Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-10-17
Party Discipline Regular and Irregular
Candidates

Party Discipline Regular and Irregula
Candidates.
1t Is only necessary for the Conservatives
! virginia to turn out and cast their votes fc
the regular candidates on election day. in orde
to- achieve victory over Radcalism That
all Ii they stay at home, or if drsregardiD
the duty OF sustaining their organization. the
divide their votes between regular and indie
pendent candidates, they will leopard the sue
cess OF the good cause. In closely contes,e,
counties few Conservative votes cast for inde
| pendent candidates may decide the result 10 ia
| vor OF the Radicals In counties known Il
have decisive Conservative majorIties the sam
result may occur If votes thai should be givel
TO the regular candidates are cast for indepen
dent candidates. Thus the misfortune of
Radical trlumLh, eliminating in a mongre
Legislature, may be preclpirated by our owl
friends independent candidates are creatins
all the trouble and perplexity We have Ii the
field can be cleared OF them We shall have ar
unobstructed march to victory. Ben Butler
with all his audaoty, selishness aud insensibll-
lty to obligations, did not dare, when the pinch
came, 10 fly In the face OF the organization to
which he belongs and run as an independent
candidate against the regular nominee For
four weeks be canvassed Massachusetts as it
probably never was canvassed before. He
scattered his venom throughout the State
he made war With all manner OF weapons, reg
ular and irregular, and he stirred up all the
mud and filth that lay beneath the smooth sur
face OF political and social lite in that Puritanic
Commonwealth. He was playing for a high
stake-the Governorship which he designed
using, II gained, as stepping stone to yet
higher honors in the National arena But
great as was the stake tor which he played,
painfully anxious a. he was to win it, and bold,
~ MT obHH no, ho
dare, when the convention of his party noml-
mated another candidate, to continue one mo-
ment longer In the field He withdrew and
announced thar he should give his support to
his successful competitor Even Butler, who
regards scarcely anything, however sacred, was
constrained to submit TO party discipline.
We do not desire to apply acrimonious Ian
guage to any OF our Conservative friends, or
to CRITICIZE them harshly, but We are impeled
by sense OF public duty 10 speak with free
dom In regard to the dl~organizing tendency of
this too prevalent disposition OF aspirants to
disregard party obligations, to oppose dscip-
line, and to hazard Conservative success by
seif-nomlnallon, and that too against the will
and wishes OF their party. Viii they venture
to do in Virginia what such man as Ben But
ler did not dare attempt IN Massachusetts,?
Aud are they SO wanting in respect for the pop
ular wish, Tor CONSERVATIVE discipline, ior the
Obligations OF parly-are they SO reckless of
the critical situation of political affairs, of the
extreme dellcacy and peril of all our surround
lngs-that tor the mere possibility OF holding
Tor TWO sessions seat III the Legislature, to
be gained, If gained at all, by Radlcai votes,
that they willing TO do what few, If any,
of their friends can approve? What rlghr
have they 10 cali themselves Conservatives and
ye' fiy III the face OF that organization aud dis
pute and resist is authority? 1t elected al
all, they Will be- elected by Radicals, aud can
they accept othee at the hands of Radicals
without III some way requitIng the service rem
dered to them? Their position, il eected,
will be full OF notifications to them. They
will be viewed with suspicion and d,strust by
ali with whom they have heretofore affiliated.
LII defeated, as most OF them assufediy will be,
their morllhcatlUn will be even more int0lera-
ble
We hope that these misguided gentlemen
will reflect we'll befure they coul,plt themselves
too far TO recede. 1t Is 10 light thing in times
like these for one u.an 10 county TO stand out
against The whole array OF his parry friends,
oppose their wishes, reject their chosen catdi-
date and noIn,nate hlniselt-looking to his po-
lltlcal enemies TO secure his success. Ii they,
In heir egotlsm, self assertion and lust Tor pet
ty place. shall decide 10 keep the ned aud run
ulalns to be done, and we hope 1t will be done
without ceremnuy Not man calling himself
Conservative should vote for one of these
seltnomlnated candidates, no matter how dear
friend or near as a relation. Drop all
such like hot potatoes. They are foes TO the
only oIgan!zail0n by which the STATE can be
saved. When they put themselves outside of
our organization, they forfelt all caim to our
support. 40 matter what may be the social or
family ties existing. They are, whether they
deiibtra rately des,gn it not, assisting the Rad
lcais III their efforts to demOraize and cripple
the Conservative party, and their success will
be claimed as the success of kadlcallsm. BIT
ter vote at once for Radical candidate who
openly avows himself, than tor who calls
h,useif Conservative and yet opposes the
nominees OF hat organization and relies upon
Radical votes for his election. = Richmond
Whig
This is not the time iur lnerfness. caVIlllng,
and individual laundering, because this man
was nominated and another man was not Ii
is an hour when every true Conservative must
20 to the pumps and keep the vessel from GO
ing down Il only half of the crew work.
their toll, their exertion, their manly defence
in behalf Of the State will be labor spent in
vain. Il requires that every Conservative shall
do his dutv. and his whole duty at that
STIR UP TIE CARELESS AROUSE
THE APArHErIC Qltil INSTRUMENTATION,
not with harsh words not by speech that will
exaspera'e, but by appeals to reason, and the
cam Judgment of the men who may have had
honest differences OF opinion with the Conser-
va i've Nominee on questions of the past.
We live for the pr sent and the future. The
uues ION l. whether RaiicaIis'n shall put ONE
HUNDRED COUNTY JUDGES ON THE
BENCH TAKE CONTROL OF THE
HARDIN RUNG TREASURE now in the
c"ffers OF the 5 ate, and appropriate it as they
have done iu other Southern States, or wheth-
er YOU will send men in whose integrity you
can trust lt will take strong pull and a
pull all together TO place us on high ground ,
above the lmpacahle swell of Rad,calisn. and
with you, readers aud fcllow-clti zens, it re-
mains to determine whether the men OF, OF
with Virginia In her extremity, shall rule the
SAFE, or whether she shall >uccumb to op-
pressorS und,r whose heel her very vitaS will
be crushed into The earth. Fred. Herdld.
Our State eli cll0n /, rapidly approaching
and TO that all our energies mu be tnrned. =
L is more lm mpoftant TO the people of Virgins
hal they shall escape mongrel ascendancy a
home than hat the rational administration
should be changed year hence Nor IN say
ing his do we mean to underrate the impor
| rance of the latter Bat our first duty Is to ee
| cure Conservative ascendancy IN our own bor
der>. to protect our treasury, our public auC
private property, the rights and interests q
! all our people. our State, our caunfie> our mn
nicipsiIies, all that we have, our very home