The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-19
HrsToRIcus ooLLApsEs.

1.-The Enquirer frankly admits that it is
unequal to the task oflwritiig history, with
its feelings, at boiling point, and thermome-
ter at 80 degrees. The s''reyiew of radical
ism continued, ''land ended; is more like
tale told by an idiot; full of sound and
fury, signifying nothing" than a calm re-
ctal Of facts, such as we have right to
expect from the organ Of refined aristocrats.
Perhaps the failure may be attributed to a
code of practice in reviewing, similar to
that adopted by slashing literary critic,
who, when asked if he had read a certain
book which he had murderously reviewed,
replied, Certainly not; to read a book
under review prejudices man so."ias
70 sum up this dog-day REVIEWS alight
task. tl 'aa.a RIOS, = a1a8
Eminent members of the Virginia branch
of the celebrated Bourbon family had not
learned, in 1866, that since 1861 there
had been bloody war, and that peace fol-
lowed the unconditional surrender Of
one of the parties engaged in the struggle !;
and could not fo,get that from time imme-
mortal they had dictated, and their man
dates were law. In the spirit, natural for
men entertaining these IDEAS, they assumed
control of. the State, and strovc to accom-
plish by Legislation what they had failed to
effect by war. Congress, finding them OBJ
lvious to facts, and obduratc as to results,
ordered a convention. That convention in
scrbed in our present constitution full re-
cognition of the great fact that Virginia is
now a free State and all her citizens free
men; and the people at large ratified that
constitution by an overwhelming majority.
That the Enquirer does not like the con-
stitution, is perfectly natural; but that the
people should accept it, is equally natural
1t is the death-warrant Of caste, the
evangel of liberty; and the Enquirer dotes
over the former, but hates the latter with
an intensity that would have delighted DIR.
johnson, who declared he slowed a!good
hater. ," y stet" essg ~
Speaking of the vote on the constitution,
the Enquire, says: .54gas
The upshot was gracious boon y the Under
wood Constitution, pure and simple with the
privilege, if we could of expunging at the polls
the DISTINGUISHING clauses and the test-oath-lf
r. Considering that the particular friends o.
the Enquirer had refused to expunge the
DISTINGUISHING clauses and the test-oath,
without the Intervention of popular vote,
although repeatedly urged to do SO, we are
somewhat prepared for the concluding
| threat that opportunity is to be watched
and waited, to annul the charter of liberty
wrung from the unwilling hands of Bour.
bons, las Magma Charta was from tyranni-
cal King John,) and precipitate us back into
the good old times C9 of slavery for the
colored man, degradation for the white mar
who had to live by his own labor, supreme
authority and purple and fine linen"- for
! those who lived upon the labor of others.
We were permitted to drive the black, pratt
cal band out of the ship and take possession o
her, but from stem to stern, in hull, rigging, ano
[ sails, she WAS to remain just as she came from
the hands of the builders. A Conservative crew
aboard Radical craft, let us hold the deck il
| hope one of these days of being able to run the
| ugly customer intoia Democratic port, change
our service, and send her as present to Dayy
.Jones-i 80
/ We arenot prophets, but we 's'reckon'
that if the issue is made, the people will
send the Enquirer to "Davy Jones,' and
keep the Radical crafto a1oat. .,l a .
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