Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-09-02
DEMOCRATS

FELLOW DEMOCRATS
The Edin-
burg Sentinel in its issue of August
26th, 1898 says that 'Democrat" is
too obtuse to see the position Of the
Sentinel in refusing to discuss before
he public with party who persists
in appearing under an assumed name.
Fellow Democrats desire you
to look at the the editorial in said
issue and tell us who the author is, if
YOU can. 1t seems to be greet
crime in democrat" to write an AZ
ticle without signing his nameto it,
and at the same time this so called
crime Of "Democrat is the cardinal
virtue of the Sentinel author. The
author tells you that lie knows who
am but that he wants the public to
know also. Now what OH earth is
there to prevent him from telling the
public who | am? Is he afraid he has
made such record for truth and
veracity that the people Of this
county will not believe him? Who
knows who he is? Everybody knows
what he is, but no one knows his
name. Why does lie not sign his
name, is it because he has signed 1t
too often already for his own good?
He says that the people know who
writes the editorials of the Sentinel.
Who wrote the article entitled
"More about the Judgeslip" which
branded over two thousand good
honest voters of this county as tramps,
idiots and vampires? The people
are very anxious to know who wrote
it. Yet he has the monumental cheek
to SAY that everybody knows who
writes his articles. Among the few
things he does know, he knows that
this is not true.
The author of said editorial says
he knows the exact measure of my
responsibility "moral, financial and
physical" and is not frightened 10y it
10y any means.
lie may know tins rs | have never
tried to conceal my responsibility.
As to my "NIoral" responsibility, |
leave that for my friends to Judge OF,
as it is not becoming man to parade
his own virtues before the public.
And the man who by his own actions
is compelled to do so is an object of
contempt. Ii the moral responsible
tv ofthe Sentinel is to be measured
by its financial responsibility, May
God helpit.
1t is thu | am not millionaire. !
have never been connected with any
Get Ricn Quick Institutions,
therefore have not had the opportml-
ties that some have to accumulate
money. And | am not so financially
defunct as | would have been had !
ever invested in the Sentinel.
But there is one thing quite certain;
suhold desire to invest in Il two Tor
FIVE newspaper | would be able to
buy tho same without string ofen-
dor.ers to make good the little note
which was given in the purchase OF
of that paper, showing that t e
financial condition of the purchasers |
was such that they could not buy |
, cheap newspaper on their own re-
sponsibility. And yet this paper has
the cheek to talk about financial
standing
The Sentinel seems to think nnless
man has plenty of finances he lacks
respectability. Ii this be true the
Sentinel has certainly placed bar
rier between itself and respectable
ty.
They also say that the public under
stand and spprecia their position.
It's readers will remember that
when it was charged that the paper
was published by republicans, one of
its editors over hi1 own signature
to disproye the charge had a list of
democrats including himself publish
ed, as the purchasers, and when
this same editor was published
as one of the owners, he denied
that he ever was an owner. Why
should the people have any doubt as
to their position on any subject?
The brilliant author of the article
aforesaid atates that the democrats
of Shenandoah county know the ed
itorial writer's of that paper and they
do not have to call on "Pretended
Democrat" TO vouch for their democ-
racy.
Fellow Democrats:-Take their pa
per of two weeks ago, in which one Of
their numerous editorial staff told the
people that the Sentinel had on it two
republicans, one OF which however