Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-19
For the SHENANDOAH HERALD.
WEIGHED IN THE BALANCES.

The unlocked for, and almost I'M
paralleled success Of the Republi
can party Of Virginia in the cam
paign just closed, in electing to the
Fiftieth Congress 6 out of 10 of the
! Congressman who were candidates
for congressional honOrs, is, TO say
the least, something phenomenal,
and smacks loudly las the saving
goes Of something rotten in Den
mark" or, ifyou please, IN Virginia
Entrenched, as were the Demo "a.
cy (so.calledl, they little dreamed
of such a Waterloo in store for
them. and like the Philistine giant
of old. they ignored their quiet and
transformations competitors, the Re
publicans. Environed by their
dogma of free trade, their occupa-
ton of the OflicesOf the State, from
the governor to the lowest subal.
tern, they thought themselves Sc
cure, and boosted even in this 9TH
Congressional District that their
candidate, Chas. T. O'Ferrall, would
have an easy walk.over. Has the
results Of the election verified their
prediction ! No verify. lie had a
rough road to travel and barely
succeeded by the skin Of his teeth
in being elected.
The magnificent canvass of Gen.
Roller. Independent Democratic
candidate in the eth District, as an
earnest and fearless champion Of
the Blair Bill, the abolition of the
Internal Revenue, and Of PrOtec-
ton to all of Virginia's best inter
estS, was a splendid tribute to the
sober second thought of the voters
in the district who rushed to his
standard by thousands, and who
came very near engulling OFerrall.
the free trader, in that political
whirlpool of defeat which overlook
his Democratic brethren in seven
out Of ten of the congressional dis
tricts Of the State. Why all this
change, this wonderful departure
The facts are substantially these
The people Of Virginia thought for
themselves and acted after matur-
ing and carefully weighing the |
issues involved, and the results was |
the party of promises, empty prom
Uses and pledges to the people new.
er fulfilled, wererelegated to a back
seat. This ignis fatuus held out to
the voters OF the Commonwealth of
good government, better times, and
in short, any and al, kinds Of prom
ses OF reform in the machinery OF
the State the benefits which through
their wise manipulation would ac.
,rue to the dear people, is all bosh.
A burnt child, tits said, breads fire,
80, too, with the sOvereigns of this
State, they have so often and so
Ong been deceived and wretchedly
lumbugged by the lOud-mOuthed
phariseeism of these wOuld-be Gus
.Odians Of the peoples honor that
orbearance has cow ceased to be a
'irtue, and well will it be with the
people if never again they will lis
en- to the syren songs these So
allied leaders of reform paradlng
Inder the banner of Democracy, so
allied, but which in truth lures on.
Y to deceives, and will, if allowed, q
ring again upon the State teD-fold d
erhaps more misery and misrnle !
han that which in the past, and :
ven now, has reduced the people t
D the most AFFECT serviliy to which e
-eemen can be subjected. But the
lbles are turned, a new light is +
awning, old Virginia will now L
lake off the shackels of Bourbon 81
democracy and vindicate her rights }
nd dare to maintain them as so =
Ioriously shown at the polls on i
Oyember 2nd By electing major g
y Of Republicans to represent her "a
terests in the Fiftieth Congress h
the United States, the present Il
Iicials, from the Governor down, p
the contrary Notwithstanding. a