The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-09-28

over the country within the past fifteen
years, In the attempt to practically enforce
the shattered principles Mr.. Tucker would
"restore." Let them draw the picture of
what this country would now be, had Mr..
fuckers principles of State sovereignty nev-
er been Shattered with its petty warning
factions representing sickly, impoverished
governments, with the substance of the pco-
pie consumed by standing armies. And let
them contemplate for moment the great
consummation which now floods its blessings
upon nation of freemen, resting secure I'm.
der the protection OF nations flag and a
| nations laws, respected abroad, admired at
home, and epitomising the hopes of the OPP
pressed of the world, in the ruins of the
shattered principles Mr.. Tucker would re-
store.
And how does Mr.. Tucker expect to re-
store this shattered principle Of State
sovereignty to its ''original vigor and integ-
rity:" BY a united electoral vote for Sam'l
j. 1ilden from the South, and a few stray
Cling votes from the North. Mr.. Tilden
himself is upon record as disciple Of this
fatal theory, which Mr. Tucker calls s'shat-
tered principle" He has declared that the
seeds of revolution and dissolution were i'm
planted in our organic system, the natural
outgrowth OF which was the bloody conflict
that sent its flood of woes over the land. 1t
is to establish these shattered principles"
that the Democratic party is now appealing
to the country, oblivious OF the ordeal
through which we have passed and the re-
suits which now stand as the trophies of a
nations triumph.
Mr.. Tucker is brilliant theorist, but a ia
tai leader His teachings and doctrines all
tend to revolution and conflict. He may
have the magnetic power to arouse the pas
sions of the people, but not the statesman
ship to guide their reason. He may foment
sectional prciudces, and array the people
against national authority, bat he will fail in
the wisdom to point out the path of safety
and true prosperity.
We warn them against his specious Plead
ings and his electric appeals. lie is the
w A'ihtui uiSCS VI tilC DICSCIlb i0OUCtl,
and will preach to you the Union under the
Federal Constitution" with Its Shattered
principles restored to their original vigor and
integrity" while the very dogmas he pro-
claims will lead you into troubles, the bare
thought of which should make the stoutest
heart shrink back.
The success of the Democratic party in
this national contest would simply mean,
national disorder, discredit, distrust and,
at least, threatened revolution. 1t has no
positive policy declared. 1t proposes moth
ing-it gives assurance of nothing but oppo-
sition to the Republican party. And what
does this mean? Practically opposition to
the results of the war, to the financial policy
of the government, and to the peace and
prosperity of the country. Do the people,
the honest, peace loving and obligation re-
specting people, desire this? Do they want
the National Constitution changed-do they
desire the financial policy of the govern
ment deranged, which has given 10 them a
currency that is good all over the world
that has raised the credit of the nation above
that of almost any other people on the globe,
and settled the character and theory of our
institutions, to mean that this is great Ma
ton, able and willing to protect its citizens,
to preserve its government from dissolution,
and to maintain its honor at home and
abroad? Let the honest people calmly think
over these things. Let them reflect upon
what the Republican party has achieved-its
rescue OF the government from the throes
of revolution-the high character it has es-
tablished for che credit of the government,
and then turn to the turmols and sufferings
they have already encountered by reason of
Democratic policy, and the doubt, distrust
and disorder that would be promised in the
future, should it again come into power
For, remember, that its policy of opposition,
means revolution i'm all that has been ac-
conplished. 1t can mean nothing else. Do
the people want virtual anarchy once more
to cast its CHASTITY shadow over the country?
We earnestly warn them against the i'll. they
know not of. in the attempt to escape from
what is called the ills they have.
Mr.. Tucker himself, and the wild entl,-
sasts who follow his lead, must learn to
know that we are living under 4 different
political spensation to that when the black
code threw its gloomy paralysis over the
body politic-that there is broader and
more catholic Interpretation of the Declara-
ton of Independence. COMFORTING with the
enlightenment Of a higher civilization and a
more advanced moral conception, than when
the statute books of Virginia made tia crime
to teach those whom God had given soul and
mind, and that under the progressive policy
of the party of Great Moral ideas" the
light of the Truth is free to all to learn its bea
ties and appreciate its blessings. 1t is these
consummations that followed the shattered
principles which Mr.. Tucker would have
restored, but which the people Of this coun-
try have decreed, and will again confirm with
on oath, shall never be.
They will look forward to brighter frui-
lions, to more splendid achievements, slim
nlated by higher aspirations. in the i'm prove
ment and progress of Republican institu-
ions and the development of the intellectual
md moral forces OF mankind, under fun |
lamental law that declares all men free and |
equal; and not backward to the tomb OF the !
past, where is buried the ''shatterd princi
ole'' of State sovereignty and its brood of
trifes and contentious which have SO sorely
afflicted the country.
Fifth Congressional District
The Republican Convention to nominate
! candidate for Congress in the Fifth Con-
yressional District, met at Rocky Mount. last