Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-18


Tell Us where Ftz Lee ever crossed
the Valley this side of Berry's
Ferry.
Fitz Lee was an officer of rank.
Will any real soldier point us to
the page of history that recites for
him more than the single fact that
he was an officer.
Gen. Fitz Lees anacdOte about
the "cotton tall and "Malvern
Hill would be good in application
if Fitz could state that he or any
OF his cavalry cavalcade partlci-
pated.
The greatest farce of the Inn
century says Fitz,was the SENATOR
al Kiss. Only one mistake, Fltz.
The superlative is making cavalry
cavalcades out of deserters, skulk
ers and refugees.
The South is the negro section.
The Southern States are colored
States. The Democratic party
carried them solidly last year. 1t
is clear, therefore, that either by
honest vote, or fraudulent count,
the Democratic or Bourbon party
is the negro party.
1t is mildly and modestly ru-
mOred here that General Smith ;.
Turner was at Fishers Hill. The
report is not verified at this writ
ing, but any number OF men, from
one to three, are standing on the
sidewalks to ascertain the fact, or
facts.
Why was Daniel not at Fishers
Hill9 is the interrOgatory pro-
pounded by everybody. He was
certainly at his Alexandria appoint
ment Tuesday night. He was ex-
cused here because he was only to
get to the " Hill" He was neither
here nor at the " Hill"
Fitz says he is the nephew of his
uncle and does not recOllect to have
heard anything in that uncle's
career to be ashamed OF. The
uncle is not living to tell how he
regards the nephew's iarcical
hurrah for a governorship.
No great man has left a great
nephew. Manynephews haveposed
on the fame of great uncles. Even
Napoleon's nephew is dead; his
son died at the point of a Zulu
spear, and France is now a repub-
lie. Run a government on families
and we will soon have heridity and
idiots.
Every man who has Just appre-
citation of his ballot will cast 1t
against the men and the party who
invented and who uphold the Bal
lot-Killer. The free ballot is utter
ly incompatible with such a meas
ure, or with the spirit that inspired
it. Vote down all the BallOt-Killer
men, if you would rescue the ballot
and all that so surely and obvious
~ depends on popular power at the
polls.
The great general Lee rode from
AppOmattox to Richmond. The
rattle Of his spurs was the only
signal of his rsturn to his family.
The few hOrsemen who accompanl-
ed him uttered not a sound as the
grand old leader steadily stepped
to his door on Franklin street. The
nephew begs now for the hurrah
of the skulkers, derserters and
refugees and makes cavalry caval-
cades of them.
Fishers Hill was all that We
could desire. 1t was a failure. All
the trains came and went, but Dan
itl was not there. Fitz was on
hand and appeared to remarkably
good advantage considering that
be was about three hours getting
away from his hotel here, and the
band had to leave him after two
hours of waiting. 1t is not posi-
tivelv stated whether it was cham
paign or only ciaret held in strong
solution.
The great cavalry procession end
eel here Wednesday night. The
patriotic soldiers who composed 1t
went to bed early. Yesterday the
great warriors, tOo-late-fOr seFSi'g,,
assembled at FisherS9Yfii7. To-day
they are at Mt. Jackson. General
Lee undertakes to amuse his audi
'enee by references to what he calls
the senatorial kiss. We have al
ways thought General Lee gen
tleman as we'll as a soldier. He
may better preserve both reputa-
tions by forbearilg to repeat what
IS not true. He has yet time for
INQUIRY and to learn his mistake.
BourbOnism through Daniel and
Lee say that no slanderer Of Vir-
ginia should be made governor. a
decent self-respect would suggest
to these gentlemen that the first
and fiercest slanderers of their
state were those who went North,
South. East and West TO proclaim
that virginians were reputation
i,ts. The same self-respect, as it
should obtain among gentlemen
would furthermore suggest that
what was Reputation one year