Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-02-01
FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1, 1867.

This is elninently praisewortEy on the part
Of the people of that crest and wealthy city
With the mere fact Of an effort being made
TO extend charity to the suffering poor Of
the South, made so by the devastation and
destruction of the war, We do not propose to
deal, save to express our qualification there
at. and to return the thanks of those we rep
resent in this section to those people of Go.
than, who, aroused by the reports of dc.
struction and want il various sections of the
South, and animated by Christian philan-
throphy, from their abundance, are about te
extend that material aid, which will relieve
many innocent ones from suffering and want
for whom their friends and neighbors can dc
but little, SO destitute were all Southrons
left by the late war and it's attendant re-
suits.
Another feature, we think claims not only
our attention, but the attention of the whole
people Of the country. This effort, as we
stated above, -excites and interests the sympa-
thy not of Conservatives alone, but finds cordi-
al supporters in the ranks of those from whom
the South is led to expect but little. Among
those WHO appeal strongly for the greatest
liberality on the part Of the people of the
&reat Metropolis" are the editors of the
radical PAPERS of that city, and, doubtless,
heartily endorsed by their thousands of rad
ical patrons. From Southern stand point
we exclaim, j" and is it not most incumbent
upon them to exhibit the greatest liberality !!
for is it not due to them that the present des-
titution and suffering in the South has been
brought aboutw This they do not, or will
not see, but they are astute enough and suf-
fciently unprejudiced to see that the coratin-
action of the restitution in certain portions
Of our fair land is not due to the war, but to
the continued disturbed and unpacifed con-
dition of the country SO long after the cessa-
ton of actual hostilities. That had peace
and pacifcation followed close on the heels of
,wnr, want would have been but name not
q reality in the fertile South. This they can
readily and do understand. for they are
brought into daily contact with it in the d.
minishcd receipts of their tills, and feel it in
every throb of the commercial end financial
pulse in that great business mart. Indeed
they do not deny it. On the contrary, on
this very account, they profess great desire
to see the restoration of the Union accom-
plished speedily. Yet we find these very
journalists, who bespeak for the Southern
poor bounteous donation, daily advocating
plans OF restoration, introduced into Con-
gress simply because they are believed i'm
possible, and not for the purpose of securing
speedy restoration-not g to preserve the
Union of our Fathers" but to preserve the
life of party which can only live in turmoil
and strife, and whose funeral clr*nt will be
tho pasans of peace. They do not cry out
against the impeachment Of President John
son, for observing his oath of Office to sup
port the Constitution and Laws, as expound-
ed by the Su premc Court, because it is wrong
per Sc, but because, forsooth, it would haz-
ard the existence Of party. Party and
party patronage with them is more weighty
than country and the prosperity of the peo-
pie.
While the extending of relief to the
suffering poor of the South, or of other lands,
is both magnanimous and christian-like
yet we gay to our Northern readers and ex-
changes, would you do away with its neces.
sity in this once land of plenty-would you
/" cast your bread upon the waters" to "find
it after many days" you must throw aside
that partizan feeling, which, for an act some
what similar to that which made this soun-
try Free~Republic-a proud monument of
successful rebellion, woald continue in desti-
tuition twelve millions of people prevent the
recovery of the greatest resources of the
country from their present crippled condition,
and send down burden of debt never to be
cancelled through coming time, and all, that
rarty may live. You must take nation
a., mot partizan view Of affairs, and dethrone
from their positions these men who would
not only exercise the Legislative, but also
the Executive and Judicial functions of gov
eminent, supplanting them by men who viii
exercise the prerogatiyes Ct Legislation with
out infringing on those OF the Executive or
judicial Departments, and whose Legislation
will be for the benefit of the whole country
and not that of party. When you of the
North rise equal to the occasion and act as
becomes you, as lovers of your country and
the Constitution of your 'srebel'' Fathers, no
longer will you hear the cry of restitution
and want from any portion Of our land, but
you will find that her resources will spring
forth to relieve Her of debt and her people OF