The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-12-26

There must be a halt called to the ira
ding politician and demagogue. Parties
must be controlled and conducted for the
public good, and not merely as the
means to public Office and public plum
der The moral forces of the nation
must be revived and re-vitalized, if
we would have the country go forward
in the path of duty and honor to its
high and beneticent destiny.
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Electric Bitters.
This remedy is becoming so well known
and so popular as to need no special
mention All who have used Electric
Bitters sing the same song of praise-a
Durer medicine does not exist and it is
guaranteed to do all that is claimed.
Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of
the Liver and kidneys-will remove
Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and other
affections caused by impure blood. VIII
drive Malaria from the system and pre-
vent as well as cure all Malarial fevers
For cure of Headache, Constipation and
Indigestion try Electric Bitters. Entire
satisfaction or money refunded.
Price soc and 81 per bottle at Hughes &
Bells Drug store.
The Stat Debt.
1t is not the time, nor is it necessary
Just now. to go into Il minute calculation
on tie debt question, to ascertain cx-
actly how much OF the interest present
revenues will pay, after supplying the
State government. The best thing to
do is for the Legislature to determine
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adjust the differences between the State
and the creditors. The next thing is to
scrutiniZe all bills for appropriations, to
see where expenses may be iessened, and
unnecessary expenditures arrested.
The debt ought to be settled. 1t must
be, If we would have the State resume
her proper position among the Common
wealths of the Nation. No one, who
has not been in contact with persons
who desire to invest in Virginia proper
ties, can form al approximate idea Of the
harm to the State resulting from the I'M
settled and complicated condition of the
debt. We have had intelligent gentlemen
from other States, to say to us, in the
kindest feeling and with the highest adj
niration for our people, that they would
not place their money in Virginia proper
ties until contention over the debt ques
ton ceased, and there was a distinct and
satisfactory understanding between Vir-
ginia and her creditors. Others have
invested their means here with some
misgivings, because the profits ON the
investments promised SO largely that
they could afford to run the risk of al
most any emergency that might arise.
They are not Influenced by the assur
ance that the people will never consent
to higher rate of taxation. They re-
cognize the fact that the only way to
get rid of an honest debt is to pay it,
and that no State can afford not to pay
its honest debts. They reason from this
standpoint, and consequently would
like to know precisely the amount the
State is obligated to pay, and the reve
nues she can control to pay it.
1t is very foolish and weak to assume,
in the present complicated condition Of
the debt, that a certain formulation will
be adhered to whether it be right or
wrong, because it has been endorsed by
the people There is not one in ten of
the people who know precisely how the
| legislation stands. The fact that there
are four Or five cases now before the U.
S. Supreme Court, growing out of the
contention over the effect of different
legislative enactments, shows that there
is 10 certainty about it, even with the