National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-03-16
WHEN a GENrLEaAN CONES TO VIZ.

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WHEN a GENTLEMAN CONES TO VIR.
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In an article published in THE REPUB-
LICAN of the 10th instant VIC tooS occasion
to show from its own columns that the
Lypchburg OirginiD Eecning Star, and
journals of that ilk in Virginia, fully sus-
tanned US in all we had said with regard to
the proscriptive course OF the Democracy
of that State in retarding, if not altogether
preventing, the immigration of Northern
Republicans to that locality. In proof of
this we cited the following paragraph from
the Star of the 9Th. The italics are ours:
''Now, seriously, the fastidiousness of the
Vireinians will not allow them to associate
with such as The REPUBLICAN man, or those
he could suggest,lhut whenever a gentleman
comes TO Virginia, If he Is worthy and does
not come 10 plunder her people he is given a
cordial reception. Bat we decline to dine or
wine men Of the stamp Of The REpCBLIcAS.
They ere iRe1,dieTies, ent-throats, pldRdeTeTs
aud There's Of H6 sleellssf dye"
In repelling this filthy abuse of tRepub-
liens who were callous to the blandHh-
ments OF Democracy, and who would; not
permit themselves to be used by that
party, we referred to fulsome adulations
we had seen in the Star of "a certain in
eternal revenue official of that locality
"who professed to be Republican" and
suggested that, perhaps, he was Of the
stamp that did suit the Star. In this
the sequel establishes the fact that we were
right, as is proved by the Star Of the 18th,
which says:
SIT (THE REPUBIICAN) steps out of its way
10 make an assault upon a certain revenue
official-meaniDg, no doubt, Captain J. II.
Riyes.''
Then after denying that it is the apollo
gist or defender of the individual named,
it says:
"He has commended himself to our citi-
zeDs by his course, and his appointments hare
JneH made from The ranks OF those grhoSe inter
eats are idegtical ,giH or o,ra, and has given
us the best crideisee That he does not belong to
that ultra and proscriptiye crew so warmly in
dorsed by the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN," 81
The columns of this Jour.el will bear us
out in the statement that we purposelJ
failed to designate other than as "a certain
internal revenue official, who Prefessed
'to be q Republican the party whom
the Star, in its indecent haste to de-
fend, has thus unceremoniously thrust into
a notoriety that may prove somewhat I'M
enviable. Our purpose was to show that a
paper that denounced consistent Republi-
cans as "incendiaries, "cut-throats," &c,
and yet INDUCED in fulsome laudations of a
professed Republican ofiice-holder, located
in its vicinity, as a paragon of propriety,
must be influenced by other motives than
those Of sense of fairness to a political
opponent, and we have not been, as the
Star itself conclusiyely proves, without q
warrant for our suspicious. We have fire.
quently heard from the lips of those who
are among the most reliable and trust
worthy of the Republicans of the Lynch
burg district, and of other parts of the
State, that the Fifth collection district was
being administered greatly to the advant-
age of the Democratic party, and to the
consequent Generalization of the RepubIi-
cans in the matter of appointments therein.
The readiness with which this ultra Demo-
cratic paper rushes to the defense of the
collector when it iaidginss him to be as
sailed by Republican journal, Eve say
imagined, because we did not refer spe-
cifcally to him in our former article, is
primo facie evidence of the truthfulness Of
the allegations frequently made by Virginia
Republicans. Ii they were not true, =
bitter partisan sheet like the Star would
hardly take the trouble, after denouncing
Northern Republicans as ''cut.throats and
thieves" to say that the ex.Confederate
Captain had Commended himself to
eur citizens by his course" and if large
majority of his appointments were not of
the Democratic and hermsphrodlte per-
suasion, we should not be favored with the
admission that "his appointments have
"been made from the ranks of those whose
Interests ale identical with our own, and
that the Captain -"does not belong to an
ultra and proscriptive crew.
1t is not thus that papers of the ilk of
the Star are wont to deal with SCALA
ways and carpet baggers," who are
usually denominated as "cut-throats and
thieves, F" and not as "Virginians and gen
tlemen." In adopting the latter designa-
ton, and applying it to one who processes
whether for Office or otherwise matters
mott to be Republican, very grave sus-
picion is excited that somebody is being
used to grind Democratic axes. IT. there
fore, in view of the foregoing statement,
the valiant Captain and the Democratic
organ that essays the role of washing his
very dirty linen can make any political or
personal capital out of the aforesaid organs
advocacy Of the taste or good faith dis.
played in the appointments indicated, as a
means to the end of the Captains" re-
tention in office by Republican Admins