Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-08-06

the way, will maintain my ground, or
endeavor to do so, SO long as. there is
any left to stand upon. Aud if at las,
the pillars of the constitution should
give way, SO that it should fall, with a
tremendous crash, will be buried uu-
der its ruins.
ELEC1IONEERING TACT.
On the 4th ult. at Orange Springs, Gov.
Barbour, Elk Minister, &c. &c. eloquen;ly
sketched The virtues of the fair, as exhibited
in the following extract enchanted the at
tentiop of his auditors, walked into the af-
fections of the voters, and displayed match
less tact in stump oratory. But, ingenious
as is the Governors mode Of electioneering
we think it is worthy of all acceptation. Let
the spirit Of it be emulated, and our political
annals would be speedily cleansed of the foul
blot of female deiamation-the barriers q.
round the domestic circle, strengt hened-
the sanctty of the social hearth, secured
and the caterers of depraved taste driven
without the pale of society. Let popular
opinion consign to lasting infamy the
wretch who would dare the attempt to feast
on female character, and we should soon
sec those whelps of Tophet, in the shape of
Washington letter writer's, unprin"ipled po.
liticians, and mercenary partizans, hide their
hideous heads, and cease their fiend.lke eff.
forts to lacerate the heart of honorable men
by their assassin thrusts at the Bosom Of do
nestle quiet.
Mr.. Barbour expressed fear that he was
trcspassing on the courtesy ofhis audiance,
whom lie saw had much of the duties OF
the day 10 perform; yet he must do lit
tie longer rendering to his fair countrywo-
men, Virginla's real jewels, far more esti-
mable than the Gracchi, who had done him
an unexpected honor, by their presence at
the uoment-the homage of his profound
respect. lie said, he could not be sus-
pected OF hattery, now the time with him
had passed. He, therefore, without fear,
bore ready and sincere testimony to their
worth, and to the exalted estimation in which
they were held, wherever virtue, and all the
attributes that ennoble the sex, were still
venerated. Your vestal delIcacy snuffs at
distance the tainted breeze, and you, like
the Jewish Prophet, standing between the
living and the dead, staying the plague by
your memorable rebuke, separates forever,
by an impossible line, virtue from vice. AL
though you are not named in the political
Charter, you ale still the depository of SUI
premc power, and exercise sovereign in
huence over the destiny of man holding
as you 90 the patent of your honors, directly
from the Almighty--your countenances be-
| ing the sign OF the covenants, in which eve
ry one may read, the hand that made us is
divine. High and mighty is your trust.
The future men Of your country will tell how
un hnu -,
bent, tho Tree is inclined" 1t is you that
are To give the first and tho most endearing
Impressions. 1t is in the nursery that the vir
tues are, ii ever, TO take root. Go on, then,
as you have begun-mainlain the high char
acter you so deservedy enjoy, and may your
children arise up and cali you blessed, and
Your husbands, also, and praise you--and men
OF Orange, seek 10 make yourselves worthy
ofsuch helpmates-attai that, and you will
have nothing more to accomplish.
The Tornado that caused such rava-
ges and devastation at SheibyvIlle, and
other places in Tennessee. on the 3 LIST
May, was severely felt at Little Rock,
Arkansas over which it passed be-
tween eight and nine o'clock, and
reached Charlotte about half past ten, a
distance Of about two hundred and SIX
ty-hve miles in direct line; from
thence il appears to have turned to the
south east, and reached SheIbyviIle,
about seventy-ive miles farther, about
twelve O'Clock the same night--baving
travelled distance Of about three nun
dred and thirty~live miles IN the short
space OF about three and a haLf hours!
*.
Death Of Gen. Shareholders received
by the Montilla, at York, state, that
Gen. Antonio Jose de Sucre had been assas.
sinated while on his way to Pasto If this
be true, 1T is much to be lamented Next TO
Bolivar, Gen. Sucrc is the greatest bencfac-
tor of South America. lie was born at Gu
mana, in Venezuela, in 1893; consequently
was 81 years old at the time of his death.
a .Neo PrCject 1T is proposed, through
the editorial columns cf the New York Senti-
mel, to form combination of editors, with.
out respect to creeds political or religious, in
favor of fairness, temperate argument and
courteous language, and against party abuse,
personalities, Misrepresentation of oppo-
nenis' opinions, and every thing calculated to
wound the feelings or arouse the passions
Of a contemporary"
Frog Market ut BruSseLs-Tbere is in
Brussels marketfor frogs, which are brought
alive in pals and cans, and prepared for dres-
sing on the spot. The hind limbs which are
the only part used, are cut fIom tho body with
scissors, by the women who bring tho animals
for sale.