The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-03-08

| firm and safe. As far as opinions go, goo
and bad, and the right to utter them each II
his own way and to his own auditory
| Americans believe in the Indian creed Of NJ
! fences tolerance everywhere, aud to the ut
termost, and in all municipalities, religion
no religion; ali opinions sacred, even th'
wrong, since it Is hare. to say II the wrong o
| to-day may not be the right Of to-morroa
no inquisitiou SURPRISING truths or lies
| hut broad tlayleht--ttia. Is liberty. Who l.
it that would make government sort o
mad house discipline to put straight-1acket'
on all the nauacs, political or other, thai
/ &c up and downin tile land! or who Is 1t tina
would even speak Of sedtlon laws sinpii
becallsea Don Piatt talks about assassination
Surely not those who comprehend and re-
we're Republican institutions of government
| In this country political assassinations are stir
ply murders, and never can becoMe even re-
specially criminal, as they are in Spain ano
| Mexico. We have laws that are arms tt
| take murder, rebellion aud larceny by the
collar, aud it is probable that should there
arise in oHr midst whole clan Of Isuiaeliall,
| with Don Piatt as 'so,d man Of the ineuIi
| tain" ut their head, We should with more nI
less Of laws delays have them legally
strangled and out OF the way, but what law
| there is amongst us chat prevents MAI,
from thinking and saying what he pleases.
or what necessity OF law we knew not. 1t Is
quite refreshing to meet an American who
doesn', believe in Republican form of gov
eminent, il he Is not too much of a JereIni-
all, and We do not believe in muszling him.
neither do we think it q worthy thing to turn
with siieer from yotlr believer in the rights
" the few. to eat the bread IT the many and
without getting it in a malfti way. 10 the
one we would say ia way Of denial that
we do not believe In the right OF any
one man to arbitrarily take another
,nan's SHARE or right OF government
to restricts mans liberty other than
where it liu longer bee ,uies liberty. but ell
er.aehs,ent upon his neighbours elbow
room, or Divine right ofany tnanto be king
,aaseng us, other tlian by true worth, and for
the other We find no better words than JET
ferson 3, spoken 78 YEARS since. ''lf there
be- any atla0ag Us who would Wfst, to dissolve
the Union or to change It's rep .blicau form
let. them stand undisturbed as nionunients of
the safety with Which error Of opinion may
be tolerated where reason Is let free to com
bat IT, This spirit of to'eration in all its
various; workings oIt, i'm patient contrib, and
self restraint, and free discussion, seems To
lie at the Ease oe o,ir free government, and
is sheet anchor plainly said to BE- SO In our
canstituti.-n,; and which In some manner ac
counts Tor Our not more Often settling dis
pntes with rifles aud cannnli shot. Up to
this point Of freest speech and Thought, all
beyond this Is the law, and
which law we ourselves have made and t.,
which all yool ineil bow in reverence, and
whose aim, that is the government, all bad
i,neil ai. tlJers Of evil recognize as irrrsisti
sbesand strong to punish.
! 10 Roman Catholicism, Its biyotry. aud
hatred Of free government; followers ri
tiie Kuraui 1--WE but take the swof from your
nani;) you who hate the Unipn ard w1ulL
tlismember Ii, il such tIieresbe; tolrral ION,
-ay your say ,ilai angue, utter all thai is wislI
ia you, only accord to us also the ri sliG 10
-ay our say and fair field in which TO ii hi
..rror and wrong. and we believe that even
IN universal sattfage and great unwasIIeo
lJelntgyacy, virtue, order and truth will H.
naily work to the surface and control, though
IL may at times appear III uncertain struggle,
and we shall hear men as Ia routed army
shouting '.s.lve himself WHO can p
But are there not many reasons, not few
st7oiig and logical, why our Republican IN
stitution are very stable and well ancllore
ant aot fnclined under mt,st severe pres>,ir..
