Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-06-19
WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA.
Treason In the Camp.


epithsts as rogues and regulators at
gentlemen who have the manhood to
repudiate a bribed contract and the
honesty TO pay what they owe and no
more, the coupon shavers and bond
spectators have taken up the national
yell of communism and are hurting it
with all the force and fuss their stop
thief" lungs can give it to all of which
the taxpayers are turning the same
deaf ear which they had for the pulpit
decorators and tuppenny legal descan-
tiers who have harangued them for 10
these many years. Not even Miss
Maury's patriotic appeal to the coun-
try women for donations Of their butter
and eggs to redeem a fraud which they
had no hand in perpetrating, in the
least disturbed rural equanimity.
Not so, however, the developments
of the last fortnight. As soon as it was
noised arouud that the sappers and
miners were laying their train toward
the federal court, intent upon enlarging
the jurisdiction Of that hated tribunal
so as to usurp the last vestige of Vir-
ginia's sovereignty, the mountains
echoed an indignation chorus that
would have stirred the patriotic souls Of
the sleeping fathers with renewed con-
fdence in the perpctuity of their glo-
riOus institutions, and made the knees
Of domestic traitors culver like those Of
the Chaldean king at the Interpretation
Of his awful dream, the reminder Of his
baseness and the augury Of bis punish
ment.
For seven years readjusters have
been tainted with revolution, and lack
ofregard for the Court Of Appeals. On
one single question, to wi. the right Of
the State to tax coupons, "a right eXer-
cised all the while, the funding ring OF
Richmond was defeated by divided
court. Did they submit to the court as
1t Is and the law as it has been? For
shame mo. But they iHsidiously en-
deayor to have congress pass bill ca
larging the jurisdiction Of the United
States courts to relieve the bOndhelder
frem the pittance of tax he now pays to
Virginia on his coupon. Every ether
piece Of paper is taxed, every kind and
species Of property is taxed, but the
bond that belong. to the spectators
upon the peoples misfertunes must be
brought to the attention Of the United
States court. not under any existing
law, but under a law framed specially
for the purpose.
People Of Shenandoah, if there be
yet lingering doubt, you may deter
mine now who are the guardians OF
Virginia's honor, Yirginla's renown,
Yirginia's sovereignty, and congratulate
yourselves that the murder did cut"
before we were quite chained and
delivered to the packed political court
that has not yet yet failed to supply a
tool for every job. an instrument for
every crime against statehood.
How lily this vile treason comes in
the season Of our floral offerings, W hen
the green spears that shoot heaven
ward are bending under the weight OF
wreathed eyergreens and roses, when
mothers eyes are again bedimmed and
hearts again filled with sad recollectlons
of what might have been. Heaven de-
feud Virginia from virginians, and the
memory of her heroes from the recreant
hands who could destroy the need OF
sovereignty which brilliant failure left
as, Defend US from the aliunde trl-
bunal!