Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1842-04-21
COMMUNICATION.
WINGS OF OLD AUGUSTA,

WINGS Of OLD AUGUSTAt
Again you are called upon to exercise your
right of suf}fage--a right inestimable il duly ap-
preciated aud properly used. There arc grea, in
tercsts at stake. The Senate of Virginia., un.
mindful Of that most deplorable state of Lepres-
sion and distress under which the country is
grooming, and to which they have contributed by
supporting those 10 whose mal-adninstrationI
this miserable condition is acknowledgements
ful OF the increased taxes you have to labor UNI
der, when least able to pay-unmiudful of every
patriotic and humane feeling, and only listening
to the dictates OF party spirit tile most diaboli-
cal that ever was permitted to curse any country
has refused 10 give you that great relief which
they might have afforded by accepting your
disirbutive share OF the fund arising from the
sales Of the national domain. They say that the
act for distribution is unconstitutional, though
they have not bern able to produce AN argument
against its constitutionaty bearing decent SEM
bance Of FEASIBILITY; a~d tlse most consummate
ability might safely be de6ed To do SO. The
truth is, that the universal and bitter hostility Of
the opposition 10 this and the other great Wing
measures Of the Extra Session Of Congress, does
not arise from grounds Of cousli,u,ionaii,y or ex
pedency, but from the fear that the benign intlu-
ence that those measures. if carried into iu exc
cutlon, will DO sure to produce upon the prosperi
ty OF the country, may endear Wing principles 10
the pc 'plc, and thus prevent the restoration Of tie
opposition TO that power which they had 50 long
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pant with unabat desire. There Is another sub
Ject oil deep interest to You whiclenust be settled
! at Tie next session Of your Legislature. | mean
the encouragement Of our Congressional districts
what share cam Augusta ever hope to have i'm our
national councils, should she IN that arrangement,
De attached to the tenth legion9 None, none
whatever. The very existence OF our glorious
old county will be forgotten there.
There are four candidates in the field. Three
OF lhein are whole souled Wings who have stood
oy us firmly in prosperity and III adversely, and in
relation to whom We have only TO rcgr that we
shall be compelled to choose between gentlemen,
all OF whom have our entire confidence. The
fourth gentleman says that he is Democratic
State flights epublican-sen,imcnts that he had
nearly iinbiOed In anticipation Of his birth (near-
! ~ 90 " airs ago) and has never changed. Well,
certainly he should himself best understand the
nature and duration of his political creed, and it
would be presumptuous in any body to pretend
to equal knowledge in this respect. But this we
do know, that whereas when victory was about
to perch upon our standard, and for long time
| previous, that gentleman galantly battling
! In the Wing ranks; In the dark hour of our adj
vcrsity, when grieve, by the death Of our beloved
Harrison, and astound,d by the treachery of his
succcssor-whcn the great Wing party, under
these accumulated mis!orunes, was IN the deep
est state oil depression, and almost despairing oil
their conntry--in that time Of our utmost need
tho gentleman deserted and went over 10 oui
opponents who were exulling in high hopes oil
our downfall and their own consequent restoration
TO that power from which they had been so +. cent
| ly hurled by an abused and indignant people
| We know too, that DIR. Pailcson was one of tha
Loco Foco meeting which so lately resolved tina
the act Tor the distribution Of the proceeds OF the
public lands Is unconstitutional; and it requires
no prophet to foretel what would be the fate OF
our dear old county, if her place in the arrange
nent OF Congressional districts should have t.
depend upon his vote. Under such circumstan
stances, however the Wings may regard him per
sonally az he has social qualities which have de
servedly gained him many personal friends among
ihem;) as a politician, he has no right to expec
any thing from them but the most determined
> and active hostility. In Wing it would surely
: evincc the most miserable and pi,able weakness
to vote for or in any way support him. Whethe
e"hHdehee IT ~ for them to determine. Twill b.
pardoned, however, hope, for venturinr TO suu
gest to them that they may safely reckon ON hi
cooperation, long at least as Mr.. Richie ca,
keep him persuaded that 1.-The skies are brioht. >