Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-11-12
HENRY GEORGE.
New York SUM

h''ic' t"S'S SAi'' IL HiS W
have been that the ardor of his
disciples had cooled. 1t did not
cool. He died as any man of in
Guence might care to end his ca
reer, at the height of his fame and
cheered by unmistakable evidences
of his continueing strength. lie
could not have done more for it if
lie had lived to the extreme age OF
mans allotted time.
Living a;d working after The
end al woIk and life. licmr,
Grrog', alive again in the mann,
and hopes and political inhcri
tancc he has given to his Ssu, is
still mighty force in tins elect
ion. What he was and what he
represented is still an actual and
undiminished strength. Dead, he
is respected, and 10y the most
strenuous opponents of his theory
Of conliScation, as man in the
open.
The strange, adventurous hiSto.
~ Of Henry George, from Calilor
MIA to the caucus, was something
to make us thank i'ul that men of
0enius havea license from destiny.
lie came neither from Ballot nor
TIinit,; from Harvard nor Yale
nor Columbia. What strange,
eccentric, irregular man he must
have been. How did lie learn
things! How did he write things,
this irrcgularly educated, wander
ing son of Genius!
VINO can answer n question so
remarkable, perhaps so unimpor
tant! The depressing qu' S,ion
still conlrontS us, as the Hon.
Grover Cleveland, HE protopaSm
of the indispensable Seth, today
dispensed with forever, would tell
the trembling sons of Nassau.
Why was it that Henry George,
the man with no natural advan-
tagcs, surpassed the Hon Seth
Low, person born rich ii not in
telligent, who dcvotcS himself
with such passion az may be
properly attributed to Il highly
moral clam, without pearl. to the
exploitation and riiication of
himself! Why today will Henry
George speak from the grave?
Why will the Hon. Seth Low. the
smuggest thing on MorningSidc,
be buried; deep and dark!
Seth Low had every giIt that
the systematic cultivation can
bring. The FAIRIES that gave George
nothing but intelligence aud cour.
age and umsellishncss gave Seth
Low every chance of life. seth
Low WAS rich; Seth Low had the
opportunity for education cores.
ponding with his future on Morn.
ingSide; every exterior and divi.
dcnd-making advantage Seth Low
had over Henry George: except
the fact that Henry George was
Intelligent; except the fact that
Henry Gerge cared, in all his pc
culiariteS Of opinion, for his ideas.
He has IDEAS. Seth Low has him
self, his own idea.
We would like to think well of
Seth Low. He thinks wei: ofhim.
self. Seth was supposed to he a
man Of good manners. Nobody
took HIM for a mar Of more than
ordinary intelligence. At the end
Of this campaign where does Seth
Low stand9 Has he shown him.
self anxious for anything but
votes! Has he manifested any
higher aspiration than a wish to
be elected. When lie began his
canvass the people of New York
knew little about him. They had
seen his pictures. They hoped
that he was more elevated than
that work of art. Since then they
have learned TO know him. Learn
ed to know Seth Low. How wise
how unscltish, how sincere, tho
records of the newspapers have
shown. Today he Will get his re
ward. He lost a reputation
which was never deserved.