The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-02-16
A Card.
SrAUNToN, Feb.

SFAUNToN, Feb. Il, 1882.
EDITORS VALLEY TIRGINIAN Some one who
signs himself .'Iieadjuster,' in reply to MAX, "
writes for last weeE's NIRGINIAN letter in which
he makes grave charges against the management of
the W. l.. Asylum. He asserts that those who con
troll the Asylum have been making the politics Of
applicants for places there the deciding question in
giving OF refusing employment The one single
aim OF his letter is TO produce this impression upon
the public mind.
What are his proofs ? First. bare assertion Of
his own that the six attendants, at the line
they were employed, We're MT politically divided in
the 30 OF i've readuster5 or republicans to one
democrat He insinuates broadly that il they are
80 divided noW 1t is because the result OF The eiec
ton has given them the moral courage, winch they
lacked before, speak out their real sentiments
Second be says that by his estimate only Two out
of forty male employees advocated Inc feadI uslef
cause the groand-and Uhat ont OF fear, they
took good care TO be ont Of the way on the day OF
election.
That is about the sum Of "Readiuster's'' commu-
nicatton There is nothing in 1t worth serious at
tenJion. For of course no man Of sense will form
timates, unsupported assertions, and mean inuen.
dos of a nameleSS writer for a newspaper. still L
wish To say few words in reply to 1t, for two rea-
sons-irst for the sake of fair play, and second be-
cause there is manifest personal allusion to my
self.
There is evidently an impression abroad that pol
itics have controlled appointments at the Asylu
On this head, so far as regards the appointments OF
directors and Of officers, say nothing Tor kno"
nothing But ii is not true that political consider
ations have decided the question Of employing or
not employing attendants and others Whatever
charge may be made or proved against the Asylum,
this one can never be, for it Is wholly untrue. l
speak Of my own knowledge, for nave been en-
ployed there more than ten years. While lLe cleo
ton was pending and the result uncertain, d num-
Der OF persons sought and obtained employment
there in various capacities, as attendants, cafpen
tiers, maSOns &c And l am positive that every one
of them viii testify that in case was the subject
OF politics so much as limited at by those VINO en-
paOyed them, a condition OF getting work at the
Asylum. And it is an undeniable 4aet that good
many more than two known readjusteFs or repub-
Icans had employment cheerfully given them. Nor
was there any understanding that an employee
might be a readiuster or republican, put that ne
AUST keep his real sentiments to himself. ON the
contrary there was all the time uie freeSt express
sion OF opinion allowed. che only intimidation
used was some such jocular warning as tlio-''LooK
outfit Dan1ePs elected, you'll go up the spout"
"Readjuster says that one other person ana lily-
self took care be absent the day OF the eecIiQn
for fear of losing our places at the Asylum rms
is untrue. absent on my Weddlhg
trip and with the time set for that deny that poi
ltics had anything to do at all. Every 9Qdy at the
Asylum knows ti.at IL had been in Staunton on the
6th OF Noyember,I would not have hesitated iilo
ment to go to the polls and vote openly for the
Sraightout Feadjuster ticket. And everybody there
knows too that by doing 50, would not have run
the least risk of being discharged had expressed
my opinions openly and freely for months before
uiie election. Nobody that knew me doubGsd but
that fully intended to vote with and heartily sup
port the readjuster party. Yet not one word was
ever said or the subject of dischargtng me on thai
accound
''Readjuster" ia pretty well known at the Asylum
he speaks of sunearthing exposures" there. Let
him be assured that no political Intimidation Will
be proved But investigation would uneafth some
things which he and few other discharged EN-
poyees would doubtless prefer to have as little said
about as possible N. +. TALLEY,
ReadjuSter.