Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-10-01
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of being impaired in q desperate effort to be-
come politician, as uniolded in the Specta-
tor short time since over the signature oil y,
has provoked reply which sayours so much
more of scammony and gamboge than coal
/, dust, thatI suspect Sir Rasp has sought med
ical aid. This is by no means ground of
complaint. A man in a sore extremity such
as he was reduced to by the recollection of
the onslaught made on him by the practical
German, must often rely upon his medical adj
wiser for the preparation OF the most solemn
paper Should it be faulty in pth or perspi-
Guilty, it ought not to be severely criticised
the distress and anxiety and urgency that
prevail at the sad hour, are nauspcious to
clear and correct composition. To the sub
stance, then, in the spirit of good temper,
which have preserved in these piping hot
times, will address myself.
1t is doubtless grateful to the feelings of a
generous public to learn, that though Sir Rasp
is guilty as charged on him, he was moved by
considerate humanity, voluntarily to estab-
lish between himself and Il free white man,
the subject of, but not party to the arrange
ment, the interesting relation of master and
servant. The feature in the transaction
which supposed and still think inflicted the
deep and incurable wound npon the loco foco
democracy, was the mere isolated fact OF the
purchase.
"a day, an hour of virtuous liberty
Is worth whole eternity of bondage
is sentiment warm from the heart OF the ge-
MUS of freedom, yet here is democrat, (save
the mark y who consigns POOR vagrant Do
genes, to months bondage, for basking in a
sunny lane, and pays Is. I'D. for the enviable
privilege, But, as it appears from his MARIA
tive he committed the evil that good might
come of it,an1 proves the plea by kindly rash-
ing tie vag7aai's shirt for a month, pray the
democracy TO excuse him; his condescension
mt least entities him to the iorbearance of the
party, for if they will reflect, it is of the es-
sence of that which Mr.. Van Buren, and his
chief partizans are cunningly nfusing into
the public mind-Athe obsequous submission
OF the nasier TO the servant They have al
ready partially succeeded in inverting the re-
lation which the Constitution established be-
tween the President and the People; the lat
ter, upon the supposition that they were ca
pable of selt-government, were designed 10 be
the sovereigns and the President their SER
want. This intent Of the sages and heroes
of the revolution is too humbling to MIR. Van
Buren's courtly democratic pride, and he is
artfully persuading the people that the whole
government is concentrated in him. The
condescending Sir Rasp, and many others a
like deluded by Mr.. Van Buren's magical ar
vember next, actually surrendering their frac-
tonal parts of the sovereignty. Joyfully at
the tap of the drum would the faithful demo-
Gratis march in the Presidents army, and to
support it throw open without murmur the
sacred privacy of their dwellings TO the eager
eye of the insolent Exciseman.
The imputation that my attack upon Sir
Rasp is unjust, comes with such ill grace that
it can attract little sympathy worth the name.
Gudgeons may be caught with such bait, but
no men of sense. They know that justice is
reciprocal in its operations, and would en-
courage me to lash with severity, or at least
:. with ridcule, regardless of any whining a.
bout injustice, the man, in any station of life,
humble or elevated, who maddened with
senseless party zeal, can ungratefully apply
the epithets of coward, petticoat hero, and
oppressor of the poor to theve eran Harrison,
after he has maintained with unsurpassed
bravery the post of duty and of honor amidst
''the shock-the shout-the groan Of wal"
and had his name borne to Heaven upon the
PRAYERS of many of his suffering fellow be-
ings, as their friend and kind benefactor.-
There is, however, to be no more oratorical
rant about cowardice. Sir Rasp, and those
who joined with him in eectioneering for
General Van Buren, by raising the shout of
coward against Gen. Harrison, are forbidden
Richmond Enquirer, the great loco foco yehi-
Gle
ssOf civil wisdom and of martial skill,
Undaunted truth and dignity of mind"
and which fills the mouth of the faithful
with so many decen. sayings that are rejec-
ted with disgust by the good sense of the
public, has taken back the word coward in
late paragraph communicating this compli-
ment to the oft expressed opinions of country
orators:-'sN o man has called Gen. Harrison
acoward whose opinion is entitled to res
pect" The mouth of Sir Rasp is indeed
muzzled; if he essays to ring his thrilling
changes upon the late potent word, coward,
Tom Richie shakes his sapient head and
cries, sforbear y All the charm that word
once bore about it is dissolved! Does he fly
to the favorite theme of selling poor white
men, upstairs the grim ghost Of the vagrant
pulling up the flax patch, and his cloquence
is hushcd, his vocation with his text is gone
'.The harp that once through Tara's halls
The soul of music shed,
Now hangs as mute on Iara's walls
AS if that soul were dead
Having now acquitted myself of the sin of
muzzling Sir Rasp by showing clearly that
Mr.. Richie is the principal guilty agent and
that being the bitterest charge in his concoc-
ton, will not trouble the public with an a.
nalysis in full of the whole compound the
remaining ingredients are in the main precisely
such as enter into every dose which the loco
foco doctors would administer to the diseased
body politick to cure it of its malades. The
people are beginning to loath their patent To-
co foco medicines. They feel the importance
of Crifteuden5s BilI tn teach office holders