Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1844-11-21

May we not give utterance to Joy without ex.
ultation May we not glory in the triumph oil
principles that we have long cherished and be-
ieved to be in peril may we not rejoice that
Virglnia's peculiar opinions" are nobly vindi-
Gated 2--Richmond Enquirer.
And pray what "principles"- s'pe-
cular opinions" have been established and
indicated, Messrs. Richie, by the election 81
Mr.. Polk In the North, your party say that
the Tariff is not to be disturbed, and tina,
Texas annexation is "humbug"! What
then becomes Of those questions? We should
like to know, too, how the "peculiar opin-
ions" Of the South have been vindicated by a
union with the Abolilionsts And also what
is TO be done with the foreign and sectarian
feeling which has been openly enlistened in
the canvass for Mr.. Polk ? These are some
of the troublesome questions which arise to
fill the country with strife and discord, and
crush the new administration at its very birth
I-Assuredly there is ample reason for the
l"moderation" which you are disposed to ex-
ercise under your untoward victory!
The shameful truth of the banding together Of
the Foreigners and Catholics, as such, in Penn
sylvania. was thus avowed and justified by the
Carlisle Statesman, after the result of the Co
vernor's election was known:
" We say it without fear, that TO The Catholic
ana fIdfurdhzed rOfe tCe are indebted for The election
Of 1L Skunk, and if we carry the State for Mr..
Polk no,o. il must be by securing their assistance.
If the party in Pennsylvania had stuck to true
democratic principes-if they had honestly sun
ported democratic measures, we might have car
ried Pennsylvania without the aid of our Ca,bo-
lie and natura'ized frends-but we cannot do it
now-it Is too late--and in order to secure the
election Of Mr.. Polk, we must hold on to what
we have got, and make IL the interest of everv na-
furahzed citizen IL potc for Polk and Dalas.''
Thomas W. Dorr nominated for President Jy
The Hon. George M Dailas.-The Philadelphia
Ledger of Saturday morning gives a report of
MIR. Dallas's Speech on Friday evening to the
Loco Focos who went TO his residence to conrrat-
ulate him. In the course of it he uses the follow
ing language as reported in the Ledger:
He spoke particularly of the confinement of
Thomas w. Dorr, in the Rhode Island prison.
and the sympathy felt for him by the great BODY
OF the American people, and he prophesed that
the time was not far distant when he would be
liberated and raised to the highest honors for his
'o"ii@Ss "u'oCdCy VI the rights OF mankind and
the sufierings he had endured in behalf of the
people.
We give this TO our readers without note or
comment, only asking what next 7-R Compiler.
LocoFoco FRAUDS IN New JERseY.-The New
Jersey State Gazette says:
Notwithstanding the extraordinary and unac.
counta6le largeness Of the vote in Sussex county
az the Governors election, the Locofocos made it
greater yet at The election last week. The whole
vote In the Governors election was 1896, being
only l7S less than the whole white male popu-
iatlon OF the county 90 years OF age in 1870
At the Presidential election last week the vote
was 4,7s5, being only 90 leSs than the whole
white male population over 90 years of age in
iS4o: IL does appear TO us that the Legislature
is called upon imparatively to take some steps 10
ascertain the cause of these extraordinary results
Inc Locoiocos of Sussex are abridging the cleo
i've franchise of the other counties in the State
In too great degree; and we owe it to our rights
to interfere, and proven. if possible this practical
subversIon of our republican equality.