Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-03-05
SPECTATOR.
For THE SPECTATOR.

FOR THE SPECTATOR.
lhe answer Of n Democrat in the Staun,on
spectator OF the 10th ult hasproduced avon
&c, aeriui pudder among the Wings of Mt. Solon
Ahey seem determined to demolish n De,po-
crat with their qualities and trifinp niceties
n pro eye view ofthe joint stock production
VIII VIII De taken, without inquiring whether one
wing or dozen of Wings claim the pater-
nity OF the sickly bantling. A Wing Of Mt
Soioh tiiinks that Democrats ssdeas must
o., DE confused" &c. Why, MIR. Wing, .sanv
,rh;nS i; s'.aauIe, not excepting the Polypus,
some a Is tne last link in the animal chain has
able h.yuraiively speaking; some gold more or
less. Now, sir, if any one ofthese .slivinq
creatures were subjected to an expurgata,
something more than dross would be found in
it. But let me tell you, Mr.. Whic. that do
not call you ga living creature''-and why
ought l, when you are dead in political tres
passes and sins How Wing has signallv
the advantage of Il Democrat! the latter hay
ing to deal with the dead, the former. as he
says himself, exclusively with the living -
Ii the tangled ,ringed ,streaked and spotted
devotee of modern whiggery were put under
a purifying process, and Were the dross care
fully separated, the residue, which a Whiu
may, II he sec fit, call unadulterated purity,
could promenade on the point of a cambria
needle; and thus the statement of Who.
that ''the more he is purified, the less he IS
like Democrat" or any other ''living crea-
ture," is verified. ispurity now appearing
In all the majesty of imperceivable littleness.
comes forth to be compared to that astonish-
ingiy large aggregate of purity, projections
and good qualities, which may be seen in any
''other living creature" IfaWhig desires to
appear still less like a Democrat, or any go
Their living creature" let him make one more
fiounder, and If he succeeds, he must neces-
sarlly render himself both morally and politi
cally nonenity. Thatthere is low ground
on the borders of Democracy is readily adj
mltted, and Notwithstanding is very low. it
would be suitable place for Wing to tarry.
until he could be cleansed of all his aristo
cratic impurities, and show evidence Of his
being worthy of admittance into the Demo
cratic ranks-''a low ground" the great thor
oughiare where apostates from the democrat
lc faith, and recusants and refugees from the
wing camp meet the former passing off soon
tumble heels over head into the mire of Fed
erailsm, and are lost TO the republic the lat
ter having determined no longer to do battle
against the constitution, the laws and their
country, pass onward and upward, and are
soon found in the Democratic ranks, under the
banner of liberty and the constitution. fight
Ing like men determined to be free, against
the triple alliance of Whiggery, Abolition
Ism and Anti-masonrys "Come up. we will
say Tor your encouragement &c. Old Moth-
er Eve was deceived by certain ole SCRIP MT.
Inc sequelis known. And do you Mr.. Wing,
VAIN creature! having this clue furnished YOU
by his Satanic Majesty, calculate upon de-
ceiving Democrat, by smirkingly offering
him mess Of your sour pottage. For this.
sin you may not be required to go on your
belly, for that would be somewhat inconvc-
nient to you, but Democrat will keep YOU on
the Hat OF your back in the mire of Whigge-
ry, and bruisc your head every time You cs-
say to bite. That ''blustering comm,nica-
tion," as Wing modestly terms it, has been
wormwood and gall to him for whom it was
specially intended; and has brought forth a
patry reioinder from Wing, over the sigma
ture OF Mt. Scion. Truly certain individu-
ais 10 whom w hig in his frothy production,
aiiudes, are distinguished; but distinguished
for what If for their unparalleled sacrifice
OF political principle, heartily agree with
wing. They have gone over to the enemy,
and have put on thatarticlc, theToga of Whig-
gerry, which you say is such fine thing with
which to cover stains. A Wing has long
worn the article. and no doubt knows the val
lie oft; ergo, will take hisipse dixit as a good
voucher. Oh that this far-iamed Toga could
remove the stains of those who wear it as eff
iectuaiiy as 1t conceals them! Wing very
wrongly suppcses that wish to blacken him,
How can you make the ravens wing
A darker or blackcr thing!
Rather, vastly rather, would whiten you
sir, and cleanse you from your many SINS
As to my making your situation, or the situa-
ton OF your brethren as political aspirants,
worse or more hopeless, it is d thing morally,
physically and politically impossible. l will
not say thing about the ''dear people - it is
rather Pharasaical, and besides is Judas-is-
cariotish expression, peculiar TO and always
In the mouths of Wing Demagogues A
Wing says throw dirty chaff at the General.
Compatibles, chemists tell US, always 90 well
together; hence the authority for throwing
dirty instead of clean chaiT. Verbun sat.
In conclusion, if Democrat succeeds in
extricating single individual from the thral-
dom OF Whiggery, will he not have rendered
MS country some service But what would
that be In comparison of what the old Gener-
al has done! He is the choice of pseudo de-
tunct political party for the Presidency, and
u mtrG6fIe dicfW he must be elevated to the
CHIEF magistracy Of this great nation, because
he has, forsootf, taken away the lives of a few
unfortunate red men Of the forest. | have
now worm'd you out in your long catalogue of
vulgar witticisms. / leave you no better. GER
talnly no worse than you were, when first YOU
heard from A DEMOCRAT
For tie Spectator.