Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-09-16
For THE VIND1oATok.
Mr.. Editor


=. Circulars over the signature of Joseph Funk
b Sons are being circulated in this county, and
perhaps, throughout all Fatnkdom, in which they
arroeate to themselves the honor of maintaining
order throughout the land, and boast that they
are men of "literary pursuits" that they "stand
on firm eround,n welding "the weapons OF
their warfaren nightly against "young strip
linqs,n base letters,' 'base sensualsts," insidi-
Gus wiles,n dastardly expeditions &C., & that
they are sustained BY the religious, the respec-
table, &C., of the community,
Now, it would seem from these circulars, that
there are few of the ''baser sort" about Mount
Israel, who are not friends of order, aud who,
by resisting Funkdom, have resisted the king
dom of God and the means of its coming" and
have lent their "aid to build up and establish
the kingdom of the devil"
But these pinks of Mountain Valley attempted
to establish order here by denouncing whatever
did not accord with THEIR peculiar notions OF
propriety as beneath The dignity of Ladies and
Gentlemen.
For instance A party of Ladies are grossly
insuted by the senior, for singing sentimental
air at the earnest solicitation of OF the plnks:
agatha Lady speaks to Gentleman aud he
replies instantly torrent of abuse is heaped
upon them the assailed desire to explain, but
an explanation cannot "be tolerated under any
circumstances and the senior, stamps upon
the floor in his "holy zeap' and welding the
sceapons of his a0arfare This ists) in the faces OF
the offenders, gives an 0 r r that they
shut their mouths or leave the house immediate
ly, when the offence was nothing more than
what they 1.-THE Funks) had been guilty Of
After the school expired, some eighteen OF us
had the Gimpudenceo to request the senior to
visit us no more forthwith these men of elite
rary pursuits" commence writing the lines (which
heed their circular, and after the lapse of nearly
three months, the precious document is "respect-
fully submitted" to the fate it deserves, and its
authors to the contempt they merit.
But it appears we have ''blazed abroad the
matter" by sending sealed letter to the senior,
who makes tia Uery private matter by sending
printed circulars TO such as know not his tame,
informing them that he is not new light, but
one which has been blazing "for upwards of halt
a century" and tthat his sons are llkeminded."
If these pinks of Mountain Valley are sustain
ed in such a course of conduct, we are happy to
know that it is not about Mt Israel where they
have had school Of not less than 70 pupils, and
where they could not now get one third OF that
number nor obtain from the trustees the use Of
the Church.
Now, be it known, that we are accused of nc
misconduct at school, but because we have seen
fit to disapprove their course OF conduct, We are
singled out as targets and the artillery OF Noun
tain Valley evelled at us only to prove thai
cannons will snap.
In, conclusion, we have only to say to tha'
triplet of bipeds t;Be not tcise in thine our
evss, Let another man praise thee and not thint
alos mouth"
JOHN N. CLARK,
ALBERT DART.
Sept II, 1850.
~ We are at all times reluctant to admit
into our columns anything Of a personal charac'
Ter, but the persons whose names are signed a
bove having been assailed in manner which