South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-06-20
Echoes Of Partisan Fury.


Some OF the partisan republican
papers in the North have not yet re-
covered from the shock 10 their cen.
sltive patr iotism occasioned by the @.
rection OF . statue to General Lee
and the display of the Confede crate
Dag. The New York Press accompa.
ried its illustration of the procession
ct Richmond with the Inquiries
did they die in vainf" and us the
rebel privileged to preach eedition and
the Anarchist hanged for ite" The
Phiiadelpaia North American heads
bitter editorial on the Lee statue
And Why not Arnold?" Some of
tho congressman at Arlington aud the
washington Soldiers Home also took
occasion TO speak bitterly of the Lee
denomination. their words of hate
contrasting sharply with the patriot
ism and good feeling shown by the
Southern orator in his calm and schol.
arly address at Richmond. To tho
honor Of the country, be it said. such
utterances as these are executions to
the general good sense and moders.
ton which have characterized The ex.
pressions Of even the most uncompro.
missing Of republicans. They are worth
noticing only as showing 10 what
lengths prejudice and passion will
carry people who are supposed to be
in their right minds, or at least who
are permitted TO he at large aud to
take part in the affairs of every. d ay
life. There are certain NOR str osities
30 rare In nature as to form q curious
study, shocking aud repugnant to the
moral sense. but still interesting from
scientific and philosophical point of
view. Here is great country enjoy.
ing perfect peace aud tranquility, with
probably not q single disioyal heart
to be found in the breasts Of it's sixty
millions OF people, bent only on ad-
vanciD& the common greatness aud
prosperity. and yet because q statue
to a dead Southern general is unveils
ed end the flag of dead and buried
government is displayed We hear a
shrek Of "Did they die in vain2r
Such a question in the face OF such
facts reveals possibilities SO astouud-
ing in the way of brainlessness as to
completely upset the old theory that
nature abhors vacuum. To COM
pare the Southern people with anar :.
chis's is the logic Of one Of these men,
tai vacuums. The acknowledged aud
undisputed ground on which the South
seeded was that of upholding and de-
Tending constitutional law, not of o.
verturning it, as the anar chis,s desire
10 do. MIR. Seward and his friends
were the only people who proposed to
appeal TO higher law" than the
constitution, and 80 substitute "un-
wri 'ten" DEGREES Of their own manu-.
facturo fIr the constitu ton and the
laws OF Congress. But why should
any sane man argue with q vacuum
From the Philadelphia American bet
ter things might have Deed expected.
IL has had q reputation for respec:a-
bility and intelligence. Why should
it be 30 dishonest and insincere as to
compare Robert z. Lee to Bened: ct
Arnoldp The editor who wrote those
lines must have flushed for MIN SELF
as he wrote them, and the b onest ink
must have grown pale with shame at
being forced to lend itself to such I'm.
worthy sentiments. Arnold and Lee
Could not the same parallel have been
drawn by a British pen betn cen
Washington and Arnold 2 And yet
tue bare suggestion OF such compar.
ison is enough to make the blood
boil In the veins OF loyal American.
In his address at the laying Of the
corner -stone Of the Washington ne.
mortal arch in New York last week
Mr.. George William Curtis quoted
the memorable words OF Washington
at the beginning of the convention
which finally adopted the constitution
LEV us raise standard" he said,
"to which the wise aud homes. can res
pair-thc event is in the hands Of
Cod Do not these words contain
q suggestion for all true patriots. a go.
luton for all the problems OF the pres
ent, all the dangers OF .be future |?
Why should We spend our strength in
lighting phantoDs. ghosts of the dead
past, which are only visible 10 excit-
ed and disordered insginations2 The
South does not want to libger like Old
Mortality in the graveyards OF the
past. Great duties call 20 her in the
present, and she 10 section that has
never yet turned her back on duty.
What she is concerned in doing, what
all sections are concerned In doing. is
in raising "a standard to which The
wise and Donest can repair" and this
done, We can confidently leave the
event Gin the hands OF God" The
South has not abandoned that stand
AID in erecting o monument to a man
whose genius and private character
are worthy of the homage aud rever-
ence of the whole Union. and the
North may be sure that II a time Of
trial ever comes TO this country she
viii show by deeds that speak louder
than words that Washington e1hor-
alton has been remembered. There
Is one thing certain. If the South
slnned she has bitterly stoned for her
error in Losses, humiliation aud sor.
rows such ss few countries have ever
mad 10 bear. In spite Of them all she
has risen triumphant over her misfor.
tunes, and has repaired in a quarter
OF century the rsyage5 Of a wsr that
would have left its scars for centuries
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