Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-07-28
The True Compromise.

and many of them are finders
The paper is one which will commend
itself to every true Democrat Of the
Stale. They are In favor Of the only
feasible compromise that can be made.
They are in favor of standing far and
square upon the Democratic platform
and of voting for the regular DemOcra-
| tic Electoral : ticket. The paper has
the ring of the true metal about it, and
has the signatures Of many Of the best
men Of this county,men who were fund
ers and men who were readjusters, but
men who in the great contest between
IRadicalism and Democracy are Demo-
Icrats. They recognize the fact that
thus dragging of State issues into
National contest is done for a purpose
land they have sufficient intelligence TO
| see that, tina: purpose promises no good
| to the Democratic party. They know
| that the regular Democratic party has
Iput IN the field an electoral ticket which
LIS q compromise ticket. They know
that the doors of the Democratic party
were opened wide to all who were in
flavor of the nominees of the Cinclupatti
Convention. They know that, at the
meeting held in this county, all who
were in favor Of the nominees Of the
Cincinnati Convention were cordially
invited and Notwithstanding the fact,
that the meeting selected lG readjuster
and but IL funder delegates to the Rich
mond Convention, it was denounced as
| a funder meeting and men persuaded to
10 keep out Of it. They know that
! some Readjusters did attend the Rich
mond convention and that were sent as
delegates to the Cincinnati Convention
and placed as electors upon the ticket |
They know full well that every oppor'
tunity has been given to men who are
honestly in favor of the Democratic
ticket to have places without regard TO
State issues. They know full well that
the regular democratic ticket is to-day |
receiving hearty support from thous-
ands of readiusters, who in being re-
adiusters are none the less democrats.
They know that the faction led by Gen.
Malone does not profess to be demo-
cratic, but openly through its acknow-
lodged and generally endorsed organ,
nroclaims to the world that they are
not standing upon the Democratic plat
form and are not supporting the Demo-
cratic candidates. They know that by
this same faction the Republicans Of the
State are addressed as allies and the
democrats, with whom they stood in
the dark and bloody days Of tue war
and through the troubles Of military
rule and reconstruction enormities, are
openly denounced as enemies and
Bourbons. They know full well that
the leader Of the Malone faction has
been repeatedly charged with selling the
State to the Republicans and that he
wrote q letter in which he ayOwcd his
purpose TO stand with the advanced
party of the North" and that these
charges have been printed in papers OF
Virginia, and have never yet been
authoritatively denied. They know
full well that this same faction is COM
mitied to the repeal of that wise law
which requires every voter to pay his
capitation tax;and that they would thus
make the negroes Of Eastern Virginia,
who do not even pay one dollar year
tax, the railing element in the State
and subordinate the people OF this Val
lev and their property to the whlms CT
the worst class of our population and
that this is done, for the sole purpose
of controlling the state by the means OF
negro votes. They know that this
same faction would subject the men
and the property of this Valley to a
tyranny more CALLING than that which
afflicted US in the darkest days OF radi-
cal rule.
They know that this same faction
met in convention with men that were
members Of the Republican convention
at Staunton, and the Electoral ticket
which has been put forth with names
of Hancock and English at its head, was,
| in part, the work Of men who, at Staun-
ton, put forth ticket with Garfield and
Arthur at its head. Knowing these
facts, they have wisely determined to
stand square upon the platform OF the
democratic party,ian in doing so will
be supported by the Democracy otthe
Stale.
These gentlemen see no wisdom in
putting forth new ticket with electors
partly from the party which openly
proclalns itself the Democratic party
and partly from the faction that
openly denies that it is standing
upon the Democratic platform Or sup
porting the nominees Of the DEM
ocratic Convention. Any effort now
to put forth a compromise ticket of this
character will do much TO disorganize
the party and give aid and encour-
agement to those who are endeavorng
by the aid other "allies," the rcpubli-
cans, to defeat the regular democratic
party.
Let the regular Democratic party Of
Virginia now stand firm. The people
of Virginia are as true as they we're in
1.-The dark days of her existence when
they were willing to give not only prop