The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-11-05
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Cornelius Starner,
Gag The election is over and we are glad
Of it, Though election day is among the
most important of our public days, there are
many reasons why all should be glad of its
passage and chief among these is the one
significant reason that it enables us to come
down to common sense again, aud to return,
as it were. to the acknowledgement of a com-
mon brotherhood This is oct SO apt to be
the prevailing order, when man, because OF
a difference of political opinion, stand arrayed
in position of aRtzsonis:u to each other
an antagonsm which, Ia too many instances,
forgets the inherent ri ght Of opinion which
attaches to every other man, and approaches
close to, If il does not enter the very confines
of hate We eau all remember elections 10
which party spirit ran so high in the wrong
scale that brother was arrayed against broth
er and father against son with all the vindic-
tiveness of the savage. We knew an in
stances of this kind where the son was for
bidden to enter the house of the father, and
GOODNESS of strangers-passing each other
without allowing the nod of recognition to
fall or the speech Of good will to escape their
Sips We had no occasion for such feeling
IN the late campaign and We thank God for
it-and We hope the time for the engender-
ing ef like spirit has departed from us for
ever
We are particularly glad that the recent
election is over on our neighbcr Of the Demo
cr1t account The wear and tear of consci
ence which he was compelled to undergo in
erying to make his Democratic brethren be-
Bieve that the candidates of his party were
worthy even oftheir support, was tru} y appal-
ing. He knew nothing about them personally
and not much politically, and yet he fought
their battles as though he had begot them
and had really known them from the word
go" His endeavors to bring reproach too
on the national administration, was of piece
with the support of his candidates. Indeed
Ais arguments were as precisely manufactured
out of whole cloth and hence were arguments
worthy the theme But think ofthe reflections
which narrowed both mind and conscience
sYhen he had finished his ''now | lay NE
down to sleep" and endeavored to count the
soothing god Morpheus, and lay himself
away iu peaceful slumbers. Our bowels of
compassion yearned for him, and our heart
fairly bled for him, as we witnessed on his
cnuRtcnance, in lis walkings along the street,
thc evidence Of the perturbed state of mind
which followed his doing the work set him
By his masters. Our neighbor is naturally a
good, pleasant sort of fellow. and We can
not help but rejoice over the fact that the
passage of the election will afford rest to his
brain, ease to the strain upon his conscience,
t'nd give him time for amends honorable to
ruth and righteous attendance upon the
services Of the sanctuary, and general re-
pentance for evil deeds done in the campaign |
That he will make good use of his opportun-
ity VIC would not for moment doubt
Again We rejoice that the election is over
because it will afford US ali more time to at
tend to matters Of vital import for our best
temporal interests. The Normal School
question is one of these, and should gain our
earliest attention. The opportunity is still
within our grasp, and we will not be true to
ourselves if we do not take hold of it and
push it to full fruition The effort for the
establishment of Normal School here last
spring would have been a success had there
been more Of unity in securing the object and
less Of schiSm as to locality. The people
were then ripe for the project, but the mani
pulators and spectators spoiled all in their
efforts to make every thing connected with
1t work to increase the value Of this or that
ten square feet of land in which they were
interested. The work should be began over
again and should be earnestly pushed, and
the result cannot fail to be the establishment
of the school and large addition secured to
our material prosperity and wealth. The
Normal Schools already established are all
successful and pay well 10 their neighborhoods
and one here, with all our advantages, could
not fail to come up to the best Aside from
the educational consideration the dollar and
cent view makes the establishment ola school
here altogether desirable
Again we rejoice over the passage of the
election, because we want time to consider
the introduction of water and gas into our
borough. Amid the destruction by fire
prevailing all around US as steadily as an
epidemic, it behoves US to seek those appl-
ances of skill which will certainly render US
more secure than we now are With kero-
saae as our chief illuminator and lamen-
table hack of water privileges in the greater
portion Of the town our property is liable to
destruction froa, the slightest accident. With
water in abundance with kerosene banished
and gas substituted in It's stead, and with our
excellent steamer always iG order we should
be comparatively safe, and might well go to
sleep aud sleep the sleep of the living just.