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HON. a. H. IL. STUART


!. - Nv AsHIKaroN, July 3,tleoi.s
You win have seen, and have no. doubt ap,
proved to HE fullest extent, the GROUND 'skeh, oy
Mr.. S'uah in his Richmond speech, on Inc DE-
sowmen' OF Office. He tells the enpnlry Una. ne
has NOT and will not beslow office on '.Aoohllon-
isis and Disapiuniss," and the large mass OF Inc
American people will sustain hlm. Inns Is no
prescription for opinion sake Tit is prescription
in any sense, il is patriotic prescription u IS lme
all men, and especially those in power, shou'u oy
all proper means discuunenance The unonshln9
treason which is rearing its head IN various paris
of Inc country. How cap these men, want, ask
or accept office from Government which lhey
brand as tyrannical and corrupt, and winch ihey
are doing their best to destroy!
consider Mr.. Stuarl's position as the same ia
ken by Mr.. Jefferson SIS he honest, is he capa'
BILE, is he faithful and true to the Constitution
How can men protesting their determination IL
overthrow the Government take Oilce, and win
it their oaths? The truth is they are self proscrb'
ed, and until they mend their manners lei them
resi- content to ungraiefuIly enjoy the freedom and
blessings of a Government they would destroy.
am perfectly satisfied that there is rank treason
in the land. 1t has long beer lurking under arlfu
covers, it is now about to be exposed. Develop
uioHtS NdNo ItcentIy OeeH iiuuO P'o''"6 '''"t Wv
have men whose settled purpose IL was and is IL
overthrow the Government. In the pursuance o.
this reasonable object they have forgotten all con-
sstency, coniendng for one set of doctrines to-day
and another to morrow Determined to be dsSat
isfed. As the strong net of public opinion closes
around them, they founder in their traces, and in
stead of waiting for the slow process of conspira
cy, which might under the guidance OF a master
mind have been but too successful, they would rlT
tho unseemly and hideous monster from the WON'T
Of time. .s
The object is defeated The shouts Of an arous
ed and pario, people are cunning up like the voice
Of hundred waters. Wing and Democrat, North
and South have come 10 the rescue.
The keen blade Of Foo,e in the South, CLEAN;
! like the destroying angels against the ranks Of the
country's foes. The battleaxe of Webster n the
North, though wreathed like The club of Hercuet
with roses rostrates the foes oflhe Constitution OF
the EARTH While here, Willard Fillmore, will
his unit Cabinet of which our friend Stuart is one
Of the most efficient, planting their feet on :ht
bulwarks Of the Constitution, in severe dignity tel
the country that, with an eye fixed on its good, OIL
the integrity of the Constitution and the perpeuity
of the Union, they will go on in the course they
have hitherto pursued"
Where Mr. Stuart is so well known as he is ir
Virginia, and especially in old Augusta, encomiun
is unnecessary. But it will mol be going too far t,
say that his course as member of the Admins
tra,ion. and especially The manly avowal Of hi'
sentiments IN his recent speech give him natona
reputation. The race Of Virginia great men is no
yet extinct, and Western Virginia has right tt
! be proud of her son. Il.