The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-10-30

Can Virgnians with the smallest prospect Of
thrift longer entrust the vital and vast concerns
of their grand old Commonwealth to the keeping
of the Democratic Conservative true Republican
Liberal Repubican-w hite-m mans party? Can
this heterogeneous combination Of discordant
1litical factionists claiming to be party with-
out being able to agree upon name by which it
shall be called, and having apparently no higher
or 9th er objects in view than those of rendering
nugatory certain essential provisions eff the Con
stitutiou and laws OF the le1d. and Of warning
DANGEROUSLY and ceaselessly against the present
Administration, do anything that will be likely
to prove serviceable to the State Of Virginia?
Some four years ago this Who as jEbo party
stole the livery of the National Union Republi-
can party to servefhe jeff Davis Democracy in.
Then it was more Republican, Asfan Republican,
ism itself, more Grant than Grant himself.
On the 9th of July, 1869, through the agency
of the most shameless and unconsclonable false
pretenses conceivable this political oansiun gath
erun achieved 9 Startling and unmerited victory
at the polls electipg Gilbert c. Walk sr Governor
of 1.-The Mother Of States and Statesmen" AS
might have been expected, the newly elected
Governor and other leaders Of the Who-is- Who
party were jublaut--the Governor elect, in the
exhuberance Of an irreprcssbe delight pro-
claiming on high Olympus that his election to the
gubernato ral chair by tie mother of George Wash
ington, and himself by adoption, event of
stupendous Importance, bringing in its train
neaca nrosnrrjtv banniness and an all-nerva-
,1o ar, 81 ,nl;,,}3..1 rso,onarotion
Tn nublie sneeches he CHARGED Gstenino nulti-
+r1as If odnf,srs .nd snnnortero n remambor
49, tbav uJoro ;,debted 10 fhe lheralitv If P,es
49, 49, a.. +bo onnortun;tv mot nod hoon
fsord6,} tbem of winnino 50 snlendid . victory !.
o1d Don;al !, bis canac;ty If ..chairman Of The
Waller State Executiva Committeen sent the
followino disnatob to the President.
RICHMOND july :. 1869.
MR. pREs1pEST:-On behalf Of the State Ex-
ecutiva Committee of The Walker party. I con-
rratnla+e Won 'unon the triumnh of vour poIicv in
Vi~oiuio The Gratitude of the neonle for vour
1;haTa1itv is greatly enliyened Nv the OK erwhelm
no n,a;or,tv bv which that nolicy prevailed
r. r. DANIEL Chairman.
R,t +b;s orat;tude was 4yanesoant. heipo bvn.
ooritioaI ,nre,l tbe merest semb1ance every
fraca Of s. d;sannaared the moment Walker took
in hand the helm of State II is true that he
and . committee or tho Legislatnro If tho Who
is. VINO nersuasion afterward did annear before
Co,cress in the o,,sa If friar,lliness tou.,d tho
49, ,,;stration hut Tho orisa 1,os 90 III 5;sa.
ri &c fom a,,a it, 10 81, If snbst.nco notont f.
erv inte]lieent obserye and no sooner were The
Ser. ators nd Renresenta1ives from VIRGINIA aa-
mitted to seats in tho counc,ls of tho n,7;on ,h
tho mast, was thrown otf-not modastlv brt os
tont.tionsl,-s ,ba YORK of nroscr,n3ion NUT
!, motion with q VENGEANCE Wberaver in tho
stoto on official high mr. low friendly 70 tho No
tiona1 ADMINISTRATION copId he fonnd he was
ouctod forthwith and an enenv snnointaa Il, bis
nl,oa Nohoav will baye tho bsrdihood to deny
The firth of this statement.
| Pendine the Presidential contest 1ast yaar
| where were found these unblushing dissesublers'
!