Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-06-25
For the Spectator,
MIDDLE RIVER, June 18th, 1872.
To Apu One

In your issue of June the llth, / observe an
article, the caption of which is TO You" de,.
voted to the advocacy of the principles of tenn
peranee, and seems to be a part of series Of
articles from NO Az" which have appeared
in your paper for several issues. The writer
seems to be Fanatic on the question Of Tem-
perance.
For his edi6cation / refer him to Numbers,
XIII chap, aSth verse, which reads as fol-
lows And the Lord opened the mouth of
| the Ass and she said unto Balaam, what have I
done unto thee that thou hast smitten me these
three times p and in the 29th verse is the fol-
lowing reply: And BaIaam said unto the ASS
because thou hast moeked me, would that
there were sword in mine hands, for now |
would kill thee" And for the entire confab
between Balaam and the Ass Ar is referred
to the remaining part of said chapter and the
following chapter, but / hope that AT un-
der no circumstances will substitute the word
beast for the word ass, and if that does not
satisfy Al, i he is referred to another passage
in the Bible which says-''Ho forcible are
right words, but what doth your arguing
prove. Respectfully,
MIDDLEBROOK
The Golden Age (rheodore Iilton) dilates
upon what 1t calls The Successful Failure at
Philadelphia, and draws parallel between
the two republican parties" to use its own
phraseology. Says the Golden Age;-
Cincinnati, fresh from the people, initiated a
long needed movement of reform; Philadelphia.
drawing its breath from the public offices,
clamored like claquers 10 theatre for continu-
ance OF the administration aud the reappoiut-
ment of Its fifty thousand paid stipendiaries.
Cincinnati declared tor the One-term principle
Philadelphia was as hush as the grave concern
ing this central and handspring measure ofeiyil
service reform. Cincinnati demanded that our
foreign policy should ask for nothing that was
not right and submit to nothing that was
wrong; Philadelphia, forgetting this maxim of
jackson, connlved at the Alabama surrender.
and gave this lgnominy the name of honor
Cincinnati protested against eleyating the mill
tary over the civil law; Philadelphia entertain
ed itself with picture Of Grant on horseback.
as typical of the administration which it seeks
to maintain ln power. Cincinnati denounced
the abuses which the government has feared to
investigate; Philadelphia was q prearranged
mechanism, sabordlnating the Individual free
dom OF It's delegates to affect unanimity which
did not exist, by an enginery which itself was
one of the chief abuses of which the administra-
tion has guilty. Cincinnati was for universal
amnesty Philadelphia was for limiting this
clemency. Cincinnati denounced the distribu-
ton OF public offices among persons who had
given gifts to the President; Philadelphia of
Cincinnati denounced nepotism; Philadelphia
bandaged its eyes into blindness to it. Cincin-
natl indicted the President as violator of law;
Philadelphia gave sycophant's complimentto
his practical wisdom. Cincinnati proposes to
unite the North and the South or the basis of
liberty, equality and fraternity; Philadelphia
determines to tear open afresh the healed
wounds of the two sections. Cincinnati is for
peace; Philadelphia for war. Fellow country
men, choose between them a4- +. =
People are proud to condemn in others what
they practice in themselves without scruple.-
Plutarch tells of a wolf, who, peeping into
hut where company of shepherds were regal
ing themselves with a joint of mutton, exclaim-
ed, what clamor would they have raised if
they had caught me at such banquet"
w hen man can stand in basket and lift
himself by the handles, then round cork will
| close square hole.