The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-09-13

Hartman Newberry, brother of S. III.
Newberry, of the big Four" has been
nominated by the Democrats for the Leg
islature from Smythe county.
The bosses carried their point last Sat
| urday. In November will be the time for
the people to have say about it, 1t is a
| good time to let the bosses know they can t
boss six thousand voters. A statutory les
son may grow out of this last effort to muz-
zle the people.
The recent heavy frosts throughout the
country have very seriously damaged the
corn crop, especially in the North west.
In some localities the injury is greater
than in others, but generally speaking the
damage has been severe. In this locality
we hear of some fields seriously injured.
The effect will be to stiffen the wheat mar
ket.
Judge Johnston, of the Rockingham
County Court, issued an order of election
for November, to fill vacancy in the Cir
cult Clerkship, Occasioned by the death of
j. II. Shue. Judge Newman has issued a
restraining order to prohibit such election,
claiming the right to appoint to the vacan-
cy until the May election. The case will
come up before the Supreme Court, we
presume, and probably at it's present sit
ting in this place.
| Shall Virginia be radicalized This was
the issue in 1859, and it is the issue now
| AdUunce.
! Yes, but the people have learned some
thing since then. They know what the
iTrue-Republican-L iberal-C onserv alive
Democratic-BOurbon party brought upon
the State, and are now determined to give
it a quietus. They cannot be frightened
by the cry of radicalism, with their exper.
fence of Bourbonism before them.
| The Institute Fair at Boston, is now
in session. There are many Southerners
in attendance, among them the widow
and daughter of Gen. 'StoneWall' Jack
son. On their arrival Gov. Butler waited
on them and escorted Mrs. JocksOn to
breakfast. He has been very gracious and
obliging to Southerners, and so impressed
Gov. Jarvis, of North Carolina, as to ex.
tract from him the remark that "Butler is
a much better man than he is supposed. u
Butler is trying on Presidential boom.
| An explanation is sought to be palmed
off on the people to the effect that Col
Skinner was defeated for the legislative
| nomination before the Bourbon primary
because he was absent, travelling in Eu-
rope, and not here to canvass the county.
The true reason for his defeat was because
he favored local option in the last Legisla-
ture, and for that reason was not accept
able to the Court House ring. That de,
| feated him and nothing else.
We have conversed with several intelli-
in and Travelled through most of the coun-
ties in Southwest Virginia. They bring
very encouraging accounts of the condi-
ton of the Coalition forces. Not only
| have there been no losses in that section,
but there have been decided gains. This
is the information we receive from other
| portions of the State. We are satisfied,
! from present indications, that the Read
| justers and Republicans will carry both
branches of the legislature and that there
| will be strength hanifested in the popu-
lar vote that will astonish even the moss
backs. fe
| There are several hundred voters in the
county somewhat wiser than they were on
last Saturday morning. We warned them
against the primatysNut they thought they
could carry their point and went in. We
knew the methods of the Ring, and
we were satisfied that the primary was the
thingsthey wanted to carry their point.
The primary was ordered, and behold the
result. Not more than one-fourth of the
voting strength of the county participated
! in it. The candidates put forward and sup
kported by the Staunton influence were
elected, and now it is expected that all
who have heretofore voted with the party
will be bound by that result. If we mis-
| take not there will bea slight miscalcula-
| tiOn as to this.
The Bourbon party in Maryland is, from
present indications, hopelessly split. The
Hamilton and German wings are irrecon-
cilable, and this almost secures the success
Of the Republicans-wh are united-in
| November next. A Governor and Legis-
lature are to be elected, and the LegiSla-
ture will have the choice of a U. S. Sem
| atOr. The Republicans at the last election,
| carried the State, outside of Baltimore, by
1000 majority, and this will be largely in
creased, while in the city, it is believed the
! Democratic strength will be much weak
| ened. 1t would be grand contamination
were my Maryland to wheel into the
Republican column in November, pre-
| paratOry to break in the solid South in
| 1884.
The colored people OF Virginia should
remember that they have vast inter-
ests at stake in this election. They have
only to refer to the legislation of the
Bourbons against their legal rights, and
the relief they have experienced from
Coalition success. If the Bourbons get
| in power again, the same hostility may be
| injected into laws that has but recently
been removed by the Coalition. The bal
| lot is free now, the whipping-post is a
thing Of the past, the public sschools, in
which the colored people are so largely in
terested, have been increased in numbers
and efficiency, and these things are the re-
suit Of the liberal legislation Of the party
\ in power. These are facts which speak
\ for themselves, and other than the state
1 ment of fact we have no appeal to make.
| Let the colored people show by their votes
| this fall whether they appreciate what
l has been done for them. They are free to
l choose between the candidates. represent
A ing the respective parties, and as the tree
falls so will it lie.
\ The Coupon Decision.