Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-05-02

Whatsoever, TO enieavour to persuade any
elector TO give, or dissuade any elec,or from
giving, his vote for the choice of State and
Federal candidates for Office However ne.
cessary and proper il may be to prevent
such officers, or even State officers, from
using their oe;cia! po,cer to control or intlu,
ence elections, we feel no hesitation in pro,
nouucng the broad, sweeping ndiscrimin.
ate provisions Of that bill, TO be as direct in.
fractions of the Constitution. as the Sedilion
law ITSELF"
The foregoing CONS ilerations ought to sat. !
isfy us, that the party lines orig inally drawn
are not obliteraied and that the final battle
IS yet TO he fought between tho Federal and |
State Rights Virginia School All minor (
difference of opinion must be ged in this
contest. II is in vain 10 sci up third parties,
having distinct name and organizat ion,
with view OF controlling the masses, or of
'nrbilraibg" between them; the distinctions
TO which we have invited your attention, are
co existent with the Government and be
ing founded in the nature of things, they
must continue 10 exist as long as there are
ambitious men striving TO break through The
Limitations OF the constitution, or powerful
md selfish men coveting exclusive pryiie-
ges. The true meaning and intention of
tho trainers OF the Constitution must ever
remain matters OF dispute, so long as doubts
Iui powers are Claimed or opposed; whilst
oil the rest is emphemeral and transitory.
In conducting this contest, i, is perfectly
evident that the chances of success must
greatly depend upon the indiy dual Who pre-
sides over the Government Ii is through
The agency OF men, that wegive vitality and
effect TO principles. We have seen. that
whenever the followers of the HamiI,onian
school succeeded in eiecing one of their dis,
ciples, tho powers of the Central Govern
nent were expanded TO their utmost limits
and the rights at the States brought into
manifest Jeopardy. We must Judge of the
future by the past; and hence the mpor,-
ance OF rallying in support of a wei, tried
Republican. Such man we esteem MIR
Van Barren to be. We ask your united eff
forts IN re electing him because he avows
The doctrines OF Virginia: because he is ON.
posed 10 National Bank-to high Tariffs
"a to the power and eXpediency OF the Gen
pa Governments engaging in an extrava-
proRnd corrupting system of Internal I'm
ed tbnent ,fbecause he has honorsbIy fulfill,
becam.sedges he gave before his election
il. cauobs messages breathe The true spir.
ASSEMBLE rom the Report of our General
duc,.d n. 1900 and because he has con .
wisdoo, |irs, foreign ard domestic. with
ofaU 49,; "1 ration and frmness. WORTHY
,,at, -, 100, ansther circumstance vb;cb
DISCOUNTS ,; oosihern men to him by in
hI "s Ties. We allude IN The s,aoJ ~ A.
vous dss; asas"s! the insane and mischie.
rerv conn sns VI The Abolitonis,s, from the
ment Wa "oa1 +" that fearful excite
that If 10 btsare his election
he would feel "'e NE yad Rdadfs5g1 etSs anya y,
which interfered with the rights o. slave.
holders in the States where the institution of
domestic slavery existed, or in the District
OF Columbia. lie did not wait TO see ,wheth
er ne Gould derive any personal advantage
from mat ianatlcal spirit which was spread-
ING SO rapidly, but with generous deyolio,
10 The obligations of the Constitution. and n
ihe rights OF The South, he placed himselfat
once IN uncompromising hostility to Tor
midaoie and growing faction, and made them
MS ohler, unreienting foes. From tina,
iime 10 the present, whilst others halted and
fingered, he and his most intimate pe5sonai
and political friends, his "depend,nts'' and
'vnssals Gas they have been called, y have
stood hrmiy by Southern men, in resist.
ing al! me attempts made at agitation by
these misguided enthusiasts and their poil.
Cal prompters, in or out of Congress- s,
notorious is this, that il brought opon him
The reproach from Wing ex President, that
ne was "a Northern man with Southern
feelings. Thus an appeal was made To
the antI'siavery Prejudices OF The North q.
galnst lis magnahimoys son, for doinp mo-
thing more, than what justice TO eye,v sec.
lion OF the Union strictly demanded and
we who owe so much TO his personal and of
hcial influence in checking an outbreak
which might have dissolved the Union (aI
though il could not have deprived ne
OF cur rights) are 10 abandon him on account
OF single difference OF opinion on a pojnt
OF questionable policy, and that, too, whilst
The hres oil AboiilionIsm are still raging
III does appear TO US, that nothing would on.
crate so inJuriously upon the arrangement, of
OF this difficulty; nothing would tend so d;.
rectIy 10 inspire the Abolirionis;s with hone
oil eventual SUCCESS nothing would so alien.
ate and dtsbearten our faithful Democratic
friends at the North, who have stood BY US
shoulder 10 shoulder" at tho risk of their
own popularity al home, az the desertion of
their candidate and our own, al the present
juDClure.
There are persons, however, who insist
that The true issue now is, "Sub- Treasury
or no Sub Treasury, 'Aand that all others are
subordinate questions. They do no, dis
i'nctly tell US what the other alternative is
included IN The general terms Of fno Sub.
treasury" bu: judging from wha, has oc
CURED IN Congress, and from the known re-
pugnaDce OF the Wings 10 " hat they desig.
mated as the "Pet Back system" except as
"a good half way house ~ we are lef 10 con.
Crude, that the other alternative is a Bank
Of the United States Ifthis be 90. We ars
an prepared TO join issue on that question
m"Jpri!y OF The Convention, indeed, ap.
prove oi Inc recommendations Of the Presi
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