The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-07-05
For the VIRGINIAN.1
The Removal of Collector Bolts.
What Does it Mean?

What Does it Mean?
| The Republican party, since coalition
has suffered much and long. True. it
reaped the most it bargained for, in the
| legislative measures and the constitution
| al amendments, for which it was mainly
formed. 1t cannot be forgotten, however,
| that the late session Of the Assembly was
signalized by the disappointment and morti-
| fication of the Republican party in not
having a Republican Senator elected in
conformity with the understanding, tacit,
| if not express, of the parties to this coali-
ton. This breach of faith was borne with
commendable patience. Having no one
to speak for it in official quarters it has been
further subjected to series Of surprising
humiliatiOnS i'll the removal time and
again, of Republican postmasters against
the earnest eXpostulationS of q united Re-
publican party and the interested commu-
nifty. 1t is supposed that your head, Mr..
Editor, was only spared in considera
ton of your value to the coalition. l am
glad that this limit, though springing from
a sOrdid motive, was, in this instance alone
put upon their audacity. But, i'll other
cases, no pleadings of lifelong Republi-
cans could prevail with this Administra-
ton to save the oflice-holder who had in
CURED the disfavor of the back-door de-
spenser of offices understhis facile Presi-
dent; OF the,greed of his satellites. Alas
alas that we should chance to have a Re
publican President nominally to wage, for
such evident motives, u systematic war
fare against those who would gladly suS-
tain his administration if permitted to do
so and retain their self-respect.
But this last act of despite to the Re
publicans OF. this State is little short of an
enormity and outrage to Republican sensi-
bilities and party tactics Under the SEM
blance of a coalition to forward common
ends the one party availing of the friendli-
ness it imports, takes and uses the Occa-
sion to stab the other, and break faith
with him. 1t is under the thin disguise
of a consolidation and lessoning of collec-
ton districts. How does the President OF
his sego alter" proceed ? Let us judge
him by the materials he uses. For Bolts,
tried Republican, faithful to the coali-
ton, an approved officer, having all the
prestige legitimately due him as the son
Of the brave founder of the Republican
the friend of Daniel and the opponent of
Cameron in the late gubernatorial election;
Russell, alike Republican and Coalition
list, by that prince of shysters that wanted
to swap us over to the Hancock & English
ticket on the eve of the presidential cleo
ton. Every Republican sedulously ex-
cluded and Democrats alone rewarded
What say our allies of other States to
this, our treatment Can they read in
these acts the loyalty of the President to
his professions, OF rather maneuvering for
a nomination that he may not expect
from the Republicans. Is it a scheme to
organize convention out Of the readjus-
ter ranks and to ignore Republicans?
What does this crisis require at our
hands? reply: earnest scrutiny into
the acts of our leaders, and a wise mis-
trust of them. Refuse to go with them
further than our Judgment allows, and
beware of bringing discredit on ourselves
and our party by such a lamentable want
of courage, self-respectand honor as would
be betokened by tame submission to the
shameful humiliations that have been put
upon us as a party.
MORE REPUBLICAN THAN COALITIONIST.