VI adverse 4:ixcun,staucrs to hecoine s.craIy.4
and .'tuiterilis," aud To slip away from Il
hi the gloom of anarchy aud disorder? rrue,
Dir goveriiii,entis not what W0ul,t be terti-
ID strong government" ny tile French TN
perial political school. aud yet lnpexia@
''strong goverllnlent" has had its rediculnu,
baptism Of fire at Saarbruck, and its TN
speakstle gaoniiiy VI Sedan; while the
government by the people has survived its
Bull Run and other not over glorious runs,
wherein We have been mcre delnuralize,i
hurt md tnac tlhd IT, .
and ii,lal triumph in ITO sectional sense, AMI
many other triumrffs in peaceful ways. not
the least OF winch may possibly BE- this
ELECTORAL Commission Of Arbitrati0n,'
enough tione OK US may AZ yet see plainly
what is TO come out Of it, and how much of
subversion OF popular government their is i'll
It, If any at all, Strong government, that
Is arbitrary COVER melt Of King, Kaiser,
Priest or People, is Of necessity based upon
short sighted human control. Free govern
lnent rests upon natural laws and Gods
laws, both indeed subject to those laws, but
the Que acknowledging and doing homage to
them as the great principles III DERIVING true
government; the other at times blindly re-
sisting them and seeking their subversion,
though IN broader sense both Republic an
Empire lave sought to Iegislate natural
laws out OF existence by regulating prices Of
bread and beef and the worth Of Il mau's
days work, aud the valIe Ut piece OF paper
which they call dollar, bur which obsti-
nateiy refuses SO TO BIZ anil often became 10
dollar ut all, in obedience to certain well
known natural laws. II tho laws that gov
rril men ) actions appear to lead them Into
wrong and downward to destruction, it is
but on the surface that TREY SO appear; have
patience, leave them 10 work out free and
uiitram,neiled, and there shall come to mai:
the greatest blessings Of peace, good %lll
and order; seek to arrest or divert ttletM and
you Inevitably have misery, anarchy, and
destruction. II Is undoubtedly true that mali
Is at heart selfish and that lie will elect to d.,
those things " Itch In his individual estimate
will bring cut u sum total Of the greatest
amount Of happiness Or profit, aud yet this
law w.iich ut frs sight would appear |" open
the siuice ways Of disorder II left unchecked,
really in tiic end, II left free ID act, brinss
llost beneficial resultant la pres,rviiig socls-
~ aud obedience to tiiose higher laws wIicn
Ill t'en IN suilie way acknowledge. Teach
men that to vloiate Gol's laws and natura'
laws brings not fappiliess and profit, but tile
reverse, aiftt We have ti,is law Of man $ eel
asiiiaess fenced about aud acting within Ger
laIii quite we'll defined limits. Thus it is
that tilc highest possible edicati an to the
>.~s-s~@s fOFSs~'ls hittuuVt ~ ttC pNtIatNuu'n
OF hrl,tibtic.n government. We .io not speak
Vt education in its more. limited aud perhaps
xeiieisiiy accepted mea ling, q knowledge
VI arithmetic xran,i,r, geography, ai,,
classic sinat' er ligs and a few years ia col :
eye walls, but ltlat her education that
'eacnes :lieIl Of the principles and laws Of
Ga hys, ard that enables them &c Comprehend
how uiiaIterale and yet how Just AMI bei. H.
cent are the laws controlling mems actions
.sin iivi!uals or as nations.
Macaulay, looking forth from his own h II
top intO the future, and into the evening,
the dark and black night OF republican gov
ernmenG, sees disaster and ruin and no morn
ing light OF new days. "rl.e time will come
with u.s. he says, .'when a multitude who
have had but half Il breakfast and expect
sonly half dinner will choose legislature.
and is it possible to doubt what sort Of Il leg
stature will be chosen" s.On one side il
statesman preaching patience, respect for
vested rights. strict observance Of public
faith; on the other side Is a demagogtle rant
ing about the tyranny OF CAPITALISTS and
userers, and asking why anybody shuuls, 9
permitted to drink champagne and to ride
III \ carriage, while thousaslli of homes:
folks are in want Of necessities, IL is IA
possible future for US wherein tflem,are diff
culties to solve before which the evils of
mere official or party corruption must Ssjnk
into insixnificance. When there sfall he 20
more room In which to enlar tile place Of