Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-10-28
A Gentleman Of the Old School.

A Gentleman Of The Old School.
l am constrained to express my high
/ appreciation Of your recent editorial
concerning the Importance of placing
young men at the helm Of state. and the
importance Of pitching the old fossils
overheard, and to thank you forit. That
/ editorial, supplemented by the weekly
/ etfusiOns Of your inimitable correspon-
dent, Pro Bono Publico. have furnished
to your readers the most unapproacha-
bic reading imaginable 1t is needless
I for me 20 say that fully endorse every
word contained in the editorial, together
with thorough appreciation of all OF
the many productions from the pen Of
Pro Bono Publico. OF course il is the
duty not only of the press, but of the
people OF our country, 20 dislodge the
old fogies from the ship Of state. TO
tumble them overheard and kill and bury
them 10y any means, aud TO place in
their stead the young bloods, though at
the same time large proportion of the
/ youngsters have not the brains to paddle
an eight-foOt political boat across a ten
foot political ditch. But kill the old
coons, all the same, for they are in the
way and are not ut 20 live Kill. for
example, my old friend. Major Randolph.
and Captain Meade. and DR.. Summer
Vile, and DR.. Lewis, and the writer of
this.aii OF whom have passed over three
score and ten. and all Of whom had the
presumption 10 vote in the primary for
Pages choice for a delegate 10 the Senate
OF Virginia, doing so because we honest
/ y and cOnscientiously believed that
county was fairly and justly and honest
! ~ entitled 10 the representative. But
we were mistaken, and should at once
I be summarily dealt with. Yes. kill Us
/ by all means, and get Us out of the way.
But, for Gods sake, don't hurt Pro Bono
PublicO-don't touch Catlett. Let him
I live. We would miss him, the COURIER
would miss him, could not live without
him. Clarke county would miss him. a.
her great deliverer, her dictator. As one
who graci9usly tells her who she is TO
elect and who not to elect. What she is
/ TO do, and what not 90 do. When she is
to lie down, and when 10 get up. Iprav
YOU not 10 modest Catlett, for when
Balaam mounts his steed for morninr
/ gallOp, without Catlett he would miss
the interesting interview between tie
ass and the angel of the Lord. His last
growl was over paying little toll on
the Berryville turnpike. Others pass
through toll gates, pay and say nothing
about il lie passes through, a dead
head, don't pay, and makes hullaballoo
! about it. But don't kill him. Let him
live, an ornament 10 society and com
/ pliment TO literature. But kill all Of Us
old fogieS. Kill the last one. We are
7 not nj 10 live. Don't kill young Fulton
/ or young Blackburn. Spare them, for
Gods sake. They are as valuable As
political architects, for have they rs.
, introduced ii new departure in political
ethicSs Have they not shown themselves
10 be great political OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
, ping counties like iack-knives? I will
, give you Warren for Clarke. or will
give yOu Clarke for Warren-will swap
even and not give or ask one cent OF
boot. The trade was a fair and square
one; no dickering about il: and the
goods were delivered t Oh TO each.
Nothing wrong about that. So dom
Kill EN-, but let them live as a brace on
sweet-Scented magnOlias. But YOU killed
murdered in cold blood, poor Powcl
Page, an old soldier and a man who ma,
faithfully served his county for the past
sixteen years. You killed him, but put
in his place young Jake Carver. a very
, worthy and clever fellow, but perfec-
nonentity. and of whom il is said. III,
Will be the tool OF Pro Bono Publico. sd
We DO not believe il. though We would
advise our friend Jake 10 keep his eve,
skinned and not let Pro Bono PubHcc
get his fingers in them, for if he did il
would be the last of poor young Jake
Powell says that he could account for the
2 loss Of his old supporters only upon th,
7 grounds that many of them owed hin,
. for goods purchased in his store, and
! that Ire could not collect cent from
them, and that he supposed, by way of
getting even with him, they concluded
} ;hey would turn him out OF the little
Office of Supervisor, especially a he hai
7 never asked one of them 10 vote for him
4 Catlett says that il was because Powell
a had robbed the people of their right.
I That being the case, they served him
: right. and while he was robbing them of
/ their rights they were stealing his store
Ia goods. y fair exchange was no robbery
e Ii was rights against goods, and rights
5 got it. And you killed-the young blood
a OF the district-killed and buried old
D Parks, the old Confederate and war
!, horse, who in days past and in Fields
k both Confederate and Democratic had
r displayed his gallantry many time and
T. oft. BY lies and ISLANDERS and by mesn.