Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-11-11

series OF measures was proposed as a system OF
Compromise; we do not here intend to discuss the
justice or constutionality Of those measures, sui
ice 1t TO say, that Messrs Mason HUNTER, believ-
ing them destructive of the rights and injurious
to the interests Of Virginia, and contrary TO the
whole spirit OF the instructions which you had
given them through your Legislature, resisted
their passage, and now it is sought, for this rea-
son alone to persuade you to "give your voice
against them" On the fourth Monday Of this
month you will be invoked to ratify the Corn
promise measures above alluded to those who
have dsapproved Of those measures, if we are
rightly informed, are not to be heard, but upon
one-sided representation; you will be called
upon to express an opinion. Should you vote
an approval of the Compromise, your vote will
be construed as a condemnation of your Senators
unless, by some means you take special care to
exclude such conclusion. For the love you
bear the Union, you may be willing to acquiesce
III the Compromise; but it does not therefore
follow that your Senators We're wrong in oppos-
ing 1t. They acting us your servants, were bound
ooppose the passage Of lava which they be-
lieved seriously detrimental to your interests,
while you may consent, for the sake of peace,
to submit to an infringement Of your rights. II
is one thing to resist the passage of law, quite
another to resist the execution of law when
passed. But what, let us ask, is to be the
consequence if your public servants are to be
ostracized for conscientiously unfolding what
they consider as your rights? Will you not
thereby destroy their homes, zeal in your service,
and teach them for the future to have more are
tor their own advancement than your good II
your Senators have erred, even their enemies
will admit that they erred honestly. The charge
against them is not that they have failed to do
their duty from any want Of devotion TO your
interests, but it is rather that they
"Have loved you, not wisely, but too we'll"
"The very head and front Of their offending
Hath this extent no MORE"
But the most important consideration, which
you should bear in mind, Democrats, in judging
of the course of your Senators, we have before
incidentally mentioned Remember, we pray
you, that they acted under the INSTRUCTIONS OF
OUR LEGISLATURE 1t has always been one of
the cardinal articles of your creed that you thro'
your Legislature, are privileged to instruct and
your Senators bound to obey. Will you HOW re-
pudiate this cherished principle by discarding
from your service, men who, in their action,
have done naught else but recognize it. Con-
sistency forbid You may deem it prudent, as
we have before suggested, in consideration o.
the advantages of the Union, to acquiesce in the
sacrifices which you will make in sanctioning
the Compromise; but we have no idea that you
are willing to yield more, in addition to that you
have already yielded. The history Of the past,
and the occurrences of every day, warn you
that a spirit of aggression is still alive at the
North; we counsel you, therefore. if you would
resist this spirit, to continue in their high offices
the men, who, by their zeal in your service,
have proved themselves Firginians, in heart and
in deed ANXIOUS.