The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-06-14

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that wecould point them to the res
hottest generations MS living symbols
ofa patriotism the most unsclfish, Of
chivalry the most peerless, and of
honor The most stainless If we can
not keep them thus, however, we can
at last erect monuments to their
hallowcd memory.
One thing worth mentioning in
this connection is the fact that Ross
er is disappointed man, and his
whole nature is soured thereby. He
is now one Of tho leading Populists
Of Virginia, espousing the princi-
Piles Of the "Commonweal Army and
the history Of it's march to Washing
| ton.
The Grafton of Mr.. Cave at the
same ceremony though not so bold,
was something on the order Of Ross
er's talk. 1t was model of rheto-
rical eloquencc, and, possessing per-
sonal magnetism supremcly great, his
remarks are calculated to do much
harm. In this connection / might
mention that Mr.. Cave is a celebrated
divine of St. Louis, Missouri, and one
that has rejected the Divinity Of
Christ. This might point moral
and, teach a lesson:
In recent 'interview' in one OF
the New York papers, the Hon. John
S. Wise, who left Virginia for Fir-
ginia's good, as the press of the
State are accustomed to say of him,
expresses his opinion very forcibly in
regard to the 4 P. A.
I would like to disagree with Mr..
Wise. because think it is a reAec-
ton in some way or other upon any
gentleman to agree with him upon
anything. AS it.is, I think myself
the A. p. A. fit subject for con-
demnation, but / can differ from the
gentleman in point of view. Wise
condenining it reminds me Of a thief
condenlning a theft.
His ''interview" had two points.
He wanted to let the world know that
his father was very prominent in de-
feating know nothingism, and to be
sarcastic about the descendants of
Pocahontas. Why he wanted to re-
cusicatc well known historical fact
is very palpable. The man is full
of self conccit and that accounts for
it, but just why he wanted to get on
high horse is regard to Pocahontas
I cannot conjecture. unless some of
the male representatives of. that dis
tinguished woman are among the
number who refuse to recognize him
socially.
Treasuring, as he does, the rancor
of hatred to an extraordinary degree,
now that he is miles away, he pours
out the walls of his wrath, some
thing that a peculiar streak i'll his
makeup weuld prevent him from
doing were he nearer the object of
his calumnies.
To revert to the A. P. A., Mr..
Wise Looks at it from the stand
point his father did in 1852. He
thinks it is an order banded together
for the purpose of preventing immi-
grafton, and from that point of view
condemns it, There is where he
is in error. 1t is secret oath bound
conclave, spirits of darkness and
night, banded together for tho pur-
pose of wiping out Catholicism in
America. That is their object when
it is stripped of all coloring.
This they can never do by any
lawful means. The constitution Of
the United States expressly guaran-
tees freedom of conscience ,and to do so
by any other. means is an impossible
ity. 1t is possible to control the ac-
lions of men, but their conscienccS
never. | confess that there has been
much serious discussion of late in re
GARD to Catholicism in America. The
fear has been entertained that the
Catholics, by establishing schools
and colleges all over the country,
would, by degrees, usurp tho govern
ment. -.
This is a very pcssimistic view to
take oft. Doubtless if they ever ar
rived tothat State of supremacy Ca
thoficism woula cease to be a relig
ion-under cover Of the monkish
cowl, a cloak for treason and selition,
outrages would be sure to follow, and
dire would be the results: 1t would
be the case with any religious or. sec
ular party in power and having no
opposition. That IS, however, to my
mind a very remote contingency. :
Catholicism has too many tenets
of goodness and humanity imbodied
in it's faith for that. 1t has too many
patriots in it's order. But grant, for
the sake of argument, that Catholi-
cism should reach our government.
does anyone think for moment that
on it's march it would not have en-
countered the resistance it merited?
Would notthe reserve energy of our
people have been exerted for its final