The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-09-11
THE PEOPLE MOVING.

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The unprecedented increase in the sub
scription OF the Valley Tuyintan within the
past mouth, is an indication of the interest
that is being manifested in the views we
week after week present to the public. We
have added to orr subscription list, in that
time, over three hundred and fifty new sub
scrlbers. There is not day that they do
not come in, by single names and in clubs,
rendering it impossible to ar ticlpate the H.
crease at the time of working off our first
side. We will have to deprive number of
those whose names we hove received of this
week s issue for the reason that they did not
come in before the outer page had been
printed off.
Let our friends keep up the good work,
and we promise to keep up with their ad
vancing sentiment Of State government. 1t
is an indisputable sign that the people them
selves have become awakened to the impor
lance Of thinking and acting for themselves
OF taking the management Of affairs in their
own hands, and teaching the professional pol
itieians, who have piled up the public debt
to fifty millions of dollars, without giving
the least equivalent, that they cannot longer
master the situation. They feel, too, the ne
cessity of help from abroai-the enlightened
policy of declaring against sectional preju
dice and intolerance, and opening wide the
doors for immigration, capital and enterprise
from other States The constipated ideas of
the Conservative party in regard to State
policy-their ruinous legislation, their pro.
scrptive intolerance, their war upon the IN
dustrious classes Of the State is having its
legitimate efect-excitIng the manhood and
infaming the indignant resentment Of the
masses. The healthiest sign we have YET
seen is the increasing interest man Tested by
the industrial elements in the present con-
test 10 Virginia
1t is quiet, determined purpose to as.
sert at the ballot box that the class of pol
iticians who have ruled almost to its
ruin the State for many years past, shall
do so no longer. The destinies of this
grand old Commonwealth have been in the
keeping Of men who have had no sympa-
thy with the people -the farmers, me-
chanics, and laboring men All they cared
for was to obtain and retain office Labor
has had to pay their expenses-support
them while they have been legislating a.
= gainst labor, and striking a blow each sue
ceedlng year at the base If the very pill
lars Of .ouk. material prosperity What is
their miserable cry Of Virginia for Vir-
ginians" ut a direct assault upon the in
terests of labor 1t precludes capital
from coming iuto the State it paraly Yves
pubic enterprise and thus reaches into the
very family circle the larder an dwardrobe
of the working classes. The farmer with
his products, is dependent in a great degree
for remuneratlve prices upon the prospect
ty of the mechanic, and the mechanic can
only procure constant and paying employ
ment, when a spirit Of improvement is tan
gibly manifested, which can only be real
ICED when money is plenty and the laborer
employed. We all know the poverty of
our people, Cndt tHey nave Htole lelO ol Tue
wreck Of the war; and that our sole Deepen
dence is upon foreign capital and immi-
gration--purchasing our lands and taking
hold Of our public improvements Under
the operation Of the repellant policy of
'Virginia for Virginians,' men of spirit
will not come to our State. They can go
to other States, equally inviting, where
they can enjoy social and business privile
ges, and at the same time exercise their
political rights without being subjected
to the sneering spirit Of ostracism that
characterizes the policy of the conserva-
tives Of Virginia.
The people are awakening to a proper
consideration of these things, and will give
a significant expression of their sentiments
on the 18th of November next