Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-10-17
LIGHTi LIGHT!
Suabia !!

Fellow-"Suabians'' Of the "Tenth
Legion!" rejoice, and be exceedingly
glad; for the day of your deliyerance
from that dark cloud of ERROR, which
has so long obscured your horizon, so
that you could not understand the hea-
ven-born ''principles of civil liberty, J"
draweth night is even at your
doors! Don't believe, we pray you,
that erroneous sentiment, that "where
ignorance is bliss, It's folly to be wise. F."
Embrace the present golden moment
to learn lesson relative to those high
duties which you owe to your country,
and which, unfortunately for you, you
could not be made to understand p
The fact IS
A German gentleman, by the name
of RAINE, we believe, has been lectu-
ring our citizens for several days past,
concerning the great political contest
now going on in our county, and
in favor of the election of HENRY
Clay for President. We understand
that he has been deputed by the Coon
whig central committee of Richmond
to enlighten our people upon the sub
iect of politics! That the tfSuabes"
Of the "few counties" referred to-
viz. Shenandoah, Rockingham and
Page-do stand in need of light, we
will quote from the Richmond Wing
of December, 1910, written by JOHN
Hazapden peasants, one Of Il e a.
foresaid committee. Upon the sub
lect of the result of the election in 40,
the Editor Of that paper safd:
f'in moral point of view, the Wing tri-
umph is perfect and complete. The intelli-
gence Of the State-the Republican, portion Of
the State-the old and renowned Revolution
airy part, is Wing to the core, by 1900 major
ity. Old Virginia, the Virginia Of Washing
ton, Henry and Jefferson, is Old Virginia still.
and would, notwithstanding all the Illegal
votes that were polled, have given her vote to
her iliustrious son, but for few counties of
Spabiaa descent, nine-tenths Of whose people
never heard of John Locke or John Halnpden,
of Pitt or of Russell, and who cannot speak or
understand word of the immortal language
In which John Milton wrote. The Anglo Sax
on race, tyrant-haters themselves, and the de-
scendants OF tyrant-haters through five centu-
rles-have had their voices stiiied in this
great struggle for Liberty-by, not the de-
scendants of the Dutch, who whipped Philip,
OF Spain, and maintained their independence
a yainst the combined Catholics of the world
but by the descendants of Suabian Dutch,
whose history was never written, whose Gov
eminent has been mediatised, and their land
marks erased from the map of Europe; and
who never understood, or could be made TO
These have overruled the low lands and chival-
rous spirits of the mountains, and given the
day against u.s.. While the reflection, which
the fact inspires, is in seme respects humila-
ting, in others tits cheering. Brute force and
error cannot long maintain the unequal combat
against intelligence and truth.
"But even this solid mass of asinity had a
vailed nothing, had only the true and legitim-
ate voice of the people of Virginia been heard.
10 this, however, we must submit tor the
nonce; and we do so only because the great re-
suit. the election of General Harrison, has not
been affected by it. But, if there be power