Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-12-06

mander IN chief Of the Lnitod states
forces was O man who had been great in
battle, but old ago had come, with
many infymiies, and he had right 20
quiotude. U9 could not mount q horse,
and ho rode On the battlefield n car
riage, asking the driver not to iol5 It
too much. During tho most Of tho four
ycars Of the contest, on tho o60uthern side,
was o man in midlife, who had in his
veins tho blood Of many generations Of
warriors, himself one OK tho heroes Of
Churubusco and Corro Gordo, Coutrera8
and ChaDultepec. az the years passed
on and tho scroll Ok carnage unrolled
there came ont from both sides hero
iem, and a strength, end determina-
sion that the world had never seen mar
shalad. Aud what but determination
could como when Philip Sheridan snd
Stonewall Jackson met, and Nathaniel
Lyon and Sidney Johnston rode in from
north and south, and Grant and Lee,
She two thunderbolta Of battle, clashedl
Yet, 40 are nation, and yet NO ara Gt
peace. Earthly courage did not decide
tho conflict. Tho upper forces Of tho
teIt-they tell us there Wag q battle
fought above th9 clouds CT Lockout
mountain, bat there wa eoAething
higher than tbak
a Eri1nd CT TO Natio1.
Again, ths horses and ehariots Of God
esmo 20 tho zsscua q This nation in
1876, az tho closs o9 q presidential olec-
tion 2amoas foz forccity. AdaTker slozd
yet settled down upOn thi8 nation. Tbs
Yesalt Of tho slecsioa was r. dispute, Gnd
revolution, uot between two OF threo
sections bat revelation in ev2rT town
ana village and city Of the United ssates
seemed imminent Tho prospect was
thas Kew York Wonld throtsl0 Kew
York, and Now Orleans would grip NsW
Orleans, and Bosto1, Ecsto5, szd 6a-
vansah, Savannah, ara Washiag.os.
Washington. SoUo naia M5. TildsR vas
elected, otbass Gaid As. Nayos wa
elected, and how nssr va camO to uni
ysr.al massacre coma CT ~ EgesEed, bat
God only knsv. Z rrcrito our escape
uot tc sha honelty and 7ighteo1sneas OF
lnfuriated politicians, but I accric0 IL
10 the upper fogcqg Of tie tszt. Chariots
OF mercy rolled Ia, ana though ;ho
wheels vera not heard aud the assh was
nob seen, yet all through tho mountains
OF the north, ard tho south, ard tho
east, and the west, though She hooIs dio
no. clatter, the cavalry q GOd gslloped
BY. tell yo1 God ia the friend Of this
nation. IN the awfEl excitement st the
massacre OF Lincoln, when there WGs
prospect that greater slaughter would
open upon this nation, God hushed the
tempest. IN tho awful excitement at
tho time Of 0ardeld's Assassination God
put his fcot on the neck OF she cyclone
70 prove God 10 on tho Eido Ct this na-
sion 7 argue from tho las. eight CT nins
greas national hsrYests, and from tho
national health o2 tho LAST quarter of a
century, eDidcmics very exceptional
aud FROM the great royiTsl7 OF religion,
and from the spreading CT the church oE
Gcd, and from the continent blossom
Ing with asylums and Teiormator7 instl-
tutions. and from an Edeuization which
promises that this whole land ia TO be
paradise, where God shall walk.
Ian encouraged more than I can sell
you "a Z eos tho regiments wheeling
down tho sky, and my 5cremiadl turn
into dorologies, and shat which wss the
Good Friday q tho nations erucidxicA
becomes thaE Easter morn Of its resuIrcc-
sion. Oh course God WCgk5 through hu-
man instrumsntalues, and thi5 nation
al betterment - to como among ether
thinos through a scrutiniSed ballot boz.
By ths lsv Of registration il is almost
impossible now 20 hsys illegal voting.
There waa a timo--yoa and I romembsr
It very well--Theu droTes o2 vngs5onds
wandered I'D nnd doTA On election daI,
and from roll 10 Poll, and voted here,
and voted thege, and voted everywhere,
and there was no challenge, or * there
were, it amounted TO nothing, because
nothing could 80 ruddenly be proved
upon tho vsgabonds Now, n every we'll
oraanizcd ueighborhood, every voter IL
watched With seysrsss scrutiny. II an
IN . region vhero ( sm allowed q vote,
must tell Tho rcgi1trsr my rame, end
how old ar1, and how long have re-
cided in tho stase, aud how long have
resided iu tho ward q the township,
and Il I misrapSosent. 30 witnesses viii
rise and shsa 1na Gus IRON shs ballos box.
Il rot thas q great Gdvsncel And thea
rosico sho l,H thas prohibits q man
voting II no ha1 bsl oa tho oleetioo. a
step Yartheg needs - - taken and that
man forbidden q vote vino hsg offered o.
taken d bgibe, whathag IL be IN the shsps
OF a free drink, OK cash paiA sowa, the
suspicious cascs obliged 20 pas saeis
hand on She Bible end swear their vote
in II they vote at alL Sc, through she
sscred chest Of oEr nailOa's nu2TaSe, %
demptioa will como.
GOd will sAvo this nstioa through IN
aroused neral Gentimsss. Tharo hse
nover been co Euch diTeSszion e zOCalS
and immorale. hsa. Vhsthes eg nos
shey acknowledge vAat - right, hsvo to
think what Is right We have zssa Who
have had theiR hands IN shs public trsas-
ury the most Of thoir hfssinO, stealing
ali they could lsy tbsiE handa On, dig
coursing eloquently sbout dishonesty IL
public servants, and nsn with two o7
three families OF thsiR own presehisg
sloouentiy about ths beauties Of the sew
enth commandment. The question oE 90
briefly and drunkenness Is thruss in the
face OF this nation IS never before and
takes = pars in our political contests.
The question Of national sobriety Is 60
Eng to ba respectfully and deferentially
heard ct ths bsr Of every legislature,
and every house Of representatives, and
every state ssnale, and Ea onnipotens
voice will ring down che aky ana acEoss
this land and back again, saying 70 ths0e
rising tidea Of druEkonnsss which threat
en- 20 whelm homo and church and RH-
tion, "Thus Tar ahals shou sos0e, bss ne
farther, ana hero skall sh7 PaosA waves
Be ataid."
AStigonaf AIRY.
Ihavo not IA my rsin6 q nhadov OF
disheartmens - large as tho nhadow Of
p. al l. l. N.1