The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-11-20
The South.

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trial condition of the South. They say
| frankly that the result means more money
and less politics in South Carolina that
there will be general revival of indus
tries that manufactures will be stimu-
lated and developed by the application Of
additional capital that the working peo-
pie will be better paid that the price of
farm land and of real estate generally will
advance, and that there will be for the
| whole people, without distinction of con-
dition or class, an era of political and in
dustrial progress. lsssl 4ee1
This is rosy view of the effects OF
Democratic success from partizan stand
point. We hope it may prove truthful
forecast of the future. But if so, there
will have to be a modification Of political
feeling and sentiment in the South, If the
| election of Cleveland is to 0e construed
| into license to prescribe and persecute
Republicans, as it seems to be in some To-
ealities, it may be assumed that instead of
capital coming to the South, much that
has been invested viii be withdrawn
| Freedom Of thought as well as speech is
very dear to the American people, and
when Republicans in the Southern States
are held in contempt and ostracised in
their social and business relations, SIM
ply because they believe the Repub-
lican party is right; that its principles
and policy are best for the American peo-
| pie and must be practically enforced to as
sure the general prosperity, it will not
contribute to Southern progress, or invite
capital and enterprise from the localities
where there is a surplus of them. The
Southern people, as well as the Democrat
ic party, will be placed on trial under q
Democratic National administration. If
the asserverations of liberalism, which have
constituted the plants of Democratic
speakers and writers fora score of years.
are to be verified in the practical recogni-,
ton of theEright Of opinion, both of re-.
| tention and expression, then the predic-.
lions of such writers as the editor Of the,
i Charleston paper, may become living real-i
| ties and the results he claims may become
q part Of the history and progress OF the
South. The eyes Of the whole country
will be on the South for the next four
years. 1t is now under jealous scrutiny
and both capital and intelligence are:
watching each days development and crit
! icising the temper and utterances which
come from Democratic mouth-pieces.-'
Small politicians. with whom all the mis-
chief that has afflicted the South origi-
mates, will have to be silenced by the pa
! triotic sentiment and conservative meth
DDS of the people. It is on the noisy,
infammatory, ignorant, malignant place
hunters, that the breaks will have to be.
placed. They think of nothing bat self.
They care not a whit for the interests of
the people, and only think of parties as
| they may be used for selfish gains and the
qualification of Ignorant, barbarous pref
udice No State or people can prosper
| under the domination of this class, and
unless broader comprehension Of citizen
rights and material interests obtain
than they are capable of reaching to, the
South will be harmed rather than bene-
| fitted by a Democratic administration. g
| s The Result. ila sInuea ~.
| The end has come. Grover Cleveland
will be the next President OF the United
States. The official count in the State OF
New York gives the Democratic electors
| plurality of 1918, and "a consequent ma
| iority of 81 in the Electoral College. The
Republican party. for the first time in
| twenty-five years, has been defeated. De-
mocracy has won. We furl our flag and
lay it carefully away for a four years 'irest.
The American people have spoken and
there is no misunderstanding the YER
dict. All good citizens will bow grace
fully to the expressed will Of the people.
Andinow that the battle is over and the
field lost, it is the patriotic duty OF every
Republican to vie with his Democratic
neighbor in wishing success to the new adj
ministration and contributing his mite
toward making that administration ben
eft to the whole country Grover Cleve-
land, the candidate, was the representative
Of a party. Grover Cleveland, the Presi-
dent, ought to be the head OF the Nation,
tbouft Z istinction of marty. His inaugu-
,s,fss,s, will make him the chief ruler -of
III 3 e,o,5bl;can Martin as well as the LEM
oor.tic south and LET MS hope that ere an
other nre sidential term rolls by the line of
ro1;tieal idantitv will not. follow the line
Of sections. AcJ9 =
The Republican party made sr5lendid
dobt anfl.it energies from tlre1conliict.a de.
feated only for a time. q The principles it
represents: the policies it has enforced,
have made this country the greatest of
earth. Democracy ascendency will be but
Temporary. Republicans of Virginia and
this county stand true to your flag, and
highly resolve to redeem the old State in
the contestIof next year. II can be done.
Let the real friends of good government
stand shoulder to shoulder and the verdict
of 1884 will be reversed in 1855. ssss
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