Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-04-14
Kentucky Correspondence of the Spectator
OWINGsVILLE, KENTUCKY,
A nril 1ct 1898 {

| ApTu ISL, 1OOO! J
The forces manifested by electricity and mag
netlsm become weak in proportion as the bodle
under their influence are separated by create
intervals of space; and although distdnc
also weakens the attractive power which main
tains the union between great suns and worlds
yet distance does not effect, to the same ex
tent, at least, the finer feelings of the soul, mol
the sympathy between kindred minds Thus
we have found it to be in our case Though
rivers valleys, and mountains separate US from
our native State, and though we have adopted
this State as our home, yet we can never forget
our mother State, even Virginia. The pulse
qulckens at tidings from Va, for she has the
sympathy Of every wandering son who drew his
blade in defence of her rights and honor Many
OF her sons have sought homes in other lands
and other climes, rather than submit to the ty-
ranny of military satraps, but if ever the hour
should again come when she may make an ap-
peal to arms in a just cause, they will rush tc
enlist under the flag of the old Dominion. God
bless her! she is dearer to true Virgnians in
this her hour of trouble, when she is threatened
with being engulphed in the fiery waves of ia.
naticism.
Kentuokians are proud to be called descen-
dants of Virginians, and thousands of true and
brave hearts are beating anxiously to see ''the
Mother Of States" emerge from the fiery or
deal, unscathed.
Governor John W. Stevenson in recent
speech said: ''In that blessed Old Dominion,
where was born George Washington, and with
| IN whose dominion his remains now sleep, the
| people to-day are governed by military satraps
| The Constitution of 1889, bearing his hallowed
| name, with his compeers who framed it, is now
| supplanted by an unwritten Constitution, which
represents the national will as embodied in the
| action of Congress" We believe she can and
that she aoW Indignantly reject any Constitu-
| tion which those foul fends'' may concoct and
consign it to oblivion. Better that the Revo-
luton had never been fought; that the princi-
| pies of re- had never been originated, or in
| cqlcated In the hearts of the descendants of
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Writ and
Lee, or better far that, during our late war for
independence, we had said:
Fear! Pm Virginian, and how should I fear
death?
A savel and wherefore should dread freedom?
will not live degradedp
than such woe and DEGRADATION be visited upon
This is delightful section of Kentucky, the
dark and bloody ground" the theatre OF
Boones bloody conflicts with the wild savages
Both ''the brave old pioneer of the West, and
the 'Jibbenainosay or Nick of the Woods, y
have passed away ''They hunt no more the
grizzly bear about the setting of the sun, " for
Their horn and pouch lie mouldering
Upon the cabin door,
but their descendants have cleared away the
forests and dotted the hilsides and valleys with
dwellings; converted vast and bowling will
derness into one of the most beautiful States
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, while the alb
orlgnes have disappeared leaving no trace be-
hind them save q few mounds In which repose
their forefathers, thus proving that the Cau-
cassan Race will force all others to yield to its
| lndomitable will and courage, and that 'blood
| is thicker than water!' This is truly great
and wealthy State, with her cattle on a thou
sand hills, her noble, brave and chivarous sons,
as true hearted and gallant as those, who
Rode with Spotswood round the land,
| And Raleigh round the sea,
and last, though not least her fair and beau
teous daughters, who are unsurpassed in Amer
| lea, save by those Of Virginia These people
are very much interested in the completion of
| the Chesapeake and Ohio r. R., as arrange
ments are about completed for constructing a
road from Lexington in this State to the mouth
of Big Sandy River. We will then have di-
les We could reach Richmond in 36 hours
instead of four days! If a man wishes to en-
joy excitement this is the country for him.
Here we have stories of the 'Ku-Klu1- K lam
| and Wild Monsters in the Woods which make
each particular hair on ones head stand in a
different direction, and cause the newspapers
to bristle with exclamation points. Political
excitement is great Pendleton seems to be
the choice of the West for the Democratic can
didate for the Presidency.
Each number of the Spectator brings to us
the news that some particular friend is dead or
married Thus it is: changing, progressing,
old actors passing off the stage of life, and new
players taking their places to enact new roles.
When we contemplate this, we are forced to
exclaim,
'Oh beyond that bourne
In the vast cycle of being which begins
At that broad Threshold, with what fairer forms
Shall the great law of change, and progress clothe
it's workingsY'
More anon. Vale