Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-05-09
The Peoples Danger.


d,bt and the nature of the Obliga TONS
resting upon the State, men could ex-
press and vote their sentiments with
out apprehension Of danger. Tha. COM
test IS now ended. The readjusters
frequently changed their own estimates
and declarations of the amount due the
creditors, but they finally, passed bill
of rcadiuslment and fastened it upon
the Safe and the States creditors. The
Democratic party, after having done all
that it could III endeayoriDg 10 secure
what was considered al honest read
iustmcut osthe debt, has submitted to
TIE law as passed ard abandoned further
controversy upon the subject.
Having recognized the settlement,
the qnestitn is out Of politics and her
issues ale before The people.
MaLo. eism. having nothing by which
it can claim the support ofthe people
Is today depending solely upon false
and deceptive names and issues.
They call themselves rcadjusiers,
when Il enc is nothing to readjusi. The
name is a,sun ed 10 deceive aid 10 be-
tray.
They lroiyssed to be democrats but
were sold TO the radicals. They pro-
Es.ed 10 be friends Of the labOrng white
men. when they were allied with bank
ers and brokers upon the one hand and
with the negro masses OF East Virginia
on the other. They boast Of having
r. li,v,d the poor man Of nallaDal
taxes. when they swept away
about tw Give million of annual taxes
from bank capital and bank deposits
and leeislated match manufacturers in
10 millionalres. They boast Of having
reduced State taxation from so to 40
cents. VIXEN they know full we'll that
the FIRST effort, to make this reduction,
was by the democrats in the House o:
DELEGATES. that It was defeated by re-
adius,er votes and denounced by the
central State organ Of MahOneism as
exhibiting upon the part OF the funders
o spirit ofrepudia ton. The readjusters
defeated The bill for this reduction, bat
f.ariug the effect Of this act, they in
troduded the same measure themselves
and voted for il. 1t was a democratic
measure aud while they boosted OF
what they have done, the people shout d
know that they did it because
the democrats compelled them TO do it.
They exhibited a reckless disregard
of the interests Of the people 10 their
lavish appropriations of the public
funds, especially in the cases Of the
negro school and their more than
doubtful railroad transactions While
these MEASURES effect seriously the pro-
perry of the people, there are Other and
greater dangers concerning which the
public are justly apprehensiye.
The conspiracy TO subj ct the white
PEOPLE Of Tie state 10 the domination
ofihe negro element is too obvious to
be doubled. What means the sending
cf those circulars by Malone seeking
tie p. o. address of all the colored
preachers in the State? With no capt.
ta,iou-tax qualification TO annoy MIN,
Malone knows iuil well that he has the
means IN bis hands, if properly orgar-
Ized, TO solidiiy an army of negroes
who will obey bis every command, and
that lie will become supreme dictator OF
the State of Virginia.
What protection sill there be TO
white Owneis Of property, when the
Legislature is under tie control at the
element that pays no taxes, bat i'm
poses ,h-m upon others!
The white property owners OF this
Valley, lnllcd to repose by songs OF
security which Orly conceal the basest
ireachery. are no. aware, that while
they are in seeming prosperity, this
party - hieh they have even supported
10y their influence and their votes, arc
now organizing force destined in the
near future. if not defeated by the
promp; action Of the people, to over
whelm tie state aud make them and
their property subject - the yaciiatinG
will OF a negro power.
Can We believe it possible that white
1esea, after the full expOsuse Of tbs
1Sriy, can longer trust tie safety of
Themselves an2 their property into their
keeping:
There is scarcely a single prise pie OF
government witch they once advo'
Gated ard attempted t. teach the
people that they do not nov de-
nounce. The Democratic patty
with its principles which have stood
boldly prominent for nearly century.
still recognizes tile fact that power pro.
ceeds from the people. This faction,
the hired mercenaries OF the stalwart
wing OF the radical party. recognize 10
the administration TO whom they have
been sold. the source Of power and au-
thority. large masses move slowly.
1t may be a little while before The peo-
PIE are fully aroused TO a fell sense OF
the danger that is impending, but the
day will surely come, when this grand
old Commonwealth, made iIlusrioHs By
the achievements Of the past, will
again reassert her dignity aud sweep
from place and power these creatures,
who to-day are as dictatorial TO the
people Of Virginia as they are subser-
Went 10 their master at Washington.
IN communication in the Rich
mond Dispatch, Of May Sd, s4y. Ro. S.
Hamilton. denies that he said in
letter, "a was charged by a cores