The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-03-29
THE BERKELEY UNION.

WIN - fepdiSfNe subject rs that named
ut the head of this article. But AZ the
surgeon, in order to save life. must some
umes endure the presence of physical
patrescence and gangrene, SO the editor
81 a public journal in order to vindicate
truth and the right, is often required to
endure himself, and expose to his rea-
ders the moral offensiveness of disbon-
esty, neanness and falsehood. For
tunately in the present instance. The
subject IS small, and the dissectjpp pro-
cess may be brief
The uncomfortable propensity of the
1Htoa 10 dishonesty and falsehood is
again demonstrated in its editorial of
tist week headed, 1.-THE New Era on a
Rampage The following specimens Of
the falsehood direct are found in that
article, viz:
The Era held back It's issue for the
purpose OF publishing the proceedings of
the meeting, and yet was ashamed, after
review Of the whole affair, tosay more
than that the johnson meeting was not
as large as WAS expected, on account Of
the anfaSofable weather. This is un-
qualiiiedly false. The Err of that dav
was printed and copies of il delivered
before the organization of the meeting
referred to, WAS effected.
.. They the meeting1 used the
names Of military men who were not
there and who derided the whole affair,
and denied they had anything to do
with it. or authorized their names TO be
used. : This statement also we pro-
nounce utterly false. There is not the
name OF a military man used in connec-
ton with that meeting who did not. be-
fore the meeting was held and who has
not since, expressed his entire approval
Of the meeting and its objects.
). We know and he knows that the
Union men of Berkeley county were
ate with that crowd.s This is false
We know that the huaa Union men of
Berkeley county asese at that meeting
men who We're true to the Union cause
at the beginning and true all the way
Throughout the men who blew hot or
not the men who were blatant secession-
lists around the streets at first, urging
the instant withdrawal Of Virginia from
the Union, and volunteering to shoulder
their guns at once and march for Har-
per's Ferry, and who afterwards from
sheer cowardiee, deserted the rebels and
at length turned up as model Union men
not the men who took With facility,
the oath OF allegiance to the rebel Gov
eminent to avoid a little present incon-
venience and then with equal facility, at
the dictate of1personal interest, repudiated
that oath and swear fealtyto the Union
not the men who, while protesting adj
herence to the Union cause during the
war, did not hesitate to renderaid to the
enemy by secretly selling to him any
supplies they had-not the men who,
lodged from one State to another to
avoid IA draft into the Federal service
and who now spend their time in abus-
ing those who volunteered to fight the
battles of the country, because they re-
fuse to honor them as the bravest ofmen
and the purest of patriots-such Union
men were not at the meeting and had no
sympathy with its design; but men
who had faith in the Constitution and
the Union. and who through the war
showed their faith by their works -men
whose patriotiim rose superior to selfish
ness and moved them to place lite itself
rs an offering on the altar of their couil-
try-Gnion men of this stamp werc at
the meeting and co-operated for the adj
Vanccment Of its ends.
These are specimens of the .foksehood
direct, contained in the article referred to,
and fully illustrate one of the ruling
passions Of that radical sheet.
We will now give a specimen or two
of the taisehood sneahiag, contained in
the article in question:
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