The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1867-04-24

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The University lays broad and deep the
foundations Of education, and the student
by seeking fields Of clinical advantage, can
by patient and intelligent observation rear
its superstructure. We sincerely wish the
Medical College at Richmond great sue
cess, but we should deeply regret to see it
purchased at the sacrifice of the University
of Virginia. We might desire medical
reform in many respects, but to do SO at
the expense of this time honored institu-
ton, the pride Of the State, would exhibit
the wisdom which priest of Diana would
have manifested who should have proposed
todis up the celebrated charcoaIfoundations
which underlie the temple Of Ephesius, in
order to furnish fuel for the burnt offer
ings upon its affairs.
The University, whose splendid dome,
Catches the Sunbeams from the patriots home,
Reflects q brighter glory on the sage,
Whose name shall gid for aye his country's
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Twas nohly done.
Each tribute that generous bounty draws,
From high souled patriots in this sacred cause,
Descends in blessings on their fields again,
As clouds imbibe, and then distil the rain
The latest phase of opposition to recon-
struction and Convention is that "we
must all become radicals OF be passive y
This is about as sensible as it would be to
say that ''every Confederate who suffered
and obeyed orders in yankee prison ne
cessarily became yankee" For didn't
he make the best of it? Didn't he make
all sorts of motions to sell, and add to
his comfort Didn't he take. an ''iron-
clad" oath, after the surrender, to get out;
and didn't he vote togo home! Of course
he did but we wouldn't like tobe the man
who called him "a yankee for all that
This sort of reasoning is all clap-trap, and
cant bear the test Of the plainest princi
Piles of common sense. Gen. Lee, Long
street, Beauregard and nine tenths Of the
men who fought yankees, all transformed
with Radicals by the passage of a force
bill The only danger of giving the South
to the radicals is in adopting the mistak-
en- policy of the ''passivists.
The RESULT OF INACTIoN. it ever
strike the advocates of ':inaction" that its
natural result would be ten Thousand times
harder on the soldiers who fought for the
South the widows and orphans Of her
dead, than ever the vilest radical ever pro-
posed in the Military bill? The result of
"passive endurance" would be to put all of
this class under the iron rule of such men
as Brownlow and the radical negroes, a
fate which even our enemies give US a
chance to escape, by action. We cannot
believe that the honest, but deceived ad
vocates of this policy ever looked at the
question in its true light, and we think it
their duty to give this view careful con
sideration.
EJEws.-The Manhattan and other
Insurance Companies denounced our Jew
ish friends and hoped that no insurance
risks would be taken from Jew. The
fiery blood of the Hebrew has been stirred
up thereat, and we will bet it crushes t.inose
Companies before two gears, as it ought to.
By-the-waJ We would suggest to those pa
/ pers, SO fond of pointing to the noble en-
durance and heroic inactivity Of Italy and
Hungary the striking contrast they could
make by pointing out the patient endur-
ance and untiring activity and energy of
the Jews We think the Jews have made
the best fght-they are power if they
have no country.
SP1oUs DRINKING AND MoRALSwEA
ING" An ''unreconstructed rebel" who
has been recently watching the proceedings
Of the last Congress, informs us that the
ingenious rascality and trickery Of this
representative body, Of the party of"great
moral idea," surpasses anything he ever
dreamed Of; and he had a very high opin-
ion OF their qualifications in that line
How he got into their secrets he will not
devulge, but he assures us that among
themselves, their Congressional Temper
ance Societies" and 'srevivals" are known
and laughed over as ''Pious Drinking" and
Moral Swearing Societies. What next !?
Mrs. Beecher's RECEIPT book wisely says
that the first principle about. cooking a
rabbit is to catch it, People who are
alarmed about what Convention might
do" are recommended to ponder over the
philosophy Of this RECEIPT. First, have a
Convention secure, in the hands of good
men, Or, maybe Hunnicut, Bolts & Co.,
will show us how to "catch" and cook it
too. Somehow we can't think the dish
would be very palatable, and we cordially
recommend to every honest man, who has
decent regard for his political stomach,
thespeedya and practicalapplication Of Mrs.
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