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Church as an Agitater.
For tie ENQUIRER. "

For tne ENQUIRER.
! know I speak the truth when
say. that the church and social
ism cannot 60 hand in hand, and
very few church members will re-
tain their membership in both So
cieties. When such men as the
Rev. Hugh o. Pentecost have to
resign their connection with the
church to follow Jesus, there IS
little hope of any reform on the
part of the church. many of whose
ministers pride themselves on
preaching Christ and him crucihed,
without for a moment stopping to
inquire why he was crucifed and
by whom. The church now says
that the Romans crucified him.
But they know full well that the
church gave instructions and the
chief priests and the scribes told
the people to ask that the Christ
or the man Jesus be crucihed and
the robber and murderer released.
As il was then so it is now; the
poor followers of Jesus must be
crucifed and the robbers and muir
derers go free. A murder is none
fhe less a murder because it is
done lawfully. AS the church will
admit, the Jews said, ave have a
law, and by our law he ought to
die" So it was said by this same
class of men in reference to the
Chicago anarchists: ave have a
law, and by our law they ought to
die" And they, like the Jews,
called in the officers of the law
to put them 70 death. For the
very same reason, because he
called them usurers, thieves, adul-
terers, oppressors Of the poor, ex-
tortioners, hypocrites, and told
them that the publicans and har.
lots would 90 into the kingdom of
heaven before them; and they did
not want such dangerous public
agitator as Jesus who was preach
ing the gospel of discomfort. And
Peter, on the. day of pentecost,
charged them with numbering the
Christ, although they did it, as
they said. lawfully. No minister
of the church dare, at this day to
take up the subject of reform and
preach land reform, moncyreform,
or any other kindred subject, and
retain his standing in the church.
The Pharisees who love meney,
and the Saducees who attend be-
cause it is respectable, but who do
not believe in either the preacher
or his message, are in control IN
the church, as they were in the
Jewish church in Christ's time, and
they are comprising sea and land
to make proselytes, with the same
result as in his day.
Woe unto scribes, Pharisees
hypocrites! for ye are like unto
whited sepulchers, which out
wardly appear bautiful, but in
wardly are full of dead mems
bones and of all uncleanness
Even so ye also outwardly appear
righteous unto men, but inwardl,
ye are full of hypocrisy and in
iquity. W,
TopoLoBA BAY, Sinaloa, Mex
leo, April 7, 1888.
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Reform of any depth will ueve,
be urged prudently and cautious
ly; for if their advocates were pru-
dent they would not be reformers
at all. Very likely prudence may
step in at opportune moment and
mediate successfully between
helpless innovation and stubborn
reaction; but to wait for prudence
to impel a reform is to wait for
death to originate life.-Horael
GyveLy.
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The European Crisis.

The European Crisis.
Chicago Enquirer.
Once more the situation in Eu-
rope is grave one. Boulanger.
the fighter. seems to be getting
things all his way in France, and
his ascendancy to power means
war with Germany. :
The emperor of Germany is nigh
unto death; when that event oc-
ours Bismarck willreturn again to
power undisputed and unchecked.
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Worknen

