Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1850-12-24
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Mt. Enron :-Thc Martinsburg Republican,
noticing the trttcr Of Spectator in tlle Spirito
Season. seems quite indignant that the writer
Enri1 nrcsumc to share with him tho honor OF
Bind The " mouth piece Of the Berkeley Demo-
r,cv. Spectator most hnmbiy asks itEe gentle
bans pardon, for having thus rnwi't,rgiy tfeS,
,sscd upon his high ~prcrogativc.. Bit he still
hos leave TO differ with the Itepublicapin regard
THsbom the Democracy will support; and opines
IN the ",nouth-piecc" is as much mistaken in
F.. epard to that matter as that organ and IFS WASH
,nqton correspondent" were in predicting the
bin and defeat of Col. Mason. But really, MIR.
a enuhlican. If Spectator had known lrpw harm
esF weref The %effusions Of the "mnu'h Etcce" and
Ia OfIinru Prophet, he would havG5 held his
beacc. and silently witnessed the explosion Of
heir air blown predictions.
The Republican recommends the stpdy of the
democratic caIeclIlsm," go as 10 acold harsh
hamcs. Spectator acknowledges and returns the
s~ompliment apd would especially adfHonish the
Republican never TO he found hereatte in concert
Nth Wings or others, denonncing as 'difunionists'
bur Democratic Statesmen who acteda in obedi-
snce to instructions of their Democratic Legis.
hiuFo; and whose e~iortstwere directed to arouse
Eirpinians To the Importance OF howhn an nn
broken front against the further encrpach'neh's
ID Northern fanaticism. He would frrther sug-
best. that when the Republican next .ffdS Spec
fator. he should be certain that he is got :" bark
;no IN The wrong tree,'' and would respectfully
I'M that such "Reminiscences" as the RePubll-
Ian makes. while they tend TO wound the unoE.
fendinp. are not very we'll calculated 10 enconr-
are proselytes. Spectator,never" glidPd into the
Democratic ranks" he has not been ont OF them;
bnt did service therein, before the editor OF the
Republican had "glided'' out of IissPetty.coat
and bib.
The Republican confuunds the passage of the
/: Fugitive slave latC" with the paternity OF The
bin: and making out a casethat he say S ''smacks
strongly Of immodesty,'' Rrgues 1t to sait himself
h was simply stated that we were Hn1ssaty indebt-
I'D to Col. Mason for the lGIc-that :, for pro.
'curing its passage. There was nothing said
b rncerning the paternity of the btu, 91or was It
denied that tsother gallant spirits" leift their aid.
but il only required the lynx eyed Republican to
discover in that ailusion of SPectatn2, a mares
nest Of 'panegyric' and .'immodesty
As to what passed at the Berkeley Meeting,
Spectator will only say that the facts If stated by
him are too generally known TO require any !16s
ther corroboration. And now, since lhe re t1ec-
ton OF Senator Mason. and die ass1lrS@teaf theTsIy
that Virginia sCtH maintain ssESg9sss9n a.
To The further encrodchaaen4 hhs Horth,
he is not disposed 10 $ waste eNAsr aitetsta
skirmish is over, by keepipg up 9 fFe upon the
Colopel's yanqnishad adsersaties bat slewing
tbe I;,Iie OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES" faetinN I'LL SO utterly
annibiIs,ed bv.fhe ieneof The LF iatare that
N viii TS1niF aaSGisrstha dose of the.
'.seyen thumb focalF them againiuto beingfhe
forbears To speak uukfndly1nf the deAd. In an-
swer 10 the wounded and deprecatingtone of The
Republican, he disavows any Intentionally y often
siye aepithets !, but bidding :. peace to their
SPECTATOR