Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-10-06

Tate, Z. E. Sterritt. The Township and
Ward Superintendent are also members
Of the Committee. I.-..-
Conservatives Of Virginia, would you
avoid the Rock on which others split? Then
organize. There may be an honest differ.
cnce among us as to the plan of organiza-
ton. We may like Or dislike the organiza.
ton by tens and ffties, but there is one
thing upon which we must agree, that to
prevent the State from falling under the
control of the Radicals we mast organize.
We sent our wisest men, as we believed,
to the State Conservative Convention, and
they adopted a platform and plan of Or
ganization. The platform, as far as we
have heard, is believed to be broad enough
for all to stand upon-'oppcsition to Radi.
calism." The minuti@ of organization seems
only to be complained of. Now, whether
by one plan or by another, our object is to
defeat the Republican party. This is the
goal and is not to be underestimate. There
is more dependent upon the coming election,
than when the State was retrieved from
Radicalism, in the last gubernatorial cleo
ton. We have been model State in the
eyes Of the South from that day, and they
point with pride to the proud condition of
Virginia. Suppose that Radicalism should
win the day in the coming election. With
one fell swoop they would sweep the ermine
of the State and supplant our upright judges
with the tools Of most corrupt party. They
would overwhelm US with taxes such as our
Southern sisters bear, and we would cry in
vain for succor. Under the heel of the re-
morseless tyrant of Republicanism, what
would our Wanting motto, sic semper
tyrannis," avail us .I...t,
That VT are not for moment endeayor.
ing to excite our readers unnecessarily, we
call attention to what Radicalism has done
for our sister Southern States Under Radi-
cal rule the debt Of Louisiana has been In
creased 500, 374 OH the debt of Georgia
$46, 1856, $50; the debt of Tennessee $685.
572.597 the debt Of North Carolina S15,.
GAO, $40; the debt of South Carolina S12,-
100000; the debt of Alabama $12, 1885,
600; taxation in Texas increased from 10
cents on the 800 to 1925 /; the debt of
Arkansas increased $40, 900; the tax.
alton in Mississippi is SO enormous that it
will eat up every acre Of land in the State /:
and the same exists in Florida. These
make up grand total of increased indebt~
edness Of about 1922. 100000 This is not
mere speculation, but is taken from official
reports and shows what the curse of Radical
ism has done for them. This will be the case
with Virginia if we are not up and doing.
1t is no time now to lie down 10 fancied Sc
curity. because we have thus far escaped -
1t will require more work yet to get out Of
the clutches Of Radicalism, They are a
solid phalanx in the State yet, and require
another death-blow. They are ravenous
for plumber and will secure it and plumber
us unless we organize Let us not then
bubble as to how we shall organize, but
come by tens, fJfies, hundreds aadthousands
and toll the death-knell of Radicalism in
Virginia forever. Let no man hesitate to
sign the conservative roll Let each sign
and sec that his neighbor signs Ii will
take long and strong pull and pull al
together to place us on high ground, above
the implacable swell Of Radicalism, and
with you. readers and fellow citizens, it re.
mains to determine whether the men of, or
with Virginia in her extremity shall rule the
State, or whether she shall succumb to op-
pressors brought from the purlieus of the
North for the sake Of greedy gain. and un-
der whose heel her very .vitals will be crush
ed into the earth s-la-f s.l is
Give ear and heed then you devoted sons
of the Old Dominion and organize, and pre-
sent an unbroken front to Radicalsm. By
this course, alone, can We expect 10 win
victory in this, one Of Virgininia's greatest
trials. lts9a 81 eai fjsIt