The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-08
When the Seven Devils CT Political
Fury Get Loose.
NOTION VirIinl1n IIOIT

NOTION y IlA liiitiN iN'ft
speaking OF the lllmau NcLanrlu
fight in south Carolina the lrcdrrlrhs
burg Ferr iANct -ay-
We may look for the hottest time thc
wrarked State has ever seen hc BOO
lection of pitchlolk politics into The
present campaign boo Virginia promises tn
open breaches that death only VIII heal
Nemnv look for pcttern of south Caro-
lima aud kentucky-then the end "i Dem
ocratic supremacy
II not only PROMISE 90 du -o hut 90
has already done .o. lt- queer. hni Do -
"a fact that once 900 while the seven
devils Of political fury get loo-" 300 nearly
every State and they generally piny
havoc before they are peuuei up again.
A. often AZ not before that i- accom-
pli-hed the original cans" of thr trouble
has been utterly iorgotteuiuthc tragedy
and disaster that have hecn entallod
virginia will. indeed do we'll to hc
warned by the recent and terri 'lc rApori
euces of the two Carolnas and Ken
lucky. North Carolina had lt- Ransom
machine and the revolt against n car
ried 10 1000 white Democrats out OF the
party. resulting in a regime of mongrcl
pepuhlican- pOpul-t government thai
threatened the social fabric, bankruptrd
the state. entailed negro rule and
brought shame L. the respectable people
Of the State South Carolina had ITS
ring of "brigadicrs until Ben lillman
led the revolt that landed him the sen
ate. gave South Carolina it, di-lfn-ary
constabulary that invaded men homes
and shot them in the streets and that
threw the State into a condition Oh point
zeal nightmare from which ~ has only
partially recovered Ia kentucky the
underlying reasons of Hardin deleai for
the GOvernorship were much the same,
and that was the beginning Of the era of
riot and anarchy that resulted ia the ar
sassinatiOn of Governor OF the state,
and which is Of such recent date as 10 bc
fresh in the public mind
In this State there IL no sufficient cN-
cuse for that sort of thing We have
looked the situation over with some
care and we must decline to get hot I'M
der the collar or fall in a FRENZY without
further provocation Really, II H.
worth while. II the brethren want to
fall upon and smitc one another, hip and
thigh. in the matter of the GOyernOrshlp,
10 wax red in the face and picturesque
in language, there is perhaps no way to
stop them. They will get nothing out Of
il but broken heads and blackened eyes.
and a wealth OF that sober wisdom that
comes from dOleful experience. None OF
it for NJ. please We prefer To profit 10y
the experience of others
The Virginian- has expressed III
opinion freely in some matters touching
the campaign Ii will do 40 again. If IT
should seem necessary That's its priv
lege and sduty. But m for finding any
thing TO get excited or angry over, has
not been able To achieve it. IL respectful
ly but firmly declines TO believe that there
is either a devil or a saint in this
race. Every candidate for the nomina-
ton il an honorable man and good
Democrat. who has walked more or less
conspicuously before his fellows and no
breath of scandal has touched his
name II Democrats cannot discuss the
relative merits Of these candidates with
out flying mt each Others throats, they
had better change the subject. The
weather il Just now icariula and wonder
ful article and should prove fruitful
topic. II we may do 20, without seeming
impertinent, we should like To ask Hon.
John W. Daniel, Hon A. J. Montague,
Hon. Claude 4. Swanson, Hon. {. "
Meredith The Petersburg lndex-Appenl,
The Danville Register, The Frcdericks-
burg FREE Lance. The Danville Free
Press, and sundry other persons and
contemporaries, if they believe its going
TO rain.
For ourselves, we hold that lit never
rains but it pours.