The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1864-12-14
West virginia Politics.
"trip WE ARE MADE of'

TIE STUFF Il ,py
T., i .' deeply to be regretted that =" many ny,
II ,as.d Of material that will no'
arc &c 5y ,ht test in times of severe TRIAL.
, w'b some, Doubtless. it is eo":'.'p
WIN MINI, 'v weakness. They ins'i"c''v''y
s s'UioI at the approach of danger a ,na
s"''I~ not, if they would, endure '', the he
cou'a W." nth that firmness of nerve So
Characteristic OF others Que" o "r
en a,misseration rather than ee ;,
G %'';nIy- they wont do "to tic TO-
Pl' MIa,. 'n ,rs weak from want Of prIncI'
o'" fn,crss, is everything with them.
! P',, seem to forget that true in'trIS'
j.; l"c .iways inscparablc from prlne, ,,o
Is a'" c;npot forcso present advantages e;
lucy w. e' .,ks Of a future one, even II tn the
c e., be shilling and the latter i , io'
.U'"V Their views are limited inyS
'u"r, . or,rnd to the future. The who!e
S %ert of present sacrifices to UD'a, III
d d, ro 40 is iucomprchcnsiblc to
,%'" low it could ply to "as? a"
ei:h, years war to eStao''sn . ."e
Iin -. No taxation without representa- .'i
I'v,2, would be to them as cnIsma,Ical
Nv Nv" the hycroslyphics Of EEypt' rn,y
~, such had not persisted with inc o'cI'
throw Of torYism. But it was not So
T T'CS ,re here to-day, and their speech
h An, them. Hear them: " must
20 Yo with my property" and :" must '" "f
iow my $,a,c." Where questions OF
;Utercs; are no, involved, "party takes
In an carly day there resided l." Inc
northern part of this State, a CnF'sI'"I u
l,Jv Of color. who was ardeu'ly attached
to the Me,hodlsts. At that early Gay
- o,her denominations" hal not quite
agreed to allow the Mc,hodistS to 20 10
Heaven at all. Her Presbyterian 'I'enHs
cautioned her to beware lest these AG,"'
oJis,s should lead her to hell. lisF
reoly was ;" If they 50 to hell l'w'II io''
low them" Now do not think IN
,bis case the old lady incurred mncn
risk for though she blindly followed
hcrs were not blind leaders. STU inc
policy (tor it does not amount to primer
nle) i most unsafe Que. Interest should
he Subordinate to, and flow FROM rnnc'
pie. Cle1rly i, will not do, III any case
to sacrifice principle to Interest; though
the contrary may often be necessary
Perhaps there is no period in tie world
history in which the doctrine we adTo
cate has received such decided ant
unequivocal recognition as now. Ito"
noble and numerous are the example:
Of brave men who have laid their IiSe'
with their property upon the altar, OF
been driven into exile rather than vlbratc
os interest demanded, between the AortI
and the South. How infinite is th'
difference between the exalted characie
+ Of the answering patriot, who rl.Ss al
for principle, and the insu'feraci'
meanncss Of the man who cannot riS'
above party prejudiccs or mere se!ilSl
interests or who takes both sides oil TIT
question, or neither, rs prudent rcgar'
to circumstances may dictate.
GROWTH OF PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
In the Old World, public sen,lmen
is at Il stand still. Ages roll onward
, but it changc,h not. Not SO with us
We arc a nation Of proSrcs<ionists' W.
arc rapidly approaching manhood Pub
lie sentiment with US is as if the water
: Of the Atlantic should start westward
{ through the Gulf Of St. Lawrence
, thence up that river, lcaping over tn
Falls Of Niagara into the great lakes
thence scaling the Rocky Mountains
should minsle with the waters OF tn
Pacific. Don't talk about Obstacles;
is as resistless as the swelling tide Of tn
ocean; it knows no control but His, Il
whose hand are the hearts Of the childre
Of men. As remarkable instance Of it
growth, compare the Presidential cleo
tons Of 1860 and 1864. In the former
but one man in this Valley dared TO vot
for Abraham Lincoln; in the latter, bu
one man was found to oppose him
Take another view. Many calm. uncx
; citable men, who, in 1860, stood far i
: advance Of the masses, in 1861 foun
themselves far in the rear. If time an
tide wait for no man, neither docs pub
lie sentiment. Come now, you stat
t gentlemen who have been left bebint
S fall in, while the masses, after thei
great achievement, stOpto take breath
fall in, fall in !; and don't stay SO ia
; behind, that, when the glorious work
done, you cannot hear the shouts {
victory. JOSHUA.
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