Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-02-26

dieon. Hardy. Aug usia. and RocilIiige, that lie
IS candidate to reprfspu, them in the nex: Con
gress Of The United SAFES. In due tine before
the election. he expects 10 address them, By citu
lar letter. Or otherwise. upua The general subjects
connected with that election. and cUnntc ed also.
wiih his conduct as ,heir past and pres@i,t repre-
sentative.
JAMES MCDOWELL.
Jan 20. 1870
ssv
- HE Spectator in noticing cur Fetnalls Of
last week relative to The sentiment OF the peorit
Of Augusta in reference 10 'EConwayis 1esol-
tons, says we paid "a hack handed compliment
te the honesty Of the people Of Augusta whel.
we said that we believed there were Let 'ffitty'i
these resolutions if hey spoke their saeol ses.t
rsnts." We have 70 ohlec!ica 70 Tia couiF!i-
n.snt-we say again, V ith this addition, how
ever, l:is h ought to have been made lsst ueei
apart from f'artg fsejtietsor illa. IS = i,at w
a!,eal.t, although We did rot SO s.pres- cuFs..i
he OPPOSITION 10 Conway S X solutions q n1s
Ilotn u hies-t}le def.at OF C:lstol.;s coIs.:4o-
nse Gill. a, te last IS ss;el, Of Cor eres: We 81
tf.}n:alie to Seutliarn v i;es-atd h51ice; w
say The Y h;es cannot divs ST tn .nseIsss .. ;,e;f,
prejudice. 1t really s1.ris as Il .,sy we're dytr-
,1itd 10 ,is.y Tito iiia hands oi he 1fe Sej.ls
SD Aho,i:ioiis;s-Ne NEAR, g; ccuisn, iloss
4 hiss wl.o are o:.cs1d 10 The scu.h tshilG .f.y
action i: 1ede,e. Of tlsir preft4!y AID sh.:t
iehts--eIsa v ily tis oa,:s.n he liov;to al si5
s,lseiion,' ard getting ''p Of ogIs..l.ea 10 th.-
i
err foes may be made to resiSet CIR Il, hts Il
The V hies Of Augusta are resay 10 us.i:e with
The hies OF the North, in opposition 90 South
efn inten SIS, the coEseq ueEcts Of such an ulion
mus: rest uron their own heads. All The v has
viii not thus unite Il is i'll vain for The sreeta-
tator to try to conceal the fact from the public
there is dissatisfaction among cur people with
regard to the vote of cur delegates, We kIoW
sufficient to state the fact that lhat roe docs not
naeet the approval Of many of The W hiss.
Oar hsis Efols presume we fIoie Let without
;nsaniI g--:iue. We could rot conceive i: PCS
sie that the u hgs Of Aueus.a, {aild he editors
Of the Spectator among Ike i.uElber} Ssf1o SO vi
olently opposed Gen. Cass because OF il; II belief
II his uasoundnt the ifo:iso gsgf sion eeuld
So sl'dIai,ly turn asoul,. AID become the aaso-
eaits o; d to-fo'ssg policy v hen so.Aein rights
were endangered AID the more especially,
Nl.er it is roeolec'ed t,at tie iios;so vas net
then 1cIrs serted as an al s;racjon" tut as /.
4ue s.ion OF the mes. fearful i.Hpo1t-ss i! really
and truly is. 1he people Of Virginia had every
reason 10 believe that, at e;.s., the Iaslor VI hss
would 10; prove recrea,t to Southern Interests;
Iuc-they advocated the election Of Noltilsn
4Aloli'oaiu for The Vice Presidency, lpt q. the
same time they offered The 500 ns gro,s Of Ger.
Taylor as security for his (laylor's) soundaess
IN the pIovisa ard yet V hon a Virginia lteis-
azure ritcsats serits Of r, solutions Passed at
previous ession, declalaiory CT certain rights,
and intended as a shield for the preservation Of
hose rishs--in the face of the fact, that HI Sc
resolutions passed p,lanino,clE, 1--WE asl; Iartson
Of Mr. sHEfyEl,) they Low n.et with oIIosi-
ion and from quarter least exIec.ea-the
Il hgs of Augusta.
In reference TO he rcsortiors of la4T we said
the people Of Augusta We, sFcormitted" ~ this
act Of t"eir deles gates. ! he Sr.ctajor scouss
he ilca Of the people being committed" BY
sssovss, ard get he editors. III their IaIeros .he
lth, asseIt, that tlle people Of these countits
n hose delegates voted Fer 'CoEway's reeou-
ions," were committed by the 'unauthoiizcd
act Of their delegates. Now, We prfsun.e there
IS as much commitment III the one case as The
other, unless The people Ct kueus.a are mace al
exception, from the fact, that Mr. GliKt}El
lodged The vote Oh the It sc,u:iors CT 1871. We
can see 10 diifere ce--re solves are resolves
hctier they sat forth fact CT advise 2 certain.
aor!se 10 he Iu.susd ;or Ike redress Of 2 wrong.
In The ralrly days Of Ola Virginia, w,an
stat'sner entered her corpci, Chan hesss re. ces
meant something, and The people considered
themselves ''ccnlipitted" by til,n-th}s Nhan
IN '9s and 49, the Legislature OF Virgin ia, head
"a ly the able and virtuous Madison, Tasssd &
series of re soiu;ions which are yet alp,altd to
whenever the question OF State lights IS inooted,
and " HIGH had the effect Of rolling lack tbs tide
of Fslsrtl usmpatson .hsn about 70 sweep ever
he lald-ihe resolutions were responded 10 by
Il! Mo opposed those Esurratiols, and Vir-
sinia prevailed Ih1t act OF the Legislature
WAS as much an ''unau.horized" act as he aliop-
ion Of "Couways resolution 81 Ihe voice Of
Virginia YVES at that Gay potential for good
-uay it be SO again.
We have extended this article to a greater
length than at first intended, AID must, there
fore PASS over The little fling at the "Young De-
nlocIacy" and the ':new phase" we are said tc
present by our nejehbols. We may be old enough
before this controversy closes.