Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1880-11-16
TUESDAY MORNING. NeYRNsgg "a. ZEE
A SPECIMEN RADICAL.

The Morgsntown Post, tho Republican
paper of Monongalia county, gives vent to
Its rejoicing over the late election in such
choice paragraphs as the following:
1.-THE rotten caroas of a malignant and
traltorous Democracy has been consigned to
a deeper grave than ever before covered
slime. SANDER and stink"
Young men, rencuuce your allegiance to
that most curse covered, BLACKLIST and most
damnlns party. organization, that ever dis
graced American Politics, Rebel Democracy"
Democracy, the synonym of liar, slam
derer and perjurOr," etc.
When it is remembered that the entire
State administration-its judiciary, its rep.
resentatiVes in Congress, the great bulk of its
Legislature aud the largo msjority of its cit
issns, are thus branded as felcns, we msy an
PROBATE the wantonness and tho venom of
these uttsraness, If the words Game from
some political %ectssst, hanging Hpon the
skirts OF his party, without recognition, or
authority to speak. for it. they night be
PASSED by as the mouthings of a vulgar de.
famer, but the Post has special. claims to bo
accepted as a representative of its party in
tals State. 1t is published in tho Repub>
loan stronghold of West Va, the home of
hessrs. Wiley, Berkshire, Sturciss and
others, who are looked to to mould aud pitch
the tone and feeling of their party in the
State: Its sentiments are doubtless their
sentiments their sentiments those of their
gsttSss Gan any one wonder. as. ho reads the
sassaye hat Vest Isl Democratic. State ?
taatthedsce6c5,th einte lligeree, the virtue
q sF Psepis .instinctiysly .recoil from q
Fa~s5saainassa by SO much of malice and
hate azparty, which IN the cxul.ation of
y victory, a tine of all others for generous
words, brands its opponents-,he large ma.
J?rhy CT its fellow -cit:zens-as %'tliars, slsn-
derers and pe'jurers." viii our people ever
cease to Be "sOIid' against such a party?
But after all, the Post simply speaks with
Its peculiar grossness, the usual sentiments
OF Its party. That party has always been
NEST insulting iu the hosr-o OF triumph. It
eoa'd not sympGth;zs with Gen. uaneock's
bravery in conflict nor his maSnaoin,ity in
victory. It is sueSssAle of other feeling
VIXEN tacncmy IS disabled, then.4 becomes
nassE vaiorou5'; when the lien is dead, then
1t most, delights 10 lift its heel scains. him.
Aud there is another view to tsEe Of this
matter. Morgan town isthe seat of our State
UniEsrsity. That institution lives BY tie an
rropristions Of a Democratic lecisTaEurv. ont
oil taxes gathered from a largely Democratic
State ne believe there are in Moryantown
excellent and cultured people, people to, whom
Goa Isenoss of sentiment is nc less cdious than
eoarssnsss OF language, people who cherish
AID aiGssrate in pr:vase and public life. trpth.
temperance and courtesy of thought and of
speech. Bat the Post speaks for tha. large
mass OF the people of the town and county.
1t IS their party orssp. and as sueB presumed
to ut!sT their cp;niors in words most accent-
able to them. Is there q Democratic father |
IN the county of Jefferson who would yolun>
tari'y place his son for education, in o COM
munity where the majority of the citizens
think snd speak as that paper thinks and
speaks! We would net say one word against
the school itself. It's teachers are doubtless
ablo and faithful. But what avaiIs the best
teaching inside q school, if the outside in
Husnoe tend to cearscness, bitterness and
biasPhamy, iasttad of courtesy. moderation
and charity. We arc very far from saving
that such as the tendency at Morgautown
we canaot believe that it is bat We do say
that the utteranccs of their paper raise this
inquiry in the minds of tho people, and We
further say, that a community whose real
seatim'nss we're those uttered by this paper,
would have Q moral atmosphere too thick and
n0isome to be entrusted with tie training of
youth.