Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-05-17
A NEW SAUL OF TARSUS.


A Federal Judge in Alabama has
made startling discovery. At the
end of 11S years darkness having brood
ed over the land for that space, it re-
manned for him to discover that lynch
ing is crime punishable by the laws
of the United States Judge Jones III
of that new issue of federal judiciary
created of Southern rabid Democrats,
now Republicans, who rode in on the
l6 to 1 garbage wagon In 1896. He Is
a Mckinley appointee. He could not
bring bis pure and enlightened mind
to vote for VIM. J. Bryan. nor could
he see the country destroyed by the
free coinage of silver. He deeply re-
pented, no doubt, that he sought its
destruction in the yeats of 1861 to 1865.
He had been riproariDg Democrat up
to the day of his conversion. but he
wanted good money, and could stand
for no other kind; be needed good
money In his business.
Those who knew the Hon. ThOs. u.
Jones when he was governor of Ala
bAma, discern in him the Ieincarnation
of Saul of Tarsus. They remember
him breathing out threatenlngs and
slaughter against the disciples OF his
present Lord. They knew that be was
ready to make war upon men and wO-
mon who trod not the same wine press
as be. They recall that be went about
in the fervidness of his wrath against
those who differed with him in the
faith, and wOt not what punishment
be inflicted. They know that 1t is
written that in the year of our Lord
1896. as he journeyed one day toward
a certain city which we will call Da =
mascus, light shone about him, that
he fell to the earth, and voice said
unto him, ''Tom, Tom. why persecut.
est thou me 7" and he said, "Who art
thou ?" and it was made known to him
who it was. And he said what wilt
thou have me to do 2' and the voice
said, "arise and 60 into the city and
it shall later be told thee what thou
shalt do" Then how be arose and his
eyes we're opened, but be saw no man,
and they led him into the city, and
how strangely he was taken into a
street called Straight, and how a per-
son of the name of Ananias-not a
member of the new club, but like unto
them-came to him. But when this
man was told to go to Tom, he said.
81 have heard by many of this man,
how much evil he hath done to they
saints" But the powers that be said,
go thy way for he is chosen vessel
unto u.s." So Ananias went unto him
and when he was come he laid hands
on him and said, 'Brother Tom, be
that flashed that arc light in they face
on thy way to this city, hath sent me
that thou mightest receive new sight.
and be filled with the faith of the new
convert. And Immediately the scales
fell from his eyes, and he was baptised.
And when he had received MEAT, he
was strengthened. The meat did not
come on the first day of his conversion
but the faith was kept,and later under
the great seal of the new king meat
was duly served, and Saul the ''holy
terror" was mellowed, softened and
toned down into Paul the anointed. in
other words Tom Jones, the riproaring
Democrat, became the Hon. Thomas
Il. Jones, the great, Wise, learned. up
right Federal Judge, the anointed OF
Mckinley, who with his new armoI
buckeled on, was ready to 60 forth and
do battle, to preach the doctrines be
once despised, to right the world undel
the federal constitution, to punist
lynchers, petty thieves, crap shooters
and even bridge whist players, which
the States overlook, with the gallows
the prison, or the knout; ready to be
stoned, to heal cripple, to convert
Lydia, to quarrel over circumcision
to preach in ThesalOnica, Berea. Ath
ems, Corinth. Mobile OF Birmingham,
on Mars Hill, Majuba hill, Sand bill
or any other old place, to boot old Johr
Marsall out of public esteem as ju.
dicial ass, to cOnsign Jefferson to OBJ
llvion as an idiot, Monroe as brain
less accident. Webster, Calhoun an6
Clay as molly coddles, Lee and Jack
son to eternal punishment as traitors
and elevate Lincoln to the top of thu
monument at the National capitO
mistakenly erected to much over es
timated person of the ma me of Wash.
ington.