The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-01-17
tCommunicated.1


January 2 h, 1889.
Td11ey Fir1iatan:
the Lynchburg Meas of the resolution of The
oity council of Richmond, whereby 1t is ordered
that all OF the Republican employees now IL
the employment of the contractors engaged in
ulding the City Hall, are to be discharged and
their places filled by good Democrats l am
overwhelmed with disgust and contempt for
such q detes table and ruinous Issue as.Aas Thus
been thrust upon our people, that utterly
nnable to characterize this action on the part
of the legislative department of our chief and
capital city as 1t should be. 1t has in it,
Messrs. Editors. all the elements of arson ana
murder. and the councilmen of that city. who
are seeking the ruin of such scheme, shodld
have the mark OF "Cain' placed upon their
brows, and driven from among the civil and
christian associations of our country. When
the co : servative wisdom of our people is, and
nas, for years, been painfully exercised to pre-
vent a conflict of capital and labor. this assem-
nlS of noodles and ntncompoopS. styled the DEM
oc,afic Council of the city OF richmond, nrecipi-
tates the issue, and makes their act q subject
of consratulatory dispatches to the Demo-
cratic newspapers of sister cities. some of
which Join in praise and communication.
Have men lost their reason ? Shall the desire
of a few bad men to hold their places in the
Council of a city conspire TO destroy aud luiu
the whole material prosperity OF our state .
shall such an attempt of pretended legal boy
cottin9 pauperize, ruin and destroy more than
nue-half of the po puation of this city? Are
they thus to be made mendicants and thieves :?
is the value of their property and labor to be
'ost 70 the state. because GER, all men must b g
Sept !" place and power III the city OF Rich
mond: say no. 1t is the duty OF the State
courts to protect the labor and prOp9 ty ri
those discharged Republicans, and to see TO it.,
by all the power of their authority. thar
neither their heads or property, contribute one
single silver TO the support of the munich
pality.
Something must be done. This country can
not afford TO have its peace and quiet disturbed
and It's social and material prosperity destroyed
by such sedcous and traitorous schemes as
this. This city is too small its Importance too
insignificant, to involve this cnu ltry in strife
and contention-they can be left in their
shame Associations can be formed and iib-
eral contributions made to remove and bring
out of this Sodom. all of the discharged and
boycotted Republicans. and save tlem from
the life to which this action the part OF the
council of that city seeks TO down them. ana I
here pledge myself to be a liberal contributor
to any scheme for their removal aud location
elsewhere be they white or black.
MI Editor. l am in no condition of mind or
body 20 DO nythlng more than to express my
emphatic disgust and contempt for such a
move. Can ii be BILE that THIS was one of
the subjects discussed and approved by the
state Democratie Committee / sincerely
nope not. But what will Virginia Democracy
not do: The Governor and the Legislature
can do nothing without the crack of the whip
of the ring MASTER But must stop. I leave
the subject of this with you for such calm and
considerate discussion as | know you are SO
competent and able to bestow. g. s.