Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-03-26
Friday, March rs, 1909.
CONSCIENCE.

"COnscience makes towards OF US
ALL That is very true. 1t sometimes
goes further, it makes knaves, and the
assumed possession of it often makes
liars. We have noticed great album
dance of this article called conscience
in Congress recently, as well as sur
prising obiesance to it there as else
where. % Democrats have been
found to possess it, the largest hunk
being found on the Hon. John Joseph
Fitzgerald of New York. These play
ed the Democratic party scurvy trick.
This action is now accounted for. 1t
came about because of that peculiar
thing called Conscience. Their con-
sciences compelled the scurviness of
the trick. There are about $50 or SO
other Democrats in the House who
had no consciences. They are lost
hopelessly and are unfit for decent &C
counting. They wanted to do terrible
thing. They even went SO far as to
want to beat old Joe Cannon for Speak
er. Horrible. Murder is not to Ebe
compared to it. They even wanted to
change the rules of the House so that
there might be some liberty of action
and freedom of speech. Think OF 1t.
This was henious crime. That would
cut the claws Of old Joe, pair down his
talons and prevent schemes, and ty-
ranny, and looting. Men devoid of
decency and conscience had planned
this crime. They were to be assisted
by some 80 Republicans equally as
criminal, who had been unable to open
their mouths in Congress in years. But
% brave men with "consciences" saved
the day. "They voted as they thought
right"
But speaking of that conscience, which
we now hear of and have seen so much
of in few days past. 1t is like other
virtues, it has its reward. Those gen
tlemen with their censciences hung all
about them like pisen oak on worm
fence, have been noticed by that great
and good man, Mr.. Cannon. He has
exclaimed to them, swell done thou
good and faithful servants, enter thou
into the joys of thy Lord" At this
invitation in stepped MIR. Fitzgerald,
the man with the largest cargo. He
had put his out at usury since the last
Congress and he had come back to this
one, with it increased ten fold. Others
struggled in after him and lined up be-
fore their lord and master near the al
tar rail, each showing how he had
used his talents, and each receiving the
fiattering encomiuns of "well done, "
and receiving also his reward. Who
would be without conscience? When
we hear of any sudden CONFUSION In
political nature, we know it comes
from "conscience." 1t early infested
the bosom of Longstreet, Malone, later
Rosser and others of that genus. 1t
caught John s. Moseby in its clutches
and these spent the most of their lives
or will spend it explaining how they
had always to follow so safe guide.
Later it seized Grover Cleveland and
all his cabinet. Then about every for
mer Democratic trust magnate, includ-
ing Luke Wright and Jake Dickinson,
found he had the thing somewhere
about his person. and now come
twenty-five brave men who "ACCoRD-
ING TO THE DICTATES OF THEIR OWN
CONsCIENCEs" - have rescued the
country and prevented the lower
house of Congress from becoming
bowling mob. We love to hear
about men having consciences. That
quality is generally discovered in
Democrat by his Republican ally.
We verify believe your Uncle Joe can
look man in the face and tell whether
he has conscience. He made no mis-
take in his last % guesses.
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