The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-09-27
DEFERRED MATTER.


Says the Richmond State: sThe debt is
not an issue, for that is before the courts
and beyond the reach Of political action.
The tariff is not an issue, for that belongs
exclusively to the domain Of national legis-
lation. The color line is not an issue, for
that will regulate itself, and no action,
political or otherwise, can interfere with
the processes of nature in settling the
status Of the colored race among us. All
else is swallowed up in this oyershadow-
ing issue of the campaign-the defeat of
Mahoneism." This is the opinion of our
contemporary. But it is not shared by the
rural press of the party the State repre-
sents. Even the Dispatch seeks to make
the color issue paramount, and a number
of the lesser lights, whose editors are in
capable OF discussing any public question,
would not know what to do if they did not
have the negro to harp on There are
several questions, however, of State pol
icy, which are more important than the
success or defeat of '.Mahoneism' We
must have fair re-apportionment of the
Congressional districts, and the present
ubiquitous partizan arrangement rubbed
|out. We must have change in the
method of judicial sales. We must insist
on. reform in the chancery practice, so
that estates, under the control of the
courts, may be speedily settled up and the
rightful heirs receive what is due them.
We must have modification of the
present road law, so that the burden of
keeping in repair the public highways may
not rest on the poor man, to the relief of
property. These and other things must
be looked after. The debt question is
not by long odds settled. 1t is with the
courts, it is true, but the Legislature will
have much to do affecting this matter
The settlement is not guarded sufficiently
to remove doubt on that subject. Then a
primary issue is, that Bourbonism must
go and go finally and forever. That is
paramount to Malone and Mahonism.-
The State has suffered too much from
Bourbon rule to Justify any remissness OF
abatement Of effort, to crush it out eff
fectqally.
A telegram from Augusta, Maine, dated
Sept. u, says: flames G.. Blaine, ex-Sec-
Rotary of State, was called upon this
evening for the purpose Of ascertaining
what foundation there was for the story
published Tuesday purporting to give his
views touching Gen. Buffers political fu-
ture. Mr.. Blaine said that he rarely no.
ticed sensational paragraphs of any kind,
but that he would in this case say that the
views attributed to him were precisely the
reverse of those he held. He said that he
did not believe that Gen. Butler could be
reelected Governor of Massachusetts and
that he had the fullest confidence in a Re
publican President being chosen next
year. The Republican party, he added,
would be found far stronger in the cleo
lions of 1883 than it was either in 1875 or
1872" This is more like Mr.. Blaine's
talk than the statement that if Butler were
elected Governor of Masschusetts-w
was probable would bethe Democratic
candidate for President and be elected
The Republican nominee for President in
1884, will as certainly be successful as the
day of election comes off. The country
is not prepared to make the experiment of
another Democratic administration, with
the history of that party and it's obstruc-
tive tactics so fresh in the public mind.
There is doubt as to who will be nomi-
mated, as there are SO many suitable names
mentioned for that honor, but whoever he
may be, he will be President of the United
States, after the 4th of March, 1885.