Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1848-09-06
nc following is an extract of letter from The
new YORK correspondent Of the ..Lancaste. Cpa !
Examiner and Heraldu: w

nc ioi'owing is an extract Of a letter from the
New York correspondent Of the "I.ancuste, cp, \
Examiner and Heraldn: -. 7.
-. NEW York. Aug. 81, 1S4S.
Amongst he variety of amtscmon,s nil, T..
'hs CITY abounds, none appear So attroc,ivo q, ,Is
true lovers of fun as the ward meetings or ,h .o
sections Of the selistyled Democracy. Each rs,,;,
is busy drilling in recruits and the means yasi,,,.1
70 gam members is rich and rscy in the extreme
=. me choicest tit bits in the Shape of RESOLUTION.
tnSt have yet ehianated from old lluhkerism. tho
n Nun ward CLAIMS the honor Of paternity and II
VIII certainly he banner ward that beats il In Ian
su'ee ",,o choice grammar and Sy way of show.
ing our Lancaster friends how thIngs are done hero
l ST"a some esSifacr from said resolutions:
neSovco' Inst those who have assumed tho
Io,eah Shapes OF Secret -circuIarites Barnmr,e
Wilmot provisoites, Anti renters. AboIi,;m;s,s ,n
rree ger'oiogIsts; and who, under the lead ~
the plous apostle of Sandy hin. have a, LENGTH
S9oP'eo inc odious manacle of ancient Federalism.
nave placed themselves in their a,auopriae nlaces
by the side OF fugitive negroes, and RAMPANT "a.
natics, whining hypocrites and wild Aisnn;"n;s,"
that IN Withdrawing from the Democso,s, U.s.
they have rendered the only real service IN Tho
cause, or which they were capable. and we wan
theln Joy OF their new and very proper associates
There Is something spirited and above boa IN
'ha' resolution but here comes pathos and semi.
mont: N ''"'i
"'O IdtS dUU water rats. thora
are Write nggers and black niggers and that both
classes are properly represented by the Buffalo POS
sum nominations; and he must he yery skep,;cat
coored gentleman who remains unsatisfed. while
the determination of the fnancier Butler. with ,ho
literary Fred. Douglas, and tender embraces of
Preston King, with the sweet scented fupi,ivn
bIbb, must have been extremely odorous and peas-
ant i'm August" f0"
Had the author of these lines lived in the d,v,
OF that quaint novelist Fielding, or still more com.
zeal gentleman, Smolet, he nigh, have been go
nous rival to those distinguished deneators of lifa
and character. Va '''"
Inc ola thinkers are Judges Of good things. and
So Kept the biggest plum for the last bite: ."'
Resolved, That Martin Van Buren, in tho h,,.L
ness ct his treason and ingratirude. NAV we'll see
MS future political friends among those whose dark-
ened skins assimiate TO the turpitude of his crime,
In his future path through life, amid the scorn ba.
ired and detesation OF mankind, he NAV nerb,n.
ma iorgetiulness while siumbering by the wavs;de
upon the swarthy bosom of some African beauty.
out IL he has remote sense of shame left he viii
forever avoid the white mans gaze
Whether the Barnburners will be able 70 live
and breathe, and have their being alor this is not
lor us 10 say, but at present the Hunkers consider
lhey nave chawed them up, and only wait for nan
to grease their skins, and then swallow chem en-
tire. o