Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1842-01-06
FIR tie Spectator.
"DEMOCRATIC REUNION"

rW tnc spectator.
"DEMOCRATIC REUNION"
81 have peace offerings with me; this day
have paid my vows"
"Wi.h much fair speech he caused them TO
yield; with fattering of lips he forced ,hcm.',
Prov. vii.
Consult also the 9th chapter of Luke.
Monday the eth Of December was preA,
day for the Democracy in Old Augusta. They
assembled at the Court House to the number Of
'.ine ''pursuant to previous notice." and truly
never was seen more gallant little band, or one
more deeply impressed with the awful (!) respon-
sibility resting upon them. They had assembled.
as was remarked by their chairman in his "neat
and appropriate address," for the purpose Of re-
vlsing the late acts of the Federal concern, and
Tor such other business might be brought before
themr'
The business having been thus chalked out by
the chairman, gentleman arose and addressed
the chair 'briehy yet forcibly." lie congratu-
lated the meeting, the democracy and the counhy
generally, on the suspicious circumstance that he
and the democracy had again met "on the level"
What visions wake, to charm, to melt,
The lost, the iOred, the dead are near;
Oh f. huSh that strain too deeply felt
And cease that solace too serere!'
lie had ever been democratic Republican
States Rights mani" true, he and they had dit
fered, for the last twelve years, as to men and
measures, and such small matters. but in princi-
pie they had ever been Enthusiastically kni, to-
gether!
Where principle required practice, or practice
involved principle, they had separated but in
the aerial realms of .qbstract Democracy, where
principle is guidity far removed from the vul- :
gar and confusing APPENDICES of men and meas
ures' he had over been with them. Martnus
Scrib'erlus tells of Lord Mayor who had his ex-
istence in the mind of Philosopher distracted
from his body and all his functions corporal and
mental; he does not tell us his name, bnt I
would suggest that 1t must have been Prineiph.
Thus Tar retained my faculties; but when the
Orator came to recommend ga reunion of the mar
ty upon principle for the first time since the Proc
lamation," was obfuscated What! reunion
upon principle, of those who had always been
together upon principle. and for the first limo
since the Proclamation O. rubbed my eyes;
looked at the orator; was asleep! pinchcd
myself, and found tina, was actually awake and
that the monstrosity was actually about
to be perpetraed in Gold Blood, and worst of all,
That the Democrats seemed to think it nothing
remarkable.
lie produced paper in which lie had embod-
led his sentiments.-IIe would read it-but must
p"t on his specs as he had grown so old in the
service OF the democracy that his eycsight was
failing.
Ills eye grown dim, his cheek grown -,
bu' not his love estranged!''
PAT, l.;
'"' 10 MS creed. lie seems 10 entertain some
exploded notion about our having been once under
the dominion of Great Britain he evidently bc
lieves in the Revolution; he thinks there are such
things as State Governments, but he allows the
Federal Government no higher name than ..co,
cern"-he regards the Constitution as the CHAP
TER OF that concern-he thinks there are. or
ought TO be,three departments in the concern-ba
is somewhat troubled with apprehensions of a
moneyed apopectic, and recommends bleedinu.
anu nc WINDS up the matter BY declaring &c caMe-
ara mat the states can charter corporations-but
t"atll Is euidenf the Federal concern cannot,
Did any one observe the portrait of Chief Jus.
ice Marshall about the time of this STARTLING an
nuncation! Was it a smile, blush. or n sneer
mat lltted across his countenance or did he nova
upon the canvass and hide his diminished head,
protest against everything but Justice and Pat
riotism They kill the Bank, and all other sncb
.io"S'ers'at oiow-and seizing upon the public
'oN'a'h with the energy OF despair they VOW e.
'eihai vengeance against all who will net carry
out their principles and those of their new com
rade. Yes. nine of the unterrified democracy oe
Augusta have spoken to the authorities at Wash
inSton In tone rot to be misunderstood Or dsre-
garded-lIke General Jackson, they exclaim "o.
Plus ultra! sine qua NOM!
Without expressing any opinion myself. I
would ask of those learned in the law. whether
any act of the Federal Government will hence.
forth be valid; whether this is not clearly a case
of Duress per minas2 RLI
aJIhe Philadelphia American states that
the small Fox prevails to considerable ex-
tent In that city, and that it is not confined ex