The Union Labor party of Tay-
lorville. Illinois, has put a full
town ticket in the field and the
old parties are discussing a plan
for a fusion that will win against
labor.-L1bov Bxlleis.
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hall rang with cheers which
seemed to shake the Fafters. AnG
for what7 To greet:a man belong
ing to a race that is now looked
upon by the patriots of jingoism
as the natural enemy Of England
and Englishmen. But the meet.
ing knew nothing Of national pref
udices stirred up by that real enc
my of every nation the schemine
capitalists-for his own selfish
purposes. To those socialists as
sembled to do honor to the men
who fell for freedom. years ago.
there were no national rivalries OF
prejudices., The workmen Of
Eevery nation were brothers and
only those who sought to set them
by the ears were deadly foes. OF
all features of the celebration the
reception of Krapotkine was un-
doubtedly the most cheering; but
there was another thing which
bade all socialists have good hope
for the future; and that was the
presence of large numbers of what
is generally termed the gentler
sex-both on the platform and
among the audience.
1t has been a subject for sorrow
among members of all advanced
movements in England that the
women have seldom been with
them. The English workwoman
has up till now shown but little
enthusiasm for anything outside
the walls of her home, unless an
interest in royal weddings, births,
and christenings or say the doings
or misdoings of the next door
neighbor can be so denominated.
Not only has she taken but little
interest in these movements, but
frequently under the instigation
of the parson of the parish or
the visiting lady, the working
woman has done her best to dis
suade or obstruct her husband in
his duty towards himself and his
fellows; but if the meeting at Store
street is any criterion the socialists
can boast that they have changed
allsthat. There were ladies every
where, in the choir where they
greatly predominated, in the au-
dience and not only in these places
but some Of the best speeches
delivered from the platform were
made by women. The socialist
movement in England is not only
thoroughly international but it has
got the women with it andis there
fore certain of success. When
and after singing the Marseillaise,
and cheering for thesocial revolu-
ton the vast audience dispersed
passing out of the brightly lighted
hall into the snowy street, COM
rade shook hands with comrade
in token of of mingled hope and
satisfaction, each man feeling that
the battle for the rights of labor
was more than half won. Thus
ended the most successful Com
mune celebration ever held in
England.
D. NIcoLL.
oNDoN or;1 ~
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If the people can obtain fair
compensation for their labor, they
will have good houses, good cloth
ing, good food and the means of
educating their families. Labor
will be cheerful, and the people
happy. The great interest of this
country is labor, labor, labor
Damel Wt6stey in 1897.
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The trust is an organized crime.
1t is robbery reduced to science.
It is thievery with a system. The
people are its victims. Therefore
the people declare that the trust
must 60. 1t must 60 at any cost.
The going may involve striped
suits for some who wear broad
cloth now, but no matter.-Omaha
Herald.
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:. The celebrated stiR hats from the Co
operative Hat Company inst received st
QaytoasA
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THE REP UBLICAN SITUATION IN
VIRGINIA,


VIRGINIA.
The Wise-Houston organization in Vir-
ginia, if the public prints are to be relied
on, is approaching an end not far off, and
like all unsuccessful revolts its last end is
to be worse than its first. Senator Rid
dleberger has evidently surrendered to
Malone. for we see published in promi-
nent position in the Senator's paper the
official call of Chairman Malone for the
congressional conventions, and even an
official notice by the Malone County
Chairman of Shenandoah about county
affairs. So, we take it, the kickers need
look to the Senator no longer for help.
Chairman Houston, Chairman Malone
and Hon. John S. Wise, were all reported
in New York last week in conference with
Chairman Quay of the National Republic
can Committee, aud this is followed by a
report that the Wise electoral ticket is to
be withdrawn, and that Mr.. Wise, him
self, is to make his home in New York
city after this fall. So much for the sur
face aspect. Beneath it we think we can
see good deal of knitting of Republican
candidates for congress this fall The
peace at best can be but hollow truce;
for the brains that inspired the Wise
movement for better party methods, will
never rest quiet under the government of
the Drawn, On top of which sits the old
enemy of freedom, William Malone. The
outbreak of this year was unfortunately
made in Presidential year. In an off
year the brains will have better chance
for liberty.
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and Representative Hopkins for support
ing it. The convention tabled a resolu-
tion endorsing United Labor candidate
for the Presidency. The next meeting
will be held in Danville, September 1889.
The gavel used was that presented the
chairman at the first convention held in
Staunton.
Ex-Judge George Stevens, of Nelson, is
spoken of as possible rival of Mr.. Yost
for the nomination.
Mr.. F. e. Woodson (Dem.) has been
elected Mayor of Harrisonburg.
The Harrisonburg State Republican
thinks ''independent" candidates will be
the opposition Col. O'Ferrall and Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee will have for congress.
The Cleveland and Thurman club of
Fairfield has been organized by the
election of the following officers:
President, Andy Wallace; LIST Vice-Presi-
dent, Rufus Campbell; End Vice President
J. d. McCauley; 3rd ice-President, John H.
Wise; 18th Vice-President, John W. Paxton;
Secretary, John Il, Sale; Treasurer, VIM G..
Houston. Mr.. B. Harris was elected an hon
orary member.
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FIGHTING FOR LIFE IN HIS
OWN STA TIE.

