The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-12-02
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1--WE have todo, often fell that sVirpillia is an
other Ireland. SO lamentable qare lher discorcls
and divisions about every matter Of public con
Germ. There seems to he a fatality hanging
over her that clips the ham strings Of her adj
yaheine steps and dooms her to pallse and hes
tate. and TO rive nm in. despair when sceess is
almost in her yeryi grasp. She has so many ca
pable people that When she wants an Officer
the perplexity is as to who should be chosen.
and lust in the very nick Of time when all may
he. seemed nv actonlor lost bv DELAY, anter flt
selfish and nresunsnt,1ons incomnetcn "a who de.
nounce ali that are REGARDED fit uubIie servants
rs unworf},t and incanahie After 4 word Of
AGITATION the lea Il n1f,rforioi,s are OFTEN seec.
tod and the n,,hlic 9 ffaiestnlaced in the hands
Of men only if to hrino disaster, unop the State
and tbus.t o mar her nrnsneritv and to detain
he. IN misfoltnna e'fl'1 = us
So of the contests over mon THAT with
regard to localities it is as bitter anu as profit
less. Inc locationoLan Institution Oh any KIND
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to voting strength, and the chances Of controll-
ing votes by personal solicitations and in1u-
ence. .aai.fe1s5i sS ef. .sgf
al '.e,e = !, 'el PIN q say w. ~ .,e,
-Hnence Discorfl is in the ascendant. and fine
best public policy tails for the want of COOP
Grafton. isaln.. 9s4s so
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where tbev sho,5ld have foneincalcnlahle Good:
and all for the want ola wise and united devo-
ton to the public good. There has been the
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have stood supreme. and public dignity should
have driyep personal conceit or prejudice into
ni wv places.
to confess tha ha,nefnl trnth that iqnohln a,n-
btion end inordilate concet are the too COM
mon vices OF the day. We have too many great
S alnu l,ig aial uiess ~ ~ tiles W 'pse
State with n,e,, Who want to % val fla Can,n,on-
wealth by filling Office and drawing money from
the treasury. llti.sf 5fr .Nff
Had the doleful, and the more dolefal be-
cause truthful, story OF the condition Of Virgin
ia given above, been originally Published in che
columns OF the VIRGINIAN, it would have been
attributed to partizan bias, OF prejudice. Com
ing as it does, however, from high Conservative
authority; it will be accepted by the reading
public as a veritable picture Of the prostration
and desolatien Of the Commonwealth. We
have time and again presented a similar view
of the effects OF the legislation and admnlstr;l
stion Of the Conservative party Of this State
since the war. We have appealed TO the calm,
judgment OF the rejecting peo-
pie Of the Commonwealth to fairly weigh the
hat hoe in of IN
ting this painful exhibit, and urged them to
rise above the Environments party nonleu-
c]atufe and the prejudices incident to it, and
1endersa just verdict upon the facts OF the
case. But we have been met, not by argu-
ment and facts, but by the assertion that we
were actuatea by considerations Of a partizaE
nature, and therefore not entitlsd to thai res
pectful hearing that the vital Interests Involved
merited ea 0s5.i yg.s4a v7sg9 b..
We have now the story told, in graphic Ian
guage, by the Dispatch, AM! We reproduce it,
in attestation Of Che Truth OF what we have ut
tered, in different language, but substantially
the same in spiritand fact. ,.S,ass.s
4 When such effects exist, there must be
cause, and what IS that cause? We assume it
to be in literature and character OF the Con-
servatiye organization, and the lnischieyons
and wicked caucus system that is parts the
machinery by which the partyis operated. 9ns
Immediately after the close OF the war, when
the declarations d,acfs Of the people OF the
State were In harmony With the accomplished
results OF the armed conflict OF the seetions--
when By 20O, 00o majority, the people OF the
state, mao incorporates the l3CIl, l4th ana l2Ea
amendments to the national constitution INTO
the. organic law OF tiie iotate-hau presented
themselves as the True Repupiicah" party,
and announced Their purpose, IN the most I'M
presslve ana formal manner 1t was possible for
such announcements to be made, to support She
governments as constltntedla spirit ana nd TACT
the cltlzens OF other States turned tnelF atten-
ton TO The inviting neids OF eirglnia-capital
anu enterprise began TO seek ihVescineht, ana
a bright promise OF future progress and eeye-
ophenC looh'ed up peiore Us. sii III psa.d
-Dubho sooilsi i'a tlie REPRESENTATION OF the
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