Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-10-26


Of its victory. In Iowa, its opponent, the
Republican party. has lost ~ 600 votes in
three years, as shown in its election few
day ago, and in Ohio at its recent election
the Democracy mended Its grip and clean
ed the State up by decisive victory on a
full v0te-no stay -at-home on either side
The Republican party now holds. includ-
ing Virginia, but twelve States out Of
thirty-eight. and our own State is only
held in line by the power of the Arthur
administration so lately aud SO decidedly
repudiated in Ohio. We desire every Dem
ocratic Readjuster in Augusta to consider
we'll the political situation thus presented.
There is nothing to be gained now by a
Democrat who joins, or a Republican who
remains in, the Republican party. The
people have demanded, and the vote in every
October election confirms the demand,
that the administration Of the affairs of
the Union shall be changed. They have
decided and repeated the decision that the
Republican party with it's corruption, it's
extravaganza, and Its glazing dishonesty.
has shown that it is unworthy of the power
which 1t has so misused. 1t has been so
crippled by internal discussions that
it is no longer able to inaugurate .
reform if it were so minded. Hayes made
step toward reform and the leaders
turned against him. Garfield issued q
programme for reform and was assas-
sinated. Arthur sides naturally with the
most corrupt and demoralized wing of his
party. enters into disgraceful bargains,
ntrols State election by Federal patron
ap>, and thus being aligned with his party
leaders in spirit and methods, is permitted
to live. He, a New York ward poll
tician, and political ''tooter" for Conkling
around the legislative lobby at Albany, is
the same to-day that he was when be was
removed from the collectorship
of the port of New York by President
Hayes; the official order stating that he
was removed ''in order that the Office
might bs honestly administered. This is
the leader that Gen. Malone, who is for
Arthur because Arthur is for him. asks
Democratic Resdjusters to enlist under.
This is the leader who the Coalition lead.
ers of Virginia are asking you to fall in
behind and this is the lie ader that Messrs.
Fulcher and Hamilton will vote for next
year over Sam Randall. the Democratic
statesman who defeated the malignant
force bill of Republican Congress-; over
Hancock. over Bayard, over Hewitt, over
any nominee of the National Democratic
convention.
And yet, the Coalitionists of Virginia
are talking about the 'Grand Old Party"
A party led by q dishonorably dismissed
New York cusromhouse collector; driven
nto corner and cooped up in taoslpe
States, including the county of Rhode
Island, which counts for one of the States;
besieged in little corner of the political
map not one-third of the Union; party
trembling at the approaching assembly of
Democratic House of Representatives in
December-such party talking Of poll
tical future. There is no future for it. Its
career is ended. New York will repeat
these words next Tuesday week with fifty
thousand majority. Massachusetts will
repeat them. Pennsylvania. New Jersey,
Connecticut, Maryland, Mississippi will
repeat them, and, thank God, Virginia will
proclaim it for the first time since the
Presidential election of 1880.
There is no backward step being taken
by he New Democracy of this Union. Old
things have passed away with it. 1t is
pressing onward and Jrampling the feeble
and corrupt Arthur party out as it goss.
In the last two weeks it bias trodden it
into the dust in Ohio and lett it crippled
and PROSTATE in Iowa, and its march
is onward to the White House In 1884,
when the Democrats of Virginia will
be for Sam Randall" because he il for
the National Democratic Party; OF for any
other Democrat, not merely because he ID
for them, but because he IS for the great
National Democratic Party of America.