Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1850-12-24

WI oeiBeIeds ms INFO theiT
docs not mean that We wiz stans
ollie s0rt wiihodf urging IA
.uon-d ottion-and immediSfs
Tie only remedy ioT Their NFo6vs
security fer The fnfE.e.
But the %reFrersion which we
makes the nufd meap al Ihai. ~
seize IN strswF The priest Of -
the ehiIdtcaf otrompfBmise RPfza
By PcrEering aWcntWhiChpn lv
they impose on aPsblie whose
deem Squalio thelE nafFow cnnufrg
snme taatih admit an aeS
the atti1n-o OF the last session. n
have changed tbeis FieWs, a~Stprea5a
menlsi and dfsetied G5eir position &
TOPICS Whirh engaged tie ConprsS
T1ns ~ pnce their 6Ta
itch awaY the sRfefss Of thase
from teyeonyea
! o tfese their disedteriG ID
you'll noadue et another efsfs
damn II Everlasting lnfamg
Fions adseraries- Alter all thar M
The Southern party have saids4na e.
compromise should they turn n0H.s-
reetitude and ex~petieney breakfhs
agitation ard resistance surrehler
u Just feSeneea and make peaee Sf85t
majority against which they stfoFsl
then no wetd exist snfheient Eor der
their eowaEdiee their want Of pTtneiSs
lack Of fsith-
Bnt which Of them has done fAisfW
IS himself understood as epprorisg
BIS While be aeqniesees IN their eTis
Inevitable perpetuity as Iaws2 Thenk
There Is not one politician OF The So
Hty who has used the-WoFdGaaiesafns5
or essay, the cODfexfof khieh did hsn
fest his adherence OF fhemeasufesnt
scessity compelled him 70 aequiesoe
noeolr intended 10 mean What a
gers make him meEN Nor Is there
aidphiloioreFS who does nd NT
tended meaning WIS different !romth
they exhibit IL We admit their inpp5,
cunning. at least. We admit il 10 ~
means left TO hide their shame. Bn
honest means Is il nOt dishonesty
not ~perpetFaIe on public opinion pree
operation. 10 which, when effected o1D
faitll, the Law gives the nglynamesdO
Sleind7eg
Eextt6 Er. Scpie of Louisiana, Dr..
Mason, Senator of Virginia, was, pea
mss prominent adversary OF Henry ChT
spramisep He opposed and 6enoera
every step OF its progress through Co
Without rs walls we have no public -
any change IN his conduct il Is kner
defended his osieial acIs in many speetis
people OF WesiernsN Virginia ThrosI
summer, that part Of the State Was ela,
undaunifd impu6eDeeI by the Ofgansof
sion, as their own ground. WhelbeF 2
sons rourse, or his speeches in eefehn
any change in the public sentiment I'll
gion, we have no means Of asceTianas
when the maioFity OF the Westemdekp
particularly those who are looked mi
hias0n's immediate supporters, ecne
Richmond the bitteTeSt drnHnciaiOxdGl
promise uslirpafion< and Of mealy moaf
missionisfS, Il may at least be fakfa 81
BILE proof that Dir, Maseu's views al
tons have not changed since his last s
Congress were laid before The pnblie.
ton became the topic Of debate in Tie
ture. We do not know or suppose that's
son IN either portion of that body sYOtgf
by authority. But as be had been He'll
Disunionisl and a Nnlliier by The s6b
now grown lunsiic and desperate, cOal
IL no stronger warrant, IL gate his N
right 10 co6iradtct them. They deelsnf
did not regard disuniOn to be the meaSuR
crisis, aud that be would NOT atienpt 3
the action of Congress, bat would au1S
the same, ard abide by the laws OF &
passed though they wire, by traitors az
men. who eonld hate dreamed Ihatn
announcing Mr. Mason 70 be a fzra a
nonneing that he had changed his posfs
that he was nos what he was not bea
eipie OF Henry Cay, and a convert 10
tfine of a compromised Constituted?
No man Who sought truth UORId ksu
that idea Yet We learn thar the Fe5
missiunisIs have Ennnd il. "Snea ~
Of AdfersitE" says a great poet; We 81
from StSnes, adds he IN another place.
dreo Of compromise do better. Theysz
ISOLATION out Of rnin, and trumpet The Dai
and most Notifying defeat that an
party ever yet sustained, as their en-
and decisive of the var, COnsrquest :
celebrations OF his friends" they recoE
Mason as a Compromise man, and elan.
have been elected By Themselves .
Thrnugh this ingenious ficiit n they eIE
whom we supposed To tie riding IL uiEuo
nan, ON a ear Of triumph, dragging 81
tive OF their bDw and spear AZ IheitsUEB
cartztail<. When Santa Anna was ed
BUena Vista, the FIRST newspaper ate-
Mexico gare ti,e people To underil
though Mexican m~agnanimity had tnE-
an H~upara1Ieted extenJ, and though IL
Napoleon WAS returning in great glory,
have no prisoners 70 grace his entry, btu
the Americans had been killed. Bot sE
eTn Mexicans are less Ingenious. X
Mr. Mason as their captive and mas
ff5nre-whiIe he Is lelt free to give tn
by his daily words and deeds in the Ser
ber- Thus the Trick has no chance.
tits really h6sailiaiing &c argue sHEht
as this. lhdeed, we have nOf aTgBh1
have merely laid bare the facts which
10 support Il. The common sense Of q
try renders al argUIDent deTogatCg.
Of Them WAS suggested TO our atTeHfhA
cnrious antics Of sHndry email HeEsPgs
are nIbbling at our hate article Hqoa ~
rial Election. at the close Of hat q
mentioned Incidentally, that it vas tru'
son was not an instant Disunionist, q
was true be would make NO @absurd 90
make Congress TefTaee its steps ofns
These remarks have been eagerly a1
ronelhsiye proofs, that Mr. masOn
elected by his "acq1iescenee' in the Cos
and the very ingenious interpretation
order that he has @giVen in" and IS e.
promise man ecoording 10 the
Riehnond Erapins
We repeat it's hHRliTiatiHg TO arg
proposition as This. But the affair Is -
an amusing incident Tine Iittle PTOsn
called al W ind BY reference, N
published in the town OF CbaTlOttesI
much delnded by his city leaders,
gest the proprIety Of Immediately
tam sResolutions of AcguieseeEee.
thai appearance ofineonsisteney beos
ern people, VINO have hitherto onlIh