The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01

The Democratic party of the South is pre-
pairing popular sentiment in the North and
West for the nomination at Cincinnati of Il Re-
publican who believes in the enforcement Of
the laws as they are, and the protection of the
rights guaranteed by, those laws. The ''bloody
shirt shout will lose its terrors ID Republican S,
and those of them Who have been disposed to
pursue policy of concession and Cancellation
will be found to be arrayed in full and COM
plcte line with the most radical of the Rcpub-
llcans The people all over the county are be-
ing aroused, and Republican journals which
/ heretofore protested against any decisive meas
''res affecting the South, have changed their
| tone, and now maintain that the laws ulust be
enforced ut every hazard. Even journals of
great influence, until recently sympathzng
with the Democratic party, such as the New
York Herald, New York Tribune and the
Philadelphia Times, begin to see things differ
emily, and utter notes of warning to the DEM
ocratc party of the Southern States, to the eff
feet that it has gone too far with its systematic
outrages upon the political rights of citizens.
The lines will be as distinctly and severely
drawn between the sections in 1876 as they
were in 1860, and the result in November of
this year will be similar to that of 1860. For
this anfortunate condition of popular sentiment
there will be none to blame but the reckless
Democratic agitators of the South, who, it
seems, cannot realize that the people of the
North meant precisely what is implied in the
amendments co the constitution and the re-
construction acts. am
1t is suggested by the Lynchburg Vwginian
that Hon. J. Randolph Tucker be considered
the candidate of his party for reelection to
Congress without the formality of conven-
ton. The object is to show that his course in
Congress and the sentiments announced in his
speeches meet the approval of his constituents
to degree that admits of no question. 1t
will be remembered that Mr. Tucker has pro-
claimed the idea of State Sovereignty-tha in
fact the State is supreme, even where the juris-
diction of national authority is in question
the old State Rights doctrine that brought
! about secession and war, and desolation. 1t
is in this way the conservatives OF that district
propose to attest their acceptance of the sit
uation"-a conformity to the results of the
war, and observance of the National and
State Constitutions
! The candidacy of Mr.. Tucker for reelection
4 to Congress, with the full endorsements of his
party will be worth At least 500 900 votes to the
Republican party in the Northern and Western
States.
bic &c 1,o1 fo,, fI,o
Centennial fever, and the election of Presi-
i dent, will arousea protest from the national
i sentiment of the country that will startle the
i Bourbons from their stupidity.
The Stauntoh correspondent of the Rich
mond Dispatch, over the signature of "Pen,''
says the Independence elected only one of
their candidates. Jas. F. Patterson, Clerk of the
Hastings Court. He knew this was not so when
he wroteit it. All of the Couneilmen in Ward No.
were elected by the Independents by MAORI
ties ranging from 50 to 60. Mr.. Fultz was run
OIL both tickets, but was elected by the same
vote that elected the other five, and without
/ which he would not have been elected. He is
member of the present council, and all the
cord. The correspondent says the Indpen d.
ents elected only five in the face Of the facts
here stated.
1 The same correspondent, who is generally
believed to be one of the editors of the Viudica
tor, says the ''office of the indicator, the Con-
servativejournal is crowded Fsith citizens to get
the news'-atS O'Clock Friday morning. The
modesty of the writer must be a source of great
admiration, especiallysto himself, when it is re-
membered that the Spectator is the recognized
organ Of the Conservative party OF the county
the indicator representing the curb-stone ell
ement in the city. As to the news, the VuR-
GINIAN had extras flying all over the city by
5 O'Clock Friday morning, and at least five hun
dred had been sent to the country before the
| Vindicator people were out of their beds. The
| extreme modesty of that journal is one Of it's
besetting sins.
The present Congress will be swept out of
existence the coming fall The country has
| xr,I,o ~ = a. eAY.