Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-01-09

name by their heroic efforts IN arms to
sever themselves from the Union; they
have gained far greater by the quiet
endurance with which they bore ine
means chosed for its restoration. =
bolh they were earnest and true.
For more than ten years thiS ST '5ic
orrecou~uuction was carried on, tonu-
my the basis Of nation 4 Parties, and
rcing with bitterness through the
7''ics Of every STATE. 1t ought to be
with JOY that VIC say that this STRIFE is
at last ended, aud once more every
State is repre- sented aud has equal yeice
in the councils Of the republic. Yir-
giua is heard there uow through her
able Representatives. AID if she is true
to her lineage will soon speak with a
power which belonged to her in the
olden time.
IN the breaking up of the present
parties and the formation Of new, great
dangers threaten. Parties based upon
or springing out Of the structure of our
government We ever must and ought to
have. They keep the government to
its moorings and prevent its drifting to
extremes. But parties founded on
classes is the beginning Of the end Of
any republic. Its very definition is
equality Of political rights and the
mutual care ofevery class. Under the
egis Of the government they work to-
gcther for the ad,ancement Of the indi-
yidual and the common veal; but when
any one party reaches for and gets hold
Of the government to promote, through
its agency, its own interest, the re-
public has already ended, and anarchy
o. despotism is at Ea2l
When men talk Of founding parties on
the tariff, internal improvement, a
broad or n narrow construction oi the
constitution and the like, no danger
nood be feared. Rather good, for the
watchlulncss Of each will insure the
moderation Of the other. But when
they talk Of organizing factions. made
up Of rich ana poor, educated and
ignorant, labor and capital, nothing but
trouble is to be looked for and feared.
Under our free institutions the rich Of
to-day IS the poor Of tomorrow, and
the reverse. The ignorant is walking
with upright front every day into higher
and broader light; the laborer. with his
hand o. toll and BY honest industry, IS
massng wealth that's making him the
capitalist and The dispenser Of grateful
charities.
More than t.at, such Efforts are the
ginning of communism. which IS the
end o.. liberty. Tie ignorant cannot
tah by VIOLENCE The learning Of the
educated, noc can the poor take by
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the wealthy. Property lies at i
foundation o.. ,ruc civilization, and
latter cannot I've without it. Io- e
cannot p maucuhy destroy PIE. "~
q. a-h ID may. IN 81. eaart. destroy .ts
oaa liberties. Du. property must aad
a,yc. though It ,all upon 2 despo
'..a 10 save it.
| cannot look with any .ayor or any
hope on any OF those ultra parties which
have from time 10 time struggled for a
iootAold in the country, and graspei at
the machinery Of ~T .rmcnt to hoist
themselves INTO power. do not mean
to say that Their friend, so regard them.
but 1 DO mean to say that they are
deadly TO the peace. if not the safety o.
the republic. l would not take away
from labor any protection it has, nor
would | refuse it any protection ii ought
to have. But would give 1t no favor
that deny to capital. The humblest
cabin in tue mountain iastness should
have the same protection that is given
to the lordliest mansion of the rich, but
no more. Each is, in the eye of the
law, a castle, and either may be nihabit-
ed By the knightliesl knight. Surely
would not. when the poor man has by
noble effort lifted himself from the cabin
TO the palace, regard him the less, be-
cause he has added so much to his OWL
usefulness and to the power of the
State.
There is and ought to be no strife be.
tween the poor and the rich. Labor
makes wealth. then lives upon it. Ant
the effort to cause antagonism is fraught
with evil to both. This IS true in politi
cal economy 1T is far more vital in poll
tics. 1t always has and always viii
end in the ruin of free government.
There Is no room for such parties ir
Virginia. A more gentle rule never
held sway in any country. Our statute
book does not contain single law thai
presses harshly upon the lowly anC
poor. On the other hand, 1t is full o
laws for their good. We have pool
laws, homestead laws, laws to protect
the wages of the laborer from levy
We have hospital asylums for the deaf
the dumb. the blind and the insane
whose blessings are open to all whom
Gods finger has touched ;'but only tC
the poor. without pay. We have fret
schools, whose teachings the poor en-
Joy without price-where the humbles
can learn how to walk in those paths U
distinction which are closed to none whc
are able to I'll the high places in th'
State. There is 70 use for such partie
in Virginia.
But we ought not to forget that C
hind law there must be force, If me-
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