Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-12-03

per before the day of election. and we must
therefore make a final appeal to the people
in behalf of the peoples candidates. We
have urged their claims to public confidence
and support, during the progress of the can
vass which is drawing to close, to the ut
most of our humble ability, and with all the
ardor which a controlling interest in the
prosperity and glory Of the Old Dominion
could inspire. Our heart has been IN the
work of yir9inia's regeneration and wheth-
er success or defeat awaits us, it will be
proud satisfaction to feel that we have bat
! lied vigorously and to the last in her glorl'
Gus cause.
Virginia has been reduced TO most de-
plorable condition, under the desolating do
mlnion Of party that still seeks to main
tam its supremacy. A party that has lett
the rich resources Of the State buried IN the
earth and failedto foster its labor, which Is
its life. A party, which, absorbed in its
own advancement, has neglected the inter-
ests, crippled the energies and exlled the
yeomanry of Virginia. But we trust a new
era has dawned upon us. Our institutions
have been popularized. One hundred thou
sand of our fellow-citizens, hitherto depriv-
ed of participation in the government, have
been invested with the rights and privileges
Of freemen, and will exercise them for the
first time, at the polls on Monday next
Upon the result of the vote then cast, de-
pends the future growth and prosperity OF
the Commonwealth, and every patriot should
pause before he consents to perpetuate the
power that has made her already a by-w word
and jest.
The new Constitution will effect but little
unless we select the right sort of men to
manage the machinery and carry the sys-
tenn into practical operation. The simple
question is shall we confde the administra-
tom Of affairs to those who have hitherto
managed so badly, and forgotten, in their
blind devotion TO party, the great interests
of the State, or entruSt it to men of enlarg-
ed and liberal views, who will devote their
best energie, to the Improvement of Virgin
ia, develope her vast resources, stimulate
industry, win back her population and thus
build her up until she once again takes her
stand among the first States of the Union'
Let US inquire, then, who are the men best
calculated 10 bring about this grand result
We answer that GEORGE w. SUMMERS
is lust the man for the crisis. The views
of this great Virginian in reference to mat
ters of State policy are green in our memo
ries. But few days since he made apow-
erful appeal in behalf of Virginia, and urged
Us with fervid eloquence to strike while
there is yet time for her regeneration lnose
who listened to that great speech, know that
bn heart is in the work and that, it elected
he will bring to bear upon it all the ener-
gies of his giant miad. He has proven him.
self the sure friend and indefatigable advo-
cate of internal improvements; especially
of the great Central Railroad to which
we are all devoted Above all he has pledg-
ed himself not to administer the govern
ment after the narrow and contracted FASH
ion of the partizan, but with the broad and
expansive liberality of Virginian. How
much loftier is the position taken by Mr..
SUMMERS on this point, than that occupied
by his competitor, who entered the canvass
with the declaration, substantially, on his
lips, that he will, if elected, be The subser-
Went tool of party and make Extra BILLY
SMITH the model of his executive policy
People of Augusta will you choose for your
Governor this narrow-minded partisan, des-
flute alike of liberality and talents Will
YOU place the future destinies OF the State
in the hands Of those who have proved them
selve, unworthy of the trust' We cannot
believe it, and shall expect most emphatic
answer in the negative OF the polls. VIZ
ginia asks this answer Of her sons. Worn
down and wasted away, she stretches forth
an emaciated and imploring hand and asks
for succor Fed for years upon AIRY ao-
stractions and empty nothingness she now
asks for something more substantial. Once
the sun and centre of our confederated sys-
tenn, she has fallen from her proud estate
and shines only by the reflected light OF the
luminaries that blaze around her. Poor old
Virginia how can we contemplate her Ia
ded glory without an effort to restore her
fallen fortunes and perpetuate her fame
We have also Union 10 preserve. The
cooperation of Virginia with other States
in the mad scheme of Secession would IN
evitably bring about its dissolution. Will
you ally yourselves with party which re-
cognizes her right to withdraw from the u
MON whenever she sees fit, and vote for the
men who boldly proclaim the odious doc
trine fundamental article in their creed
SUMMERS and MS associates on the Ticket
repudate this doctrine and have declared
their unalterable determination to maintain
the Union of the States, by adhering to and
opposing the disturbance of the Compromise