The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-03-04

! The Bulletin, in a leader entitled ssWha1
Does it Mean" publishes an extract from the
New York Herald favoring compromise, anc
stating that McEnery is losing the confidence
trustworthy leader. The Bulletin lauds Nc
| Emery. and denounces the friends of Penn, who
have given circulation to such statements. Il
afflrms that If Penn was elected so was McEn-
| cry, although 1t does not deny that even the
| fraudulent fusion returns of 1872 gave Kellogg
| nearly three thousand more votes than any
other candidate on his Stats ticket. The
Washington dispatches stating that a majority
OF the committee would probably report in Ia
vor Of recognizing Kellogg really gives satisfac-
ton. The change that has taken place among
the opposition, and especially among the bust
nessmen, since the contemporaries meeting two
weeks ago, is something remarkable. The
business men now say Kellogg has done the
best he could with the constant bitter struggle
he has had from the first, and he is personally
preferable to McEnery for many reasons
They say also that it is clear that McEnery and
the ''ast bitches" are only struggling for office,
making the interests of the State secondary
What they want is peace and reform legislation,
and so far as Kellogg is concerned, he has
shown that he is i'll favor of such legislation.
One Of the editors Of the Albany Journal,
who is now in Washington, writes that ''thsre
is no Disgusting the fact-the country is ap-
preaching a very grave crisis. The calmest
and most imprisoned men here are profoundly
impressed with the magnitude of the danger"
We take the following from his letter:
81 had two hours talk this morning with a
member of the Investigating Committee which
has just returned from New Orleans-a men,
Der in whose GOODNESS of judgment and fidelity
to truth and consciousness OF character the
country has entire confidence. The very
worst, said this member, that has been reported
as to the terrible condition OF affairs i'll the
South does not begin to give the whole truth.
Unless one has visited New Orleans, the imag
nation CANNOT conceive the dreadful reality
While plan for a compromise under the au-
spices of the committee was in progress in New
Orleans, scores and scores OF the leading bust !
ness men, not Republicans but Conservatives |
went privately to the members and said ''For |
Gods sake do not leave the State until you have
effected settlement Of this difficulty and given /
lis reign of law and order" They were all
intensely anxious for the compromise. They |
were asked: If you would come out publicly in
favor of this compromise, it would do much to |
secure its acceptance; why don't you do it?'
''We dare not,'' was the answer, sf it were
known that we were here privately with mem
bers OF the committee, urging the compromise,
our houses and stores would be burned over our
heads within twenty-four hours"
1t is fortunate for the country that the steady
hand and firm will of Gen. Grant is at the helm.
A less resolute man, would long since have Civ
EN- way before the torrent Of denunciation That
has been flooded upon him. He fully under
stands the sitllation-how his kindness has been
construed into weakness, and presuning upon
this, how the Democratic party has, step by
step, aggressed upon the settlements made by
The war. until anarchy and revolution are again
threatened throughout the country. The time
for stern measure is at hand, and the nation
may repose confidence in the assurance that
,he President will be equal to the emergency.