
The other two OF the three States mentioned
are too distant from Virginia for any organized
effort common to ali three, and each, indeed,
will be less embarrassed, perhaps, by acting for
ITSELF With that view let US look to Virginia.
The organization Of the Democratic party In
this State is so thorough that it may be depen-
ded upon for active and efficient work with as
little delay as thirty days note in bank re-
quires for maturity. In thirty days or less, af-
ter call by the constituted agencies the entire
voting strength Of the party opposed to Radi-
calism in Virginia can be delivered at the polls
thanks to our efficient organization, for whose
existence we are greatly indebted to Hon. Jno.
B. Baldwin, who devised the system and tao
tics. This organization has been our safe
guard so far against the attempts of the ad-
venturers to fastcn heir rule upon the State
Its effectiveness was ia reality the reason for
postponing the vote upon the proposed Con
stitution.
In considering the beneficial results of this
organization We should grossly underrate its adj
vantage II we failed 10 mention the moral effect
of the happy and complete union which it has
effected among all the white people of the State.
Parties, as parties were once, are no longer
known among the Vireinians and everywhere,
from the mountains to the seaboard, they pre-
sent phalanx OF opposition to Radicalism as
unbroken as those which were formed in each
section of the country when the news OF Fort
Sumter's fall was flashed over the telegraph
wires. What we predicted long ago has come
to pass. blood as thicker than water, and
the blood of the Virginia white men runs In no
sluggish channels. They have united for the
sake of their race, and their union has saved
their State. .a
General Schofeld, who declared that he was
sent here Ito make reconstruction success,
knew our popular strength and admitted the
imposslbilty OF inducing Virginia to adopt the
monstrosity which the negroes and mean whites
had concocted as a CONSTITUTION for her at
a cost of nearly 81 80, 900 to our taxpayers. =
liz ARRAY VI SOllu StICItStu pic
sents, has lntlmldated the scallawags and car
pet baggers, and they have trembled at the
thought Of trying the issue against us. With
such an organization one year ago We could have
prevented the call of the Black Crook Conven-
ton, and saved the money spent by that body.
But it is no use to lament the loss OF that op-
pOrtunlty, and We may even bear 1t with less
regret In view OF the present. The RadlcN
malignants in Congress were determined to force
some action in the direction Of socalled recon
struction' as their capital in the Presidential
contest, and Virginia has not suffered as much
as some OF her sister states. She, at least, has
never affixed to herr brow the brand OF IN
fanny, and she has never held still her beautiful
limbs to be bound with her despoller CHAINS.
Every inch of the imminent edge OF the conflict
has been fiercely disputed by her. and every
inch which her adversaries have gained is only
held at the point of the bayonet. Her patient
endurance of the tortures which have been In
Aicted upon her has added brighter lustre to
her renoWn, and her sons OF this generation
have blended in the diadem OF never-d dying
fame, with which their fathers crowned her,
that imperishable glory which the courage to
endure alone. can add to the spirit to achieve
The moment the sword is taken from her breast
she will again arise In the majesty of her i'm
macuate purity, still grander IN the glory OF
having endured ali her suiferngs. And they,
indeed, will be robbed of their sting by the tri-
umph of principle.
In addition to these reflections, which cannot
but fill the minds of the people of Virginia
with joyful emotions, they will turn their
thoughts to the duties which the country de-
mands at their hands in the impending national
contest. The great battle for constitutional lib
erty is to be fought betweenthe mad revolutions
lists and the Democratic party in November,
and it will never do for Virginia to remain an
unengaged spectator in such contest Her
people should never for moment, admit that
her vote is not to be counted in the Presiden-
tial election. 1t is so certain that the over
whelmlng majority of her people desire the
election of Seymour and Blair, that it is worth
the most powerful effort to see that her vote
shall be counted Enquirer.
A married woman in Wisconsin says that
when her husband is little drunk he kicks
her, and when he is very drunk she kicks him
She congratulates himself that she does the
greater part of the kicking
Some one has suggested in our learning
that men are often kicked for getting drunk