Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-03-03
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

Year after year we see the smaller COM
panies bought up by the larger ones. The
process is a. simple one, and just now we
have an example of how it is done in the
history of the Valley Railroad Company.
1t first begins with working agreement,
the short line is worked by the long one in
it's own interest and results in the bank
rlptcy of it's partner and final sale and
! purchase. And so the great companies go
on increasing in wealth and influence, I'M
til the railroad intel est will be represented
by some half dozen companies controlling
the destinies of the several sections of
country through which they pass.-LeG-
i,agton Ta.l Gazette.
Fitz Lee is practical man, gentleman
and gallant soldier. His utterances have
the ring Of sound sense, and are given with
"a view to the attainment of practical ends.
He never INDUCES in the empty boasting
or stilted blatherskiting of demagogical
vanity, and in this presents marked and
pleasing contras. to some of Virginias
public men on whom her honors have been
heretofore bestowed. Gen. Lee is by birth,
training, education and character, worthy
representative of the Old Dominion as it
was in its better days, and as such, and
AS such, we shall rejoice in the recognition
of his merits by the people, Danville
Mems.
We do not think much time need be con-
sumed in their resolutions endorsing Tom
Scott'ss' Southern" Pacific] discussion then,
as it is clear that very large branch of
the General Assembly are prepared to con-
demN, in terms not equivocal, Colonel
Scott's scheme, and we are pleased to learn
from source entitled to the highest credit
that the Virginia delegation. in Congress
will most probably, with unbroken ranks,
oppose the subsidy asked for, should the
committee in charge of the bill make ia
vorable report. -Ricl,mond Whig.
The Conservative party must be united,
and compact, and triumphant, or it must
be divided, dlScOrdant, and defeated. We
all know why the Conservative party was
organized, and we know that it saved Vir-
ginia. It must be cherished for it's service
and it must he vigorously maintained to
protect the State it has saved. There are
disappointed aspi1ants who are now eager
ly watching for a weak point in it's fortii-
cations wherein to enter and rout it. =
Richmond Dispatch.
We are not the apologist of those who
play for money publicly OF privately, and
we agree that a judge should be as pure and
free from suspicion as was Caesars wife, or,
as senator recently said, she should be;
but we are inclined to think the judiciary
would be greatly chinned out if game Of
cards for wager was to be followed by de-
graduation from office.-Richmond WING.
If there is man who can be found who
will say that the House debate on the James
River and Kanawha canal bill is anything
else than the worst bore eyer inflicted upon
an unwilling public, if such man can be
found, exhibit him to his fellow-country-
men.-Rictn,ond Letter IN Petersburg Neeos.
That Beecher should longer be permitted
to profane the robes of IL minister of the
Gospel is reproach to the name Of Chris
tianity and blot upon Civilizations ira
vesty uppn ethics, that both the secular and
religious press should war against to the
bitter end.-Riclamond Enquirer.
Would not an advisory council be in Or
der for the Lexington Presbyterian church,
- Charlottesville Chronicle.