The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-09-10
Republican District Convention.

Republican District Convention.
We direct the attention OF the Republicans
of the Seventh Congressional District, TO the
notice of B. B. Bolts, Esq, Chairman of the
Congressional Committee. 1t will be seen that
1t contanplates u convention CT the party to be
held at Harrisonburg on the 18th of October,
fol the purpose of nominating y candidate for
Compress, or taking such action as will present
10 the people of tile District a candidate upon
whom all may concentrate, who are disposed
to recognize the supremacy of national law,
and give fair and impartial suppoiti to the ad-
,ni1listration OF President Grant.
1t has been determined to adopt this course
in view of the fact that there are many voters
In this District, heretofore ll,minally acting
with the Conservative party, and thus npiled-
y antagoniaing an administration that is aim.
Tag to be inst to all sections, and administer
the laws evenly and fairly for. the protection
OF all citizens-who see the necessity OF rising
abeye the mere behests Of party, and giving
expression to their honest desire and Judgment
ON Il policyin which there is so much to inter-
est our State. 1t is an admitted fact that there
IS no good, either state or national. to be ac-
eomplished by the presence In congress eff rep
resentatives elect whose sentiments and affilia-
tons are constant barriers to State benefits
1t is a practical, business question with the
le,ple, whether they will longer permit them
selves to be deluded into a false position by
partisan clamor, and lie forced to assume all
attitude of enmity to their best interests. Sssa
= we are we'll satisficd.if prejudice and passion
can be brought into subsection to calm reason,
and the cool Judgment Of the masses find ex-
preston at the ballot box, that a majority OF
the people OF this district will reverse the ver-
dict which has so frequently been rendered.
The published resolves and platforms OF the
Conservative party Of Virginia. do not nlateri-
ally differ from those of the Republican party
But no sccuer do they procure official position,
than they rush into the most extreme positions,
directly conflicting with their convention dec
laratons, and thus array the State, in all her
great Interests, against the very power and
sentiment which are able to promote the well
fare OF the Commonwealth.
We call Upon the people to pause and reflect
upon the fa1lacies and delusions they have been
made to endorse by blindiy following the die
tstes of party leaders. Inls72 they were made
TO believe that it was to their interest to sup
port Horace Greeley for the Presidency. They
did this, irrespective OF his cft-repeated senti-
ments on public questions, some of them in di-
ametrie opposition to the public policy of the
State. such as mixed schools social equality,
ard even marital intercommunication. We
w II know that if the people Of this district
had been called upon to pass upon these senti-
ments, aside from the excitement created by
the appeals of designing demagogues, they
would have indignantly si,nrned them. Yet.
through the machinery OF Conservative tactics,
they were made to endorse and gulp them
down. -{f,se s-.is,. y,
In 1873 the mischievcus and dangerous issue
Of races was forced upon thesu by similar
process of inflammation, and the people were
drawn into its acceptance and adoption thus
repudiating the spirit of the reconstruction acts
which they had solemnly obligated themselves
~ accept. We all see now the logical effects of
the"Whte Mans Party demagoguery.a las de"el-
opcd in the White Leagues of Alabama and
louisiana, and the bloody transactions result
ing therefrom. While Virginia escaped from
the disorder and ,conflicts that issue was calcu-
lated to provoke, i'll those states where the
races are more evenly balanced, it has instigat-
ed counter Organizations, and inspired mutt
sual feeling Of hostility which nothing but the
strong arm of the national government is ade-
quatc tn regulate. ' g. 't' - sfa
If the example Of Virgiaia is SO influential
with her sister Southern States. does not sound
public policy demand that it be directed in the
channel Of genuine conservatism, in harmo-
ny with the spirit of the laws of the country,
and the genius of our institutions? What is to
be gained by constantly '.gnawing at file?''
1t is reaction all the time-the depopuation OF
our State-rasing impassable barriers to inini-
grafton and capital, and leaving the national
resources of the commonwealth untouched by
the developing agency Of monied wealth We
have all to gain and nothing to lose by reyers-
Ing this policy, and that can only be done by
recording the sentiment of the peoplesat the
ballot box, f, a.
It is proposed to give the voters Of this dis
triet an opportunity to break away from the Ia
sal tralnnscls Of party, and assert their indivd-
u.lity. Ii they fail to do so, they will have
none other to blame thai themselves for the
result $50 OH 44a @Grs 4slWfa
BANKRUPTCY An impression prevails in
some localities that the Bankrupt law has been
repealed This is not the case. The Law Row
exists, with the cxemptionsas they existed be-
fore the adoption Of the aaseldment OF 1879
with the homestead exemption. The exemp-
tons now are $500 bankrupt, and exemptions
secured By the laws OF the State. These are
absolute rs against all debts, whether created
hsforelor since the adoption OF the State con-
stitution. Surrenderiass, of assets to the amourt
Of 80 per cent. of the Indebtedness, secures the
benefits of the law. The law as it REV stands,
secures to the applicant the $500 bankrupt ex-
enption and the exemptions of the State saST,
and discharge from all debts. 9its g
We are requested by the Register in Bank
ruptcy for this District, to call the attention of
those whose applications have been tiled,to the
fact that it. IS important that their application
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