Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-12-02
Baltimore and the South.


We are compelled to give below some
of the letters we have received touch,
ing our editorial of last week and the
week before, relative to the present
politics of Baltimore driving Southern
trade from that city. We give below
two letters without comment:
| BALTIMORE, Nov. i9, '97.
| The Staatntoa Spectator
Gentlemen have read with sad
ness an editorial of yours published in
one of our dailies this morning.
| The people of Virginia and the
South will prove degenerate sons of
noble and generous sires if they follow
the counsel you thoughtlessly give
them. The intimidation of the work
ing classes by the money power under
the lead of the tqoatorous San together
with nearly 20, 900 negroe votes carried
the last several elections in this city
and State. Very conspacuouszy did
the most of our merchants come out in
opposition, but to no avail. The whito
people of Maryland have 81, 1000 negro
votes to overcome and nearly 10000 of
them are in the city. We have merci-
nary hogs here as elsewhere, who are
ever ready to sacrifice honor for gain,
but che most of us are not such.
A BALTIMoREAN.
Editor of the Spectator:
Gentlemen-The old Virginians and
the old Marylanders are one and the
same people in all things. The Con-
federate roster shows between 80 and
40 of my name, and the 1st Maryland
cavalry in which majority of them
served under the command of Col. Gus
W. Dorsey, had the honor according
to Gen. 7. T. Munford, of having
''struck the last blow in Virginia. y
But this State has not been represent
ed for years by the old Maryland ele-
ment, and if you gentlemen can only
persuade the South to do as you
threaten you will serve US much. There
are four elements here who aid the
Republicans, without which they
would be nothing. First and most res
pectable are $4,000 negro votes. Sec
ond, there are good many here who
not being able to think for themselves
pay the renegade San paper cents a
day for brain power. Third, almost
the entire business of the city is in the
hands of the Jews, who openly boast
that the South does not ask or care
what their politics are. Now the idea
of the streets of Heaven being paved
with gold is Jew idea. Gould any
thing be more attractive to them, so
naturally on account of the name they
are always reached by those Republi-
cans who call themselves Gold Demo
cra's, but if the South would refuse to
deal with them on account of this be
ing Republican city, they would
never vote anything but the Demo
cratic ticket Fourth, and lowest of
all, what has done us the most h arm
are your renegade Virginians, whom
you were fortunate enough to dump
into this State, those brave Southern
soldiers who shed lots of ink in de-
fense of the South and have hardly
ever voted anything but a Republican
ticket since coming here, they formed
the nucleus of that Independent Re-
form Can't-Get an Office element, and
they have been increasing in strength
every year. You know man turing
renegade is like a woman going astray,
the first time their conscience hurts
them and they try to hide it, but as
they are gradually found out, know
ing that they can sink no lower they
become bolder and more open in their
efforts to make every one as degraded
as themselves. Now we old Maryland
ers hate renegade as much as you do
and we are only a little State, whilst
you are 30 strong they could not hurt
you, SO if you will only take your rem
egades back we will trade them to you
at the rate of 40 for broken down
mule, and if you think we are asking
too much we will knock off the mule.
Yours truly, F. d.
To Cure Constipation Forever.