Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-06-13
NEW YORK LETTER.
NEW YORK,
June 8, 1890.

DEAR REGISTER-Now that the eX-
| element through the country, caused
| by the unwilling of the Lee monu-
Inent at Richmond, has worn off, IL
would be good idea to give the read
ers of the REGISTER an account of
how the matter was treated by the
New York press. The Herald gave a
most fair and impartial account of it,
showing as it always has done that it
is above all little meannesses and per-
sonalities that the party organs are
so full of here The San and Star also
were most generous and fair in their
accounts, and it must be a source of
honor to the Democratic party to
know that their papers are the only
ones that do, and can afford to give
an honest and impartial account of
the country's news as it happens. The
World though led the big New York
dailies in giving justice to so grand
success. If for no other reason the
South should admire the World for
the honest and fearless manner in
which it upholds them in nearly every
case The Tribune, one of the party
paid organs, was most conservatives
From the disgust felt for il all over
bellous attacks upon jefferson Davis
at his death, it probably learned that
such course could not even COM
mand the respect of its own narrow
minded party. 1t merely gave an &C
count of the unwilling as it happened
did not slur, or even review editori-
ally. The press of course put in what
its party ordered, and as it has no in
fluence or circulation, does not re-
quire special account. The filthy
Morning Journal is too low and com
mon to more than mention. 1t re-
manned for that sacrilegious tool of
the Devil, Elliott Il. Shepard of the
Mail and Express to show that while
some men could put text in their
paper every day, and put on great
outward show of religion. could also
do such bastard y acts as would put a
grave-robber to the blush. To show
that this language is not over-drawn
it would be we'll to give you word for
word the double-leaded head lines. as
they appeared in the Mail and Express
of May 2Sth. Treason Glorified. The
Solid South Pays Its Tribute to the
Memory of Benedict Arnold and Lee
Traitors are on the March TO Rich
mond The Orator of the Day makes
Blasphemous Speech and compares
Lee to God? a scene that all Ameri-
cans should blush forr' 1t is doubt
full if there is another such case in the
history of our country of such malig-
nant hate and such slandering of the
dead as this. This too from one who
parades before the public as a chris
tiau. If the God who rules over the
sanctum of Elliott Il. Shepard is the
one TO whom we must look to to be
saved, then gloomy indeed is the out
look for the hereafter. The text in
the paper for that day was. But
thanks be to God which giveth us
the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ" Truly the devil can quote
scripture for his purpose. The preach
ers here even denounced such bias
phemy as this in their pulpits on the
following Sunday. The Richmond
State in replying to these attacks said
Each issue of the Mail and Express is
a coupon redeemable in lowest hell.
and an evidence of the bonded debt
of the devil to the world" Shepard
had u few days before called for an
army of a million to go to Richmond
and stop the unwilling. r. S. Thomas,
of Virginia, in reply said that if they
had come, his word for it, very few of
them would have got back On May
30th were the following headlines:
Treason is honored in Richmond! The
ghost of the lost cause dragged from
its grave to make a rebel holiday in
Richmond's streets. Confederate flags
flying and the rebel yell heard. Shame,
oh Virginia, that your fairest city
should be dishonored in such a man
ner! If this is the new South, then
God save the union! Decorating the
grave of the confederate dead in
hollywood cemetery-ten thousand
rebel flags placed on graves in
cemetery, where yet the body of a
union man was never buried-The T.
f. VS. took hold of this ceremonial
and made it a society event-Hatred
of the union is fashionable and the
young girls are more bitter than their
mothers Richmond is no place for
good and true union men to-daym
The unreasonable expressions" that
this most wonderful reporter head are
two ridiculous to repeat. Right OPP
posite these flaring lines was grand
eulogy on These men died to save
the unionw Between these columns
i'm bold type was the following: There
is no room in America for the stars
and stripes! And the stars and bars
under which flag shall we stand?n The
text for this day was, The princes of
the people are gathered together,
even the people of the God of Abra-
ham: for the shields of the earth be-
long unto God: He is greatly exalted"
1t is a great pity that Shepard was
so far away from the Rebel yell'
during the war that he could not
hear it, but such was the case there
might have been one fool less in the
world. What do you think of this as
sample of Republican party jour
nalisIn R. b. J.