The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-03-29
Political Romancing.

A lew brlgnt, Senlal uays III warren cNi-
dence the elastic effect the returning
Spring has upon the fancy of the yonng.
| Even the Imagination of our bachelor cor
| frere OF the indicator has felt the reyiv-
| ing influence and been stimulated to TO-
| mantle indulgence that facts into
fiction and weayes a garland of hope
over the remains of moulding corpse.
Bursting buds and opening petals and balmy
zephyrs give assurance of reviving nature,
and this has had the effect to delude our CO.
| temporary into the.belief that it was the Dem
ocratic party that had come to life, and not
| this beautiful earth that was again about
| to be clothed in living green. He knew
| that there was corpse about, but his emo
| tions stirred by the influences Of nature,
! caused his fancy to roam from the tangible
! fact to the domain of romance. Instead
| OF the Democratic wreck and ruin over which
| his tears have been shed for 10 these many
| years,his imagination conjured up myth
| cal thing which he assumes to be the ''crum-
| bling wreck" of the Republican party
| He will find that to bea pretty lively corpse
| when the proper time comes to eXemplify
| it. Nothing but an overweight fancy
| could have brought the Findtcat0r to the
conclusion that the Democratic party
achieved victory last fall, il the election
| of several Democratic Governors and a
| number of Democratic Congressman from
Republican districts. 1t was the Republi.
cans administering a rebuke to their own
party and choosing the most offensive in
| struments with which to do it, so as to
make the lesson the more impressive. This
was a process of chastisement and purifi-
cation, preliminary to the national; contest
of 1854. 1t was not that the people wished
| to advance the Democratic party and keep
| it in power, but it was the purpose to
teach the Republicans that they must mend
| their ways and return to the methods and
| policies of other days. To show that the
people are already Disguised with the brief
authority given to the Democrats, we have
| only to quote from the Philadelphia Times of
the oath, paper that did more TO elect Pat
| ison, the Democratic Governor of Penn
| sy;vania, than any other one influence. and
encouraged and aided in the success of
| says: ''In New York, where Democratic
Governor was elected by $4,000 majority,
any average Republican could to-day, de-
feat Gov. Cleveland by an overwhelming
vote; and in Pennsylvania. where Demo
cratic Governor was chosen by 10000 plu-
rality. there is not county in the State
| that would instruct for the denomination
of GOV. Pattison to-day il new choice
| was to be made by the party, and he were
eligible, and not dozen of the forty coun-
ties which gave him ma;orities last fall
| would vote for him against any even toler-
ably respectable Republican,
The Times is quoted generally as good
Democratic authority. 1t has been very
hostile to the Republicans, and yet it
| reaches the conclusion we have given
| above, although but few months of DEM
cratic admin istration have been expe-
rienced in the States named.
The same paper asserts that the Demo-
cratic party has made wreck of itself by
its course on the tariff and that every
doubtful Northern State will likely vote
the Republican ticket in 1884. because of
the Democratic position in favor of Free
Trade.
1t is we'll enough for our contemporary to
| indulge in little romance at this particu.
lar time, when public questions affecting
the national result in 1884 are not being
seriously and carefully discussed Bnt it is
proper to occasionally check his exuber.
| ance and remind him that the people are not
all of the same poetic inclination as to have
| their fancies unduly excited and turned to
fiction because of the early spring. Never
in the history OF the Democratic party was
it SO lily prepared for a national contest
On the prominent and controlling question
OF that election, The party is hopelessly
divided, while the Republicans are SUBJ
stantially united. The tariff issue will not
only drive all the Northern States to the
Republican candidates, but win Virginia.
North Carolina, and number of Con.
gressional districts in other Southern
States.
The object of the article in the Find,ca-
tor was evidently to attempt to seduce Re-
adjusters back into the Bourbon fold, by
the promise Of feast OF spoils in 1884.
While some few might be won by such a
prospect, ii there were such, the great mass
OF them would not run the risk of turning
the State over to the Bourbons, even if that
would assure Democratic President -
There is nothing that the Democratic party
would be likely to do, were il in full power
in the nation, that would not harm Vir-
ginia, and there could be nothing but ap-
prehension ard serious evil to follow
its success in Virginia. The people know
this from sad experience. so far as State
affairs are concerned. And not even the
fancy OF the exhilrated youth of the Tan-
dictator can draw them away from this
knowledge, Not only will the next Presi. |
dent be Republican, but he will receive
the electoral vote of Virginia, and thus
show that the people understand their in
terests, and are proof against the wiles
and receptions and appeals of Bourbonsm,
in all its shapes and forms.
The Charleston Daily Leader is a neat
and well gotten up paper, published at
Charleston, W. Va.--Irwin e. Co., Pub |
lishers-A. f.. Irwin, editor. There Is M I