The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-12-20

tered % seine northern relis Gus journals, we |
thought he was taking the ground that minis /
tiers OF the gospel ana editors of religious jour
mails should keep out OF politics. but in his Is |
of the 22d and 18th, NV. he las certainly !
gone in. He mnst have felt soreiy aggiieved |
by the defeat OF Cleveland. he would cot |
have perpefrated this great breach OF propriety. |
Ii is a great pity to know that he has not the |
prudence inform himself about the facts Of
the case before ne pitched il. Evidently ne |
thought it was not deep Heretofore he has |
given us slFaIghfout political editorials. but
has dropped a few sttaws new ard then which !,
clearly showed how his wind was blowing and |
BETRAYED an unnaistaEeanle itchrg 10 erawl ,
out of his strictly religious sphere into thu DO
litical II his candidate had been elected this |
time he would have been too much gIatided
PROBABLY nave said anything offensive I"
anybody anu would have put on the ar OF
very liberal man. Rnt his candidate was de-
feated, and his bourbon preluaic-s rev ~, req
hot and could be restrained no longer. they
fsirly bnrnL their way out into print. Much
such twaddle Was written about the time Ian
coin was elected aud greatly contflocteo 10
bring on the civil war. If Cleveland ha Deen
elected and any northern Journal hat written
about il liz the sane strain with these Two arti-
Giles ne and his democratic friends would have
cried out, BLOODY Shirt Bloody shirt! south
ern democrats can think ana say Fro print
anything they please a0out Republicans ana
their expressed opinions bot somehow in their
own copceit. at least they never snake me
and are for Cancellation They wonder whv
The Republicans don't concillaie- Bfotner
I,afferty stands Gus clearly Bourbon OF the
4}ourpons III hese Two articles was ~ quarisrt
master in The fight. and some thlnk thst atnut
the close it.. pIOtte ed ny MS pGsitloH. sut let
ms come little closer to these political edf-
uorials in a protested Y religious louiaal.
II the editorial of he 221 Of Nov. he sass;
s.No one seeus 10 care to cor zeal the shame
that the chief inagisifacy was put up 10 the
aieh,.st bidder and 10 resolute 'rustlers II
ought los heck the public conscience. II u 9
Hnitndat.oIis be renaored what can Inc righteous
do"
Now this is the No 81 shane!cssly rash ana
reckless statement " z have ever known CIV IL
10 the rrnter's devi', ana ne must NAY.
N ed a. n
Of il. Il is nothing less than a Shameless anu
malignant l.5el upon he government anu u e
country no II after who utterS 1t .sfgfIh' Il
and legman. Ii this De his serious npioio'
and we suppose Il must he since he deiiherat. y
published 1t in his religious newspaper.
would advise him TO sell out ana eiGIgFaNe 70
China or Japan mere coneenial sphere OF
future opeI alton. for he has become enlifely
too transcendeuiaI both IN piefy ems Fohties 70
be with any propriety according 20 tie etefiat
fitness OF thinss c!tiHsn any IIIetI 81 ,'i1s s
republic. Ever since The administration ol
George w: ii;ngion there has not nsoh less
than two political parties in this ceaotfF ana
each party has been under the necessity 81 { N
blowing able men. moi only TO nlanaga aud pro,
VIDE for interests III he ptiiy, nut 10 sehu
talented inen through the country IN .'tiaress
the people and sniighteu The masses IS TO Their
political views. These men so empioyen can
not q ford 10 leave their business and devote
1heir Time AND talents tc the Interests OF II
party without adequate pecunlary coinpensa-
ton. This has from the very beginning heeek-
sarily involved heavy expenditure OF money
in every Presidential campaign and as the
states multiply in number and thieken,ln thelf
tics hiss necessarily grown more and more enor-
NOUS That now and then some wrong use
may be made OF this monay no one can doupI
not as general tang more III ole p'i.S
than in another For we are human beings auu
it is human ic err aud sin. But this VIII not
justify any in giving loose rein to MS I'M
agitation and branding the whole OF il as sin
and corruption Just because n happens 70 n9
disappoint ed and ag5reved 3y the fesuit. ~ "lih
not Justify MIN in stigmatiztng the whole as
putting the chef magistracy Up TO ne highest
bidder. Besides If he WILL insiSt upon io1king
we woad remind him that the democrats oid
as much OF the putting up the Republicans.
ana he dare no! deny This fact. But Bro. LAT
ferty seems To be as badly acquainted with MS
Bible as With politics we would advise MIN 10
read the eleventh Psalm q little more care
fully. lie must al least learn 10 quote the
Scriptures more correctly If he is a poor
preacher of politics. Perhaps IL was because
his mind was SO strongly impress ed with the
fact that the government was noced. not a.
StrOyed. from the hands of Cleveland 10 those oil
HARRISON that be suffered this lapse OF memory.
We would further advise hiEa TO quote the BIZ
quotation he indicates tba: the Democrats are
the righteous and the Republicans the wicked.
Any tolera5iy balanced mind can at once see
that this is most pTesum ptuOus assum ptlon.
that it borders on, Il IL does not sqlarely hit
the selfrightecusness of tire Fharisee. When
Lincoln was elected the righteous democrats
answered the question, VIII tt eau The righteous
do? by saying, we will fight. Wen they tried
it and found that would not do and now Ear-
rison is elected they do not know how to an
swer the question. Well we will answer it for
them Be quiet good citizens and let thirgs
take their course. just as they should do in a
government Ike ours. and see what will come
oft. Don't carry any pisto:s in ycue pockets
lest IN your cnagrin you should be tempted to
shoot yourselves. or IL niger. Or some white
Republican. Don't bite OF your noses to spite
your faces because you can't have every thing
your own way. Harrison has southern blood
IN his veins and knows that blood is thicker
Than wafer. He Is Of the old Virginia stock
and does not hate Ii s great great grand mother.
