Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-12-02
UNION MEETING IN AUGUSTA.

| The universal satisfaction given by Governor
| MCDOWELL in his Speech, on last Monday, in
relation TO the adjustment measures recently
passed by Congress, renders it almost unneces-
sary Tor US to say anything respecting it, but we
! cannot permit the occasion TO pass, without les.
flying, in some way, osr regard !or the speaker
and at the same time TO say, wha! We believe
to be true, taat mere is no difference Of opiaioa
among the p"oTie y Augusta as regards their
determination a;saAaEe to the terms Of the COM
promise IF there had been doubt before, that
doubt was dispelled by the cutpourings of the
| enthusiastic meeting Of the people of Augusta
on Monday. The voice Of the patriotic and no.
lie old county has been heard, and we earnestly
hope that fiat meeting was but the eommepee-
mem OF series ot meetings yet to take place
Throughout The Old Dominion, in which there
will be no discogG saving thai which is oudest
in favor Of TIE UNION oF THE STATES
and for VIRGINIA, "TzE FIAa SLIP OF uaE
UN1oa -
We are glad the meeting has been held; yet i,
is source Of some fegrst that 10 other speaker
bat Gov. Mcdowell, the distinguished repre-
sentative Of Ibis District in Congress, made his
observation-disclosures the people Of Augusta
would have been happy 30 have had them in
heir midst and to have heard lon their own
eloquent lips the opinions CT CLAY and CAss,
and " sasTER and DICKINSON and fooTE, On the
much lalked-of compromise. This, however,
was denied Them, and il remained fog MeDow-
ELL 10 enchain the large audience assembled
for more than two hours, and in words of burn
ing eloquence to fire Up the enthusiasm Of our
people for the Union. We cannot iprnisha re-
por, OF Gov. McDowEIL's speech, for, as re-
marked by our friends Of the Spectator, @that
speech could not be reported ios more reasons
than one"
The Governor stated that the adjustment Or
land---ihey could moi even be repealed, and ar
ened from ibis the necessity Of adhering TO and
supporting these misunderstanding could be
gained by opposition, and this he demonstrated
most conclusively. He said that ':Loyalty 10 the
Union was as indigenous to the nature Of every
man born under the Blue Ridge OR The Aegha-
ny, as the evergreen is to his native mountains"
| and added that he never let stronger than when
he gave the votes he did--because he thought
he stood as, it were, upon rock Of granite with
I the mountains at his back.
Gov. Med explained the nature of the COM
promise--thouglh it LEFT The South in better
condition than she was ia previous TO its pas
sage, assigning his reasons therefor, and said
that he had voted against the admission OF Ca Ii
ioElia, but if his vote had been necessary 10 ths
passage Of that bill, il would have been given il
its favor.
The Governor paid noble tribute to Mr.
WEBSTER and Mr.. CLAY, the former of whom b.
believed to be the greatest man who spake tn
English language-this he said as a democrat
their elevated patriotism demanding the tIbut
Of his respect.
We feel it to be entirely unnecessary to pro
coed iarther-for we have yet to hear the frs
man express dissatisfaction with the sentmeI
or argument used by Gov. Med. in his speee
on Monday, and, doubtless, many will recollec
the cries of ego on" when the ofater Yves a.ea
taking his seat