The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-08-14
THE TWO POLICIES.

The Convention OF the Consel vatiSe party
of Virginia has met, performed its work, aud
adjourned. Its nominees are Gen. James
L. Kemper, of Madison county, for Cover
nor; Col. Robert E. Withers, Of Wythe, tor
1t. Governor, and Raleigh T. Daniel, Esq,
of Richmond city, for Attorney-General-
They are gentlemen who stand deservedly
high in the esteem of the people of Virginia,
and are doubtless regarded by the gentlemen
who composed the Convention that nominal
ed them, as the proper persons to be elected
to the POSITIONS respectively indicated. We
have nothing to say against them personally.
Indeed it would be to the credit of the press
and the speakers in this canvass, if each and
all would rise above the disreputable habit
of personal attack, and approach the discus
sion of the ideas and influences involved in
the canvass and its result, affecting the best
interest of the State. 1t is from firm con-
victiou that the future prosperity Of Virginia
is intimately associated with the election of
the ticket. headed by Col. R. W. Hughes,
that controls our own course. We feel well
satisfied that the broad, national ideas it rep
resents and the liberal policy it comprehends,
are those whose practical Inauguration would
open new life for the Old Commonwealth
and place her on the highway to material
greatness and political influence. These
ideas and influences comprehend ali the wants
and interests Of the State. They encompass
broad thought of national obligation aud
local catholicity-a full acceptance of the
legislation of the country engrafted upon the
fundamental law; the conceded rights of all
men, under the law, and the faithful and eff
ective observance of the relations we have
voluntarily assumed to the government
They embrace the intellectual advancemen ut
Of the masses !; the securemens and protec-
ton of the rights and interests Of the labor.
ing man, in regulating the relations between
capital and labor, and the encouragement o.
the industries of the country, by such legis
lation as will induce the establishment of fac
tories and furnaces, and opening up the min
eral wealth of the State They look to the
growth of the State in intelligent population
and wealth, by breaking down sectional pre-
JUDGE, and the liberalization Of the politica
sentiment of the people, SO that all shades
Of healthy public thought may feel free il
| their exercise within our borders. This gen
eralization Of policy is, that which will fol
low the success Of the Republican ticket.
On the other hand, the gentlemen who are
presented by the Conservative party as thei'
standard-beal ers, are extreme in the policy
Of ezclusiveness. They represent the inten
sest presciptive sectionalism-antagon izine
the true interests of the State. 10 reck lessly
warning against the national government ane
administration, and eontravening the spirit
Of the enacted and fixed laws OF the country
The formal verdict of the people of Virgnis
IN favor of the general policy these gentle
men represent, is virtually slamming the dool
in the face of Intelligent immigration ano
the influx of the surplus capital of the North
| now anxiously awaiting to be flooded upon us
1t is not reasonable to suppose, however, thai
men will seek habitation and investment in
State, where the declared sentiment of the
people is SO hostile and proscriptive as that
which has been manifested by the Conservs
tive party Of Virginia.
| 1t is between gentlemen representing these
two lines Of thought and policy that the peo-
pie of Virginia have to choose.
| Intellectually, Colonel Hughes is the peer
if not far the superior of the gentleman op
posed to him. His identification with tn.
substantial interests and progressive though
of the State is SO we'll known, that his pojiti
cal enemies will not question it. His Vir
GINA affection and pride will prove safe de-
pository for the honor Of the State, and n,
man dare charge that, in all that constitutes
a Virginia statesman, he i not fully the e.
quail, to say the least, of his antagonists =
The question to be determined by the peo
pie is, which represents the policy that viii
accomplish the greater good for Virginia
We entertain no doubt of what that judg
ment will be.
Col HUGHES SUccEssoR.-Col R. W
Hughes having resigned the Office of U s
District Attorney. for the Western Distric
Of Virginia, we understand that Capt. w. S