The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-04-13

The Cnrbstone organ has dashed itself into
fury, and in its raving seeks to visit its wrath
upon the City Council in a labored editorial OF
a column in length. The antics OF ostr enraSee
contemporary are rather amusing where they &c
not excite commiseraton, They only show
the animus that controls it, and the desperate
purpose to accomplish the qualification OF its
selfish purposes for no good that the city wout
realize. 1t is not the public welfare that it is
ambitious Of subscribing, but the miserable splr
it of fanat,cal partizanism, which would de-
stroy the conservative safeguards of commun
ty. Infected with the Bradley johnson
style of politics, it would willingly bind the
people to tile edcts of curbstQne caucus. anG
compel every man to vote as it might indicate
or receive its anathmas. The intelligence and
the manhood of the city OF Staunton vii
never submit to such humiliation, and the col
lar upon their necks marked. clam my Master:
Dog" If there was any effort to Introduce
party politics into the city election coming
from any other source, then there might Of
some excuse for the indecent rage OF the curb
stone organ. But there is nothing OF the kind
nor is there any disposition manifested to al
low parizan feeling to even in the remotesi
degree control the choice for city officers, except
by the cufbstone statesmen, who have Their
axes to grind. LII the whole column of stuff
that our afflicted contemporary has thrust before
the public there is not one substantial reason
assigned to Justify its insane ranting.-
''As to the $4,000 paidfor lots for the c. & r.
r., that was demanded by the people them
selves, and protested against by some of the
very counclmen who are arraigned by the curb
stone organ. Aud so will it be found in all its
senseless and meaningless charges as they may
from to time be famed before the public for sell
fish purposes. These shall be met as they are
produced, and defiance thrown into the face OF
the desperate schemers who are seeking to adj
varce themselves at the expense Of the pub
lie interests.
The game sought to be played is too transpa-
rent The bat1e1 curbstoners cannot Sc
duce the people to put themselves in then
places. They do not care to tie their hands
and manhood to crafty the '-bad ambition OF
a few soured and disappointed eurbstone poll
ticians who can lay no~cainl to public sympa-
thy because of imperilled rights of persons OF
property.
There mnss be some higher motive suggest
ed than to sTtis.tc the personal venom CT the
curbstone organ FOR the solid-people of Staun.
ton 30 place themselves under it's leading
strings, and follow its reckless teaching. When
it can be shown that the officials whom it as.
saults are not personally Interested in good
geTernment-when any fact can be adduced
that there has been corruption in the admins
tratian Of ofice-when any argument can be
presented why men who have the intelligence
the experience, the property interests. and the
impartiality, that the gentlemen whom the
indicator arragns possess, should not
be trusted, then it will be time to consider
the propriety of listening to its appeals. 1t
will not do to allow the personal likes and
dislikes Of men to subordinate public interest.
and the entire city government to be turned
over to such influences as, have suggested the
wild ratings Of the eurbstone organ. Nor
have the people any dea, Of. doing so. let the
''tempeSt in the tea pct" rage as it may, and
the whole curbstone party put on their war
paint and scalping knives in whatever aggres-
sive manner they may please.