Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-01-24
"Reaping the whirlwind., ,,

EDITOR OF THE SPECrAroR II ask the nriv-
ilege OF your columns for few words in reply
Virgdni0n OF last week under tne caption which
heads this communication
AS member OF the presenL Board of Direc-
tors OF the Western Lnnatic Asylum, appoint
ed by Gov. Holiday, feel that I cannot allow
the statements contained in the said article
TO ~ unchallenged. The article is an attempted
Of the party to which it is said the Editor of the
psrgsni0n 9a0U belongs, In reference to the char
liable institutions Of the state-by which the
are to be displaced by men whose test of fitness
ior the positions TO which they aspire will be
the readiness with which they have bowed
Boss.
The first charge made is against the action of
the Board OF the Wiiiamsburgh Asylum in
turning out some years ago an efficient officer
because he was q Republican and filling his
place with Democrat If the facts Of the
vargsn.an IN reference to this matter are as in
above article, we do not feel that the Board is
amenable to the charge OF partisanship made
against H.; bnt as this is no affair of ours,
dismiss 1t, that those who know the facts may
correct the Virginian in the proper way.
The next charge is the transparent partisan
matte Asylum in erecting the present Superin-
tendent OF the same for q term Of three
years instead Of one, as had been the custom
have done, the action Of the Board in this mat
ter was in accordance with the law and the
| requirements of the statute mo one doubts"
of the present Superintendent, but he might
well exclafm, Save me from my friends for
| this very act is serious provocation. for the
successors Of the present Board to undo what
has been done. And ii such should be the re-
suit" DC. Now, come Mr.. Virginidn. do you
really expect to fool any body by that sort Of
the recent election the party to which the Vir-
gini0ss noa0 belongs. through Its members in all
paris 9f the state had dHeared ANY
these officers would have to go, unless they were
lfeady to fall down and worship the Boss. and
of our own knowledge this very argument was
used upon Doctors in this county to induce
them to change their political opinions with
the hope that thereby they might draw prize
The next charge is that the present Steward
was reelected; that he then teuaered his re-
tsgnation on account of i'll health, to take effect
April LIST. 1882 and that the present salary was
continued to him and reduced liter April LIST,
1882, when his successor should be appointed
One ST atement in this charge is correct-and
only one-the others are utterly without fOun.
dation, and could only have originated in the
unp0rtisan brain of the Editor of the Virginian
Indeed. in these days OF partisanship, go much
BILE pleasure and comfort, amid the storms of
bitterness and denunciation all about US, do
we contemplate the unself1sh efforts of the Eli
itor of the Virginian in moulding public opin-
| ion by the unbiased and uTpd1ttsdn statement
OF iacts-such as we fud in the above.
If the Editor of the Vir0i'li0s had been UNI
partisunly DESTROYS of The truth he knew where
it could have been obtained. The fact is the
salary of the Steward was reduced to take eff
feet Jan. LIST, before the incumbent was elect
ed. He was then reelected to hold until April
LIST, 1882, and draws the reduced salary until he
retires.
These are the simple facts Of this matter. and
here rest the case.
The Board is also charged with being, with
one or two exceptions, bitter and pronounced
partiZans." speak only for myself; but If to
have been an earnest and ardent advocate In
common effort to save the honor OF Virginia
from that darkest and blacklist stain put upon
her by coalition as foul and black as ever
cOnspired against the life OF State, am
partizan, and trust the time may never come
| In my life when the test of conviction upon
public questions shall be the probability of re-
ward, and my partisanship the result of a sOr-
did desire for retaining Office without regard
| to that effete, but once much honored, virtue
of truthfulness. Very respectfully.
81. ST. GEO. TUCKER.
staunton, January 2lst. 1882.