Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-09-17
NEW REPUTATION.

running Rhpublicanisn into The gronno," LAS the
expressive cant saying is -had long been endeav-
orng to fix upon The Wing party an unpopular
name. While they decorate themselves w,lh eve
~ iIl-deserved title that was agreeable To the,pub-
lie ear they as falsely srove To faslen upon Their
opponents the epithets of "Federasls. the BRIT
ish party" the "Latitudinarians," and many other
faacious appellaIions, that not only least expires.
sed what the Wing party were but perhaps htled
none so well as themselves. WIN them prlnci-
pies were but sound craftsmanship mere giving
name TO things and fall polnics they made
mere juggle of words.
He who serves the devil, however, is sufe 10 get
snged, at last and the practices of these uhholy
baptzers of other men have at last returned, most
instly, 10 plague themselves. They have long
been dealing out, unjustly, odous eplthets to 9th
ers they are at last punished IN kind, & have right
eously incurred that very sort OF unpopnlarly which
they have 50 long been trying to destroy all true
patriots with. The people have, OF late, seen how
little they were attached 10 this Government how
ready to resort to plots for dsmembering the Union,
or any thing else that might by unseailng those IN
authority, bring themselves into power again !; and
the people. WIN, when they know thug, viii al
WAYS have some plain name for it, have according
Nv bestowed upon them The hateful title vi The Dis
unionists.
Of course this designation is one exceedingly
little To the Demucracy's taste. The rank and file
who themselves are loyal enough, except that they
allow themselves 10 be the blind instruments OF a
cunning and despoc cabal That never admits them
into its real counsels. are indignant a! the name;
fur they don't see how well il has been merited ;
and the leaders, arlo do, find lfte consolation in
the fact For who smurts the less under punish
mcn for having deserved il?
The Democracy, in short, are in great trloula
tion. They had perhaps, no great aversion to Dis
union at any rate they greatly attached to the
theory of Secession; which, upon the whole, IS
onle as good DisunioDism rs any gentleman need
desire. Possibly, having exhausted upon The coun-
try every other possible e2clement-the old brbe-
nv and corruption cheat the retrehchment and re-
firm promises The hard money bubble; The better
currency and pet bank fam; Texas annexation
Mexican wars; Sd 90 or fight; Fi!ibuslelsm;
D,rrism Canadian and French, and all other SYM
pa,hisms agrariansm, anti rentlsn, Free Solllsm
there was no help for it. They had sluced The
excilabe popuace with beer, with ale, with potent
brown stout, with wine, with grog, with plain
whskey with highly recIiied, with pure alcohol
until, al last. all less furious siimu!ants Failed 10
fiddle and they were reduced TO The awful neces-
si,y Of either letting The public mind grow sober
once more, or trying aquafrtis upon 1t. SO they
administered Secession, And indeed, what else
could they do, unless they flung up and quilted po-
Ical practice altogether?
Well. the patients stomach, luckily, rebeed,
at the fatal drug and threw II off, not without fall-
inc into rage al such physic. In the popular
wrath, the country swore that The Democratic doc
tors meant TO murder it. Certainly, it did look
rather like. Here, then, is something of what is
nopularIy known as muss low was The Dem
ocralic sawhones 10 gel out of it Evidently there
was but one way; To high and low that they
never gave the dose; nay, that the Wings gave II;
the Wings, who have bern all the while trying to
keep the country from the battle, are politically
cold water men, and have kept themselves out OF
favor by wanting the nalion all the while, To take
the Temperance pledge.
OF course, nobody will believe one word OF what
all the world knows 10 be false; and every body
laws upon The Democracy the reproach and name OF
Dsunlonisis.
For our part, we see but one way OF getting over
it. The Democracy of This State will, at the next
meeting of the Legislature, have to come 10 II by
pe,ition. and ask to have lis very ugly surname of
Disunionist. and its very unchrisian name OF Sc |
cessonist, changed by Act, to some better sounding
ones. We propose that 0f Filibuster, which seems
ouile romantic and fashionable among item, just
now.-Richmond Whig
Go AngAD!-John d. Crockett, the son of Da-
Wv Crockett, The Editor Of the ST. Louis lnteIli |
oencer. is now travelling in the Eastern States
Ills letters to his paper are unusually interesting
We cut The following description e. The ''goahead
a,iyensss" of the Yankees, from lis las letter:
The Yankees are alphabetically "fast" people
Whatever they engage in, they do 1t with
rush., Ifit be a matter OF business. and dollar
sparkles in the distance, they 60 as 1t lie and
death depended on tie issue lfhey are engaged
simply in sightseeing they appear always resoIv-
cd TO have the first sight fa meal is to be ea'en
thew are sure TO gel their seats al the first table,
Whena boat sabout To start they are The hrst aooarh
and when it lands, they are invariably the nfst a
shore. Not content with travelling thirty miles an
hour over railroad. they jump off carpet bag In
hand, al the end of the trip before The cars STOP
Go ahead, al the top of your speed" IS their mot
10. whether in business or pleasure. This lndom-
table never .ceasing energy is the true secret o!
their success, and although it is sometimes carried
10 a ludicrous extent. yet, upon Inc whoe, u Is
valuable trait Since left home, have oen
been reminded of an illustration Of the desire 10
hurry through the world, which have heard from
one of our own citizens short time since. re
said thatif big mortar could be constructed which
would throw an immense bombshell, containing nj
Teen passengers, from ST. Louis 10 Boston in i've
minutes. with an absolute certainty that fourteen
M, of the fifteen would 6e killed by the explosion,
he thought tickets for seats by the Express Bomb
shell Line" would at once be at premium; each |
passenger being anXioys for the chance TO prove
himself "the unlucky fifteenth"
TERRIBLE DEATH-We have rarely read any
thing more hprrsb!e than the following from the
RusselIville, KY, Herald:
On Friday night, the 9Th inst, Mrs. Elizabeth |
Smith, residing in The Northern part Of Logan !
County, fell into the fire. place containing lew
chunks and small stick " two OF wood on fire.
and when discovered her body was entirely, with
the exception of a small portion Of spinal bones,
Dne thigh and foot and portion of The other thigh |
and fojt, consumed. When first discovered, her
form was lying obliquey on the hearth, and emit
inc a LIGHT and brilliant blaze very much resem-
bling that given by The burning ofan oily substance
Water was Immediately thrown upon the fiery
mass, which seemed to have eXngulshed 1t Tor
bat which Immediately ignhed again ;
and an additional application of wafer was relulr-
I'd before the blaze was exlingushed. The re-
mains were then examined when ii was found that
the entire body and frame, with The exception |
before named, were entirely consumed, leaving on
" substance resembling Goals Of burnt leather per-
Tsctly black and porous, with shining aud gllst-
ening surface.
As there was not sufficient Goals on the fire to