The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-06-19
What the Bolt Means.

What the Bolt Means.
AS we stated last week, the New York
Times, Boston Advertiser, Ha,per's Weekly,
and few other papers and individuals of
the North, have declared themselves so
much better than their fellow men that
they can't support the nominees of the
Republican party. 1t is not the nominees
they object to so much. 1t is against the
principles of the party they revolt. Eng
lish influence and English snobbery have
gotten such foothold on certain classes of
New York and Boston, that anything
American is regarded as coarse, vulgar
and ungenteel. So far as we have been
able to judge, every single so-called RE-
publican newspaper and every single indi-
vidual of prominence we have seen men,
toned as unwilling to support Blaine and
Logan, is the pronounced opponent OF the
protective tariff. They have beenla thomI
in the side of the Republican party for
years. They have endeavored to mouldits
policy and have invariably and ignomin-
iously failed. Instead of being an aid TO
the organization, they have been an abso-
lutte disadvantage. Forever grumbling,
growing and criticising, they have never
suggested anything that would have bene-
fitted the country or advanced the interests
of the party. They have been Republican
in name only. Their sympathies, upon
what is to be the controlling issue of the
campaign, have always been on the side
of the Democrats. They are really Golden
club free-traders, masquerading under the
name of revenue reformers, and the whole
weight of their influence has been thrown
against the policy Of the party with, which
they were nominally aligned With q cam
didate Of less positiveness; one whose
masculine Americanism was less pro-
nonnced, they might have been willing to
swallow the platform for. the time being
in the hope that its pledges would be dis
regarded when the time for action came.
But when they saw that the Republican
nominee was the greatest living exponent
of Republican principles when they per-
ceived that the plain people of the nation,
whom they affect to despise, were to be
led by man in full sympathy and fellow
ship with them-one who held his own
land above all others whose hopes, aspira-
tions, and aims pointed to the glory of
the Union and her exaltatiOn above all the
nations of the earth, then these snblimated
Solons discover that the superior clay Of
which they are fashioned could not be
made to mingle with the common dust of
the populace. And so they amputated
themselves, and the Republican party was
stronger, healthier, and more robust for
the operation.
Immediately after the severance, they
fell into congenial company. The Times
of Thursday, whilst bitterly cOndemning
Blaine, publishes, with great flourish Of
trumpets, the organization Of a free trade
club into which. a large proportion Of the
boilers rushed for refuge. Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher, and the sanity Mr.. Geo.
VIM. Curtis were among the prominent
Vice Presidents elected. Some idea of the
| views of these statesmen may be gained
from the speeches, all of which werB
vociferously applauded. Among others,
Mr.. Wheeler spoke. He said that ssfree-
trade ideas were gaining steadily. The
influences which elected Carlisle speaker
of the House [applansel were so powerful
as to sweep away all such obsolete poll
| ticians as Sam Randall. Nobody could
more heartily welcome than the speaker
the recent outbreak of public sentiment
caused by the action of the Republican
Convention. 1t soas an outbreak against a
protective platform and protective candi-
dates"
Mr.. Fuller declared that if the Demo
Gratis will adopt good tariff for revenue
only platform, their candidate would be
| elected.' ust 4t
! After further speeches by various re-
formers, it twas resolved to send COM
mittee to Chicago to endeavor to influence
the Democratic Convention in favor of
revenue REFORM
There isn't sincere, brave Republican
in all the limits of the Union who will not
rejoice that the party has been freed of
such dead weight. We repeat, the organ
ization is stronger, more worthy of itself
without them. If there are any more such,
let them go. The Democracy is welcome
to them. Their places will be filled by
true-hearted Americans-men proud of
the name they bear, proud of the nation IS
past, and who eagerly look forward to the
grand future that awaits it.
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Mr.. Tilden's Obituary.
We publish the letter of Hon. Samuel