The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-05-31
The Democratic Call.

"a maign influence has drawn the color line
openly and plainly, and banded the black vote
against us by the well-known appliances which
affect that class OF people.
Nothing that we can cherish or hold sacred
will escape the faint and can<er OF this alliance
unless there shall be found patriotism enough
and public spirit enough among the Conserva-
tive voters of the State to meet this menace
and repel this assault with united front.
The above extracts contain the cream
of the call for the Democratic Conven-
tion, recently issued over the signatures OF
Maj A. Koiner, Chairman and J. Bell
Bigger, Secretary.
We want to give it as wide a circulation
as possible. We want the people of the
State and the people of the Nation
to see the progressive stand taken
by the great Democratic party of Virginia.
We want them to understand how thor
oughly this wonderful combination OF in
tellect and worth appreciates Virginia S
condition and the prospects that open be-
fore her; how grandly it outlines the poll
cy of party which we are assured is to
control the destiny of a State before which
stretches a career of commercial and man
ufacturing Importance second to but few
in the Union.
Seriously, does it not seem strange that
party claiming to represent the intelli-
gence and wealth of the State should be
reduced to such extremity that it has no
resource from which to draw save the
magazine of mendacity? MI. Kelley 5
call for a convention announces but one
rallying cry for the Democratic hosts.
'.Down with the Negro" is the burden OF
the card. No announcement of principle
no promise of reform in any particular nc
suggestion us to measures of economy OF
enterprise no thought of the welfare OF
the people only one despairing, savage
appeal to passion and prejudice. Every in
telligent man in the State knows that
there is and can be no question as to the
supremacy of the whites in Virginia, and
yet the whole grayamen of this call is based
upon the assertion of such all issue. This
party of intellectual giants and monopo-
lists of morality cam. find nothing i'll the
outlook for the State worthy of considera-
ton. Whilst the industrial world is turn
ing it's eyes hitherward whilst money is
pouring into our borders millions upon
millions, and the sound of the pick and
roar of the furnace are mingling then
stronger notes with the countless chorus of
minor enterprises; whilst hope is anima-
ting the breasts of all true Virginians and
the future seems big with promise and
prosperity, these men go. delving into the
lava. beds of the past to resurrect. the old
issues, to reopen the old fires and build
once more aChinese wall around the Old Do
minion. They say to the capital and enter
prise of the North Society is unsettled
here; the interests of the white man are
threatened investment in Virginia lands
| is a hazardous undertaking both property
and person are at the mercy of hungry
horde of ignorance and vice; the negroes
are engaged in a gigantic battle for the
control of the State; the issue is doubt
full, and should we fail in this our last eff
fort at redemption, every vestige of civi
and political liberty will be swept from
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place here be sacrificed to the frenzy of q
mob We give you these assurances upon
the faith and honor of the best people OF
Virginia ; disregard them at your peril. ,
Isn't that an alluring invitation to CAPT
tai seeking investment? What will il
profit us if it can be demonstrated that
iron can be made in Virginia at one-halt
| the cost in Pennsylvania that our noun
tains are teeming with ores that oul
streams are capable of driving the machin
cry of continent that our farming
| lands are rich and cheap; that our timber
| is abundant and of the finest quality and
| that nowhere in the Union are the induce
ments for the profitable Investment Of
money more numerous OF promising AL
of these advantage count us nothing whel
capital, proverbially timid, is warned
away on peril of it's existence. No sensi
BILE man is going to invest his funds in {
community ruled, OF likely to be ruled, bys
mob, and when it is proclaimed to the
world that such fate, i'll all probability
awaits Virginia, the door might as well be
closed and the shutters put up.
Must the pail of Bourbonism forever
| overshadow the State Rendered incapa-
| BILE of injuring her interests by direct ac-
ton thrust from power by the protest OF
an indignant people, this old party that
neither learns OF forgets is doing every
thing in it's power to SANDER the Common
wealth and paralyze its enterprise. And
for what-for the offices. They care fol
nothing besides.