The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-10-14
Gen Garfield and Young Men

WIN WV iNepuoI'Nah parry anu give lhtll
influence and energies TO its success 1t is
the party of progress The principles which
1t advocates. and has put into practical op.
Grafton. are those which develop the phys
zeal and intellectual forces of the country
and make it possible for young men to en-
gage in pr"lil able enterprises wherever the
effects of these principles are felt. With
every natural advantage that could be de-
| climate, soil, water power. diversified
minerals Virginia has made no advance
| because she has been under the blight of
| Democratic rule. While the North and
West have gone forward, and attained al
ginia has been kept at a standstill, with
only few evidences of the intelligent ap-
plication o: skilled labor, capital and energy
to her development. Instead of manufac-
encouraging other branches of industry, in
which our young men could find remuner-
alive employment, and their capacities be
stimulated and enlarged, we have been
|
of our youth absolutely driven beyond our
borders to find theatre for employment
and endeavor. The Democratic party and
| its policy are the enemies of all that goes to
make people prosperous and happy. Its
theory of government and its administra-
tive practices are ant-American. initiate
against American interests and develop
ment. aud operate to the advantage of for
eign enterprise, at the expense of our own
people. Not until the Republican party
was advanced to power in all the depart
ments of government, did American pro-
gress commence i'll earnest, and continue in
its marvellous development, until now we
control the markets of the world in agricul-
and invention. Pennsylvania, with the
same geological formations of Virginia-the
same class Of mineral properties to utilize,
has grown from weakness and poverty
to wealth and power, under the en-
couragement OF the American policy OF
the Republican party, and Virginia, by
the application of the same agencies. will.
III the course of time, exhibit the same re-
suits 1t is the class of citizens Gen. Gar
field addressed who are the most deep
ly interested in the practical operation
OF these agencies, and when the anvil and
the forges, under protection to Ameri-
can industry, begin their work in the min
eral districts of Virginia, then it will be
that every department of industrial enter
prise will move forH ard, new fields of la
Dor be opened. and a demand created for
the energies and capacities of our young
men. The farm, the workshop, the trades
men, and all avocations, will feel the fresh
and resistless influence of this new condi.
ton of things, and Virginia become the
theatre, broad and inviting enough, for the
youth OF our State to give it their time anG
tive returns.
The principles of the Republican party
are certain to direct the destinies of this
country, and to young men especially il
the way open. through its organization, tc
come to the front and take their positions
as the future guardians of American pro
gress. American pro perity, and American
honor and character. The Democratic party
represents nothing but political fossils-tht
obsolete and exploded theories of labor de
basement and intellectual paralysis. Il
lives upon the memories of the past and it,
notions of public policy and administrative
practices, when chattel slavery sent it,
blighting influence over the land, anC
dwarfed and demoralized the moral and in.
tellectual forces of the youth of the South
1t hugs the decisions of State sovereign y
and free trade, of class privileges and the
divine right of the pretenders and pinch
becks of the slave era, and fails to compre
bend that a new dispensation is now she'd
ding its light over our fair land, elevatins
manhood, stimulating the intellectual anC
physical powers OF the people, and encOurag-
ing the poorest and humbest TO race with
the richest and most favored. The strug-
gle now in this State is that between the
patrician and plebian-the decaying arts
tocracies and the robust. vigorous sons Of
toll, who are SCATTERING the idols of the firs
families, and proving to the world that
Honor and fame from condition rise,
Act well your part, there all the honor lies.
These contrasts are typiied in the two
candidates now before the American
people for the first Office in the Republic
Gen. Garfield, in his own life, demonstrates
the possibili les of the future for every
young man in the country the force anC
power of a firm will, high purpose an(
courage to engage in honest labor, however
mental. Gen. Hancock is reflective of JUS
the opposite Educated at the expense O.
the government, at the most aristocratic in
stitution of the world, trained to exclusive
social relations, and privileged to indulge
in all sensual enjoyments, he cannot fee
for the people, understand their wants, ant
draw their sympathies as does his competi
tor. They are representatives of their par
ties, not only by the act of the conventions
thereof, but in their histories and achieve
ments.
Let the youth of the South carefully
read the speech of Gen. Garfield, study it,
lesson, and then address themselves to the
policies of the two parties of the country
and there will be very little hesitation il
determining which to support in the election
in November next.
Indiana and Ohio.
At the hour of going to press the most re-
liable intelligence from Indiana and Ohio is of
a yery cheering character We have aimed
to procure the most authentic reports and moi
to intentionally mislead those awaiting ouI
dispatches Or the publication of the VIRGINrAN
Aswill be seen from the telegraphic dispatch
| es Indiana wheels into tho Ror,,,l,l;aa., 1l