Just after the nomination of Gen. Har-
rison, we published an interview with
some Indiana Workingmen, in which a
prominent Knight of Labor in stating the
opposition of the workingmen to Harrison
said that ex-G0v. Porter's running for
Governor on the same ticket was the only
thing that could save that Presidential
nominee in Indiana. Gov. Porter waited
some days after the nomination, and then
on July 2Sth, announced where he stood. In
letter to a friend, he said of the nomina-
ton for Governor that he gave bis friend
authority to say that bis name would not
be before the convention. and that 81
could not accept nomination even if it
were rendered." This refusal was thun-
derbolt, and the leaders of the party at
once proceeded to bring tremendous
"pressure" on the Ex-Governor. Finally,
all other means failing, they had a meeting
called of workingmen. with whom Gov.
Porter is great favorite, at which to
have resolutions adopted urging him to
accept. The meeting was held last
Thursday night, but turned out the other
way. 1t adopted resolutions, and appoint
ed committee Of twenty-five Republican
workingmen to convey them to Governor
Porter. We give three of the resolutions
adopted:
'That we sincerely advise Governor Porter,
who has heretofore evinced q spirit of friend
ship to the workingmen of Indiana, that he
shall not at this late day in his life place him.
self in the attitude of hostility to their inter-
est or lend himself to his personal enemies,
who would use him in an hour of dire ex-
tremity for their own selfish purposes, and
bring upon his head final humiliation and
defeat"
THAT we are not to be longer deceived by
a system of extortionate war taxation al
though denominated protection which de
mands tribute of the millions of wage-workers
for the benefit of the wealthy trusts and COM
bines."
''That we demand cheaper necessaries of
life, wider market for our products and
| that the American home shall not be turned
into grog-shop and our people debauched
| by cheap whiskey.
The meeting closed with speech by
Wallace Cruel, editor of the Labor
!, Signal" the organ of the Knights of
Labor, who made scathing review of the
record of Harrison and Morton on the
labor question. AS it is impossible to
rally the mass of the workingmen to Gen.
4 Harrison where all his good qualities are
best known-at his home in Indiana-it
will not be likely to be done elsewhere.
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With q zeal born of sudden conversion the
VINDIcAToR rushes into the arena to proclaim
the most ultra free trade doctrine. Its pur-
pose, evidently, is to keep in close alignment
with the Democratic party, and in order to do
this it necessarily abandons the position SO
long and ably maintained by it in the past
Indeed to show its fealty to the new faith it
entirely repudiates its own record and en-
ploys the same old stock arguments of the
free trader, the fallacy Of which in days gone
by it SO thoroughly exposed. Valley Vir-
giaaian.
Our neighbor is evidently in corner on
the tin tax question and, ingenious as it is,
is unable to pull out on the merits of its
case. The VINDICAToR has no new
faith" and has not changed its position
in favor of protecting American labor and
American products one iota. When the
Mills bill was before the House it insisted
on the protection of everything that Vir-
ginia has to protect, iron, coal, kaolin,
sumac, marble, anything that it is for
the public benefit to protect. Those D EN-
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York, and Aldrich of Rhode Island. It
was resolved to discard: the folly of the
House Republicans and prepare tariff
bill to compete with the Mills Bill. A
committee has been appointed to pre-
pare and report one to the Senate.
Its report according to Editor Porter of
the N. Y. Press, leading Republican
paper, will ''correct the irregula rites" in
the wool. metal, cotton and other sched-
ules. This will be astounding news to the
never-say-die High Tariff Taxation Re
publican journals. including our neighbor
of the Virqlnia4a. and they will at once
commence adjusting their napkins to
take dish of crow. Their tunes will
be changed. They will now adopt the
line that any change in this Tariff ought
to be entrusted to the Republican party.
the authors of it. just as the Republicans
of Virginia claimed that the enforcement
of the Riodleberger Bill ought to be left
to them, and then all went back on the
measures to enforce it. and enlisted with
Royal and the creditors. They will run
their argument on the new bill something
after this style-ten per cent. reduction by
the Republican bill is to protect the
great American Industries and fill the lard
with busy workshops and crowded home
markets, while reduction of five per
cent. (still less) in the Mills bill is British
free trade, and "bungling' that will
result in the destruction of American la
Dor, and the starvation of the laborer.
1t IS with such sauce they will seek
to make their crow palatable, Mr..
Porter of the Press, who himself was a
member of the Tariff Commission of 1882,
is giving the cue to the Republican press
as to the character they shall give the new
hill when it comes out. He says:
Where importations have been excessive,
means have been taken to put the duty in
harmony with the rest Of the h5dule. Where
the duty is too high it has been slightly low
cred. The free list will be important and re-
duce the revenue $65, 00O,0 900, but in doing
this care has been taken not to interfere with
commodities produced at home. This is the
bill which the Senate has prepared, and as
soon as it is perfected and the labor interests
have been given the opportunity of a hearing
it will be given to the public. 1t is not wise
to give the details of the bill now, but fair
minded protectionists, who believe that all
industries should be treated alike and who
are not interested in some special selfish leg
islation; will approve this bill, while the
country cannot fail to appreciate the stirring
report that is to accompany it and which will
make the issue clear.
A political party that has to be taken by
the ears and dragged and cuffed into the
current of great popular movement, in
stead Of leading it, is pitiable spectacle,
It contrasts strongly with the e. o. z. of
other days that had ideas and courage and
vitality. All have passed away now and
left it a mere decrepid follower, and
trembling and hesitating VINO and what
to follow.
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DEATH OF GEN. SHERIDAN,


