Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-02-28
Words Of Truth.

The following conclusion of an edi
torial In the Norfolk Landmark il
worthy of the careful perusal of every
true Virginian in the State =, sal!I
1.-THE debt question has been settled,
| as far as we can see, by the Governors
approval of the Riddleberger bill, and,
logically, readjuste rism is q thing Of the
past. The supreme issue on which Ii
fought has found expression in the law
of the Commonwealth, and the reason
for the Readjuster organization no long
| er exists.
"Thls is the simple truth; but the
leaders of that party had other ends in
view In the beginning, and to those ends
they are devoting themselves with q pas
sionate energy, and lack of discretion
which IL amazing.
"Those leaders signed the articles pro
fessedly to save the ship OfStase. but In
reality they burned 10 make her crew
walk the plank, to break open her hat
ches and to plumber her cargo. "a y,
"And this il what they are trying to
do this very day.
"They stand together spending the
money of the dear people whom they
loves 80 much when they eau make any
thing by it; they vote great sumo for
unnecessary objects; they conspire to
perpetrate moral assassination on 'old
man Massey; they Jungle with the judi
ciary; they attack Institutions of learn
ing because some of them hate the pro-
fession; they indulge private animosi
ties, and try to crafty them by special
acts Of legislative vengeance; they have
rings and star chambers, ana, as in this
city, try secretly and In the dark to rob
the people of their chartered rights that
they, the Bosses. may profit by the
operation.
This Indictment falls short of the re-
ality, and any man who doubts its jus
tice has only to look at things in Rich
mond to be convinced that we are not
extravaganza. Fl
1--WE have not exaggerated nor have
grave for the indulgence of passion, and
it is in judicial temper that. we have
written. #'- if SIG -
with this outlook before us what is
to be expected from the different ele-
ments of the Readjuster party? afV
1.-THE negroes enjoy the turmoil and
strike at old master over the shoulders
of the Bosses. They are faithful allies
and the greater the degradation of our
politics the greater their gains and their
satisfaction.
1.-THE Bosses, white and colored, have
their hatreds to crafty, their fallen for
tunes to build up, their spOils of money
value to get, and the people have moth
ing to hope for from them. @
"Rut we do loetzsto the white mass of
mere voters for some return of reason
and good feeling" ~
The Atlanta papers committhe sim
9ular error of describing the late inc.
Hampden Chamberlay ne as an EDglAh.
man who came to this country after
the war. 1t Is but another. instance,
however, Of how little Impression is
made abroad by the brightest and bra
vest career Hampden Chamberlayne
was the con of DR.. Lewis w. Chamber
layne. of Richmond. He was born
here in 1885, Wing. Ms
Capt. CbsmberIayne was proud of his
Eagiish descent, and sought to mirror
in his life and character the virtues of
the great statesman whose name he
bore, but he was prouder still Of being
q Virginian, and equally proud that he
was an American, for there was moth
ing narrow or geographical in his pa
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