The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-09-09

with a vigor Of ANALYSIS that viii make even
Speaker Randall vince. The figures which
he presents show that so far from having eff
fected any reduction i'll the national eXpendi-
lures, the Democratic congress have actually
brought up the annual appropriations from
S149 ia ,940-the amount voted by the last
Republican Congress-to S154 1919, an in
crease of nearly 100000. Passing from the
purely economic and financial questions ofthe
campaign to the discussion of the political
principles involved in a change of administra-
ton, Secretary Sherman takes up the doctrine
of state rights, which he brands as the basis of
opposition to national banks to the protection
Of American industry, to the navigation laws,
the national election laws and the protection
OF the balot-box. His treatment of this issue
is worthy the attentive consideration of every
loyal citizen, for it is calm and dispassionate
presentation of the results which followed it's
agitation in 1860, and those which would be
certain to flow from its incorporation in our
national policy in 1880 Finally the Secretary
describes the sort of change which the country
really needs-the election of a Republican
Congress i'll harmony with the spirit of the age
and pithily summarizes the demands of the
Republican party in the following eloquent
paragraph: "We want to uphold the national
authority, so that the time will soon come
when neither mob, nor a state, nor local pub
lie opinion will be strong enough to deprive
any American citizen of his civil and political
rights We want to continue activity and in
dustry and good times. We want to foster
our industry, extend our trade and fill our
vast area with thriving, Industrious people,
native and naturaized. While maintaining
American principles, we offer the Industrial
classes OF all nations who are willing to share
in our lot and conform to our policy the liberal
ar of low No NIrIcl,t 10
see the rights of labor protected without dis
turbing the rights of property. We wish above
ALL to maintain the national credit and the ma
tlonal name, so that, both in our foreign and
domestic policy, it may he understood that
this republic will be just to the weak as well as
to the strong, will ask nothing but what is
right and submit to nothing that is wrong in
our dealings with foreign nations" is there
aught in this declaration of principles to war
rant any citizen in demanding II change in the
administration OF the national governments"
The stupidity of the Spectator is only
equalled by its moral obliquity. In its eff
forts to pervert and misrepresent it be-
comes ridiculous. 1t alleges that the GER
tificate to the correctness of the VIRGIN
IAN'S report OF Hampton's speech was
given upon purely personal grounds, and
that the VIRGINIAN did not so explain at
the time it was published. Immediately
following that publication. as it originally
appeared in this paper, was the following
paragraph:
1.-The gentlemen whose names are signed
above are all Democrats. They gave the
certificate not because they approved of
the use now being made of Senator Hamp-
tons utterance-for they do not approve it
but simply as an act of justice to the ed
itors OF the VIRGINIAN, whose personal
integrity had been impugned."
If the Spectator hasn't sense enough to
comprehend language as plain and explicit
as that, what in the name of heaven
can it understand?