Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-04-25
WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA.
.Tur ipuuepdoes of the HERALD

Will receive que dtteutiVu III WI
issue" says the Vrginidn.
Ia reply we would say that there
were 10 innuendoes ind 20 charges,
direct or indirect, against DR.. Belew'
IN the HERALD. III referring 10 ihe
action OF the Directory Of the Lunatlc
Asyluu, we lost sight of the fact tEas
Dr. Belew was one OF the directors. 1t
certainly requires a very far'ietched
construction ofplain English to find any
reference 10 DR.. Belew in our article 10
which we spoke Of the expenses oil The
county roads and the smallpox. These
two items, we are informed, have cost
the county within few Years, about
len thousand dollars. We referred 10
them as unusual expenses, such as the
conn ty. to our knowledge had never
had before, and may probably not have
acaiu for mary years.
We are cf the opinion that no one
understands this matter better that the
Editor of tie Virginian. He attempt
ed 10 draw the HERALD into discus
aim ot issues. that are Ct importance
TO the people, and when we met his
charges and gave him tull field 10 de-
fend the action of his party, lie tries 10
dodge out ofthe discussion, by profess
ing 10 believe tlat We attempted to as
sail him by attacking one OF his rela'
tvs.
10 order 10 fully remove the least ex
cu.e for not meeting fairly and square
~ the questions at issue, we noNS say,
that If there was any language used that
by even forced construction could be
in,reprete as referring 10 any way 10
DR.. Belew, we cLeerully retract such
language. We have no desire 10 cast
innuendoes of any kind. We will
not indulge 10 style Of writing so
despicable. We say 10 you here
and 10 the readers Of The HERALD,
that if there should be h remark, or
eyeL q clause. which could be construed
into a reflection upon your private per
sonal conduct, your associations or
upon any Of your relatives, that we de-
sire 10 such construction TO be attach
ed 10 our language.
You have provoked a political dis
custom YOU referred TO subjects about
which the public should have fell 10.
formation, and We have de ermiued
that if YOU BOW dodge a full aud tree
investigation Of these subjects, i shall
not be because we shall have given
you any excuse Tor so dong.
We propose to prove TO the people
OF Shenandoah, that after all your
Boosting Of what your party has done
for the people, it is party which has
betrayed the confidence of tie public
aud il in no respect better lhan the
government, Of adventures from the
North. which was expelled by Virgil
mans, at The FIRST opportunity. Your
public record and your public acts are
public property aud the man that no"
occupies the place once filled by John
Tyler, or a TazeNell, should take
pleasure in having his rec I'd txhibi e.
before the gaze Of bis constituents.
You bOasted Of what your party bad
doLe in sweeping the stamps from
matches and ".cores of other articles
We called upon you 10 name tie
"scores Of other articles"
You did not do it. You cannot do
It. We exposed Your hollow preteEce'
b. showing that while you had taken
the stamps Of OF matches, an achivc-
ment winch, we fear, will be Of little
bene6: to the people, you had relieved
the Jay Goulds. the Vanderblts, the
brokers and bankers Of Wall street
aud otLer places Of millions of taxa
ton, ly taking the lax off of hank
Capital urd bank deposits.
How did you reply TO this char-e {?
You dOdged tie issue by tclin. your
readeIs that We wire troubled about
the removal of tax on bauk'che> ks,
" hen We did tot even refer 10 the tax
Oh baik checks. You erected a man
Of staw, aud viii pouderous bios on
completely dc olished him, an achieve
mint liz hch you were greatly all, d
by you, slap al lLe bank in this Place.
You LLOw full we'll that your rarty
has relieved the ml!lionairts of taxa
ton, while tie IOOr labOrtrs are taxed
10 such an extent that they are CON.
PEELED TO deprive their families Of many
OF th- comforts OF lie.
When your party, composed Of ele-
meDis cenented 10y the lore of public
plunder, placed you in The position Of a
representative Of lie great state Of Vir
GINA, IN the highest council Of the m.
ton. Jou became the representative OF
oil tie people. If you choose 10 become
the Editor ola country paper, the peo-
pie have a right 0 expect you to meet
facts aud Arguments in q manner HAT
would be creditable to yourself aid 10
your state. You occupya position in
which you are expected o do more than
cause the cheek Of the widow aud Or
phau children 10 Jingle with shame. by
your exposure Of The weakness ofa lun-
attic husband and father; and more than
barking at the heels of Bayard whose
words OF lure patriotic devotion have
aroused q new love Of country in the
hearts Of millions of American freemen.
Many Of your constituents sbelieve
that The party which you have under
taken TO defend with the pen has de.
ceived and betrayed them. Tley te
lieve that while yeu{ canyassed the
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