Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-11-26
LEXINGTON. November IS. 1888

18TH INST
LEXINGTON, November Is, 1884.
Mr.. ". d. Chesternan, Secret4ry:
My Dear Sir,-I regret that my engage
ment to be present at the jubilee in Angus
ia county, at Staunton, Oh Tuesday night
will prevent my acceptance of your invita-
ton to unite with the Democracy of Rich
mond in celebrating our great victory in
the State and in the Union.
The battle fought and the victory won
for reform; not a nero change of the men
who are TO hold the reins Of Government,
but reform real and genuine in tire prn
ciples and methods of administration Of
public affairs
The principle upon which for the twenty
years of Republican rule since the close of
the war the Government has been admins
tered has been in defiance or disregard OF
the limitations which the Constitution has
placed upon the powers of Federal Govern
ment. Confessed extra-consti5utional leg
islation placed the whole South under milf
tary despotism, and dur ng period of five
years the South bore the burdens of taxa
ton with total denial of the sacred right
of representation. This fragrant violation
of the Constitution as the supreme law OF
the land was calculated to make the OBJ
SCI J ~ i,s POI ono4anont The cantral.
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feel the ;nsn;ration Of q new ;n,nnisa W an.
tenri s and in noble nroorees nr d. a
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liberty would be free from despotism. and