Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-01-21

! of corn adj rye, which would cost Is cents
a bushelD market in Richmond, and it
aids naturally in keeping the grain mark
ct up to remun erative figure. This is
commera al fact, quite independent OF the
sentinel Of the matter, and the ''honest
industry of our farmers is greatly bene-
fitted by UGH a market.
lie thd proposition of the 'Virginian"
is, that bis fearful burden of taxation is
necessaf to meet the obligations of the
Government arising out of the war debt.
This isl wide and dangerous field for a
Republic paper, for it opens up the ques-
ton of that is done with the money taken
from u; The. Government has been run
on a scae of corruption until the interest
on the var debt is but a minor part of our
suffering. The Pacific railroad subsidies,
by wbichthe Government has paid twenty
seven million dollars interest on their
bonds, AID Tom SCOTT is trying to get it
into similar fix with his Southern Pacific
railroad; the whisky ring frauds at St.
Louis. in which member of the Presl-
dents household is now under indictment,
by which millions of dollars of revenue
have escaped collection, Virginia having to
bear her burden with other States in max
ing up that deficit; the Pacific Mail sub
sidy, Credit Mobilier, the SANBoRN con-
tracts, and hundreds of other ways about
which a Democratic Congress is about to
inquire, are the avenues by which our mo-
ney has gone, instead of the legitimate way
Turning over the ''Virginiano newspaper,
we find on another page an article headed
'sThe Way the Money Goes" being an ex-
posture by a Washington correspondent of
a Republican Journal of the yearly tex
penses'' of the House Of Representatives
under Republican occupation-not far
from a quarter of a million Of dollars. For
"horses and carriages" the item was $6,3s7,
for newspapers and stationery $4,000,
and many more of similar character.
This is where a part of Virginia's seven
millions Of dollars every year goes, and
which, if even one half of it was left with
in her borders, would put her at complete
ease with regard to the interest on her
State debt 1t is a burden that is borne
by every interest in the Stately the
farmer, the mechanic and the professional
man, and is intolerable, and will be so pro-
nounced at the baIlot-box in November.
The Democracy has declared war against
more debt, extravaganza and corruption,
to be it's watchword for the next cam
paign. 1t has put it's foot down firmly, as
IN the Southern Pacific road case AID in its
preparations for investigations of the Gov
eminent, and is not to be turned back. The
moral sense of the country is with it, the
necessities of the country are with it, and
it must succeed.
We have addressed ourselves to the as
sertions in the "Virginian's' article
which. if credited, would nislead its read
ers-not to its own opinions and those OF
it's "gallant officer of the Confederate
:rmy" about the Conservative party in
Virginia. They are not important. We
have heard them expressed by other Office
holders some of whom were, in their better
army" and are likely to be confined to q
class of persons who either have Federal
office or are expecting it. Nor have WE
attempted to reply to such courteous ex
pressions as superficial clap-trap, ""non.
sense" ''demagoguism, and the like
They contain no argument. They prove
nothing; neither the truth, for they are
not facts; nor the courage Of the writer
for they are only a vulgar impertinence
that may be safely used inside the line OF
offence; nor his refinement, for they are
not favorites with gentlemen in discus
sion. They are the country EDITORS STOCK
in trade for what he deems strong" writ
ing, and are "more honored in the breach
than the observance.