The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-03-25
the prssisan. ana tie Soar.

~ SSs!ltSti tit iiiitfN iii;, l<S'itti>''i'
Isso1rca. That The action of the President IN
Protecting the government III LOUISIANA. OF
which II. P. Kellogg is the executive, and the
people OF Olaf State against domestic violence
and ii enforcing the laws OF the United states
in that State, approved.
OF course the simple introduction OF Ills APP
prcpriate ard entirely proper expression OF
sentiment, was the signal for the flood-gates OF
Democratic lenunciation to be up!fted, ana
the vocabulary Of partizan animosity and ran
cor to be exhausted in airaigning the Presi-
dent and the Republican party. as guilty Oh
rlatured designs against Republican govern
nlent and the liberties OF the people II ailol'l-
ed the occasion for tie most remarkable eAiil-
b;tion Of fossized mentality that the country
has ever witnessed, and demonstrated that there
is oie stolid intellect at least, which has remain
ed in total ignorance OF the stirring events ana
historical facts Of the past ten years. Ihe nc"
Senator, from Connecticut, Hon. A3F. Eaten:
seemed to have been awakened from profound
reverie-a Rip Van Wrinkle Sunderland o.
liyous OF tie fact that a great revolution lad
swept over the land, bearing upon its bloody
current the eifetc notions and obsolete ideas OF
the obstructionists and theorists Of century
AFRO. launched out into learned dissertation
upon State sovereignty and hseir-spllttng alb
stlactions, eliminating in "a intimation that
President Grant should be ilnpeaciled for high
crimes and misdemeanoEs, because OF lis rec
osnition OF the results OF the war! John c.
Calhoun, In his paln1iest days, and with all
his tropical warmth; could not have drawn "a
finer line around the States and the National
government, aud cilalked out with nicer precis-
| ion the limitations OF National and State au-
thority, than did this luminous Statesman
| from the icebergs OF the north pole. His theo-
ny of our pol institutions is SO perfectly i'll
accord with the extremists who inaugsl-
rated the Montgomery government ana tossed
I the Southern States upon the turbulent ana
crimsoned waves OF secession and desnlation,
that we might reasonably have thought that he
was reading from the misty felios OF Jefferson
Davis library of 1860, instead OF addressing
himself to the living, practical condition OF
things Of 1875. lie seems to have forgotten.
OF never knew. that the issue of the late Wai.
was hinged upon the very doctrine tat he al
vanoes, AMI that The ideas he maintains went
down in the shock Of battle. State sovereign
tt is a myth of the past. It belongs to tile hal
fluctuations OF q defunct race OF abstract theo-
rists, and has been ad2'dged by the American
people to be totally foreign to tic living reality
Of this age Of practical, progressive stats sman-
ship.
OF course, nothing else could have been exc
pected from such q man as Mr.. Eaton but op-
position t6 any resolution that recognized tie
great service President Grant has render ed
to the country, and especially i'll quelling in
su.Iection ana prcYemting b.oodshed iii Lo;iis!-
ana. The resolution in CUE stion is simply re-
tefing Il historical fact-comnlending acts in
his administration, that all impartial minds will
acknowledge were conaucige to peace, the
mantai .ance OF Law and the preservation CT
human life. 1t is consistent, however, with
the action CT the Democratic politicians and
press OF the country, to distort everything con-
nected with the President and the party he
represents and to attribute to them the most
malignant and misciiavoas designs, when jus
tice and fairness could put other iilterpret4-
ton upon them than q purpose to promote the
common welfare.
From tlie day the Confederate army surren-
dered at AppoElattox Court House, to the pres
ent, General Grant has been the consistentand
uniform friend OF the South. He has upon ell
occasions manifested the most earnest desire
for the peace and prosperity Of our section
lie has simply asked that the laws be ebeyed,
that the rights Of all be respected, and the SOL
nIairs4 Md
cd. With o nlagnailiGrlity never surpassed,
and a generous confidence chat it WAS q crime
to abuse, he extended every privilege asked by.
the people Of Virginia in the process CT recon-
struction. Having accomplished what they &C.
sired through his manly and nsu<pecting
friendship. scarcely had the forms OF State gov
eminent been resumed, than the very party he
had created and elevated, turned against him
and We'd with his most crbittercd enemies in
his denunciation, until to-day there is no high
er recommendation to the favor Of the Conser-
yative party OF the State. than to plaster him
over with the fslllest SANDER ard attribute to
him the basest motives. Not only to Virginia,
b1t to the entire South, has this spirit Ct con-
citation and forgetfHliless Of the unhappy
events OF the past been shown. And how has
it been met? By deception, detraction and in
fidelity to the highest emotions OF honorable
natures. There has never been ingratitusIe so
inexcusable, perlidy so treacheroas and SANDER
so malicious, as have met the advances OF Gen.
Grant to the Southern people. Awaiting them
selves OF every concession they have only done
so to fortify themselves in dcnouAeng the gov
ernment, maliging the President, and cult
waiting & spirit OF insabor1ination and resist
aace to the results OF the war as embodied in
the national constitution. Look, to-day. at the
the attitude Virginia assumes. Six years age,
by popular majority OF two hundred thousand
size gladly accepted the amendments
to tie Constitution, incorporated them in the
fundamental law OF the State, and then cor :
! graduated the President upon the splendid tri-
.r1ph of his ,aol;cy! Without excnse, without
Droyocation, with no earthly reason to offer
but intidclity to Ter pledges, the Legislature is
now about to strike from the Bill Of Rights
the very acts the PEG aie SO eagerly and joyful
| " aiiopeecl and embraced in 1869, simply ae-
knosgie(lsgazy the results Ct The war.
DOUBTLESS. Mr.. Eaton has been Inspired to
Ills course BY l7eEi,sing the proceedings OF the
VIRGINIA Legislature. Iltlailea with the de-
sI.a r,artv Wi Io IA