He is 4 cousin of that good man, JEFF Davis.
and does not bear him any gfudge il he does
think he made great mistake. lie Is a gen.
tleman, a christian and q statesman, and knows
how TO treat gentlemen and christians who are
very apt 10 order tdeinse!Ve according 10 the
laws OF the Iani. and ne INTENDS to rule the
whole country IN righteousness. No really
righteous man ought 10 OF Will wish for more
than this. though Pharsees VIII certainly
claim more, Tor they think that they are better
than other people and must have mo
Again be says: THE yictors laugh at their
lnck III long purse: the Vanquished lam ent
their lack OF a long purse. The country looks
.,n with upconcern. If human affairs teach US
anything, they tell Us America has passed the
summit and in on the down grade.
Who had the luck OF a long purse wnen Cieve-
land was elected? Il he RAD Tie luck thsn,
low did that long purse come 10 be transferred
ID Harrison? bid tleyeland's t.rif message
giaye nothing to 90 vita il" Way we know a
inan who The instart he read that message did
ifoJ hesitate 10 declare that Cleveland had
signed his death warrant. Mark now, he did
not say he had written IL but had signed 1t, for
man by the name of n. Marble wrote it and
bsseged Cleveland I'll he signed and sent it
itito Congress. The only really able man in
the cabinet withstoGd the sending OF that mes
tge TO Congress until after the election. but
iii sending it before the election, and that set
ed The fate of Cleveland and the Democratic
PARTY. Does Brother t-afferty know that Mr..
,.audall, by much the ablest man in the Dem
r;ratc party, has not hesitated to declare that
ia The last hnndled years our government nine
mes was seauced by theorists 10 adopt free
TT tde. and every time was taught by hard and
ltter experience 10 return co the principle OF
OBJECTION. But The yanquished lament the
s.sck Of n long purse" Then according TO Bro.
I.aterty they would have bOught the chief mag
tracy ii Mey could bnt that message as sure as
O II. Al sol
their opportunity. Aud now Latierty
tyan1s 10 know i.ls their yjrtue snt,;cient to
p I've society and scourge sconndrels who barter
III birth-r1ght-" OF course, il l's agination,
ilese "scoundrels" are all Kepuo- ans for the
general cry was when Cieve aud was elected
turn the rascals ont, and Will democrats all
Republicans were scoubdrels and tescais. Well
strongly suspect that Harrison now will find
home rascais TO turn OIL. Tut Bro. Latierly s
diagnosis of the moral condition ofthe country
AS having passed the summit and is now on
10 down grade, is altogether owing TO the
state OF his liver He used to tell us frequently
III the 4ddcccote how his liver troubled him. He
is In the same trouble now apprehend. lie
lad better take some medicine, go bed and
nave long rest in sleep, naybe he may wake
up more cheerful and hopeful MI. ingalls,.
whose liver never troub les him, thinks that
rae Anglo saxon race Is Just IN the fall vigor OF
its manhood that it is going take in Canada.
slexico, Central America, then pass through
the lsthmuS and take in all South America.
i;ah for ingalls, He has The right name. He
has some gall III his liver and 1t doatt Lronbie
iim a bit. But let us go for the editorial OF the
18th of Nov Did any man ever mike a bigger
plunder or show more profound ignorance of
The politics Oh tn country than is TO be found
IN the folio wing statement: what strange
CONNIE ntary OH fee institutions! is the fact
that q majority OF IL million and q half of white
men voted for Cleveland. Harrison will rule
by The Will OF ex slaves. II there was not an
African in Am erice Cleveland would have an
overwhelming majority Bro. Lafferty has q
very short memory, not week long On the
I'D it long pole, or parse. That took the
tersm non, and now it is the Garzie that look
that same persimmon. Surely there must have
Il touch of craze In the pen that Wrote these
last two or three sentences. Let us look st it
straight in The face. IOeE not tAe immense
majority, We may almost say the whole, of the
eX-slaVes llye and vote, when they allow ed
to vote at all. in the eX slave states? Which
one OF these eX-Siave states was tor Harrison :?
If anybody knows Bro Lafferty ought 10 Know
he ought hot 10 speak with such shameless
- slave states. where live the immense majority
OF these slaves go for Cleveland in 1881, and
was 1t, consequently. by the will of ex-slas es
that Cleveland ruled The county Tor the last
tour years? Did rot every one of these ex-
slave states where live and vote The immense
majority OF the eX-SlaVes, when allowed 10
vote al all. vote soiidly for Cleveland in 1885,
and yet according TO Bro. Laffertys osic. If
logic 1t can be called, Harrison is going 10 rule
the country by the VIII OF the slaves. If a
lunatic under treatment i'll Il lunatic asylum
cred a fair spec me IA and evidence of his
lunacy. AT one time it was the luck Of the
long purse that took the persimncD, and now
ii is the ex-slaVes that takes that came per-
simmon. Why child, five years old. babbiing
In his sleep would utter more logic and CON-
mon sense in bis speech. Well, Bro. Lafieriy
may console himself with the following quota