Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-07-13
For The Register.
FROM RLESTOwN.
July 9. 1872.

,Notic display OF bunting thing.
The stores piled their traffic all day
the town council passed no patriotic
resolutions, nor made any appropriation
Tor tire works, etc o shades Of the de-
parted o spirits of the golden age
OF the Republic ! 1t is well you do not
know Of the degeneracy ot your sohs'oI
Your patriotic dust would SUR nseii ~
its quiet rest Your note-taker psrtaH-
ing of the general apathy shook on ms
,norU;n,, sIumber washed his face
and hands as usual, said his prayers OF
course. and sailed forth to snun 'he
fresh air OF the morning, without
Wrought il was independence day.
VIII meeting some friends he was re-
MINDED il was the nations birth period.
IE. n,triotjr ire VAS ut once stirred, he
dronprd his hat in good style ana in
stinctiyev warbled a gentle hurra for
CresIcv and Brown Say what you
,lesse the day of days, III political
sense. rs it used To be with us, from
some cause has been shorn of its eclat,
diyested of its inspiration and comes
and goes wiki the dullnesS of stale
monotony There is cause for this
With us of the South who have felt the
heel Of the oppressor, rs acts giving
the denial 10 what ourtore- fathers fought
and died form many things opposed
TO the glorious principles embodied i'll
that grand parchment, the declaration
OF indepepdence-these and other caus-
as have quenched the patriotic fires of
old-and made us callous of day that
WAS the JOY of the child, the song of the
maiden, the glory of the strong man,
whose yesrly advent stirred the blood
OF age. But should it be so ? | ques-
ton the philosophy that prompts us to
NOPE over the paSt-that wraps US IN
sullep gloom and makes us complain
and repine orer our smitteE heritage,
despoiled in n measure by the PhlllS-
tines. There is still enough left to IN
spire our hope aud faith The republic
lives. Our country is still great and
glorious. With its lost prestige 1t Is
vet the grandest country on the face OF
the earth. 1t stands head and shoulders
shove every other in point of privileges
and blessings. Proud old England our
mother, can< vie with US. 1t is my
country and yours. Oar children and
childrens children are to live in it and
call it theirs. The day breaks-the
night of darkness is disappearing. There
is hope for the return of the days and
tLoinrs of the Fathers of the Republic.
Well for us TO get into the old paths
aud walk by the same rule by which
we became great and strong. To this
end We should cherish the glorious dee Is
of our Revolutionary sires-celebrats
and make memorable the epochs Of the
nation of the olden time, and strive to
kindls streSh the secret feelings OF de
votion to aad love of country by laying
our annual offering upon her altar.
Pardon if YOU please, Mr.. little, this
little patriotic squib. thought in the
absence of fourth of July editorials as it
uSed to be and the old time Barbecue
when some Young barrister would talk
eloquently to his admiring audience of
wha, our heroic grand sires felt and did
In the DAYS of '76, it would be admiSSa-
BILE. But how to let down from my
lofty theme to something more practical
Gle and perhap, more readable . That
the question. Wen try
| learn that the State Council of W.
Va. Of the Friends Of Temperance is to
be held in Your town on the second
Wednesday of August proximo. 1t
could not be held in better place. |
mean . place where the principles Of
the order are more sacredly guarded and
faithfully practiced There is live
Council of live men devoted to the prln-
ciples Of total abstinence in Shepherds
town. read with great pleasure at
the head of the list of officers lately
elected, the names of three OF your
clerqvmrn chosen for the leading posts.
This is right. They are the men to
lead off in such reforms and give Their
influence and talent to cause which is
truly the hand maid Of religion. trust
the State Council will appear in force
and may you and | be there.
Alas poor darkey Can't something
he done for him ? He gets his harvest
money by the hot sweat of his brow,
bat how soon it goes down his throat
in the form of hot whiskey The land
sharks-the liquor sellers rob him OF his
hard earned money and give him poor
return indeed fit were possible to
establish Temperance Societies among
them, get them to pledge total abstl-
hence from whisky. it would be bless
ing. The effort is worth being made.
But who shall make it Why those
of the whites who contend for and prac-
tice the great anti-iquor principle. Can't
wo for the sake of our principles and to
prevent the work of the DESTROYER of
souls, try it.
j guess some of your readers think
that Timothy has got liquor on the
brain. in as much as he so often brings
il in. Well, he VOWS his brain is clear
from the stuff, but his righteous soul is
stirred against the evil. You told the
Free Press last week, that the Register
was not political paper. That being
the Case YOU can devote a portion Of 1t,
70 the good cause Of Temperance, and
as YOU are pleased to give me corner
for noting. here's three cheers ana IL
ger for the Register. TIMOTHY.
Col. Thomas A. Scott and the board
of directors ofthe Texas Pacific Railroad
('oro,>o,r b,,-e returned 70 Philadelphia