The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-10-23

were also Solemnly accepted and endorsed by The
| whole body of the people Of Virginia in Their
vote upon the state constitution, containing then
as above set forth, given in July, 1869. The vote
which the Virginia people gave on that constitu-
tion was two hundred and ten Thousand five hun,
dred and eighty-fve for, and only nine thousand
one hundred and thirty-six against, that instru
ment. Yes, the whole body Of the people of Vir-
ginia, by vote almost unprecedented in popular
elections, have thus accepted and adopted the
identical principles of the Republican party, on
which we nov stand, on which we are now fight
ing the Conservative party, and which we now
faithfully and brayely advocate just as we have
done for the last six years
They have all, peoples and politics, thus ac-
cepted and endorsed these principles, because
they are right, and because they will sooner or
later beat down and destroy any party or people
who array themselves against them. 1t is be-
cause of its fearless, unchanging, faithful ad-
yocacy Of these principles that S
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS BECOME THE GREAT
EST PARTY THAT EVER EXISTED IN THIS OR ANY
OTHER COUNTRY OF FREEMEN;
greatest in its intelligence, its wealth. its educa-
tion its prestige, its patriotism, and its charac-
ter and renownn that the sun ever shone upon. :
1t has saved this Union. It has rescued the
south from suicide by its own hand 1t has re-
constructed this government upon the revered.
o.
PEELED its political adversaries to drop down
humbly upon their knees and do loyal obeisance
to these principles. It has carried the most hot
ly contested election which ever occurred in this
country, by nearly four millions nf votes, out Of
less than forty millions of population. 1t con-
trolls this country in every department of the ma
tional government and in nearly three-fourt Of
the state governments of the Union. And it has
grown thus strong from the same reason that this
nation has grown to its great might, dimensions,
and prosperity that reason being that I'd
ITS PRINCIPLES ARE RIGHT,
being the self same principles on which the ma
ton and its government have been conducted and
have prospered Is there any man in this au-
dience ashamed to belong to the Republican par
ty? I pity his ignorance. Is there any man
afraid to belong to this great party? As free
born Virginia man am ashamed of his cowardice.
Thus armed as it is, with right principles in
just cause,
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE THAT THE ENEMIES OF THE RE-
PUBLICAN PARTY CAN AssAII IT, EXCEPT WITH
FALsEHooD.
The number Of falsehoods which have been
employed against it in this canvass is marvellous
Most of them, however, too trivial and con
temptible to deserve notice. Our great party re-
CARDS them as little as the Monitor in Hampton
Roads in 1862 would have regarded volleys of
mustard-seed shot discharged from toy guns let
off by children in the Capitol Square at Rich
mond. n
A few of them rise to the dignity Of campaign
dialeetics. Because the Republican party advo-
Gates the great principles of legal equality, and
of universal suffrage, which have been put by the
votes of the people into our state constitution,
and into the national constitution, our enemies
charge us with the purpose Of enforcing what
they call social equality and social intercourse, by
law. And there some of them SO silly as to
believe the gable of newspapers about my al
legged refusal to answer q question put by General
Kemper at Warrenton, to the effect, that if r
OWE RIGHTS BILL
we're passed. enforcing the principle of mixed
schools and mixed everything else, would veto
it. Expecting to be Governor of Virginia, ard
being the candidate of the strongest party in
this country for that Office am not at liberty to
say, or even to make upmy mind in advance, what
bills would or would not veto. But am will
ing to say what'my opinions are on any subject
when put in its proper form.
THE REPUBLICAN PAkTY IS FOR MAKING THE laws
OF THE coRNTRY EQUAL,
in the rights they confer and the burdens they
impose to all citizens without distinction Of con-
dition or race. But, when it has done this. its
policy is to leave individuals to establish for
themselves that grade in the social scale which
NAV be accorded to them by their fellow men,
No laws were ever passed, or ever can be passed,
which can make lazy man equal to an indus
trous man, thief equal to honest man, a de-
PRAYED man equal to virtuous man. and which
can enforce social intercourse between any two
or more men against the will and consent of
each. The Republican party, party, which
aims at nothing more than making the laws just
and equal in their operation to all men and
classes, rich and poor, black and white. Hav-
ing done this. they willing to leave the ques-
tions of equality and Intercourse to depend upon
the character of individuals, and upon the will
and choice of their fellow men. As to such a
law as General Beauregard IA good Conservative
proposed in Louisiana, and such q law as Mr..
Charles Sumner proposed in congress, which Mr..
Greeley advocated; these are not Republican
measures, nor are they recognized as such. If
Mr.. Summers bill had been b Republican meas
ire it would have been passed long ago; for the
Renublican party has had maj ority in each
house of congress since 1861. Mr.. Summers
bill has not passed, though advocated by Mr..
Greeley: because 1t has meier been Republican
measure And I convinced that General
Beauregard's proposition will never assume the
form Of an enacted bill of the Virginia legislature
by the agency of the Republican party OF Virgin
ia We want all men to rise in the social scale,
and we make laws encouraging them to do 80.
TT Is NOT THE POLICY OF THE REPUBLICAN PAR
4sF Y 70 FORCE SOCIAL EQUALITY OR SOCIAL In.
TERCoURSE
If Gen. Beuregard be a representative OF
Conservative purpose, and MIR. Greeley and
Mr.. Sumner be true representative men of
the Conservative party in 1873 rs they were
in 1872, there might be danger Of such a
bill passing the Virginia legislature, by Con
seryative procurement. Such Conservative
policy finds no favor ia the sight Of the col
ored race. That race voted unanimously Tor
Gen. Grant, who is not for Summers bill
AGAINST Mr. Greeley. who was for Summers
bill. The colored people are not Tor that
bill; the Republican party, as party Is not
for that bill; General Grant is not TOR that
bill. Who are for it? Why, General Beau
regard is for it, who is Conservative Mr..
Sumner is for it, who in 1872 was Conser-
vative AMI Mr. Greeley was for It, who was
the presidential candidate Of the Conserya-
tives last year. ,.,.,
No; the Republican party, unlike the
Greeley party, has no thought Of forcing
eouality or intercourse. It was bound to re-
construct the government on right prinei-
ples. It was bound to re-establlsh the gov.
ernment on tie basis Of equal rights, equal
laws and equal liberties for all, It has dis
charged i'll; duty in that regard. # the col
ored race derive benefit from its act, it is glad
Of the fact and it will stand by it's acts
through good and evil report; glad that the
colored man is a recipient Of its benetactlon