The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-08-02

, nation. No friend Of the system, either
white or coored. ever gave public expires.
sion to the thought. The blacks are as
averse to it as the whites. They are in
open and pronounced hostility to any such
schemes, and upon every occasion have
given expression to their condemnation Of
any step looking to that end. And just
here it may be stated that the negro knows
full well where to find the friends of pub.
lie education. He will not be led astral
by the taffy thrown out at Lynchburg. Ii
has been but a few months since the lead
ing organs of the Democratic party were
hurting anathemas at the head of Gov
Cameron for appointing two colored trus.
tees out of board of nine in city where
the children of the two races were about
numerically equal. The demand was then
made for war on the whole race of blacks
and the color line would have been drawn
at Lynchburg had the party dared to do it
What was the argument used to prevent
such action That it was wrong in prin-
ciple? No. That the constitution guar.
anteed privileges to the negro which every
consideration of right required should be
observed? No. That good faith and pub
lie policy demanded that justice should be
melted out ? No: none of these. What
then :? Because IN the late election one o,
teco Of the counties in the ''black belt'' hao
been carried by the Democrats, and to carr
them again. and thereby attain place and til.
opportunity of pltnder, they acre avlling tt
groret IN the dust at the feet of the negro.
Had the result in those counties beer
different, the color line would have been
drawn broad and deep, and the 'sWhite
mans party have been the rallying shib-
boleth of democracy in the campaign of
1888.
The resolution calling for u stricter
economy in the administration of the gov
eminent, comes with a good grace from a
party that ran the State in debt at the rate
OF a million year during the period of its
ascendency, and left it bankrupt i'm credit,
broken in hope, its obligations Jest. and
its every interest PROSTATE. The people
OF Virginia know to their cost how they
exercised economy. and they have an idea
what kind OF civil service reform would be
introduced were they again restored to
power. A civil service that would fill the
positions of trust and emolument with the
relations and pets of the best people, ''who
never were and never will be able to make
q Hxrinr .,+o ~, ,f
fairs Of a great State. Another refreshing
resolution is that on BoSsism. 1t is pecu-
llarly appropriate in view Of the action of
the Convention. The man they unani-
mously elected as Chairman plainly told
them that he intended to be the autocrat of
all the Bourbons, the Boss of the Bosses,
and would tolerate no intermeddling from
the leaders ~ in his conduct of the cam
paign. He demanded the pre-emptory re-
tirement of Messrs. Koiner and Kelley,
and their associates andannounced that he
wanted no divided responsibility, no Exc
cutiye Chairman, nothing but absolute
| obedience to his orders. After exhaustine
themselves on the subject of Bossism, they
meekly bowed their necks and the Boss
gave them sample of the lash.
The brilliant succession of words which
we are asked to accept as a terrible az
raignment of Malone and the Republican
party will provoke smile when read by
those acquainted with the men who put it
forth. 1t consistent with their past re,
cord, this arraignment will be resurrected
in about a year, and the very measures it
| assails adopted as the first and foremost
planks of the platform of 1884
The Lynchburg Convention already
seems to be sore subject to the rank and
file of the party, and before another month
shall pass the regret will be that the Boss
had not been installed in time to prevent
such an exhibition. Had Barbour been in
power two months ago, the party would
not have had the load of such Il platform
to carry through the campaign.