The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-12-08


ment, have been this day sold by the under
signed to Maj S. NJ. Yost. All accounts due
the Office are payable to him, by whom the
paper will hereafter be edited and published.
C. D. SToNEBURNER
J B. PEMBERToN.
Staunton. Dec l., 1870.
By the notice at the head of this column,
it will be seen, that the undersigned has be-
come the editor and proprietor Of the Valley
Twginian.
In resuming mis- connection with the press
Of the Valley, it would hardly be necessary
for him to do more than simply announce the
fact, were it not that since he last communed
with this public, as the editor Of public
journal, the institutions of the country have
undergone great changes, the fundamental
structures which. were at the base of parties
have been swallowed up by new issues, the
social organism of the South up rooted, and
the physical and intellectual energies of the
people diverted into new channels. new
order Of things is upon u.s. The ideas and
opinions advanced and maintained ten years
ago in support of parties, whose policies were
we'll defined find now but little applicability.
The chief source of political and sectional
antagonism then has been destroyed, and we
must now look to the future for the full de-
velopment of the issues upon which parties
will be formed and divided. The necessities
Of an economical administration of govern
ment will create those issues. As yet, they
are merely in the chrysalis state, without the
lines and liueameuts fully drawn. The events,
hidden in the womb of the future, from which
the policies of parties will be shaped, cannot
with satisfactory distinctness be toretold.
We must await developments and be guided
by the lights which promise to the people Of
Virginia, the South, and the nation, the great
est good. In broad and general terms the
writer may say, however, that all projects of
governmental reform which harmonic most
nearly with the theories of the Democratic
party will receive the cordial and earnest sup
port of the Firyinian.
But, at this time, the people of Virginia, and
especially Of this great and aflueut Valley,
are more interested in the paramount consid-
Grafton of material development. The COM
pletion of the great lines of public improve
ment, now in process of construction, as we'll
as the Inauguration Of those in contemplation,
is Of far more importance than mere political
theories or the lashioning and working of
party machinery. The controlling minds OF
the State are now more fully engrosscd with
the great public enterprises whose prosecution
must open up new sources OF wealth, enlarge
the power, and extend the influence, OF the
Commonwealth, than they are with the organ
ization of parties for the advancement of per-
sonal ambitions.
We here in the Valley look forward with
cheerful hope to the completion Of those great
channels of trade and travel between the At
lantic seaboard and the vast productive regions
of the Middle and North west, the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railroad and the James Riv-
er Canal-which are destined in the future to
command the rich commerce not only of those
sections, but to share in the profits arising
from the growing wealth and Importance OF
the Pacific States; and their trade even with
the afluent cities of the oriental world.
Tho Valley Railroad and the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad, are projects of internal i'm
prorement, in which this people arc deeply
interested, and while the citizens of this i'm
mediate locality and the central Valley are
more intimately concerned about the Valley
Railroad and its completion, they do not con-
slider that there is any necessity for an acri-
monious rivalry. The wealth of the Valley
which must spring into existence on the con
struction of these roads, and the connections
they will make with Southern lines of trade
and travel, cannot fail to command remuner-
alive employment for both. To this subject
more minute allusion will be made in future
numbers of the Tirginian.
It will be the aim of the editor to conduct
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alstic propriety. He has no personal ends
to attain, save that of making an honest living
by legitimate means and industrious applica-
ton. He will fearlessly maintain, in these
columns, what he believes to be right, and
promotive Of the best interests of the COM
munity and the State He will coalesce with
no man, or set of men, for the accomplishment
of purely selfish objects, but will endeavor to
maintain the dignity, honor and independence
Of the press, and his own self-respect, in all
that he may write or publish. He desires to
publish paper that will meet the sympathy
and approval Of good men, and that will be
an acceptable visitant to every Preside.
In discussing questions of public policy, he
does not expect to please all classes Of minds
An honest difference of opinion is tolerated
by every honest man. He can readily ac-
cord to dissenting minds the same purity of
motives as those he himself professes and