The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-06-15
NO.. 10

: It's high resolve and noble endeayor. and iml
tate the futile dalliance" of Bourbonismg with
I the practical issues of the living present.
we recommend that our party take an I'M
t nieulate stand Tor Protective Tariff 1t is
the paramount issue of our time. Virginia's
interest in protection 10 domestic ministries
cannot De over estimated. 1t is her hope for
Inc Iuture and by promoting it she places her
sell IN line with the most powerful and nro
gressye Commonwealth. lETnTSS
II indifferent or unfriendiy she NAV remain
IN me rut where Bourbonism kept her for de-
cades pelore and since the war. Statistics
snow that more money has been invested in
Virginia since '79 than for the nine years NEXT
preceding. Bourbonism said none would
come and much would depart under the rnle
OF Readjusters. Now we hear from one of
their organs outside the State, that "capital
has forgotten its timidity, and is advancing
Doiuly INTO the Old Dominion Especially is
| TINS the case in what is known as the South
west, where the signs of prosperity manifest
themselves On every hand. and each stem Of
progress only reveals yet more distinctly its
almost lllimitable resources. Its mountains
are niled with iron ores of great excellence.
and coal OF the best quality exists also. Its
valleys furnish lead, zinc, salt, and plaster
Almost beyond computation" &c. True-and
! equally true OF other sections of our State
:" nat would all this be worth unprotected
49, NouAV1J was SIldkGu WIN LDG IS
sues OF slavery and secession Virginia was a
Closely contested State on the question of pro-
'ectlon One party was for a revenue tariff
another for a protective tariff. Much of the
ulstlnctloE OF that day has been obliterated.-
win an immense public debt tariff for reye-
nue., though not quite is almost equal to
tarln lot protection. In fact, so little atten-
ton was paid to this question by three sue
cesslYe Bourbon Congresses that they each
Time elected a tariff Democrat from the tariff
6tate OF pennsylvania to the Speakership-
but again the question has broadened. Not
only the capital invested in manufactures but
the artlzans and laborers are watching lest
they may become the victims of Englands
pauper system" which degrades all labor be-
low the plane of responsibility, and agricultu-
rlsts have learned the severe lesson that when
capital avoids or abandons State property
depreciates, and that only the local money
lender is adVantaged by the increased demand
for loans on larger per cent
we earnestly invoke the serious attention of
tne people OF Virginia to this great question
Virginia is seeking front, not rear, line,
and recovering, she Graves a diet Of living is.
sues few years ago we took the aggressive
In state affairs. Our record has been made
All ReadJusters may be proud of it,. The next
light is on larger field, and the watchword is
3" Onaoaa0."
We exhort you, Readjusters, to begin earn
est preparations for the contests before you,
ID which the trophies OF victory will be bril-
liant and valuable. You cannot give to the
word better pledge of the permanency of
your possession of Virginia than by electing
70 the next Congress majority of the States
delegation pledged to the great work of Amerl-
our whole country. Three times vic
torlous, step by step driving back the strongly
lntrenched Toe, you have only to exhibit the
zeal, consistency, and devotion to your cause
which have heretofore characterized you, and
you Will surely drive the Bourbons and Fun
oers to disastrous route from which they
can never recover To hesitate now is to have
sacrificed and suffered in vain is to have dared
and trlumphed to no purpose; is to lose all
Cnas you have won and all that you hope for;
and IS TO invite the return of Bourbon-Fun-
uerlsm into power, not only to re-establish the
evils you have overthroWn, but with ven
geance IN Its soul to be wreaked upon you in
Bill your rights privileges and interests. We
nave no tears thaty who have so often beaten
your adYersaries will now fly or shrink before
them; and 1t is in the fullest reliance upon
your readiness for the conflict that we thus
;all you TO arms to achieve another victory.
lrglnia never falters in good cause and you
VIII not grow weary in her defence, nor in the
effort to repulse, crush and annihilate fac
lion which II for nothing else, land its other
are leglon) has earned your relent-
less detestation and your undying and uncon-
lueraole enmity by its INSCRIPTIONS and afro
;ious conduct toward you and your holy cause
On motion of MIR, Honaker, of Bland, the
following resolution was agreed to: .
ResoIyed, That the Readjuster party tonight
assembled in conference, composed of Read
ulster Senators and members of the House of
delegates, reaffirm our devotion to the princl-
pies OF the Readjuster party, and endorse the
,eeport OF the committee just read by General
Mahone, Chairman of the Readjuster Execu-
i've Committee, and all of the Readjuster
and Delegates subscribe their names
% the address just read.
Signed by Jno. F. Lewis, 1t. Governor, and
~ all the Coalition members of the Senate
md House, with the exception of the Big
Four, also by Frank s. Blair, Attorney Gene
raj, and all the Readjuster State officials