Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-10-15

tlu project lnelr whole resort mas Deen !
to pour out upon us tide of denunciation as
arlstocrats, aristocrats taking to themselves
the meanwhile the mai-deserved designation
of true Democrats. How cheering, how de-
lightful, that a man independent of any re-
gard to his own character or worth, may thus
range himself under 4 banner the most accep-
table OF all others to his fellow citizens. 1t
is with false patriotism as with base money
all goes by the stamp. 1t dies not wish to
be weighed, it hates the scales, it is thrown
into horrors at the crucible, il must all go by
tail; it holds out the Kings head with his
name and superScription, and if challenged,
replies Do you not see the stamp on my
forehead belong to the Democratic iami-
ly-make me current. Cloud laughter and
cheering.) But we live in an age too en-
lightened to be gulled by this business of
stamping we have learned to enquire into
the true nature and value of things. Demo-
crazy most surely is not term of rcproach,
but respect. Our Government is constitu-
tonal, Democratic Republican Government,
and if they mean that only, there is none
will dispute that they are good Democrats.-
| But if they set up qualifications and distinc-
tons, if there are genera and species, it may
require twenty political Lnnmuses to say to
which classification they belong.
There is another continuance for the in
crease of Executive power, which is utterly
abhorrcnt to all true patriots, and against
| which in an especial manner Gen. Washing
ton has left us his farewell Injunction; |
mean the constant recurrence to local differ
ences, prejudices and jealousies. That is
| the great banc and curse of this lovely coun-
| try OF ours. 1t covers vast extent Of Terri
| tory, hence there are few from among us in
Massachusetts who enjoy the advantage of 4
personal intercourse with our friends in Vir-
ginia, and but few of you who visit us in
| Massachusetts the South is still more re-
mote; the difference which exists in habits
and pursuits between us enables the enemy
to sow tares by exciting local prejudices on
both sides. Sentiments are mutually as
cribed to US which neither ever entertained.
by this means, a party press is enabled to
foment jealousies and to destroy that generous
spirit of brotherhood which should exist be-
tween us. All patriotic men ought carefully
to guard themselves against the effect of arts
like these.
And here | am brought to advert for one
moment to what l constantly see in all the
Administration papers from Baltimore, South.
1t is one perpetual cutlery, admonishing the
people of the South that their own State Gov
ernmonts, and the property they hold under
them, are not secure If they admita Northern
man to any considerable share in the admin
istration of the Government. You all know
that that is the general cry. Now | have
spoken my sentiments in the neighborhood
of Virginia, though not actually within the
State, in June last, and again in the heart of
Massachusetts, in. July, SO that it is not now
that proclaim them for the first time--but
ten years ago, when obliged to speak on this
same subject, L uttered the same sentiment in
regard To- slavery and to the absence OF all
power in Congress to interfere, In any man
ner whatever, with that subject. l deliver
ed my sentiments fully in Alexandra in the
month of June, and in July at Worcester, in
Massachusetts. shall ask some friend con-
nected with the Press, to circulate in Virgin
ia what l said on this subject in the Senate
OF the United States on the 3Oth of January
Lasts | have nothing to add or to substract
from what then said. Icommend it to your
attention, or rather desire you to look at it.
| hold that Congress is absolutely precluded
from interfering in any manner, direct or in
direct, with this, as with any other of the In
situations of the country. 1.-THE cheering was
here loud and long continued, and voice
| from the crowd exclaimed, "we are here from
/ Maryland to louisiana, and we desire that
the sentiment, just expressed may be repeat
ed Repeat, repeat.1 Well repeat it
proclaim it on the wings of all the winds
tell it to all your friends- cries of''we will,
we will, "l-tell it, say, that standing here
in the Capitol of Virginia, beneath an Octo-
Der sun, in the midst of this assemblage, be-
fore the entire country, and upon all the re-
sponsibility which belongs to me, say that
there is no power directly or indirectly in
Congress or the General Government to in
terfere in the slightest degree with the institu-
| tons of the South. Immense cheering, and
voice from the crowd eXclaiming, ''that is
two thousand votes for Harrison.
And IN I op1x
do me one favor (we'll 90 it.) | ask you to
carry that paper home, 1--WE will, we WILL
read it to your neighbors and when you hear
the cry, ''shall Mr.. WebSier, tie AJolhionist,
be allowed to profane the soil of Virginia.
| Cloud shouts and repeated and prolonged
cheers with cries of ''welcome! welcome
welcome! '') that you will tell them that. iii
conneXion with the doctrine In that speech,
hope that there are two governments over us,
each possessing its own distinct authority,
with which the other may not interfere. |
may differ from you in some things. but /
will here say that as to the doctrines of State
Rights as held by Mr.. Madison in his last
days, do not know that we differ at all,
(cheers)-yet | am he and among the fore
most to hold that it is Indispensable to the
prosperity Of these Governments to preserve,
and that he is no true friend 10 either who
does not ldbour to preserve, that true distinc-
ton between both. Qmmense cheering.)
We may not all see the line which divides
them alike but all honest men know that
there is a line, and they all fear to 90 either on
the one or the other side of it. 1t is this bal
aDce between the General and the State Gov
ernments which has preserved the country in