Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-07-14
AUDITOR MAssEY,s MANIFESTO.

AUDITOR MASSExsS MANkEE6IO.
To the Voters of VirQinia:
Fellow-C Citizens, Virginia will be enti-
tied to ten representatives in the next Con-
gress of the United States. AS there are
but mine congressional districts in the
State, one congressman will be elected
from the Estate at large"
In response to numerous calls from men
in different portions Of the State, for
whose opinions and wish have great re-
spect, have announced myself candi-
date for that position.
1 think you know me sufficiently well to
believe me sincere when assure you that
| if l were to be governed alone by my own
| feelings and preferences should never
again be candidate for any political Of
fee.
recognize the fact, however, that no
ordinary personal consideration can justi-
| fy any son of Virginia in declining to rend-
er any legitimate service which her welfare
demands when called upon to do so by his
| fellow citizens and his own convictions OF
duty.
am therefore before you for your suf-
frages, and shall fully and gratefully APP
preciate your support.
WINE, however, oudn niRniy aPpioci
ate your votes, / shall appreciate your con-
5ilerce and respect still more highly.
| could not expect to enjoy these If
were to obtain your votes by either mis-
representing to. or withholding from you
my opinions upon the questions involved
| in the approaching election. L
It Is therefore due to both you and N.Y.
self that state clearly. YET as briefly AZ l
can,
MY POSITION.
| For several years past the settlement of
| the State debt and other questions incl
dental to it have absorbed so much OF tho
attention of the people of Virginia that
| they have given comparatively little at
| tention to Federal affairs. These were not
political questions The most stalwart
! Democrats and the most stalwart Repub-
llcans divided and took directly opposite
positions upon them. The men on each
side were. no doubt, equally honest-each
acting in accordance with their honest
convictions of right Neither Democrats
nor Republicans were less Democrats or
less Republicans because OF their being
either Readjusters or Funders.
| The leaders of both the Readjuster par
ty and the Funder party we're Democrats;
and each appealed to Republicans to CO.
operate with them in the settlement OF
the State debt and other questions Of State
policy, assuring them that by doing so
they in no wise sacrificed their political
affiliations or principles.
| These questions upon which both pOliti-
cal parties were divided are
NOW SETTLED
SO far as legislation can settle them.
! The Richmond Whig, which was the Or
| gan of the Readjuster party, says:
| "The Readjusters have passed every
measure to which. they were formally
pledged, and more. They have fulfilled
every promise. and more. They have re-
deemed every pledge. and more"
The Woodstock V.reinian, says:
| form promised"
| The questions which separated men Of
the same political party from, and arrayed
them against each other, having been SET
| tied, no partition wall or dividing line
| stands bet ween them
| Neither the one nor the other should in
dulge in examinations or recriminatiOns
| but, forgetting all differences and unpleas-
| antnesses which may ever have existed be-
| tween thsm. should unite their counsels
and combine their wisdom to determine
| upon that course which will most certainly
save Virginia from the dangers which
| threaten her.
We should aim to preserve for her that
high and honorable position which she has
ever held among her sister States, and, if
| possible, raise her still higher and crown
| her with still greater honor and pros
perity.
Ineed scar cely inform you, my fellow-cit-
| liens, that first formulated and enunciat-
| ed the principles of readjustment. aid that
have stood firmly and unswsrvingly by
| those principles at all times. in all places,
and under all circumstances, from an hon.
est conviction of right and duty. These
facts are we'll known to all.
was, however,
A vIRGINIAN AND A DEMOCRAT
before the question of readjustment ever
arose, and my advocacy of readjustment
never lessened my devotion to my State or
changed my political principles.
have always conceded to those who
differed with me the same right TO
think, speak and act for themselves that
have claimed for myself, and have
treated them and their opinions cour-
teously and respectfully. Yet my pnliti-
cal position has been 80 we'll understood
IN my county and my district that l have
never been acandidatefor either the House
of Delegates or the Senate without hav-
ing regular Republican ticket against
me.
regret the necessity of thus speaking
of myself, but shoul deem it unmanly to
ask your support without giving you an
honest and clear statement Of my political
position.
The questions involved in the approach
ing contest are vital to your interests
rights and liberties.
1t must be- apparent to all observers Of
public matters that men who cared moth
ing for the principles Of the Readjuster par
ty, and never joined it until they saw in it
the surest road to their own elevation to
place and power, are now seeking to make
merchandise Of the State which elevated
them to their present positions that they
may still further enhance their power and
increase their wealth.
When Senator Hill and others criticised
so severely what they supposed would be
the course of
GENERAL MALONE IN THE SENATE -.
of the United states before he had given
vote. disapproved their course and GEN.
sured them for it.
And when General Malone repealed
these attacks, declared he was "better
Democrat" than his assailants, and asser-
ted his Independence of caucus dictation.
applauded him for it.
Ql0 DOT suppose IL possible that ne.
who had always boosted of his Democracy
and who had but a short time before sworn
that ''the vote of Virginia should never be
cast for Garfield" had even then formed
an alliance with the Republican party,
and would soon after he devising a plan
for handing the whole State over to Arth-
ur in exchange for the Federal patronage
in Virginia.
l could not believe that any son of Vir-
ginia would thus degrade his grand old
mother if he had not forced that belief
upon me by the most induAi:able evidence.
Think OF it, my fellow-citizens! Vir-
ginia, with all her past glory and renownI
with all her future hopes and prospects,
Virginia, the mother Of States and of
statesmen!''-you and and your children!