Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-07-20

ted next Monday will be brought home to
her many day hereafter, either to her
honor or to her shame. We have striven
to the end that it may not be tue latter.
THE GOVERNORSHIP.
Next week, July 2sth,) the Primary
Meetings of Augusta county for the ap-
pointment of delegates to the State Con-
vention take place. Augusta county IS
entitled to "a delegates and the city OF
Stanton to s.
1t is nothing new to say that the popu-
lar and overwhelming feeling of the peo-
pie of this county is for F. w. M. HoLLI-
DAY for the position of Governor of the
State. So established and recognized a
fact is it that we suppose the chance OF any
man aspiring to be delegate to the conven-
ton who should announce publicly that he
was opposed to him would be instantly
swept away His hold upon our people has
not been made by the political wire work
ing of his friends, for we may say with
truth we have never in political fight
seen the friends of any candidate so utter
ly discard the usual appliances for increas-
ing or manufacturing favorable senti.
ment for their man. And in truth it would
not have been no place for them. The cam
didate himself is man Of such high and
umblemished character, of so spOtless a
political and private reputation, of such inn
measurable elevation above the political
wire workers of the day, that these things
would have been recognized at once as out
of place. Nor has this feeling for him
grown out of mere locality. 1t is not the
mere fact that Col. HOLIDAY is, what is
called, a Valley man, that gives him this
hold on our people, for we firmly believe
that had he been from any other qual ter OF
the State, and yet the man himself been as
we'll known among us as he is, the feeling
would have been quite as strong. What
ever we say of his being a Valley man is
thrown in as asserting our privileges, argu-
ing from the political geography point OF
the question, and not that they strengthen
the claims or the fitness OF the man we
want. The Valley has no interests that
every candidate named, (save one)
would not feel bound to foster when cleo
ted.
But when the Valley offers such a man
AS HOLIDAY, it does have sort OF pride
in seeing that he shall be recognized. He
is put forward as our representative man
the sort of man that we produce in these
mountains, and every man feels sort of
I'll T..
IS piuSe,iJra l Se opy IA, 7vr',v
has been named. lie is without rtproacfl
and without suspicion. He is a man of
broad views, who can comprehend the in
terest of every section of the State. He is
d man who has been faithful in war and
peace, and if there is anything in the public
utteranccs Of a man, he is a statesman
worthy of the Highest elevation.
With snch a leader, we trust there will
be no apathy among our people, but that
they will come in mass to the primary
meetings and send the name of Col. HoL-
LIDAY to Richmond with the endorsement
of the fullest vote ever cast in the county.
The Petersburg Post" an active ad-
vOcate of Gen. MALONE, asks if we want
print his letter ab ,ut adjustment. Well.
why should we print it ? The position WAS
far more strkingly set forth two yeal ago
by Rev. J. II. MASSEY, Of Albemarle, and
again by the same gentleman four weeks
ago. Mr.. FRANK G. RUFFIN some tim,
since prepared the parallels of the attack
in u series of articles in the s'Southern
Planter" There is nothing new in Gen.
Ms letter; indeed he has merely culled
some points from Messrs. MASSEY and
RUFFIN. Then why should it be printed
except that he is IL candidate for the Cub
ernatorial nomination. But we should
overlook that fact-that il is il mere can
didate's card, the hopes held out in
which Can never be realized. if it contained
any practical suggestion us to Il remedy.
If HOLIDAY, or LEE, or TALIAFERKo or
DANIEL were to publish the same sort of
document, and as bare of suggestions,
whether to adjust or pay the debt, we
should only have noticed 1t briefly as We
have done Gen. MAnoNE's. When any
Candidate for the governorship or legisla-
ture wants to adjust the debt he mus tell
the people hoo. Virginia can't be led by
''now you see it and now you don't see it,
leaders. Let Gen. NJ ,IIoNE write a letter
tellin. hoU The debt is To be adjusted and
We will publish il in full. We all want to
adjust-but We don't Want TO put a man in
office Oh adjustment and find its all gam :
mon after he gets there.