The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-08-17

The sectional unity of the Southern people ha
been the governing idea and bane of our poll
tics. So far from its being remedy for any
thing, it has been the cause of the most O.
the evils they have suffered. SO long a.
it continues the war will be controlling ell
unites the Confederates re-echoes through the
North and re-kindles the war fires there
Thus, every Presidential canvass becomes a
battle between the two sections, and the South
being the weaker, must be the losing party
TO insist on keeping up this sectional fight may
be very heroic-so was the charge at Balakla-
va-but. in nv opinion, is Just as reckless, and
Just as unwise. The reconstruction measures
unnecessarily divided parties in the South on
political eouality Of the races. While the South
was opposing it the Republican party was
on the SIDE of the negro, But since the South
has accented II and incorporated it in the Mat
form an which n has mounted IFS candidate. 7
see no reason for continuing to divide on an is
sne which has become extinct. Having adopt
ed all the principlos of party. and sanctioned
ali ITS moasnres- T can see no objection to vot-
;no Sor ito candidate n Won moi SEQ then
that az ion0 nc we keen nm the fight on the old
lines with the same allies and the same battle
or;os Tho North will he srsn;c;ops of orr good
fa;tn M matter in what form we nressenf 4 >
All tbot tho Remhl;cans nronosc Is tn nraserva
What thew have accomnlishe1}. the Democrats
a,o no., r,olSGod not n d;stnrh what tha RannhI.
cans have done. You cannot complain that
tha s s;n"or;t, ~ tba nladoas of Gouarnor T;i'
J1 ~ oart.in Laws is distrnsteJ whom
~ ;,'st;fv their onnosit;on r. Gov
.'.s s' ~ yo,,nd III he r,ort, w.,
enot 90. % vi . IT, ha cons;stant +hnr,
sta, 'n fo roroa1;,o tban, = thav "anoo my
~ ~, .,,;ti vo,, IN tha ?os;ra fnn
po =, tha ,,o,;"u ~ the Not;onoI Govo or
or I.t the soytb hnt that ~ cone
-, suo VIZ ~ tha ottitna ~ the co,tt
A.o.l o,a . .ho aJn";n;st ~ ~"
eam pIopi0 ; tho South 10 S,,n,t ioa
eas ..'As ~ ~. ' I'D oor,,ot he oppus
hayes ouC "esloes anu 20. po ~: l
wouAlu ~ so.,y " ,nn,,,d ''e s+;, meie ~,
.a III ~ oo,1 Md - INV cbo ; WIZ nI
.ol ,ne ". az. oIoss donr;yo mo ~ - ""I
wou'u nus &C. .,,s S," Ho,,ae tha
suppose tley Sappo.. ~ my .illu n
Mouu " eiua .t " ce tt;nn p,,t ,o,' ea1
peope w w .H a T. ,,a5,d 10 49,. ou say
tilaC even au.'s =. ~ :; Do oe e LII
tlle" " ~ ~, w. 90 ~ :. MY WI
NOT tia! ! ougn' w ;i ~ Tho ; tmatv"
aal .,;ID 10 ~ - hotto. for sono ~
w ~ .So, ~ no ~, ~ 90 'vrono r. thin, theu
IMAM ~, on ona 10 20 GOOD h.,
az s "11 tho,, ;r,e;st IN Sroa, 80
wiz. ."G 10y, - ossist +ha,a , ;1en
eShs, Io - ;id,, 10 a1e..tod ba viii la ,
YOU say INA. thn ConfoJaratos ~ tS IN :.
uei lug Iii os, ~. ,,aa of '''' d.,
s,,, Se Hovos s aiootad with solid South
.ha+ arc vo,, oo;nr to i1o thor
~, 10 nut soe = now hytva, ,v5l COO Tho foroo
of NV logic II was for These reason that fonr
YEARS aoo nroed the Southern peonle that if
thev really desired peace and reconciliation to
hnry Their their nassions and resentments and snn.
,,ori tho man who was inf onlv the renresanta-
ton Of an overwhelming majority of the North.
hnt was the most nowerful. az he had heen the
most generous Of our foes. have seen M
c.mse m change NV oninions or To regret NV
course Many fhin4s have since occurred which
no one deplores more than / do. But ssvolI
can never saw did it,, The responsibility is
with those who adopted the fatal policy.-
6 Anything to heat Grant,, In the conflict
thau ;nvited Grant to heat Them HAVING nre.
dicfed ali sorts Of evils to result from the
election Of Grant thew have done all in their
newer tn make their predictions come true.
Won sneak of the bitter hostility Of the
North toward the South. Well. four wears of
hard fiohting is not calculated to make men
love each other: neither is an everlasting re-
hearsal Of the wrongs which each side imag-
ines r. has suffered going to brine ms anv near
ar r. a better understanding. Peace can onIv
come with oblivion of the mast. know as well
as Won what the Southern people have had to
endure. but this has been the experience of ey
erv conquered neople. The figure of Judea on
the Roman eoin-vexed and WEAVING AMONG
her naim trees was the TYNE Of those who fonphf
for q cause that tailed. IA win always remain
SO. The wounds of war time alone can heal.
but many Grievances sprinping from our adj
ministrafion could long AGO have been correct
ed nv ceas;no to onpose the inevitable. In doing
this the Sorfhern people have plaved into the
hands Of their worst enemies. From a chron-
ia habit Of comnlaining thew too often iniure
a good canse nv mixing up real with imaoin-
arV WRONGS For instance. Mr.. Lamar in the
very able sneech he recently delivered i'm the
House Of Representatives said that what the
South wanted was local self-government.
thought the South had it. If it has not. how
did he GET into Congress-? If Mississippi has not
local self-goyernment. what sort OF a govern
ment is # which controls Mississippi and has
lust elected him to the United States Senate?
n Won wi.h to know. then. the ground of nv
s,,nnort of HAYES it is this: ANY good which
the Southern neople nigh derive from the cleo
lion Of Tilden would equally result from the
snnnort Of HAYES. They can vote for HAYES
hit thev can't elect ridden. But am far from
thinkiny that the election of a Democrat even
4 such thing were possible. would be an nm
mixed blessing to the South. On the contra
nv. I fear it would be a Pandora's box of evils.
The very remote prospect has already excited
hopes and expectations that can never be real
zed. If such thing should occur as the cleo
lion of a President by a united South combin-
mo with mere fragment of the North it would
,imply revive the I'D conflict of the sections.
transformation has taken place in the state