Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-05-10
Communicated
Appalling Disaster - Shocking
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Communicated.
Appalling Disaster ~. Shocking
Catastrophe 70
Dreadful holocaust Fearful rev olu-
ton . Aud daisy revelations OF Demo-
cratic methods ia Strasb urg A wild
stampede Of the heretofore staunoh and
almost impre enable 'Big Thirteen" The
bottom drops out, the big Thirteen"
squeals, and the grinning skeleton Of
Bourbon Democracy unmasked presents
to the public the sickening but ludicrous
spectacle Of a Democratic editor of the
county seat and Democratic postmaster
Of Strasburg left with the bag to hold,
and with no other support against public
condemnation than that afforded by the
sticky fingers of a yender of bitter honey
and the pen pushings and uncertain legal
advice of their old Blackstonian friend of
this town, who for craftiness and general
cussedness, is the peer Of them all. The
miserable subterfnge set up In the Jir-
giHian and Nacs, Of May 3rd, under the
heading Of "Tbe Strasburg Imbroglio."
and with the names Of thirteen citizens
of this town and vicinity appended there
to as shivering shelter behind which
these wolves in Sleeps clothing are try
ing In vain to hide, shows to what des-
perate straits these miserable schemers
have placed themselves in.
1--WE deem it proper to publish, says
he IWginiaa and Necs Of last week, "the
following unsolicited testimonial from
the Strasbu * Republicans whose names
are signed thereto" Who signed them ?
Nj. W. II. Balthis ard others Of these
thirteen whose names the rgiRian and
Aocs published last week as authority for
their action, make affidavit that they did
no such thing. Mr.. Halthis says that
when the Democratic postmaster here in
whose charge these questionable papers
were placed, asked him 10 sign the docu-
mcnt he read 10 and refused to do 80,
saying at the time that be- was friendly
with the Strasburg correspondent Of the
SHE'S ASDOAH HERALD, and would do
nothing against him. Why then was his
name brought out in print 10 lend aid 10
a SC heme so treacherous. Also what were
the papers doing in the hands Of Demo-
cratic postmaster. Let Mr. editor an
swcr this. He seems Of late totake much
stock in the Strasburg Republicans, es-
pecially, who by duplcity % the yilest
kind, can be made tools of Democratic
managers and publishers. This sympathy
for the Strasburg Republicans is not un-
like the kind manifested by the SPIDER for
the fly.
Again says the writer In view Of the
studied attempt on the part OF the Stras-
burg correspondent Of the SHENANDOAH
HERALD 70 throw the responsibility for
the "Big Thhteen" communications upon
Democratic shoulders, and upon the edi-
tors Of the tbginian and Necs in particu-
lar, etc. etc Well this is thin indeed
Does his conscience lash him for anything
Of the kind : We apprebend be too will
squeal soon.
Again, Mr.. G.. II. Thompson swears that
he not only did not sign any such an
sJidtd testimonial as referred TO in the
rirgHion and Ners Of last week, but that
he never saw the paper and knew nothing
of it until informed that his name appear
ed in the yrgpiaH amt Ne'cs az a signer
in support Of the huge fraud.
Unsolicited, indeed Testimonial
from the Strasburg Republicans pub
lishel in a Democratic paper tor otrioas
reasons, and these Republicans now spurn-
Ing the whole scheme as a forgery and
gigantic swindle. Now the question is
who got mp this certified article in the
luJipian and Ners of last week That
the whole thing is a Democratic job from
b ginning to end is apparent to all as we
first proclaimed it 20 be- The Democratic
postmaster here had charge Of this certi-
led lso-cailedJ article and got .he names
# the thirteen on 10. How lie admits
hat he himself put the name Of ". II.
5althis % ID with the excuse that he
bought +, would be all right with Mr..
}althis. But Mr.. Balthis says 10 is all
wrong. Also Messrs. Burner, Payne,
;toyer, Thompson, Houck, ETC. A few
# the remaining thirteen We have not
ret seen but feel sure in the main that
be results VII be substantially the same
Y even worse when the aadayits are
AIKEN with the exception perhaps OF one,
the Republican from wayJack' Of whom
he tuginidn and Mars editor in his issue
+ April 10Th says, "that his Republi-
anism far antidates that Of any Of the
IERALD's correspondents We admit !
he force Of his assertion az to the Kind !
nd spocimen OF Republicanism given.
But time and space forbids at present /.
much farther exposure Of this nefariOus i
lot. We shall, however, N the future /
outuGe 10 press this matter upon these I
-onld-be elegant gentlemen and schemers,
lho TO farther their dark lantern deeds
estate not 10 attack one, who unlike
themselves, lays no claim TO be a paragon
B society and the very embodiment Of
neither does he court or IN
ito those impcrlect.ons and vices OF
allure which they would Try u make
elieve that BE is the very personhcatlon
t. as witness their desperate attempts at
lpital 10 this line in the jrgiAaR and
\ors OF April 5th to96th and the 5rd Of
lay, etc. And the end is not yet. No
,sponsble author has yet avowed him
If As the author of these communications
the lUgniqR end Ners OF an abuseful
ld personal character, and such as one
.ldom sees paralleied even in the columns
suck papers as the Police Gazette.
Oh what fall Is this my couutrymen.
Srp.srr-p. Cor SurN HFRArD