The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-09-30

We have been compelled to omit, this week.
an editorial prepared and in Types on the South
ern Pacific Railroad, te make room for atsvcr-
tisemcnts. We mention this because the arti-
Gle IN question should hare appeared sooner,
asst refers 10 a communication Of .sVirginia
Man, = Published by US some weeks ago.
--T Tie Dispatch Of the 24th, copies, from the
State Jesm,eel, an article 'spurporting to come
from Virginia Republican," advising an
abandonment OF the Republican organization
IN sFIis State and the merging of its constitu-
cnt parts into the Conservative organization.
We are not surprised that such an article
sIlculd find Its way to the public through the
g .lournal--a paper which having received pat
renage from the government sufficient to pur-
chase material for its publication, Immediately
! thereafter, abandoned the very party that had
warmed !: into life: and directed its columns
to 4 betrayal Of the interests that had gwen it
vitality.
z 1t is unnecessary to say that the Republican
party means to maintain its organization and
perfect its discipline preparatory to the great
contest of 1876, in defixnce Of. traitors within
and enemies without. The Conservative par
" Of Virginia and the Republican party OF
Virginia travel in divergent raths-the one
maintaining the integrity of the national con-
stitution and laws as they are, and the other
insidiol,sly mining ard sapping to overthrow
!. them, and restore to their vitality the ideas
sud policy that went down in the shock Of
battle. "a
8, It is waste Of time and space to enter into
an elaboration Of the reasons that present
themselves to the mind of every impartial
thinking man, why the Republican party
should maintain its integrity and its discipline.
70 abandon them, would be to admit that the
war between the States settled nothing-that
the Republican party Of the country represen-
ted no national idea or policy, and that the
amendments to the constitution were cheat
land delusion. Not only upon considerations
Of national significance, bat for reasons of
State policy, the necessity for the active and
aggressive existence OF the Republican organi-
cation is essential. The leaders OF the Con-
servative party have already clearly indicated
their purpose to first cripple and then destroy
the public free schools, and once give them I'M
challenged reins, and IL would not be twelve
months before the people would be betrayed,
and the schools impaired, if not ruined. With
the Republican party in vigorous existence.
the fear would be that the masses would unite
with it to uphold this great public benefaction.
But, as there is no contingency under which
the Republicans will abandon their party iden-
tity, it is useless to indicate the harmful result of
such an event.
The State Journal does not speak for the Re-
publican party, or any portion of it, in the ar
ticle tile Dispatch repubiishes. The spirit of
the article is in consonance with the position of
the Journal and is only significant of what
that paper desires.
The uprising Of the people and the utter
overthrow of the ,iag managers in the Conser-
vative party, last Saturday in Augusta county,
was very significant. It was something that
never had occurred before, and the gentle
men who were so suddenly hoisted up and ter
rifically dropped down, received such shock
that they will not recover from it for some
time. Their ''true inwardness'' was turned
inside out, and they were made to see them
selves as others see them in their native
snaliness. The kernel of it is, that the people
have gotten tired of ring rule, and have deter
mined to hare a say in the management Of
their 0wh affairs, and q voice in the selection
Of those who are to make laws by which they
are to be governed. The illiberal and unpre-
eedeatsd policy 81 the Spectator and Vindica-
tor towards our State Senator was not the
least eause Of the Indignant and crushing pro-
test IT the people against the Staunton clique.
1t was one OF those spontaneous and universal
outgisirgs of popular sentiment that only oc-
ear when the people realize that things are
going ~roas, and that it is time for them to
overwtelming expression Of popular approval
given to any pxslic servant, as was shown for
Senator Cochran last Saturday, in the appoint
ment of delegates to the County Convention.
Out of one hundred aud twenty delegates au-
thorized to be appointed, it is estimated that
one hundred and ten are in favor OF his re-
turn, and ten for Mr.. Koiner. This needs no
comment.
q Monday was court-day. We mixed freely
with the people to ascertain the real cause OF
the ''tidal wave'' on Saturday last. We asked
q number Of representative men what it meant,
and the response was, that the people did not
intend to stand by the funding job, and would
not quietly submit to the fraud and outrage
that it implied-that they did not intend to
have fastened upon them $50. 600. 600 of debt,
il they could escape from it; and they intend
to use every means to effect fair and just
compromise with the creditors of the State
They asserted that they could not pay the in
terest on the public debt, and meet current
expenses. 1t was folly to attempt it, and that
d the scheming politicians had to get out of the
way and let the people undertake the adjust
! ment Of this, vexed and oppressive matter
They did not want to repudiate, but they, at
tie same time, did not recognize as binding
s the corrupt funding Job, gotten up withou,
their knowledge or consent, and would moi
abide by it.
! :. The Road Law is monstrous outrage and
spprcssisn upon the laboring classes. The
|, Convention. next Saturday, should be careful
that they do not fasten this Odious law upon
the people. 1t should be repealed, and the first
= act Of the next Legislature should the one tina!
:. will wipe it from the statute book. Look to
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