Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-04-20
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with the absurd and self repudiating doctriae
mat Lawyers are not only Incompetent and
useless Legislators, but that the citizens of
Staunton, where some OF this prescribed class
Of society reside, have spoken their will TO
The county In a proud, authoritative, dicta-
torial tone. A single glance at the very facts
upon which "a Wing Voter bases his ar,
gument aud appeal, must convince every
iarmer oil intelligence and Observation that
this volunteer champion OF their rights and
interests, which his Quixolism has env ironed
with danger, is rather imaginative than pro
found f.; that he is one of thuse shallow
draught- drinkers at the spring nj knowledge,
whose BRAIN has become somewhat iutuXica-
ted, and OF whom il was predicaled by n Use
nan long ago, that ga little learning is
dangerous thing; that his partialitv ior his
iavorite candidate, who is conicsseL!y wor-
thy man, has So entirely engrossed his Whole
mind and heart, that he cannut entertain the
= least sentiment of liberaliiy or Justice 10
wards the "ba,Ch Of Lawyers who are aspi-
ring TO the same station sought by Col.
NcCue.
Oae fact relied upon by"A Wing Voter"
to sustain his charge OF "Slaunlon diciation"
Is, mat convention 10 carry out the views of
The w higs at the last Presidential election
was held in Siaunton, and that a number of
that convention were citizens of Siaunton
therefore, according Il" "a Wing Voter" the
Harrison convention was the creature of
Staunton dictaiion. What say you, farmers
oil Augusta, To such logic as This Your
reasoning upon this subject, tits arprehend>
ed, would be lar more consistent with sound
sense and actual facts; you would without
hesitation ascribe the meeting of that coyen,
'inn 10 the Wings of Virginia, or TO so MANY
oil them al least as were sufficiently alive 10
the cause in which they were engaged as TO
concert measures calculated as they suppos-
cd, TO give IL an onward and favorable i'm
pulse: your minds could not for "A mo.aent
harbor the chimerica idea, that Stanton
was guilty Of the egreginus folly of erecting
I!self into an iinperious dictator command.
ing the people OF Virginia, in the stern tone
OF insoient authority, TO yield obedience TO
ITS mandates. Another proof Of Siaunton die
iation is that ''two old lawyers" (hnw re-
sPecifuD were elected TO the Legislature
some years ago, when The removal oil the seat
oil government was agitated. The people CLOGS
Ted them; therefore and thereup0n Our pre-
oIous logician coOvicts Siaunton of diciatInn
ard necromancy. Surely in his zeal 10
serve his friend, GA Wing Voter must
have forgotten that he was addressing dne of
the most enlightened counties in the state
II wonit have been infinitely more credi,a-
bile 10 his mind TO have alleged openly and
boldly that his opposition 10 the "batch Of
Lawy ers" proceeded on the one hand from
his long and intimate acquaintance with Col
alcCue and on the other from a temper kim
dred 10 Tom BrowLs when he said TO DR..
Fell,
''I do not like thee Dr. Fell
The reason ,Uhy cannot tell
''But 'i- fact know full we'll,
II do not like thee, DR.. Fell
This would have been as much MS any cand-
date has light 10 know from, an independ-
ent voter, and would have saved him the
trouble Of Collaborating production which on
It's face is nothing l'lt pnri and parcel Of that
system OF eiectioneering tactics invented TO
catch gudXenns " hose careless and indolent
habits OF mind readily ADM; the truth OF any
proposition, however nntehSLle, when scri.
ously urged, without taxing themselves " Ith
the trouble o! examining il, or verifying il
by reference 10 reason and facts Such
persons are disposed 10 admit as true and or
,hodoX whatever is confidently asserted and
brought 10 their notice under The solemn and
imposing sanction OF the press. The num-
her, however, in the county Of Augusta, over
whose minds the pernicioUs errors endorsed
by ga Wing Voter" holds tiespoiic sway is
so small, that our outset and progression in the
path Of Improvement will Dotbe much retar.
dsd. When any man is found among us
who can reconcile io himself the ungracious
task OF exciting and iplaning pfeiudices
between the tow and country, or between
the followers Of different caIings and DUR
quits in lie, he receives from the honest and
Intelligent portion of. The community re,
buke too pointed 10 be misunderstood or Cles-
pissed. The utter imprsclicabiIiiy Of sue
cceeding in such ain effort is happily so obvious
from the very nature Of things, that the at
tempt, whenever made, must prove aborlive.
But admitting temporary success possible,
II argues but little in favor of the patriotism
and philanthropy OF the man who would SOW
the seeds of bitter disseniinn over The coun-
ty. Suppose The common bond Of interest
which u1iles this county as community.
made up as il is Of farmers, merchants. me-
chanCs, lahorers, lawyers and doctors, bro.
ken up into angry and jealous factions, each
envious Of The little prosperity and happiness
which in such state OF things could lalI TO
the lot of either. That faction which. by
force ofnunIberS or wealth or intellect .shouId
gain any very prominent ascendency ever the
Others, would soon feel the insecurity Of the
dad emnenCs" on wfnch il rested; the dis.
conHtted factions brought together By the
impulse ofsympathy, would scale the noun
tain heights Of such ill-gO;ten prosperity, and
drag II down 10 common level, ngain and
again TO devise and enact the same scene of
strife and confusion. What is our farmers
alt over Virginia, instigated by such i'll adj
vlsed ADD incorporate suggestions as those Of
"a Wbig Voter" should rise in their
strength aud Danish from the hall OF legisfa-
ton all whom choice or necessity has Called
TO ntheT pursuits than agriculture yyould not