The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-07-10

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The following letter was addressed to
the Dispatch and refused place in their
columns. Perhaps it will he more inter
esting to your readers than to theirs.
II. C.lP.
NATURAL BRIDGE, VA.
June II, 1884.
Editors of the Dispatch: rla.sse
At the risk Of seeming an intruder. after
reading with interest your recent edito-
rails, write you rectifying a statement
and r1sking prophesy. W 9itif
| The real opposition within the party to
| Mr.. Blaine is not based upon the grounds
stated. The opponents are confined to two
claSSeS-the Free-TraderS of New York,
and the original AboIitionists of Massa-
chusetts. Mr.. Blaine's motion to exclude
the Chinese gave deadly otfense to the SEN
tlmentallStS OF Boston, and his known
kindness of feeling towards the South has
closed the door to their good graces. His
declared high tariff ideas and his assertion
OF the Monroe doctrine have not been
| pleasant to the little Englishman who owns
the New i ork Times. or to the importers
and foreigners, who control the entire
press listed by you as arrayed against him.
with the exception OF Hdrper's Weekly.
The bitterness of that paper towards the
South you have long noticed. The defec-
ton you note is a large one, and, in count
ing the chances, should be fully recognized.
And yet, allow me to prophecy
LIST. That the English press will find that
Mr. Blaine is dangerously near the Irish
vote, and that for every man who parts his
hair in the middle that leaves the lines be-
cause England grOwls, an hundred Irish
men report for duty,
I'd. That the fact that the aristOcracy
OF Boston cries out that he is not good
enough for them, brings dangerously near
him the 40, 900 Republicans who voted for
Butler in order to strike down the aSsump-
tions of Beacon street.
Sd. That he will carry Massachusetts
and New York by larger majorities than
these States have given the Republicans in
sixteen years. When Mr.. Blaine is elected
he will be freer than any man chosen in
fifty years to carry out his own policies.
If he will, he can, without violence, greatly
dignity this Nation in the eyes of the
world, and he can render the South inesti-
mable service. am glad that neither
Bond street nor Beacon street can then
plead his obligations. W assi
AS overwhelming as the power Of the
Blaine sentiment WAS at Chicago, | believe
that q greater surprise awaits his Oppo-
menus III November. Leaving OUT the To-
cal defections in New Y ork city and Bos-
ton, there is no sign of break in the col
umn. This will be a Tippecanoe cam
paign. The stay-at-home vote, which has
always been decisive for the Republicans.
will be brought out as never before and
the accessions from those who went over
to the Democratic party in late elections
will be in tens of thousands. In this State
there are many Democrats who would pre-
fer Mr. Blaine, but / have no idea that
when the real test comes they will fail to
vote with the old-time solidity for the
Democratic candidate. After the deluge.
however, | have reason to believe that
President Blaine will become very dear to
this people.
And now, us we go CIR separate ways,
as politics are now ordered to work for
his election and you to take your place
among his accusers' '-I do not think it
improper or illtimed to thank you for the
words you have gently and justly spoken
Of him as citizen during the last three
years, and to say that however you may
feel called upon TO treat him as eandi-
date, the fact that Southern paper could
speak pleasantly of Republican so promi-
nent and so pronounced has not passed un
noticed OF without good effect. r 4
II. G. PARSONS.