Gen. Phil. Sheridan. COMMANDMENT.
Chief of the Army, died at Nonquitt,
Mass, on Sunday evening last, of heart
disease, of which he had been Ill for three
months. He had reached and completed his
57th year and was one of the most disting-
uished and able officers on the Federal side
during the civil war. He has been general
ly and unjustly hated throughout the
Valley of Virginia for his devastation of
that section, but he only acted under
direct orders from Gen. Grant, which Or
ders have frequently been published for
his justification since. He has baen as
generally and more justly feared through
out the Union as soldier unfit to COM
mand the armies of the Republic, as his
conduct in the military government of
Louisiana showed. In after years, Grant
showed warm feeling for his fellow Am
orleans of the South. something that if
Sheridan possessed, he showed neither
during military government nor since,
neither in health nor in sickness. It will
be from the standpoint of the public and
professional lives of both men that they will
be judged by the South, while to neither
will be denied the great ability and mark
ed virtues which they possessed. Grant at
the bottom of his heart was an American
and lover of the Union. Sheridan was
simply soldier.
The Commander of the Army will now
be Gen. John M. Schofield, who showed SO
much ability at the head of the military
district of Virginia during Reconstruct
ton and who has a warm place in the
remembrance Of Virginians. Gen. Soho.
field is Democrat in politics.
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he general public forced by the tariff to buy

the general public forced by the tariff to buy
their wares at their own price ?
Every thinking workingman should
read these questions. They are practical
and deal with subject very near to their
prosperity. Next November the wage
earners of America are to vote on new
departure. They are to decide whether
they will adhere to the past with its
high taxes, its conceded labor trou-
bles, its want of work and its
strikes; or whether they will. in the
light OF what they have suffered, put the
past behind them forever-Whether this
country shall be the home of nation Of
comfortable workingmen, with work,
with savings. and with homes, OF whether
it shall be the land of the millionaire and
and pauper.
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Monday, the 9th day OF August. 1888,

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF VALUABLE
" REAL ESTATE.-Pursuant to decree of
the Circuit Court of Augusta County, entered on
the 18th day of May, 1888, in the chancery cause of
Patterson'S Ex'torS VS.. KOiner & ais l shall, as
Commissioner appointed by said Court. proceed to
sell at public auction in front of the Courthouse IN
the City of stanton. on
SATURDAY., the 11th day Of August, 1888,
the two adjoining parcels of land,
parts of the farm known as the a zMN-N
'Craig Farm situated in Au- Ea?nnSAs-R
gusta county on South River. and Sa IiTa mai
on the east side thereof, adjoining M5a fll1.sasA
the lands of Henry Koner and others, the parcel
next to the river containing Isl acres and the
other parcel containing S21 acres. The larger par
eel has upon it a dwelling house, barn and other
buildings, and both parcels ale of good quality
and are in good state OF cultivation. portion
of the 25l acre parcel is fine river bottom
TERMS OF SALE:-EnOugh cash in hand to
pay the costs of suit and sale and the residue in
three equal instalments, payable respectively at
one two and three years from the day of sale, the
credit instruments carrying interest from the day
of sale, and the purchaser or purchasers executing
bonds therefor with good personal security, paya
BILE at said respective dates and the title to be
tanned as ultimate security.
j. Nj. QUARLES, Com'r.
I, J. N. Ryan Clerk of the Circuit Court of Au-
guSsa County, do hereby certify that j. M Quarles
Conf, in the cause mentioned above, has eXecu-
ted the bond required by law. Given under my
hand this 18th day of July, 1888.
julyl34t j. N. RYAN, Clerk.
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GLEANED FROM THE Nails.

