Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-02-27

coupon as an heir loom for his family.
'IET Us HAVE PEACE. I've are glad to see
that the Staunton Spectator stands up for the
Hon. John R. Tucker, and deprecates ''war''
upon him because of his views on the Blair
bill. Like our contemporary, we desire peace;
but we beg leave to say to the aggressors that
if they aotsh to SKATER the Democratic party
they have hit upon the method by which it
can be done. None of us in this region ever
| think of giving the Hon. Geo. D. Wise any
thing but just praise, and support. as far as
that can be given outside his district. Many
of US, nearly all of us, differ from him in our
theories of the tariff; but we consider the
safety Of Virginia the supreme question for
Virginians, and shall never quarrel with his
position. We regret that this just view does
not prevail universally, and We again tell the
enemies of Mr.. Tucker, that war upon him is
full of danger to our best interests; aye, and
the most acceptable service which could be
rendered to Gen. Malone !--NortoM Land
mark.
We beg to call the attention CT our es-
teemed contemporary of Norfolk to an APP
parent discrepancy in it's logic. The Dem
ocratic party Of Virginia is almost a unit
in favor of the Blair bill; its congressional
delegation is a unit, with one exception,
in its favor; the Democratic voters Of the
party in every county in the State would
vote to accept the educational fund by a
lnsjnrlty of ninety to one; the whole Dem
ocratic press of the State, with five excep-
tions. urges its acceptance, and the next
Democratic State Convention will endorse
itawithout dissenting vote. One gentle
man, who, frOm his position has the pow
er to do much harm in that direction.
stopped the progress of the bill at one ses-
poses it and gives his views against it the
widest circulation possible, in the New
York Herald. His views, which are
known to be unpopular with the people of
Virginia, are indust1iously, in season and
out, sought by the Republican press to be
credited to and fastened on the Democrat
ic party with a view to effect in the rapid
ly approaching State campaign. For this
one gentleman, our contemporary has not
word of reproof or reproach. But to those
who protest against his being considered
the representative of the party in this
matter. and who repudiate his views, it
says that they have hit upon method to
''shatter the Democratic party This,
NIL in . o
remarkable arguments we have ever seen
addressed to members of political organ
ization. One more discrepancy permit US
to note. The position of Mr.. Tucker on
the Blair Educational bill is 1.-THE most
acceptable service that could be rendered
to Gen. Mahone," and with all Mahone's
ingenuity we don't know any political ad-
vantage he could have invented compar-
able to that unconsciously given him by
the position conscientiously held and
boldly advocated by so prominent Dem
ncrat as the representative from the 9th
district. If you need any proof of this,
look at the daily Efforts of the Republican
press of Virginia to connect the Democ-
racy with Mr.. Tucker in his opposition to
the Educational bill. Here is about the
standard, regulation paragraph as they
put it--"Mr. Tucker and the Democracy
in their opposition to the Educational bill,
&C." Now we all know that the last part
of this is not true. Knowing it; what
shall we do? Let it go to the people Of
the State uncontradicted to bring forth
fruit next November?
AS to the tariff our contemporary is alto
gether behind the time. There is now no
opposition whatever in this section to Mr..
fuckers tariff platform. In his speech
on the Hiscock bill he came out squarely
on the Virginia platform abolish the
internal revenue anu adjust the tariff so
as to give protection. But even If there
was objection to him on that score. this
paper would certainly discourage any
tariff issue when there is no bill touching
tariff up or likely to be UP in congress-
We are only concerned with practical
matters that are being considered now.
AS for the ''enemies of Mr.. Tucker he
has none. A true and kindly hearted
gentleman it would be hard to find a
peg about him to hang an enmity upon.-
The Winchester Times, the Allegheny
Sentinel, the Amherst Democrat, the
Lyn chburg Viroinian, this journal and
many other Democratic papers who crlti-
else Mr.. fuckers course as public mai,
have perfect right to do so without being
supposed to be his 'enemies'' We all
hold that he doesn't represent the Demo-
Gratis of Virginia on the Blair bill, and
that the assertion made by the Republican
press, for political effect, that he does, is
untrue, and we intend the people shall be
thoroughly Informed of that fact That
is the long and short of the object of the
alleged enemies Of Mr.. Tucker.
We may just here confess that to us this
discussion of Mr.. fuckers representative !