The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-10-01
The Seventh District.

sFia exhibition at Harrisonbnrg, last Mon
day week, givem by the two Conservative can
fldAtes for congress in this District, oatgrt to
convince every Intelligent voter, that neither
III them oagst to be elected. We we're not
thers, -hat if7ye been informed by those who
w t.ss.iE tie clow:s!s1 performance, that there
has hn',i nst:fn, OF the kind ever presented to
she contemplation All dig astion OF the GOOD
people OF Rockingham, equal to it in uncouth
ssnglage, ribala sentimeht, and repusive dena-
olstrations OF every description. Personally
NC have kind feeling for both of the gentle
men, bat they have no right to shock the NOR
al sense OF the people by INDUCING in the coars-
ness and vulgarity which marked what was
called discussion between them. II either is
oSe believed rs to liis charges against the 9TH
: err, neither OF them should be chosen to repre-
= sent the sturdy people of this District in Ton
gross. This total absence of dignity, decou,m,
and solid merit as shown in their miserable har-
le1linisms should teach the Intelligent vo-
ters of the District that they have higher d,r-
ty to perform than that implied in the endorse
ment at the polls of either Judge Harris or
Judge O'Ferrall.
The obligation will be imposed upon the
Republicans of the District to select a standard
bearer, OH the 18th of October, who will meet
the demands OF the OCCASION and commend
himself to the favor of the people by the eleva-
ted tone OF his character, and the sensitive re-
; gard he Will maintain for the proverbial prob-
ty and good sense of the constituency of this
District. Whoever he may be, whether from
the Valley or East Of the Ridge. we pledge the
people that he will not descend to participant
cy in the personal invectives and recrimination
that characterized the discussion in Harrison
burg on the 21st of Sept
We recognize the fact that the Conservative
party has decided majority in this district
RAINING into thousands. But it does not fol-
BOW that because such is the fact, the indepen-
dent voters OF this district have lost their indi-
viduality, and are bound to follow the dicta-
tion of party manipulators, Llndcd by pas
sions and prejudice, and vote for those who
have no power to be OF benefit to the State or
country. 1t is 4 time when the people should
+. express at the baalot-bex their honest seIti-
ments. Partizan demagegues are FAST PLACING
Virginia and the South ia a false position
''masses-have no sympathy with the extremes
OF either section. The curl-stone politicians
have done all the mischief heretofore and the
people will prove untrue to their best interests
III they do not address themselves to the work
OF checking in its incipiency the developing
sentiment of extreme sectionalisn, which in
the past flooded upon the country a tlcugc Of
woes, from the sorrows and desolations OF which
fhey have not yetrecovered
1t is not a matter Of mere party devotion. 1t
IS inst here that many hopes have been wreck
ed. 1t is question of respect for the laws. at
'tachment to the national government and the
1aitffui observance OF assumed obligations.
wv hat has the conservative party done for Vir-
sglnla, that.there should bea persistent adherence
10 It's fortunes? 1t has almost bankrupt the State.
: ssquandcred her revenues, paralyzed industry,
sand driven capital and enterprise from her Dor
,sierS- 1t stands to-day the embodiment of
pehcy OF fatal reaction, repllsive prejudice, and
seenseless sectionaism. 1t hangs like impendine
tdestructon upon the very vitals of the com
'monweaith- 1t invites the hostility of the ma
fional feeling and sentiment of the cou,try,and
sby the choice of the most impracticable and vi
Imperative OF its partizans rs its representatives
as drawing from us all the active agencies upon
which alone we can depend for material de-
welopment and progress. Let the people cry
halt to this suicidal policy.