GLEANED FROM THE MAILS.
"Old John Robinson" the circus proprietor,
died in Cincinnati last week, aged eighty-two
and worth five millions
The steamship Lydian Monarch has arrived
at New York with 1853 Percheron brood mares,
worth from 81, 200 to So, 900 each.
Gems. G. Il. Beaure gard, Jubal A. Early
and L.. L.. Lomax, and Miss Winnie Davis, are
at the Yellow Sulphur Springs, Va.
Montgomery Presbytery acquitted Rev.
Daniel Blain on tie-vote. The vote stood
for acquittal, ministers and elders; for
conviction, 8 elders and ministers
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POLITICAL NOTES.

Electors-a t-large Beirne and Harris
spoke at Charlottesville Monday.
Allen G.. Thurman will speak at the
great gathering of the Michigan Democ-
racy at Port Huron, Aug. 81.
The "Organized Labor" convention held
its session in Lynchburg, Tuesday There
we're As delegate present. Resolutions
were adopted denouncing the Mills Bill,
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The INDICATOR has not moved a jot
from its ground. But the Virginidn, since
its party adopted the crazy Chicago plat
form of "free whiskey'' rather than abate
the tariff taxation one cent, has been seek
ing to accommodate itself to the new and
awkward situation, and has abandoned its
former support of Republican platforms
promising tariff revision. The needed
adjustment cannot be made by argument
such an alternative as the Chicago plat
form offers the tax payers cannot be de-
Tended by argument-so it simply resorts
to the monotonus cry Of free trade"
against bill which gives protection of
$40 out of every 800 to American labor
against foreign competition, and which
gives free wool and free lumber to
the clothing and house building of
the population of this country. Its awk-
ward situation of ''free whiskey" or no
abatement, drives it to the defence of
tariff taxation on everything whether
Americans produce or manufacture it in
this country or not-as in the tin case. and
into supporting Mr.. Y ost in his extraordi-
nary proposition of taxing the people of
the Union s12, 900, 900 on necessity which
is neither produced nor manufactured
here.
In few days it will have to change its
tune. 1t now wants everything taxed; in
few days it will be urging that protec-
ton is a thing that needs to be judiciously
applied. and we should not be surprised if
it is found denouncing the Democrats for
wanting to protect so long list of things.
In a few days the Republican Senators
will be forced by public opinion to frame a
bill to compete with the Mills bill, both in
reducing taxation and in its free list
something the Republican members of the
House hadn't the courage to do. Our
neighbor will then be found walking very
gingerly over the ground of tariff reduction
by it's own party. and singing out some
microscopic object like toothpicks or shoe
buttoners, and demanding why that ''great
American industry" of toothpicks has not
been sufficiently protected by the Demo-
Gratis in the Mills Bill. 1t will lament over
Uu0 -'mIlllOu VI AWGIlCdu
in the toothpick manufacture who will
now be homeless, and grieve over the ruin
of business which-if it were carried on
would give every man in Mr.. Yost's
congressional district a $3.50 day for
wages. We sympathize with our neighbor;
but able as he is, he can never success
fully work out of the free whisky" or
"high.tariff tax" situation, nor will he
find accommodating himself to the Senate
Tariff bill of his party an easy task. His
party at Chicago promised the country
that it will give ''free whisky before it
will reduce tariff taxation one cent. His
party Senators in the Senate will break
down before the wrath Of the people and
report bill giving tariff reduction in
preference to free whisky. Which will our
neighbor support? We shall see. In the
meantime the VINDICATOR will move
| along on its old track-the Mills bill-wlth
AZ per GENT Of Of protection, lower axation,
and the necessities of life on the free lis 7.