Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-01-22
From our exchanges we learn that one

From our exchanges we learn that one
Chas. King, D. D., a resident Of Saaaton
Va, has written remonstrance against the
removal of the political disabilities Of ''rebel'
officers which was presented to the Senate
on Saturday last. He says:
'The rumor Of it creates panic among
Union men. If you relieve these rebel judges
we are politically ruined. For Gods sake,
interpose and prevent this. 1t is false to say
that we have not Union men to fill the prin-
cipal offices, and if not, let them remain va
cant until they can be filled with good men
from the loya! States. Save US from the
tender mercies of wicked, prosecuting rebels.
The restrictive measures in the reconstruc-
ton acts and the fourteenth amendment, and
in our proposed constitution, are our only
hope. If you will hold the rebels in check
until we can adopt the new constitution then
perhaps, as they bring forth fruits meet for
repentance, they may gradually and indivld-
ually be relieved from the curse OF a broken
and violated law, but for the present we are
unwilling to make curse for them"
This remonstrance was written by a man,
who is not in the least identified in interest
with the people of Virginia. being only tenn
porarily assigned by the Baltimore Confer
ence of the M. E. Church, to the Augusta
circuit.
We had given him credit for a christian
spirit and candor, but with all Difference to
the ministerial calling we must assert that
he starts out with a positive untruth. So
far from creating a panic among Union
men, we doubt if there be any Union man
in the county who will agree with this po-
htacaz Divine Those we have talked with
and heard from deprecatc this political act Of
man claiming to be minister and think
he had better confne himself to his calling,
and attend to the spiritual-not the political
welfare of mankind. We think, however,
that if his spiritual teachings are no better
than his political he had better abandon
both. ,,.s.....-. ~ .-fi..9.t5.l1 i .I
There has been no complaint to our knowl
edge, Of injustice, at the hands oflour judges
to Union men. Since that is the case, how
relieving our Judges would damage Union
men, we can't understand Especially
how it would politically ruin them we
are totally at loss 10 conceive. Perhaps
this political Divine may be able to tell the
connection between Justice and Politics, but
sad experience for several years past hal
ted us to believe there is not the slightes
connection between them.
He exposes the cat in the meal tub in the
desire to have carpet-bag gentry from the
s'loyal' States fostcred upon US. Congress
has had enough of carpet-baggers to satisfy
any body Of men, aad we think we appeal
not in vain when we say s.for Gods sake
interpose and prevent this" Especially
would we make this appeAl if we though
this proscriptivc Divine was likely to stel
into Office.
Union men and secessionists are getting
along quietly and pcacably and we protes
against all attempts like that Of Chas King
to stir up strife and especially at tile expens
of truth, which we asserted marked the. be-
ginning Of his remonstrance and from ou
| knowledge.of the man, in our opinion, char
acterizes its conclusion, in that Of falsel.,
assuming, as we believe, the titlc of D. D.