The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-07-27


IN 1879 AS PRoS1IsED-EcoNoMY AND RE
FORM.
/ William A. Wheeler, the Republican nomi
nee for Vice President has accepted the nom
nation in.a letter which is published to-day
lie gives a cordial assent to the Republican
platform, and says that the duty of the Repub
mean party is to preserve Il wise and just poll
| cy toward the South, to keep sacrcdly the ma
tlonal obligations, to preserve the common
schools, and enforce economy and reform. He
/ says resumption in 1879 is required by hor OF
and the public welfare.
TIE LETTER.
nm, MALONE, July Is, 1876.
me Hon. Edtoard McPherson and others of the Co1o
mtftee cf the Repu6licoae National Conueation
Gemtlemea-I received on the 9th instant your com
niulicaton advising me that had been unanimous
~ nominated by the National Convention of the Re
publican party, held i'll Cincinnati on the 18th uIt
iof the office of Vice President of the United States
ana requesting my acceptance ofthe same, and ask
doctflnes contained in the platform adopted by the
Co:nvveh!lon nomination made with such una
yention which inspires my profound gratitude. #
- acceptea with sense OF responsibility which may
GntioS 81 LEI elected shall endeavor to perform the
and IN the interest of the whole country
no ane summary OF doctrines enunciated by the
party has intrenched in the or@anic law ~ an,
iand me doctrine that liberty is the supreme un-
cnanseapie law for every foot of American SOIL II is
the mission OF that party to give full effect to this
prlnciple by securing to every American citizen
OF all civil, political and public rights This will
be accomplished only when the American citizen,
citizenship as fully and securely in the
OF Louisiana as on the banks OF the St. Lawrence.
views were recently expressed as n member ~
the Committee OF the United States House of Rer
sentaslveS upon Southern Affairs Those views re-
main unchanged, and were thus expressed:
We OF the. North; delude ourselves in expecting
onag inc masses OF the south 50 far behind in many
OF the attributes OF enlightened Improvement and
civilization, in the brief period of ten or fifteen
years, to be Transformed into our model Northern
communities. That can only come through a long
course OF patient waiting, to which one can no V
set certain bounds There will be good deal OF
and which will have to be relieved by the tenerate
fostering care OF the Government. One of the most
potent il not indispensable agencies in this direco
tion will be the devisng of some system to aid in
the education OF the masses The fact that there are
whole counties in Louisiana in which there is not A.
solitary school-house is full of suggestion We
compelled these people to remain in the Union,
and now duty and interest demand that WA leave no
Just means untried to make them good iovai citi-
zens How to diminish the friction, how to stimu-
late the elevation of this portion of onr conntrv
problems addressing themselves to our best and
WlseSt craftsmanship The foundation for these eff
forts must be laid in satifyng the Southern neonIe
that they to have equal exact Justice acorded to
them Give them to the fullest extent every bles-
sing wicn Ine government confers the most
then hold them, by every necessary means to an
exact rigid Observance Of all their duties and oblI
cations under the Constitution and its amendments
to secure to all within their borders manhood and
citizenship, with every right thereto belonging
me JUST opllgat1ons to public creditors created
when the Government in the throes of threaten
cd dissolution and as an indispensable condition OF
us saVatlonguaranteedb by the lives and blood of
thousands of its brave defenders-are to be kent
with religious faith, as all the pledges sub
Judgment the pledge of Congress of January III
1870 foi the redemption of the notes of the United
and national honor, simple honesty and Justice to
the people whose permanent welfare and prosperi-
their peeuniary transactions all demand the scru-
puous observance of this pledge and it is the du-
ton as shall be necessary for it's strict fulfIment
ne our aa system na OF Intelligence must
common schools OF the land should be preserved
IN all their vgor while in accordance with the spr-
ments should be secured by every possible and
proper guaranty against every form of sectaran
economy in the expenditures of the Government
consistent with its effective administration and all
should be conferred only upon the basis of hiph
character and particular fitness, and should be ad-
mnlstered only as public trusts, and notfor private
The foregoing are chief among the cardinal prin-
npo fn 81 oe party and to carry them
hand. 10 the completion of its great mission we
ADDRESS az IRE, ourselves in hope and confidence, cheer
ed ana stimulated by the recollection OF its past
achievements: remembering that under God it is
TO that party that are indebted in this centennial
year OF our existence for preserved, unbrOken
Union for the fact that til ere is no master or slave
1nrou ghout our broad domain, and that emancipa-
TED MllllonS look upon the ensign OF the Republic
as the symbol of the fulfilled declaration that all
men are created free and equal and the guaranty of
their own equality, under the law, with the most
highly favored citizen of the land To the intelligence
ana CONSCIENCE OF all who desire good government,
Sood WILL good money and universal prosperity the
Republican party, not unmindful of the imperfec-
ions ana shortcomings OF human organizatonsyet
WIN the honest purpose OF its promptly to
retrieve all errors and to summarily punish ali Of
t7naefs against the laws of the country confidently
submits It's claims for the continued support Of the
American people. ~ =,
Respectfully, WILLIAM A. WHEELER.
A writer in tile Wing Of the oath, over the
signature of Country Whig,'' calls attention
to the fact that seven out of the eight Conserv-
ative were old Democrats. We think it about
time the old Wings were opening their eyes.
The Old machine Democrats are simply using
the Conservative party to hold in the organi-
zaton the old line Whigs-as to the offices they
mean to keep them for themselves. Now and
then an old line Wing is given a position, as a
tub thrown to the whale. But the old line
Wings will never have fair consideration in the
Conservative party. The name is cheat and
swindle. What better evidence could be given
OF this than the fact that it is supporting the
Democratic nominees for President, both old
line States Rights Democrats, and is opposing
two old line Wings, Hayes and Wheeler? The
old Wings Of Virginia have the opportunity to
assert their power and influence by supporting
Hayes and Wheeler. They would be recog-
nzed in his administration, and be able to do
vastly more for tie State and section than
would be possible for them to accomplish in
the Democratic or Conservative party.
The fact that rilden and Hendricks used
all the devices known to machine politiclas to
secure the endorsement OF the St. Louis con-
venton, and that Hayes and Wheeler had no
agency whatever, except their high standing
as men and statesmen, to influence the Cincin
natl Convention, speak volumes for the Repub-
lican nominees. The contrast in the manner
Of the nominations, and the influences that Sc
cured them, cannot but attract the attention Of
honest men everywhere, and draw to the Re-
publican nominees the sympathy and conf
uence OF the better element, irrespective of
party. If the people want the assurance of
good government, the consummation of all
needed reform, the practice of honesty and
they could not ask for q surer guar |
antee than the characters of the Republican
nominees and the manner Of their nominations J