Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-02-27
Enr III. V;nd;cn,or

TUT tWe VJUOtCUtOTs
As free citizen and subscriber Of the
ViDdicator, / take the liberty Of denying
the charges made against us as temperance
men in your paper Of the 18th Inst. Al
for Mascue r. H. Garnet of Essex, he
no doubt has complied with the wishes
OF his constituents as there was not one
petitioner from that County, whereas some
10 or 80 other counties sent in their tenn
perance petitions for law to test the will
of the free people Of the State, or any
county or corporation IN this Common
wealth. You have brought bold charge
against US temperance men. We deny the
charge against. us and call on you TO es-
tablish it or recall it. 1t would be bless
ing to our State, if some Of the Offices were
held by some good, judicious temperance
men, and then curtail the liquor traffic and
turn the employment OF those engaged in
it to some public improvement, that would
prove blessing and not curse to our be-
loved land. 1t must be admitted that we
the temperance men, have justice, humane
ty, happiness and the prosperity of socie-
ty OF our side. Who are these ANTI Re-
formers? If the South and our Southern
Institutions are dependent on liquor or its
trafficers for support, we would say woe to
our country. If you wish sample of the
temperance vote of the County, 60 to the
pole-book of the last election Tor the State,
and inspect the names OF the Wings who
cast their votes for Mr.. Walker. and If
they will not compare with the vote of the
County, in poirt Of responsibility, | will
confess that was mistaken for once.
GEORGE SHUEY.
o. II we have made personal charge
against Mr.. Shuey, we are not aware of it.
II he will specify it, we will know better
how to proceed in the matter. We do no:
conceive that we have made personal
charge against any one. If the remarks
we made on the introduction of Mr.. Gar
nett's speech, are appropriated by any one
to his individual case, he is welcome to
them. We have no explanation to make,
or charge to sustain.
For Mr.. Shuey, we entertain the high
est respect. He is high toned gentle
man, and one upon whom we have always
looked as our personal and political friend.
He has. for some time, been acquainted
with our views on the subject Of temper
ance, and he could not expect anything
less, from an unfettered press, when lie
opinions had been assailed, as IT, ose NJ
the opponents of this radical re. form have
been in this community, mar what we
have written. We hive told him that
oul columns were open to articles on bott
s'oes' Inns much we have though. an d
Done ana do not regret i. What we have
saia we shall not .etrac;-as for SUSTAINING
charge, rome aas been made, hat is
not sssta;:aed.
.,ot considering it pertinent at this time
TO enter any further into the discussion Of
the points, that might be raised from Mr.
Shuey's communication, we shall refrain
from any further comments. We shall
cheerfully publish anything consistent with
our views Of propriety, he may furnish US
on the subject-reserying the privilege,
however, Of forming and expressing our
opinions as TO the intrinsic merits of such
communication. We have a number OF
subscribers on our list who are favorable
to the proposed prohibitory law, for whose
intelligence we have the highest respect,
and it will afford us great pleasure to have
theiI views represented through our col
umns-thereiore. we invite communica.
tons on the subject.