Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-11-14
COMMUNICATES.
LEErowN, Nov. 10, 1Se

Messrs. Editors.-The conflict is over,
the smoke of the battle has cleared away,
aud once more we can see the azure hue
Of the Heavens above us. 1t was Il hard
fought battle; every inch Of ground was
nobly contested, and both of the contend
ing lOsts-yictOr and yanquished-cOv-
cred themselves with immortal renown.
When we pass through one of these great
Presidential contests we cannot help
being struck with the magnitude of our
country and the grandeur of our system
of government. TO think of fifty millions
of people-for men, women and children
are all includcd-being dashed into state
Of excitement, often amounting To frenzy,
for weeks before the decisive day. Then
to think that, in one day, the freemen of
this vast community OF States, occupying
the half Of an entire continent, are per-
mitted to march up to the polls and de-
post the little piece Of paper that is to
decide our governmental policy for the
next four years. There is 4 sublimity
about this that cannot help striking the
rejecting mind with awe. There is
grandeur i'm this act OF the people of
large country using their sovereign power
which we find i'm no other land, and
search for i'm vain in ancient history.
Alas, what 4 pity ,hat there are so many
among us who do not appreciate this
great boon! What great pity that there
are many so ignorant and SO dcbased rs
to sell their birth right for Il mess of pot
tage; barter their inestmablc privilege
for filthy lucre. And what can we think
of respectable men, professed Christians,
furnishing the money to thus debauch
their fellow-citizcns and degrade their
country? These are sad things for the
patriot and philanthropist to contemplate.
There are several points that press
themselves upon my mind in reviewing
our late closely contested election. The
first point is that the Democrats could Lot
have succeeded without the aid of the
large body of honest, independent Re-
puLlicans who fought so nobly by their
side. All honor 10 those patriots who
had the moral courage to rise above party
and help to.put down corruption in our
National Government.
The second point is that tic National
Democratic Convention made The very
best selection for 4 standard-bearer this
campaign that could have been made.
do not believe there WAS besides Clevc-
land another Democratic leader-eXcept-
ing perhaps Samuel j. Tilden-who could
have concentrated upon himself the sup
port of the independent Republicans, and
have successfully overcome the immense
influences brought to bear TO defeat him.
The third point is that the mass OF the
Northern Democrats cannot be relied on
in an emergency. They hold their opin-
ions too lightly; there is too much trad
ing aud selling of votes to suit Southern
taste.
Ny last point is, that believing two
great national parties to be essential to
the welfare of our country, hope that
those independent Republican leaders
who led the allied forces in this crusade
against corruption, will go 10 work and
purify their party ana make IL What Lin
coin and Greeley and its other great
founders intended it to be, party oil
principle, ana not of plumber. Some oi
us in the South feel especially interested
in this matter, for we are hot so strongly
bound to party that we will follow 1t
right or wrong, and we would like to
have Il decent opposition party nitii which
to ally ourselves, and help turn the DEM
ocrats out when they go astray, but we
could never think OF acting with party
as il is ut present composed here, princl-
pally of carpet-baggers, rcnegades AMI
negroes. L. Ii. d.
Three men stepped into the electric
light works of the ely of Syracuse the
other evening. Que or them WAS observed
to casually stoop over and reach out his
hands towards Il thirty-light dynamo ma
chine. Instantly he was drawn close to
the generator. without noise and without
uttering sound. lie had unwttingly
urasped the positive anI negative rods,
and was dead. \ moment before he had
been Boosting of his electrical knowledge.
When 1t was attempted to remove the
body, pieces of skin adhered to the rods.
The contraction of the muscles of the body
was so great that his legs aud arms were
drawn out of shape, aud his head drawn
forward so that the chin pressed tightly
against tho chest,
A:Lcxington, Ky, OH Tuesday, Maud
5. beat hor record of 2.O9a4 by trotting a
mile in 2.09l4. Maud 5. MAS driven by
William Bair, and after warminS-up
mile started on the trial mile. She made
the first quarter in 32a., the half-mile in
Oh and tho three-Quartcr pole i'll l.3I.
She finished strong in 2.O9i4 by the
Judges watches, though many other
watches made the time 200.
4 man named Doughcrty, from New
York, while ut the top of Washington
monument Saturday, cluded the vigilance
of the watchman and climbed to the top
of the mast, which projects III. feet above
the height of the capstone, and which sup
ports boom for lifting stone. While
there he cut his name, and returned to the
platform where the workingmen were en-
gagged. He was 57l feet above the earth.
The firing of national salute in honor
of the Democratic victory was about con-