Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1868-01-25
For the Register.
SAEcozIr. Jasper County, No.
January 10Th, 1868. )

January 10Th, 1868.
DEAR JoHN.-Cbris,mss has come,and
eone-anolher year is entonbed wllhih
The corridors of time, and New Year
speeds on space with heightened scroll
unto The end. The hsllowed season
"wherein they say our Saviour was
born" and New Years Day. are The IN
dces on The register of revolving years
They are The gracious times, wherein the
roseaie recollections Of CHILDHOOD are
garuered up, for afler years to feed on IN
The heart, when Time has pu, his sickle
in among the years Of life, and croPt
hsrves, out. Thrice happy nations II 10
this season Of rejoicing. we could beholo
our distracted country once more restored
under The agis of the Constitution, thus
happily delivered from the rule OF ram
pant hate. And yet we live 10 say. "fh,s
things 10 co." Is there no Cromwell
euiltless OF his couniry's blood" 10 lead
US out Of chaos into light and msrsha al us
on to greatness For such man, there
will be a whole history-a niche high up
in the temple of Fsme-snd stll a place
in the hearts of his grateful couniTymen.
The political thinkers and Pharisalcsl pa
riots, in their lust for place and power,
have Jared this nation 10 The very centre,
Blasting the unmatched fabric OF our fore
fathers with fanalIcism. and almost de-
throning Reason herself IN their vsgaries
The people are demanding The rule OF
the Constitution, and they have forced
upon them-Mongrel Conventions, mig
ger suffrage, the arbitrary rule Of petty
despo,s-kiugs OF "shEeds and patches"
Witness ten Stsles on, OF the pale OF
the Constitution, and turned over 10 the
misrule of baTbarous race, but lately in
a condition of servitude-
''For thou dost know, 0 Damon, dear,
This realm dismantled was
OF Joye himself, and now reigns here
A very, sery--peaceck.
" illness the cOnvocalon OF jacksIs at
Richmond. Shades Oh nature! Olhel-
los occupation has come again.
"Ssmbo, does you know dat gemlln
ober dab :"
"Yes. of course doesi dal am ginerel
CORVALLIS"
mo, sab Massa George done shell
all de corn of OBJ him, be am ginereI
Corvallis"
This conversation is supposed to have
taken place at Yorktown. thear Sam
DO again, eighry-seven years after, in The
role of a statesman See the report Of the
mYlatlo Lindsey's speech at Richmond.)
He is only another link Of The same old
original sausage, served differently. The
scent OF the niger will hang round II still.
Yet the present anomalous condition Of
the negro, cannot believe 10 be lasting
one, and il is 10 be hoped that desperate
measures will not be provoked by this last
gasp Of Mopgrelism in the country. In
a contest for supremacy the negro must
succumb 10 the disparity Of forces oPPo-
sing him, and it seems but lriding favor
to give him suffrSge, modified by prop
erty qualification, where there is mani
fes, intelligence. Then through the thick
gloom Of the past, we can discern the fn-
lure, as the Sun in Heaven. But fear,
John, have already wesried you with
this rhodomonlade. Accep, in conclusion
my best wishes for the success of the
Register" in the New Year, and my
sincere regards for your personal vel
fare.