Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1847-04-01
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ron THE SPECTATOR.

"Tray. Blanche, and Sweetheart" as was ex-
pected, have opened in full cry the Greenville
Convention, and their trade of growls present a
formidable column in the last Spectator. The as
salants come not single handed but in battalions.
whole broadside of pop guns is fired at once, and
the smell and smoke of their dreadful artillery hav
ing vanished into thin air, the wreck has been in
| spected, and am happy to report to sympathis-
ing community that the devoted victim is likely to
survive the sanguinary attack. The game may
not be worth the powder seriously to notice their
covert assaults, but the people ought to know who
these potent champions of the public veal are, who,
fighting in an Indian mode of warfare, hid behind
anonymous squibs, dare to impugn and ridcule the
actions of Others and assume the right to dictate TO
the public II conjecture is right as to the paterni-
ty of the illusions they the offspring of ju-
venile cliquc-young gentlemen who have not been
long enjoying the right % suffrage 60 whom be l.
understood, the right to be heard is by no means
denied ,)-some of them fresh from the dominion OF
their anxious mothers, just entering the political
arena and each vaultingly ambitious to figure "big
man me-" They are attached, it Is said, TO Sc
nor class-a kind of "upper aristocracy"-and it
may be, obtain all their political ideas from them,
not unlike the insect which derives its complexion
from the colour of its food
] would Judge No.2 TO be not several but one,
who has assumed the livery of the White Basis
party TO subseve the ends Of SELF and who hopes to
affects as much antpathy for a locofoco as rabid
dog has for liquid, and of course when accident
throws him into proximity with one, he squeezes
his nasal organ with his kid gloved fingers and
cries, ooh, for ounce of cvet good mister apoh
scary." AS philanthropist, would suggest to
him the proprety of being vaccinated for locofoco-
ism, for he exhibits premonitory symptoms of immi-
nent danger Of taking it in the natural way. The
puisne scrbler. No. 3, seems to be infatuated with
the idea that he is smart and (deuded fellow y fiat
tiers himself that his admiring readers entertain the
same opinion. There is wit somewhere in this
banng but ii is much easier to discern the length
Of his than it is TO discover its locality and
point The purpose of this etlusion was ridicule
as is evidenced from the fact that card time
since published in the Democrat" is aped in it,
but the lame and impoent effort must Tecoll upon
its author, and present him and his abettors in the
ridiculous. Ii is surmsed that more than one had
finger in it, and it is hoped that they may have
the privilege opcastng their votes for Mr. Scroenbur
CESS. They evidently belong to the same genus,
and their nominee will make proper representa-
tive OF such constituents. Let their shout at the
polls be, "Hura, for the Scrohenburgess party"
These very scrupulous gentlemen say the Con
venton did not reflect the public will. Pray, who
are they who concerned about the will of the
dear people, Are they not the very individuals
who called the Convention =? And the public may
be sure that if the nominee had been one of the
worthy gentlemen they had in contemplation, never
could daguerreotype have reflected more fairly and
fully the overjoyed phzes of the Scroffenburgess
party, than that body would have reflected the pub
lie will The nominee would have been the very
boiled down quintessence of the pOpuli. IL the
twenty delegates appointed at Staunton had been
faithful to their office would they have expressed
the public will! Three gray headed men and ten
young men created them, and delegated to them
plenary power to pledge and barter the votes of
the whole body Of the people. Perhaps they in
oil tbo;r 81;
The cards, it has been intmated. were packed !; if
so, unfortunately for them, they had to play with
opponents up TO trumps, and by skill in cutting,
Jack was turned up and the game resulted adverse
ly to their design Such accidents will occasion
ally happen in the best regulated families.
A damning charge is preferred against the Con
venton two Democrats contaminated its purity.
Had another candidate been nominated, this obec-
ton would have slumbered all would have been
'bail fellow! well met" Their nice and sensitive
nerves would have been saved the shock, and their
ineffabe indignation would have remained pent up
in their immaculate breasts. New Hope nOmina-
ted those delegates, and if there is sin in it, she is
abundanty able to vindicate herself and answer her
accusers at the polls. 1t was District Conven-
ton, and the object of both parties to obtain
the services ola Jphig who would make the most
efficient representative Mnorites have rights,
and their voices, though weak should be respected
1t has been ascertaned that locofoco vote for
u wing Without uelllHlS MN anu HIS parry. L
have political affinity whatsoever with that par
ty, and without justifying or condemning the pro-
priety of those respectable gentlemen being in the
Convention, will merely hint that these tastdious
aultinders will probably think it very convenient,
not only TO receive, but to court locofoco aid ere
long.
Another demolishing charge is that the Conven-
ton met in bar-room. ] DO not know how true
this grave allegation may be, but would ask where
else will the proposed Simon Pure Convention meet
Possibly the suggester is pothouse politician and
will prefer converting in the bar, where his spirits
being somewhat depressed may, by an association
of ideas, il not something enlivenng, be rails
ed up.
The whole truth is, the nominee does not suit
the palatcs Of certain gentry in Stanton. They
cannot say why, yet certain are they that he does
not suit them. He is not one Of as. We'll, gen
tlemen, we can test whether no he is the peoples
choice. Bring out your nag we challenge you TO
place him on the course. Come on boys, let's have
a spirited race--a fair field and no jockeying.
AUGUSTA.
TO "MANY DEMOCRATS OF AUGUSTA"
DEAR FRtENps,-You have made the "assis