The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-26
For the VALLEY VIRGINIAN.
From Bath County.
BATH Co, Oct. lG, 1876

Messrs. Editors- Thinking a few lines
from these mountains might be of interest to
your many readers in the more fertile lands,
give you few current thoughts.
We still hear out here that there is q man
named Tilden, with "Reform'' attached.
When VIC read about his swindling the GOV
eminent out OF his income tax, we thought
his friends would strike the reform off, as
the old Democrats and Wigs do not think a
good reformer could be made out of swim
dler. 1t might do in New York. where they
sent Tweed to the State Senate, after it was
known that he had stole millions, but we are
not sufficiently civilized out here to under
STAND this kind Of reform.
They say that Grant has stolen all the
money in the United States, and that is
what makes times so hard. think the best
thing that could be done would be to elect
Tilden so that he could steal it back again
for us. He and Tweed were so long togeth-
er, that he must be very dull man if he has
not learned something by the association.
The Democratic party puts me in mind of
the smallest of two hogs The stronger hog
will cat the corn, while the lesser one will
grow] and squeal. just so with the Demo-
cratic party. They will squeal and howl at
an awful rate, and il they happen to get 4
and run off with the whole thing. just so
they have done with the money of the people
of the State. They have robbed the poor
children of 100000 of the school fund, to
pay interest on the funding bill bonds they
| hold, and squander every year 100000 in
useless extra time by the Legislature. All
| that they did, too, was to pass amendments
to the Constitution, which if adopted. will
| take away from the people the right to man
age their own affairs, and destroy the free
schools certain. We all know how the road
law was fastened upon lis. They told us
to vote for the amendment several years ago,
that the township system was oppressive.
We did not know any better and voted Tor
them. We have now the road law as the re-
suit, which compels the poor man to keep
riages of his rich neighbor to run over.
This is the kind OF reform that we are ask
ed to endorse by voting the Democratic ticket
We want genuine reformer, and none of
your shams. Hayes is the man to give the
country good government, to enforce the
laws, aud protect the people. ta
The people don't want Tilden, and my
word for it, he will never be President. |
believe if the election had core off at the
| time of the nomination of Tlden, he might
have stood some chance. But there is none
now, Hayes is gaining every day. Tilden's
tine is past Men out here will vote fol
Hayes who never voted with the Republicans
before. Ii we had some bold leaders ant
plenty of Hayes and Wheeler tickets, We
could astonish the sham reformers by the
vote that could be given in these mountains
understand that NJ Jacob Beck, an ole
and much respected eitizenliying near Deer
field, Augusta county, is lying at the poin
of death. N8a
The wife and daughter of Mr.. John Wei
don, who moved from Williamsville, Bait
county, to Texas, some time ago, are boil
dead.
There is protracted meeting progressing
at Green Valley, conducted by the Rev
Messrs. Ruby & Suttor BATH.