The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-09-20
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sentiment that must some day again bear
bitter fruit. Loyalty to the Confederate
flag on the battlefield is not sufficient.
Mosby, Longstreet and Malone were loyal
to that, and see how they have been hunted
| down for opinions sake Nothing salts
fies the leaders OF the Democratic party
but eternal loyalty to the fatal idea and
sentiment of State-Rights OF secession.
! They are constantly Installing in the hearts
of the people feeling OF animosity against
| the General Government and all its Of
| licers. They have denounced the internal
| revenue system as specially invented for
| the persecution and oppression Of the
| South. although that system was origi-
mated while the South was out of the
union, and although q single Western
| State paws neaaly as much revenue tax as
| the entire South. They have even carried
political warfare into social and religious
life, causing men to be ostracised because
| they professed the same political senti-
ments as the President of the United
| States and large majority of the Ameri-
can people. They have succeeded in Gre
ating the belief that for some mysterious
reason and in some mysterious way, q Re-
! publican is not gentleman. They look
/ with suspicion or contempt upon any man
| that heartily praises the union.
THE PURPOSE OF DEMOCRACY.
| After considering the history of the Dem
ocratic party, its methods, its leaders and
| its drift and tendencies, who can doubt its
purpose? 1t has no principles to estab
| llSh, no enlightened schemes to enforce for
| the ameliOratiOn OF mankind, no reforms
| to make in society or i'll government. 1t
is struggling, as it has always struggled,
| for the spoilS of office and the tyranny of
power.
In this struggle it hesitates at nothing.
1t has sacrificed every one of its prOfessed
principles, has deserted its most enlight-
ened and unsellish leaders, has trampled
upon the liberties of the people and has
violated long established principles of gov
eminent. 1t is animated by the same old
spirit of rule and ruin" Its leaders
once sought to prop their falling fortunes
by destroying the Union. Why should
they now shrink from means equally as de-
teStable, though less open and violent
What did they care for the people whom
they urged and fooled and dragged into
civil war ? What do they care for the peo-
pie Of the South to-day? There is no hope
for the South under the sway of Democracy.
1t has ruined once and it will ruin again.
1t always aims to rule or ruin. Its leaders
do not appeal to the sober Judgment and
nObler sentiments of the people. They
cunningly influence q race-prejudice a
gainSt the General Government. They
keep the people blinded by pasSionin order
to hide their desperate schemes. The ne
gro in no shape nor form is an issue in
North Carolina, and large majority of
the white people Of the State are naturally
devoted to the Union. But passion de-
stroys both reason and affection, and this
the Democratic leaders know. They would
build up a party ON the basis Of hate. They
care nothing for the welfare of the people
or the future Of the South. They hope to
perpetuate their power by depriving the
people of all political rights. They are
vainly seeking a substitute for slavery.
They aim to found another aristocracy
on the bondage OF labor. They are ty-
rants over their own followers their only
method of governing is by tyranny.
They whipped through the caucus last
winter and hope to whip through the next
Legislature an election bill similar to the
South Carolina election law. With that
law i'll force in this State, majOrities will
be the smallest part of an election. Add to
this the prospect of Democratic United
States District Attorneys and the leader
ship of the Democratic party in North
Carolina is impregnably secured. Ii the
repeated violations by this party, of the ge-
MUS and free spirit of our institutions and
OF the rights of man, were committed be-
cause of some great National necessity,
much could be pardoned. If the methods
and practices of the party were the result
even of temporary passion OF accidental
emergencies, there would be some hope. l
am satisfied that the present Democratic
leaders have deliberately resolved to rule
the party and to rule the country, by fair
means or foul They have nothing to lose.
Their ascendancy will be fatal to the South
and dangerous to the whole country. In
North Carolina it will Obstruct free
thought, free speech and education will
prevent the development of our natural re-
sources; will repel foreign capital and Ia
Dor will Cypress the laborerS now here
and drive them from the State will make
elections farce and legislation source OF
tyranny and oppression / believe that the
welfare of our State and country demands
the overthrow and final destruction of the
Democratic party. 1t is and always has
been an enemy to humanity. 1t is un-
worthy of the liberal and enlightened
spirit of the 10Th century and the American
people.
THE DUTY OF THE SOUTH.
1t is time for the young men of the South
to emancipate themselves from this slave
ry to look to the future of their country,
and to apply themselves to the great So
cial, moral and economical questions that
must be solved by our civilization. Unless
the struggle of the Civil war is to be re-
neWed there is neither reason nor man.
hood in perpetuating it's passions. 1t is
time for the intelligence and patriotism of
the South to unite with the intelligence
and patriotism of the North in purifying
and Strengthening our institutions thecOm-
mon heritage OF oar fathers When Benz.
f. Butler is elected Governor of MaSSachu-
sets by Democratic votes, and is the Dem
ocratic candidate of New England for the
Presidency F; when w. w. Holden allies
himself closely to Democracy, is it not time
for the old Wings and Conservatives to
find an humble refuge in the Republican
anks ?
Fellow-citizens l have taken this occa-
sion Of profound political quiet, with the
Democratic party in power in large ma
jOrity of the States and with its leaders
confident of National success, to address
you on the situation. | beseech you to
open your eyes and see the evils that threat
en- you. Your liberties are in danger.
The last time | addressed you was in
1874, in Tucker Hall, at Raleigh, urging
the call of a convention to amend our Con
stitution. The chief idea in that speech
was that our consti tuition was the product
of military rule and not the work of a free
people. The same spirit that prompted
that speech has inspired this address,
namely, that in the presence of tyranny
silence is submission.
PATRICK H. WINSTON, JR.
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