The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-12-04
terror of dissectors. 1t is called the
"s1lphate of sepsin."

terror of dissectors. 1t is called the
"salphate of sepsin."
1t we had had the sense, we would
have said exactly what the Baltimore
Gazette has said so well about John Q.
Adams, to wit,
The tone of Mr.. Adams speeches and
letters affords in itself the evidence of
his ignorance of the people to whom
they were addressed. He spoke plain
ly and kindly and was anxious to do the
South some service, but he spoke in a
manner which we must be pardoned for
saying savored of impertinence. There
was an assumption of personal superior
ity and wisdom on his part that was dis
tasteful. He gave his advice with the
air of man who was counselling de-
pendents, or people who were IN some
way incapable Of cOmprehendlng or
dealing with the exigencies OF their
position. 1t seemed as il he had really
and honestly believed all his life that
the people of the South were a brutal,
reckless and illiterate race, among
whom there existed no such class as the
Boston gentlemen. If he had known
the people with whom he had thus for
the first time come In contact, Mr.. Ad-
ans good sense and good taste would
have prevented him from approaching
them in anything like condescending
or patronizing way. Before he went
among them he doubtless recognized, as
the whole world does, their heroism and
constancy, but it is to be regretted that
he had not sooner learned to appreciate
the fact that they are in alltthat pertains
to manhood, integrity and self-respect
at least the equals OF their Northern
brethren. Having now ascertained this
to be true, we trust Mr.. Adams will dis
seminate his knowledge among his fell
low-citizens in New England.
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Mr.. W. d. Coleman, the editor of the
Enquirer and Examiner, suggests that
we write lecture on sPork and Beans,
or the Yankeeized Virginian of 1885. -
We thank him cordially for the sugges-
ton, but must. for the present at least,
decline. In the first place, we have mt
the heart to treat the subject humor-
ouslv, and, secondly, Col. Farrar, in
his "Trip Van Ninkle," has already
done the work in better style than we
could. If MIR. Coleman would read in
public the lecture on "Loye," which he
read to us privately last Spring. he
would add to his fame and do the pub
lie service. While on the subject of
lectures, we will take the liberty of
making suggestion of our own. In
England, scientific lectures to working
men are immensely popular. The tick
cts are eagerly bought-up-in fact, there
is almost battle for them. Why may
we not have similar lectures IN Rich-
mond? Another Coleman, DIR. Robt.
IT,, might lead the way; other members
of the faculty would follow, and work
worthy ofall praise would be Inaugural
tee. We hope the Richmond press will
urge this matter.
Thanks to the editors of .he Alcxan-
dria Commercial Advertiser and the
Scottsville Register for their ''blrth-day
notices" and good wishes. Length of
days and plenty of paying subscribers
to both of them.
We want some money.
Alex. Mcdonald is thankful, and dis
courses thus in the Lyncnburg Virgin
ian:
Wehave some things to be thankful
VIpnr tytio 70 10
be thnkful that we are neither scala
We ought to be thankful that the honor
and integrity Of our good old State have
been preserved. We ought to be thank
full for her noble history and record
We ought to be thankful for her vast
stores of mineral and agricultural
wealth. We ought to be thankful for
her climate, her sunshine, her waters
and her scenery. We ought to be
thankful for the idestimable blessing .ot
health. We ought to be thankful for
the plentiful crops that have remune-
rated our toll. We ought to be thank
full for the capital and enterprise that
are coming into ollr State. We ought
to be thankful for the generally improv-
ed prospect ahead. These are some of
the things that we ought to be thank
full for to-day.
True, Alex. We, too, are too often
grateful to the "giver OF every good and
perfect gift" but we have never yet
been able to be thankful to order.
The editor of the York PENN Press,
who is son of Hon. Jeremiah s.
Black, closes an editorial in recent IS
sue of his paper in thu following words.
Early in the coming winter the SUI
preme Court will decide McCardle's |
case, and following their authority in |
the Mulligan case,- they will pro-
nounce the reconstruction acts, with all |
the negro obligarchies which have |
grown up under them, demonstrations |
al and void. Gen. Grant will undoubt- |
edly accept their decision as the law of |
the land, while the Radicals will just as |
certain repudiate it, as they have al |
ready done the plainest of the 2rovis- |
ions OF the Constitution. The issue of |
such conflict cannot be doubtful. The |
radical two-thirds melted away in the |
House of Representatives in the late |
elections. what they saved of their ma
iority, was saved by Grant'sgreat name. |
With all the conservative republicans |
and democratic party at his back, Grant |
will grind the pestilent faction to at
pms. m ~
What we have here written is upon
The supposiLion that General Grant will |
hit self-respect, that he will
not belle his own record and that he
will not allow himself to be bullied or
leluded into betrayal ofhis own heart
ind conscience.
We cannot sufficiently praise the
rue and evidently heartfelt virginian-
SIN of the Winchester News, Other
Valley papers care for the Valley and