The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-12-25
Tho TIVE Parties

bake PASSED NnW todenunciatlon OF the fie- /
publican party and TO the reforms they in
tend to eilect. after the 4th Of March
next. Thcy assume ard assert that the
government is one Nasi seal rs corruption,
tllat eggi lepartmrNl is pepn1aied with
crimes ot high ami lop degree that when
Demnllaie fight isi0rned upoh them, the
peaple sill masieanded nj tlermaeAitnde
and MANNERS Itisa Story We have heard
often and. user again, ana Ihepromise has
been given ia every congressional clsction
tlHt il Ihc Democrats gained tie ropular
branch Of Congress the hooks would be
called for and terrible exposures made. In
accord with this promise numerous il
EyfstigGipg committees havp been organ
kisaa. the pieron-b0les and drawers OF MI
lie fgreuns ransacked clerks and heads of
ny EpfaiS int upon oath. detectives en-
ia5ogea and n! tie agencies ile Ingenuity
30 desperate parti7ans could devise NJ
Sorted to bnt all barren N results. In
every scrutiny The evidence has been adj
4 dnced rot ot corruption bat OF the most
| careful clrcumspect and efficient manage
ment Of public affairs. Instead of loose
| ness and Venality. care and integrity,as the
general rule. have been discovered, and =
degree of completeness III methods and
! labors shown which testified To the singH
lar devotion 10 public duty which eharae-
terize those assigned 80 public trusts.
! Indeed. tle vigilance Of the responsible
authorities has been ample TO detect
| wrong-doing, and courageous enough 10
EeNpose II without regard TO political in
nuences or the parties 10 be affected.
1 Where c;,Gse for suspicion has existed
i the most energetic. lnsparng and relent-
less investigation has followed, and those
/ implicated in the betrayal OF public trusts.
summariy dismissed and called TO ac
count for their miSdeeds before the
Courts In no instance has misplaced
confidence gone unpublished to the extent
that the offense demanded. SO far as the
departments c0uldimpose the punishment.
| Neither inetiiciency nor corruption has
been covered up. but where either has
been established n eorectv e has been APP
piled anda remedy supplied.
In the vast machinery Of government
and it's minnie and iAutfarionsl ramiiic;l-
tious. requiring such a large number Of
AGENTS and employees. to carry ii on. it
could not be expected that every officer
/ would measure up squarely to the re-
quirenents Of his position. or tliat some
corruptions would not creep iu, Bih the
courage has been found equal 10 every
emergency and when the intimation has
been given that wrong existed. 40 time has
| been LOST in probing ii 10 the bottom. In
these Investigations the authorities have
not considered party identification or per-
sonal relations or influence. They have
hewn TO the line with not Il thought as TO
where the chips would fail. From the
Credit Mobilier scandal down 10 thes Star
Route frauds. the Republicans have led III
the assault, and with pertinacity and
courage rarely eQualled, struck right and
left at offenders, whether of one political
party or the other They inStigated the
/ Investigations moi At the suggestion OF
any committee, but in advance Of lnowl-
edge of the offenses by the public OF Con
/ gress. and when the authority Of the de
partments WAS exhausted the Courts and
! Congress we've appealed to.
| In no government IN the world has there
been displayed more integrity aud hon
/ esty and efficiency in IFS management than
Ian that Of this country under Republican
/ administration. The marvellous success
which has attended it is demonstrated in
| the progress of every interest of The Ma
| lion. whether confined to then routine
/ Of departmental duty or ia q broad admin
istratiYe policy. Coming into power
when the country was in the very
| throes Of anarchy. rs 4 legacy from The
Democratic party, the Republicans have
| met every demand, grasped every neces-
sity and mastered every emergency, from
civil war and its dire consequences, To adj
iusting the relations -ot the States and
| sections. after four years of bloody conflict,
| to national oneness yld the supreme au-
| thority Of the Federal head. 1t grappled
with difficulties and questions Of national
authority, OF finance Of government in
| teeritv.ana with issues indeed. affecting the
very life If the Nation, with Il courageous
craftsmanship without II parallel in the
the history of the world. After a quar-
ter Of century Of trials and triumphs,
sianalized BIZ achievements. in fieId
and forum, which the most ardent en-
thusiast could never have conceived
to he possible. the Republican party
is called upon To surrender its great
trust and commit il to its traditional Zoe,
which had confronted it at every step and
in every measure taken to reach these
great consummations. This will be done
without 4 murmuu. The will OF the peo-
pie is recognized us the supreme law Of the
land. and to that the Republicans viii
bow. conscious Of duty well performed
and benefits secured which will attest for
AL inc to come, their patriotism their III
tegrity and their devotion to Republican |
institutions.
IN The light of this brief reference, it |
wonld seem lelitting If our Democratic |
friends would ljelnore modest i'll their pre-
tensions and less eNtlayagant i'll their allie
cations of frauds. In the degree that
they impress the public mind with the be-
lief that the departments Of government
are seethin@ cess-pools Of corruption, will
they be expected TO produce the proofs Of
what they say and apply the correctiFes.
When government has been rescued
from the laws Of iankruptcN pilOted
through condition OF anarchy and chaos,
and advanced to the front Of the Nations
of the world in all that makes u people
proud. prosperous and happy, common
prudence as well us common decency,
would suggest that The party which had
lain across the path Of this progress
from its inceptionto its close, would OBJ
serve IL degree Of reserve ami modesty, I'M
til ii had given the country some evidences
Of its higher patriotism and statesman
ship. Its rihad utilization, its reckless