The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-09-28
CONSERVATIVE ADDRESS.

We direct attention to the address of the
resident executive committee, at Richmond,
of the Conservative party, to the Conservative
voters Of the State, published ON our first page
While we think if more attention had been
given to the force of facts, and less to the Gu
phony Of language higher appreciation
shown of the logic of truth, and less fondness
for supplemental disp!ay-it would have suit
ed the masses better, yet we commend it for
the facts it contains, abatiug all hypercritical
criticism There is one slcdge hammer par
agraph, which every body can understand.
and that is the array of figures showing the
monstrous frauds which have been practiced
upon the people of the South by the Radical
party, as evidenced in the increase of the
public debt of the States of South and North
Carolina, Georgia Florida, Louisiana, Tenaes-
see, Alabama and Mississippi amounting in
the aggregate to s170, 152 ,926-or as much
as would have borne the entire expenses of
the government of the United States for
three years, previous to falling Into the
hands of Radicalism,
We have for months past attempted TO i'm
press upon our readers the very truths, SO
much more ably presented in this address =
We have attempted to arouse the people to
the eminent peril that threatened them, aud
the danger which menaced them of losing the
control Of the State. There Is danger, and
eminent danger Of it. And to our view, all
other questions sink into utter insig ai6cance,
in comparison with this one of preserving the
State from the hands Of these plunderers. -
Their eyes have been on Virginia ever since
the war. They have hungered and thirsted
after the control of her resources aud her des-
tiny. But the steady purpose and wise poll
cy Of our people have baf1ed them at every
polut. They have again planted their seigc
guns-they have again laid their mines-for
the purpose Of battering down the walls Of
her honor, or blowing her defences to pieces,
that they may enter and inaugurate system
Of vandal robbery. This address will do
more, we hope, than we have been able to do
impress upon the people the stern and
startling fact, that the State Of Virginia is in
danger of falling under the control Of the
Radical party
Besides the inevitable bankruptcy which
would follow, in financial sense, an equally
important fact should be considered Should
the Republican party carry the next Legisla-
ture. they will most surely elect the county
Judges, thus committing to the hands of those
who care nothing for our people, the mos
important and sacred rights that attach to
communities. This is one of the most su ,.
gestive facts, that can be brought to bear up.
on the popular mind, to arouse it to reaec
ton, aud then to action
These are apprehensions we have enter
tanned for months, and although we have ur
ged them upon our readers week after week
no particular concern seems to have beer
aroused.
| We repeat, there is danger of the Consery.
atives losing the control of the next Legisa
turc, and if there is not vigilance all ove'
the State, We may soon share the fate Of the
Southern States we have mentioned.