Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-04-08
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great men, than to initiate their follies;
that Jackson's Force Bill does not justify
Grants .Bayonet law But Harry is ..
coilservative-wh atever that means-and
no doubt he is orthodox, according to the
canons OF conservatism. And yet ann
loath to give him up; for, often when he
gets upon the true democratic track, he
goes so glorionsly that almost fancy l
can hear him shout the defiant words of
Rob Roy, my foot is on my native heath.
and my name is McGregor." But, woe Is
me he will not stick The next hear of
him, he is advocating some Wing heresy,
or hand-and-gloye, hob-and-nob with the
Radicals-keeping step to the Greeley
drum-wholly UNCONSCIOUS of the pain he
is giving to his true democratic friends
in fact, advising his conservative confreres
to throw us over board; Iquote his own
words from IL new actto the Greeley farce,
e.ections, when the people had so decided
ly Kissed that farce off the stage that
trust it never will be played again. Is it
any wonder that then the Rob Roy shout
dies away. and in its place l hear some
democrat Indignantly mutter he is like a
hawk that has gone down the wind. and
will not give whistle to lure him back
again
And now, in conclusion. let me say
most emphatically, | am not opposed to
MANUFACTURES, OF to home industry in
any of its forms. Without these we are
barbarians; for civilization can only keep
pace part passu with trade and COM
merre. Nor am lctuated by any dis
interested, Or sen time entail love for the
farmers; but know that thcii prosperity
means my prosperity; that | like every
other IN III, I'm indebted to them under
Providence, for my daily breal, and i'll
fighting their battles am only fighting
my own.
| would rejolee to see some able hand
take up these questions and discuss them
in some of our county papers. We have
plenty Of intelligent farmers who see their
interests, and the interests of whole COM
munity. why are they 50 silent? Are they
content to be the victims forever of the
follies or crimes of those who make their
less task to educate the mass of voters up
to an intelligent discharge OF their duty;
| there are so many simple, but well mean-
ing men, who are the dupes of demo-
on1 If ic 1iff1,:tlt to 10 l,oY
that the man who passes them with 4 brief
How de- OF nod of tile head, nj xy repre-
sent their interests more ably and faith
| fully than he who sends them garden
seeds, or fondles and kisses their children
| But something our farmers must do if
| they would escape final beggary. If am
not mislnformed, our Wittenagemote th At
! assemblies yearly at Richmond, are serious
ly entertaining the project to exempt all
capital invested in manufacturing from
| taxation for a period Of years; in other
words, to throw the whole burden Of
government upon the farmers and the
other class OF taxpayers already over
| buriened. No matter if the farmers be-
come so impoverished that the plOW
stands still and our fields run to waste;
can we net repair the shattered fortunes
of Virginia by manufacturing for Vir-
ginia farmers, and building furnaces in
every inas,cessarle valley of our noun
tain regions? this will keep our capital at
home, and Oh! so rich rs we shall grow
Surely there is a class OF men. who, il
they once get al idea in their heads, it
can never be got out again unless by the
same process that we extract the kerne
from the walnut-crack them With a
Ratchet If our farmers submit to this
outrage : if they do not taboo every man
who fayors it-then they deserve to be
the beasts of burden that protective
tariff and class legislation has made Of
them. GRUMPY.