The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-05

at your State debt "a. $e0, 0O0. O0o primarily
created to subserve the corrupt purposes Of
the ling managers d railroad and canal cor
porations. Look at the &c, 600 ignorant and
hnlettered white people Of the State, whose
melancholy condition Is the test of demo-
cratic craftsmanship and policy. That party
could endow Universities and Colleges, and
make provision for the education of the chill
dren Of rich men, but never condescended
to appropriate copper for The education OF
the poor children OF the Commonwealth.
And yet it Is this party that seeks the suffra-
ges of the poor man and toiling masses Of
community
Estopped by Constitutional Inhibition,
enacted by o Republica. Convention, from
robbing the poor man Cor the benefit OF the
rich, and expressing the people with large
railroad appropriations to be managed by
party dcmagogues, they direct their power
to still strike down the poor man in the pas
sage OF the Infamous road law to put bur-
dens upon the toiler's back, that they may
be taken off Of property. And this same
democratic party with almost dabolical and
malicious purpose, is preparing other out
RACES to be imposed upon the rnthinking
and contiding people. The proposed consti-
tutional amendments are designed to take
from the poor citizens the only protection
they have, the ballot, by making it a ncces-
sary precedent TO voting that the poll tax
shall have been paid. 1t is by such stealthy
and deeepeious methods that these andacious
marplots and inscriptions party tyrants are
robbing the people of their rights and the
meaas of their own protection.
Can the people, the honest toilers of the
State, longer tolerate the outrageous and
disastrous rule of this partys will they not
assert their manhood, their citizenship, by
utterly and forever rcpudlating party,
whose history and legislation is bst con-
tinuel series Of wrongs and oaAsagcs upon
the masses:
We appeal to the people, with allthe earn
them and is OF them, to come forward in all
the dignity and independence of their ma
lures, and assist us in breaking the Sower Of
this party which las done SO much to enslave
the minds and. the energies of the people, to
impoverish the State, and waste and dissi-
pate the lard earnings of tho tailets of the
Commoawealth. These merciless dema-
gogses- Gully want you as .tliewers of wood
and drawers Of water''-they only ask your
suffrage that they may be empowered to
strip you Of your rights and appropriate your
labor to their own selfish ends.
1t is truly lamcntable condition of the
public mind, when the people willingly bend
their necks to the oppressor's yoke, and slav-
ishly submit to the wrongs that deprive
| them OF their birthright.
Let the work of throwing off this ruinolls
paralysis, this more than Egyptian bondage
| commence at once, and let Hon. John T.
Harris, first feel the force of the aroused in
| dignation of the people. He is the prince o.
| democratic demagoXues, and no. more Ell
fectual blow could be given to the party thar
by striking him down in the present contest
The Fourth District.
The Republicans of Virginia have compile
ted their nominations for Congress and ev
cry thing has been tremendously effected
except in the 4th district. While we do no
claim sufficient knowledge of the affairs o
the 4th district. to justify a conclusion as tt
the causes and the merits of the. ydifficultie
there, we hope there will be manifested wis
dom and patriotism enough for the friend
OF the two Republicans, to harmonize ant
present an undivided front. The interest!
of the Pagty are above the claims Of individ
uals. There ara great matters involved ii
the success of the party. While the Demo
Gratis have a. large majority iia the presen
House OF Representatives. it is aos so larg,
that it cannot be overcome in the fall elec
ton. When.a struggle for stake so impor
tant is going on, it is a grave responsibility.
for any man or Sc: OF men, claiming to b.
Republicans, to jeopardize, if not surrender
ia district that has a clear Republican MAORI
ty Of from 1000 to 5000. That one distric
may determine the complexion OF Congress
and give shape to the legislation of the coun
try for the next two years to come. 1t wa
a similar disserision that enabled John Goode
ir., to swindle himself into Congress, from
the Norfolk district, and If both DIR. Jorgen
sen and Mr.. DeNlortie remain IN the field
it is more than probable that Mr.. Hinton, TIN
, democratic candidate, will be elected from
the Petersburg district. Cannot the Repub
, leans of that district, in the interest of tn
principles of the party and the country, ris
, above personal considerations, and max
some sacrifice of feeling when so much is in
volved which is paramount to individual
claims or prctensions? The State Contra
! Committee, after careful investigation, "
see it stated, has decided that DR.. Jorgen
! sen is the regularly nominated candidate
, Under the plan Of organization and the resc
lutions adopted by the Committee, whc
, both DR.. Jorgensen and Mr.. DeMortie wer
$ present, the Committee have the right to de
termine such cases. In the interest {
peace and harmony, and above all. in th
D interest OF the Republican party of Virgini
! and the country, let this arbltrament settl
the dispute for the time, at least, so that Il.
, Republicans may unite their strength an
: secure victory.
DR.. Jorgensen and Mr.. DeMortie are bot
staunch Republicans they are both men c
j ability-they have the intelligence to kno'
\ what will be the result, ii we IRE divided
I and we earnestly hope whether Mr.. DeMol
tie has been aggrieved or not by the decision
| that he will abide by it. 1t will strengthe
: him hereafter, and deepen his claims upo
E the party, whose interests lie has so abb
j. clampioned in times past. Everything fc
! the cause, gentlemen, in this trying ordes
4 not only of the Republican party of Virgni;
i but OF the whole country. and of the countr
e itself. Do not let Republicans do for then
d selves what their opponents are unable
o do, without dissension in our own ranks, an
' by division open the way for Democrat
e be elected to Congress in district whic
e has such an overwhelming Republican M
a jority. The concern felt all over the Stat
e among Republicans is fifty reflected by Il