Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-11-09

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For THE HERALD
Poor old Shenandoah Dear old Shenon.
.doah How deeply how siRcerly, we lament
thy deplordbls cond ton. 1t repents us TO
behold thee in thy awful dilemma. Tears.
cop ious, unconquerable tears tall in thy bo.
half We mantle ourselves in mournful. ave
significant black, sorrowng, suffering for
thee We bow down sadly i'll our grief, and
bend our heads now e'erclouded BY peculiar
gloom .or thee, Shenandoah, for til &c only.
rearing that we'nay yet be driven to exclaim
ilium fuif, theu vast, but art no more Where
are thy noble sons that hasten to do the
homage Where are they that thou wouldst
seek and who, upon thee, would reflect credit
and sustain thy casts end dignity, and make
thy escutcheon blaze, in renewed splendor.
newly burDisffsd, and shine in dazzling
brilliahoy beyond conception. Where are
they, Gone, saith ole, .'Gone where The
woodbine twineth," "a dream of things that
were" Where are hey Of honor unsullied
integrity inspected, principle uncompronis-
ing, honesty lnhexib!e, truthfulness inexora-
5e character unimpeach tble, intelligence
powerful and inperishabe and virtues that
shine as the gemmed and diadefamed tiara of
popes, and crowns of kings, under the genial
rays of heavens dazzling suhbeams?
Where are they Of white and stainless ro-
hes that env elope and protect purity of char
acter, and sterling integrity hat combine to
form beings, that canno, be put up at pub
lie auction bject to the caprices of the
highest bidder, men, poble men, that are
not cheap but dear, and no: purchaseable
with money and with price, and Will moi
sell their birth right for a paitry mess of
pottage,
Where are they, echo who would answer
is echoed and crushed by the din of confu-
sion as they the nous somtaies rush forward TO
the field and rostrum by two? and exclaim
in tones Of thunder, here we are, men TO
save the Commonwealth
Jonathan Simpkins the owicola. who
does not believe the earth revolves on its
axis, and thinks grammar demoralizing to
the youth, and regards readn, writin and
cypherrin, education enough if not carried to
excess, comes forward with The desires of
Demosthenes (but forgets to put the pebble
under his tongue) lays his plants be
fore the good people Of the grand old Shenan-
doah and first of all del ivers himself in as
sault and battery way, TO this effect "Fel-
low Citizens, am opposed to the lawyer,
doctor and the Internal funding bill, or any
body that knows any thing, or anything that
never saw, read and know nothing about,
espe cially the funding bill that hear SO
much talk of. never read it all, because
could not spell all the words, and could not
understand that did read, therefore il should
be abolished. But send me ,oyour legi la
tive halls, | will make them resound, and
refec! credit upon my commitments, not in
deed by being able TO advocate bill or
measure for | don't believe in speaking, but
trust me, will keep my seat like q mau
lwooden) and vote in truth like q machine.
don't know what funding means, bnt if il
embraces the idea of paying my honest debts
! shall oppose it with all force. shall OPP
pose the II per cent clause because it i