The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-07-09
Decisions of Politicians,

Virginia is tiis.-They do not recognize theor
.gaaized existence of any other party but them
selves, and forget the territorial limits OF Vir-
:giinia comprise oaly an integral partof the Uni
ted States. This is m .nifestly tn, delusion un-
der. which Gov. Kemper rests. He, and those
WHO may be associated with him as leaders.
conceive that there is 10 political action, ex-
cept that which recognizes the Virginia Con-
seryatiye Organization as its exemplification.-
Tnfated.with success at home. they forget that
the same appliances aad Observation-Disclosures Which
consummated that, would be treated as the fit
full ecceutricities of diseased mentality. in 9TH
er sections, and the appeals to race prejudice,
the deniinciatioa and prescription of men be-
cause they support the national government,
would be regarded as the emanations OF a.
mad.house. There could be no more transpar-
emit evidence ofthe confused idea of popular
apprehension, entertained by the Virginia
Conservatives, than the presumptive conclu-
sion they encourage that parties,ani especially
the RepaAica1i party, are disintregating. 1t Is
not surprise that such a conclusion should be
reached in respect to the Greeley party,a COM
posed IN Virginia and the country. That or
J.:
ganization was constituted of the odds and
tends Of all the effete organizations that have
ever existed. 1t was a combination Of the ST.
my politicians who are hungering for the flesh
potts. and who SO ingeniously presented their
case that many honest men were induced to
believe that the purity and perpetuity 81 the
government depended upon its success: That
:.mid-siI1nuisr m aness,' l,owesef; Has cooled
off. and 1t is natural that the inc5hgruous ele
ments should separate as tie fever. disappears,
and seek more healthy and rational associa-
Itfoh.
It is perfectly natural too. that men who
have been struggling against the DEGREES OF
fate, and yet tenacious Of hope, should argue
themselves Into the belief that a way will be
opened for them to attain their long cherished
object. and the repellant popular sentiment
that has interviewed between them and the end
they have persistently sought, give way before
their clamors Dclusions Of like kind, have at
hicted humanity ever 81 ice the Organization OF
society and will continue to do so until the crack
fof doom But such fantasies do not constitute
the stuff out of which solid parties are created.
nor are they the central commanding thought
! around which the conf lenee of the people crys-
talize.
1t requires but the statement of the case to
demonstrate that the Republican party to-day.
is stronger than at any previous period IN the
history of its existence. and if Gov. Kemper is
infatuated with the dream that disorganlzation
is progressing, he has only to calmly CONSIDER
the statement to be relieved OF the mlsts thai
have gathered about him. A party that can
dare and do as the Republican party has, in
the last few years-can boldly seize upon anu
expose the corruptions il, its own or 5anlzatlon,
and demand the sternest punishment for those
who have compromised its integrity by NAL
feasance in official position, is in no danger o.
losing the respect and commanding the en-
dorsement of the people. The history OF par
ties i'm this country is without a parallel in SC
far as the Republican party has courageously
approached, grappled with and laid bare thu
| Credit Mobile frauds, the lSanburn Contracts
the District robberies, and every other Viola
Ltion of official and representative integrity
1t has not only not shrank from any invest
CATION of suspected frauds and robberies, bal
has demanded the most earnest and uncom
promising and thorough inquiry into all O
them. The leaders of the party have been thf
J first to strike with uasparing hand, and probe
with relentless nerve, every phase OF ploh'
wrong, and to hold up to public scorn and con
demnation the guilty parties. 1t has no
left this unpleasant duty to the opposition II
has attempted to conceal nothing-to deceive
no one But with a firm determination to az
what is right, regardless OF consequences ane
Indifferent whether the blow struck fell upoi
friend or foe, it has boldly aggressed upon al
manner of corruptions.
When party thus demonstrates its rectltudf
of purpose and its adherence to principles O
justice and right there is no danger OF its dlsln
tregation, or its waning in the confidence O
the people. The fallacious hope, therefore, o.
Gov. Kemper, and those who may think witt
him. that there is probability of disruption Of
existing parties, and the formation OF new or
| CARNATIONS, does not find encouragement II
any present development in the Republican or
ganizatioa.. Local disaffections arc caused by
loo IL questions, not pertinent to national con
tests The unity OF the party will be sufficient
" attested, whenever the necessity is presented
to continue its supremacy in the national coun
ellis, or submit to revolution i'll the admins
tratiye policy of the government by the ad
vancement Of the opposition. If Gov. kemper
and his followers, are really animated by de-
sire to escape from the stain and stigma o
Greeleyisn and wish to effect this atonement
by cooperating with party that will maintain
the integrity of the government, and fairly ano
justly interpret and execute the laws in lettel
and spirit. let them unreservedly ally them
selves with the Republican organization, and
thus place themselves in an attitude to give
practical significance to their national feeling
and sentiment. They can never do so in thei
half-and-lialf position. There are not loose tim
beers enough to frame new raft, and those thai
are afioat, are worm eaten and decayed. Lei
them place themselves upon the solid frame
work of the Republican party, and it will thei
require no hedging and lodging and squirming
I twill carry them into safe harbor. Where
they may feed upon green pastures and lave il
still waters. Sc.
DISTRICT COMMEMORATE has been de
termined by the authorities of the Conservative
party to hold a convention in Staitnton OH the
4 LIST of September to nominate candidate fol
4 Congress. :. The call will be formally published
in a few days. 1t is possible that this means
an, organized opposition to the present In