The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-01-20
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itoriai on the Deot yues,lon IN your issue
OF tne l9.n lhs.. as asu JUG oolnnlunict'iois
rom Ausus'a sanu WIS ,,s;.p mouiu asn
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Sr,, :, hT n,r n5yn Iefarsnn ;n tho Jn,n,nrti
DacI.rat;on when he saws eve hold these
trnths to ho selfevident that oil mon are ore
o+nd a,,,,.l andowed hv their Croator with COR
ta;n ;naI;enahle r;ohts among which are lifa
,;hnrt,r and the ,,rs,,;+ of hann;noos that ~
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on,onr non dar;y;5 q their inst mower from the
anosant Of tho ro,-ernod u AZ o nortv # Aid
:sa VI ~ y. 80 ~ g X -
hos hueeu, AZ "ss, .eaoi W ~ sno J.ss: he,sLi'
anu MAJ ni'o:io VI no nnesloi, ou.' su1ueu ~
the nooie princ,ples II haa auopteo' anu ny tile
indications OF goa providence, as by the pii,
lar ana the cloud, II mas III tie MAIN narcned
steadily ana grandlH on 70 Inc cohsuhihation
OF It's WORK.
In the struggle LOT these ends. INCL
dentally, 1t has strlven Tor other objects as
well. In order That government OF the peo-
pie, by the people, and for the people might
not perish from the earth, II successfully
fought the good night. Tor the Union. That
the nations faith and honor might be unfair
nished, 1t has paid, or has provided tor the pay
ment, principal and interest OF the price of our
national existence. In strict accordance with
both the letter and the spirit of Jeferson's
great declaration, it set free four millions of
slaves, and passed the Civil Rights Amend
mcnts for their protection in the exercise of
their "inalienable rights" With a magnanim-
ity unknown heretofore in the annals of nations,
it restored to the States and people, late in
rebellion, their rights and privileges unabridged
But the old time secession element of these
Southern States has chosen to consider itself
insulted by the establishment of universal suf-
frage, and has steadily and persistcntly op-
posed, thwarted, nullified these constitutional
amendments Having gained complete control
of the Democratic party, and through it of
both houses of Congress, they have made gi-
gantic efforts to elevate to the presidency one
whom they expected to use in "wiping out
from the statute book, the last vestige of the
war legislation" as they had boastfully threat
ened. Heartfelt thanks are due to Him who
turns the hearts of men whlthersoever he
will' that they so signally failed. / hold it an
honor to have belonged to such party, and to
have aided if only little, in such noble
achievements. How strange it seems that in
any part of this land it should be deemed re-
proach to belong to such a party, and that
language should labor for adequate terms of
hatred and contempt. Multitudes are kept
APPLY STYLED Bourbons of the South They
can't bear the taunt of belonging to the "nigger
party" To such let me say, laboring men of
Virginia. the Republican party is your true
friend This Bourbon Democracy is the very
party which, in all the long past, opposed the
education of the laborlng classes, and has de-
prived you and your children, as far as they
could, of that inestimable boom Having thus
measuraby closed to you the avenues OF
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perpetuate and extend the institution of
slavery an institution which the great Wesley
denounced as 1.-The sum of all villianies." and
in view of which. yuur own Jefferson wrote
II tremble for nv country when / remember
that God is iust-and his Justice sleeps not for
ever" And. having brought on that war fbey
deluded and forced you to foAt for them. How
well YOU fought, half million Union dead
NAV fell-bisforv will narrate Tn 81 far 10
vo,1 really halieve that Won wore sacr;tic;nr
your lives in a good cause. the Republican
marty bonors von and the world will honor
YOU But all the same. we hold shat the war
for the Union was gyobt epe,,1st;nol, aso1t- tho
war for secession was porouo nnsrlastiSnh acronan
and we can Int regret that sucb self sYcriticino
efforts were mt firth in such a cause HIM
dreds of thousands of your neiphbors fathers
hrotbars CONC Loot tba;r l;vao in tbot u.;nl,od
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ana aportlve reDelllon, ana 1or nothlng. VIII
YOU still allow yourselves to be doluded? For
years past. and especially in the recent election
they sought to secure, oy your ballots, what
years before they failed TO win by your bullets,
(see Wade Hampton Staunton Speech can
they command you stillg trust not. trust
that the honor OF your political and intellectu
al redemption draws nigh" Many Of you
now see how you have been wronged and de-
uded Be assured it is only through the tri
umph OF the Republican party and its princi-
pies, in this State, that an era Of true peace and
prosperity can be inaugurated. When your
governors, legislators, congressman cease to
seek their positions as rewards for their efforts
to destroy our national government-cease to
thwart the will OF the great majority of this
nation, and join in efforts for the greatest good
OF the greatest number, and for the real good