The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-10-09
How the South is to be Captured.

now tHe oouLu Is 10 DC captured.
The following speaks for itself. The
ntterances are precisely what Mr. HOVE
feels. We have met him. He is an earn
est sincere Republican. IL man of ability,
of large business affairs, and nothing of
the politician. in the ordinary sense of the
word. He is a Western railroad man and
feels keenly for the South knows the pos
Sihilites which lie before it in material
developments and is DESTROYS of aiding in
such contamination. Mr. Howe went to
Nashville on the lst. but while at Knox
vile he had occasion to give the object of
the establishment Of II branch of the Ma
tional Committee at Nashvilleto the pub
lie:
The KnoruiHe Tribune (Democrat) having
charged that Mr.. Howe had come down
to distribute 100000 to buy Tennessee,
MI. Howe sends letter to The Knorrale
Chronicle reading as follow s: Il desire to
say that there is no secret whatever about
the aims, the object, the hopes or inten-
tions of the committee in regard to it's
conduct of the Republican Campaign in
the South. We do not believe it is for the
interest. but on the contrary opposed to
every interest of every citizen of the Union,
that there should be Il solid South. 1t is
a curse to the Southern people and dan
ger to the Union that any section of the
country should be SOlidly arrayed in po-
litical hostility to any other section. The
Fundamental idea of the Republican party
s. and always has been, to develop the
material intrests and elevate the patriot
ism of all the people, i'll all the States, to
the end that we may be a prosperous.
progressive and thoroughly united Nation.
The National Committee proposes to con-
duct its campaign on this broad plane. 1t
believes that it has been mistaken policy
in the conduct of recent campaigns which
has conceded a solid South to the Demo-
cratic party, and it proposes to conduct
this campaign on plan and principles as
broad as those of the Republican party
itself. A protective tariff. which has de-
veloped our wealth in the twenty four years
of Republican administration to more
han three timeswhat it was when Lincoln
was inaugurated; a currency which makes
all business safe; universal freedom and |
universal suffrage; q complete restoration |
of all rights of citizens to those who tried |
to destroy the Governmet and set up a |
Confedercy based on free trade and it's |
necessary condition of slave labor; con-
slant endeavor in all ways to show our
brethren of the South not only that the
Union is better for them as well as for the
North, but that in every way they must
equally share its blessings. is the record
to which we propose to appeal for South
ern votes for the Republican ticket, with
a proved policy showing its result in the |
growth in wealth that is shown by the |
census returns of 1870 and 1880. | any
man is foolish enough to suppose that the
Republican National Committee proposes
to throw away such weapon and fight with
SO paltry and worse than useless
as $780, 900 or any other sum to buy votes,
he insults not only the intelligence of
the people South but supposes that the
is composed Of imbeciles. We
do not propose to let the Democratic party
off in any such way. We propose to put |
before the people OF the Southern States
the facts upon which we ask them to
sustain the Republican party, and to cite
the Democatic party to show cause, if any
they have founded in reason justice or
the interests of the people, why the South
should be solid.'i