Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-10-15

| Tie wings OF Inc several preclnctS IN Inc tommy
should appoint delegates 10 a County Convention
for nominating candidates tor the Legislature AS
more convenient and satisfactory way TO accom-.
psh the object Of this resolution, we propose that
the Wings of each precinct shall at The October E.
lection (Which is. almost certainly TO 90 for moth
ing y vote freely for the men of their own choice,
as delegates TO the Legislature and from among
those having the highest votes, at the several pre-
cincs, let the candidates for the December election
be selected. MANY WINGS.
"AcaUlEscENCE."- Animadvertin upon The
proceedings OF The late Democratic Convention at
Staunton, the Republic says:
One thing which cannot fail to strike every man
who takes the trouble TO wade through the Staun-
ton report is the absence Of ausion To the compro-
mise. Nothing was done thai convey an idea
Of the views of the Convention in relation to that
great measure of pacifca'ion. Mr.. Leake is de-
scribed as "wlling To acquiesce" in it, thoHgh sin
favor of the right of secession" but, beyond this,
We find no remark upon the subject.
Commenting on The same proceedings, the
Southern Press REFUGEES as follows over The same
significant fact:
owe are glad to see that The recent Democratic
Convention in Virginia did not avow any approba.
.!on Of The compromise, or acquiesce in it. The
omission is significant of the existence in that State
of sentiment of repugnance and hostility for that
measure, which is beyond The force Of party power
and vulgar camor.
Thus far, we believe no Convention of the Dem
ocracy in any Southern State has endorsed that
measure although some have expressed reluctant,
qualified and mortified acqnescence. The Common
the SnutL and NJ shau,o fur
from being hsanding The deuge of
waddle and of quibble that has inundated that re-
gion.
Ye of The Acqniescence party here We Mlsons
and Bucucks, and Bedingers, and Avere1ts,:;and
PowelIs, and Seddons, and Caskies put thatrSin
your pipes and smoke it The very organ Of ybaf
pariy-that organ bull, up and now standing upn8
the subscriptions ofs'me of ynu-denounces youti
deluge of twaddle and sea Of bubble; but is con
soed by The fact that you have still in YOU enough
Of sense and enough of shame not TO have gone be-
yond "a reluctant, qualified and mortified acquies-
cencs" in The compromise. You have Git init
mates) had too little spirit to resist il openly but
you have made sumo litfle amends by having just
spirit enough not to be able t, repress 'the senti
ment Of repugnance and hostility to that measure.'
which really fills your hearts, while you are loud.
ly proclaiming yourselves Union and Compromise
men,
What does your OWN organ, your own peculiar
spokesman, the interpreter Of your sentiments, sell
up and maintained by your money to speak for you,
your voice, your speaking -trunpets, say? 1t says
you too polite and too pitifu for manly resist
ance or denunciation Of what in your hearts, you
haze that you skulk into pretended "acquies-
cence" in that you detest; that your utmost manli-
ness, even when you are met in a large body and
m GIT gather from collective courage something Of
pluck for the common purpose that chafts and ran
kes in you all, is able to find no more than just
spirit enough to slur over this great question and
say nothing about it Oh, mighty heroes Of pub
lie principles! oh ndomila5le champions of the
Southern cause! Oh divine patriots Of freedom and
State rights and Secession Rich Whig.
STATE INSTITUTIONS AT Sr,UNToN.-IEaving
spoken in high terms of these Institutions, we can
not of course but be pleased to meet with the fol-
lowing testimony TO their character from writer
who appears to have had the opportunity Of co m
pairing them with smlm institutions elsewhere.
We copy from The New York Observer Of last
week, and from the letter of correspondent pass
ing through the Slate:- Religious paper
Having been long thoroughfare for travel
Stanton is the mnst prominent point in journey
through central Virginia. 1t is convenient rest
ing place. and offers The attractions of an excellent
hUte under the management of those who know
how 10 show TO strangers a kind hand, and warm
heart. A day or two may be spent with great in
lerest here, in visiting the Western Lunaic Asy-
lum one of the most comfortable and best ordered
establishments If the kind in the country or in
witnessing the very entertaining and etfecilng ex-
hibitions at the Institutions for the Blind and Deaf
and Dumb, which are also situated here. Among
all the similar Institutions, it has been my prvi-
lege TO witness in other portions Of the country, |
have seen none under better management, or appa-
rertly more efficiently doing their heaven like work
! for the relief of the most afflicted members of our
common humanity. Dr. Sribling, Dr. MerriIat,
and The Rev Mr. Tyler The gentlemen respective.
| ~ in charge of these invaluable Institutions, de-
serve well of The people of this great Stale aud of
their rare, for The skill, industry. and success with
which they have deyned themselves 10 the impor-
tant interests Of which they are in charge. Who
could have Iooked upon the many victims OF insan-
| ity who have returned from that Asylum to their
right minds or upon The sparkling faces of those
who with finger and gesture, are speaking Ian
guage their ears refuse to hear, and their lips to I'll
ter, or upon those others who with sighIlrss orbs
must wander in darkness through the world. but
yet who can touch the ppnderous tonnes, and tell
The story recorded on lheir pages, or pour from
those instruments and voices such delicious music.
who can look On such lriumpIs Of humanity as
this, and mt thank the Providence WIN has 81
kindly provided for the relief of these al ced ones
and thank the men who have been made the nsifu-
ments of such blessed results %
THE STUMp-The Hon. Andrew Stevenson. is
in training for the Presidency. lie has taken the
first step, in being announced r the delivery Of ar
Agricultural Address at Harrisburg on the Goth
inst. This is following in the 70 i<ieps If Gen. Cass
and Senator Douglas. As FOR Cen Houston, he
made the first movement in Temperance addresses
while the only thing thai eau he done in this way
FIR Mr.. Buchanan is the Republication by his Penn
sylvania friends Of his Fourth Of ,jnlv oraiion a.
gainSi The war which he delivered iii 1916. -
JPasb. Republic.
con! CARRY NE BAcK.-Ihs Winchester Re.
publican says: The very name of Virginia pos
sesses singular magic or charm f'r our citizens
when in foreign LAND. Mr.. Robert Steel, who
retained some time ago, gave us an account OF 'he
lively motion awakened within him on hearing The
| well known snnU oOhi Carry me Back 10 Old