Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-08-30

HANOVER COUNTY, VA, August 24th, 1881.
To the Editor Of The Debt Payer. Richmond. Va.:
DEAR sR.-Responding to your request that
moniG give ior Pu , IN your paper
The prospects Of the Republican party of vir-
Of the last Prudential e. ection. It's steadfast
course. it, strict adhesion to principle had ele-
waited 1t in the opinion Of our people; but the
authorized by the National Republican Com
mittee TO withdraw the Republican electoral
ticket In favor Of the Readjuster- Hancock
my opinion. to an extent Of loss to the Repub-
lican ticket OF more than l2.4S9 votes. which
would have given the State to GARFIELD and
Though beaten in that election, yet the hon.
esty and earnestness Of purpose exhibited BY
IN Inc sFsas boy 2, ans 81 ~ she1s
men. and the miserable tools In Virginia that
entered into their schemes, won still further
our opponents. and Of the whole people Of vir-
ginia, and We could have gone into the canvas
for State oflcers this autumn with an almost
ed to by the Readjuster party to break down the
Republican organization in this State resulted
In such adivision OF the party at Lynchburg
cess Of Republicanism in Virginia that If q
Republican ticket took the field the time Of
the candidates and the canyassers would have
70 be devoted TO bringing back to the party
those who had been deluded into DESERVING.
instead Of to the effort to win recruits and sup
opposed to them. And had the Republican
party presented an undivided front. as 1t would
nave done but for the treachery Of some Of its
confident that victory would have this time
rewarded our efforts.
As It Is. the Republican party finds itself
without candidates in the field for the State
offices, and its members are free, without any
forfeiture OF allegiance to the party. to cast
their votes according to their individual pref
for any Of the candidates for Governor. Lieu
tenant Governor, or Attorney General.
vote for any 81 the kesdjnster candidates. with
out abandoning one OF the most vitality Inn
PoTtant principles Of the Republican party
the abandonment Of or even faltering on
which. by the National Republican party.
you'd be iollSwed By the instant overthrow Of
honest: Undertaking support Of governmental
In me lsnsIags Of 1 PRESIDENT Gareld
with Reputation" That one Of the parties
now seeking the support Of the people Of Viz.
think that any one conversant with the his
They call their process "Readjustment." and
some of them elimination;
But the naked fact stands open, that they
propose to strike of from the indebtedness Of
It'll State. and to refuse to pay either principal
been assigned to West Vireinia) which stands
Been recognized as correct BY her State omcers
and which has been sustained by her highest
Court, and BY the Supreme Court of the United
the platform Of the Republican party Of Vir-
ginta adopted by the Republican convention
ct Luxembourg. on August 18th, 1881, was Gre
ments and charitable Institutions; which. per-
meating every quarter Of the State. bring ben
whole ne0pla of VIRGINIA
kind. what 10 it,
the credit Of Virginia, will it not have q de.
m0ralizing effect on the tone of the whole
country. on the s:nctity OF governmental OBJ
mind on them9 VIII it not encourage assault
upon, and indeed endanger, the credit of the
Their candidats for Attorney ess General has de-
clared. no longer than year ago, for "a Wig
orous application Of Reimbursement principles
on the floor Of the United States Senate. said
am Readjqster." Their party has but one
Of the State debt. With these significant eS.
pressions on the part of these leaders. II they
here can we EXPECT Put
principles Of Readjustment to the National
debt" and can any one measure form more
and West than a readj sstmsnt OF the National
debt? reflect upon 1t with horror, and as a
man and Republican I will resist every mes
ure, every party tainted with repudiatiOn."
But again, why should any Republican sup |
port THIS Readjuster party? Has not their ev- |
lican party OF Virginia7 Do they not refuse to |
acknowledge allegiance to the Republican
party? Do they not claim on the stump and
elsewhere to be Democrats7 Has not their
candidate for Governor recently declared that
he was Readjuster Democrat? But they
claim to be 'liberap' Democrats. | have
known of liberal Democrats from time to time |
since 1910. I have known them sometimes get |
offices by the support Of the Wings, and after
that prove themselves the most illiberal OF
Democrats- And then they talk Of q Tree bal |
lot and q fair count" Remember, they want |
the votes of Republicans to get into power |
here. Is not this clear case Of
1.-The Devil was sick, the Devil q Monk would |
The Devil got well-the Devil Monk was he"
have no confidence In their professions, |
believe their effort 10 to tear down the Repub- |
lican party here to build their own upon Its |
ruins, and certainly will not aid them In their
No; il they succeed this fall, the Republican |
party will cease Ito exist in Virginia for ali |
time thereafter, and have not the slightest |
idea that should they succeed here they would |
ever form part of the National Republican |
party.
For myself, I am in this canvass heartily for |
Daniel, Barbour, and Mckinney, as far less |
hurtful to the best interests OF the State and Of
the country than the Readjuster candidates.
But when this canvass is over, shall exert all
the zeal possess to resuscitate and re-unite |
the Republican party OF Virginia, and to bring
to 1t success.
WINS. G. WICKHAM.