The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-10-11

win the suirages, OF his opponents
Our prospects are la,ering only for governor, but
for the whole ticket The name OF Strohm Is rarely
used BY The whigs their opposition 10 our Judicial ticket
weat at all times has good as ceased, while the indi-
cations are that it will receive, il deserves. IRON the de
mocracy, united, harmonious support The same
that thus operate in favor OF our executive and u
dcal candidates should secure us triumphant majority
in the legislature. ~
md Wednesday Of October will rise upon State re-
deemed from whiggey in all it's phases, and send, to glad
n the hearts Of the friends of the Union intelligence
such victory shall remove all doubt as to The sta
blity and position Of the Keystone OF the Arch.
From he Petersburg south-sid Democrat Oct O.
George w. summsrs.
A few days ago announced TO the people that The
wing candidate for the chief magisracy OF virginia was
an aboionst. and pledged ourselves 10 make good
tls accusation We are IN possession OF Ile testimony
lies before at this moments and testimony more TN
prcgnable conclusive, more damning never sent
feon to the gbbe Our affirmation OF the charge against
George w. Summers has drawn forth defence IRON the
wing organ OF Petersburg In the lntelligencer OF DC,
tober the oh, the reader will fad article which should
have been entitled "An Apology for George w Sum
msrs" To this article invite the readers attention.
The Integencers defence OF Summers belongs to that
class OF pleading known TO the gentlemen OF Inc
bar as pleading in confession and auoidanee7ihat Is,
whilst the charge IS confessed, the accused SEEKS
10 AVOID the penalty of the crime Better far had
The lnlelgencer confessed the guilt OF It's client,
and thrown him upon the mercy OF the court Tor It's I'M
potent defence but displays the gravity and The truth OF
The accusation Indeed, there is tender appeal TO the
sympahes in the pathetic exclamation, where Is the
public who has not committed errors " SO that the
Integencer deems the advocacy OF speedy abolition
Of slavery virginadeems the assertion of the odious
and agrarian doctrine that the legislature may rob the
master Of his slave without compensaton--deems the
public proclamation OF the sedous and dangerous prnc
pie that the slave unusy held in subsection By force,
and would be justified striking tor his reedomdeems
the and ardent advocacy OF these
think the people of this Are they Of opinion that the
support OF such doctrines was harmless error But
he Inell zencer itself in subsequent paragraph ad.
mts that .'if Mr. Summers did take this ground he held
most ansound docrint."
The ln,elligencer thinks it possible however that Mr.,
Summers has renounced these unsound doctrines Qhereby
conlessing that he entertained them Because
he held doctrine in 1884, does ttOllow necessity
that he holds it owl" The answer is that Summers
does entertain these opinions at this present moment or
though often reproached with Them he has never yet dis
claimed re,racted them If the wing party mean TO
that their candidate is no longer hgheriaw abo.
iions, let them produce the proof OF bus conversion,
and not mlsead the public by untrue insinuaions.
The lnteligencer seeks further TO acqnn the federal
candidate, by in,imatng that he was ovepowered and
carried away by the excitement oil the tunes! NOW,
verify but the most unsklful advocate would ever
have assumed this grouad OF defence for what-ajnit
ting the truth OF the asseron-does II amount TO That
the wing party laborng to ios, upon the people OF
Virginia their chief magistrate man whose weakness
OF mind and character signal ha, he may be betrayed
by transient and momentay excsttDent into The uerance
of doctrines subversve of all liberty and dangerous to the
personal safety OF saveholdnG community and the ad.
yocacy of a policy which would have robbed them OF
their possessions and reduced them To utter destuon
Could any true patriot and lover OF Virginia advise the
people place the helm OF The State man 30 deficient
in The essential attributes OF safe rnleri The governor
OF this great Common wealth should be man oil mature
wisdom and unshrnking frmness, who would, under no
circumstances forget his duty or desert the interests OF
the people Such a man. by the confession OF wing
journals, George w. Summers Is NOT. Ihink OF IT.
panic stricken governor of Virginia preaching aboii.
ton
But the In,egenoer has found that, il Summers is
an abononsi, certain democrats are no better now IN
what manner does the criminaon OF other men tend to
acqu George w Sumnetsi Does the admission oil the
guilt OF Mr. Mcdowell prove Summers innocent. when
their conduct has been the same IN regard 10 slavery
Wing apoogsts for Summers need no, attempt to shirk
the issue in this They cannot create diversion
Mcdowell, Thompson, and Other democrats may be
called abolitionists but so is George w Summers This
tact we mean TO proclaim to The people OF Virginia rom
this day forth until the sth oil December
Blu, The nellgence marches forth, In all the pomp Of
index and large capitals. argument against which is
boosted tina, the Of Summers cannot stand for a
moment Here is this annibllating argument, as II "a
printed in the Petersburg ln,egencer;
Mr. Summers poted for the clause IN the ~to eon"ifMf'on
Harets, TO pass faUs ornancipofirg aapts
This ia The pea---he effective, the reliable plea-by
which George w. Summers is 10 be acquitted before the
people Of Virginia. This is the defence upon which the
wings of Virginia plant themselves All Others are trv-
a and mere mske-wt ght II this fails the jury must
bring in verdict OF guilty IN the fa degree. Now, what
does this argument about which The nlegencef makes
30 much pa rsde amount to- That George w. Summers
voted TO prohibit the legislature IRON einancipang
slaves But what OF this Shall we elect to the highest
office in the State who regards slavery as the great
evil and and who proclams that both duty and
necessity mpe him himself for it's abolition Can
he, from his elevated position exert controlling IN
fnence in accomplishing his darling idea OF abolition by
other means than iegiltrs tnao,men Is legislative
ton the only engine by which the abolltoni-t can as
sault The INSTITUTION Of slavery Shall we elect an alb
oonis grernor Of Vpgnia because he binds himself not
10 use legislature Ia achieve his purposes, when
other and equally efficient agencies for doing the work
before him But, people OF Virginia. the misfortune
that he has taken upon himself The most binding obga
ton in 10 strive for the abolition OF slavery
admit thai the contribution forbds the legislature to emaoc
pate your slaves these no restraints upon the daring
abolition OF George w. Summers II he - your gov
ernor constitutional restrictions afford security for
your rights and your property To him they are but a
wsp o, straw, which he snaps asunde nj his pleasure
In The existing constitution OF Virginia we ma these
words that the legislature shall pass no law whereby
private property shall be taken for public scho just
compensation In defiance OF this sacred and invIoa'e
Safeguard OF our rghts, in 1882 George w. Summers
nnisi~sd in The legislature Of Vinin that sres could
and b. taken and nlancipad Without giving the oons
cent Of Compensation Thus il seen that the most
fundamental aud involabe Of all constitutional princi
pes--a principle which forms an essential condition OF
every social compactwas disregard and repudated BY
George W. Summers in the mad pursuit OF his abolition
schemes OF 1892 How dare any man tell the people OF
Virginia, after this that George W. Summers will respect
constitutional snxctmeni No. he cannot be trusted
he has repudiasd aMd sacrificed the constitution oncs and
he may do II again.
so much Tor the dsieace OF George w Summers against
The charge OF abolition In next issue we will make
good every sccusaton against Summers by extracts from
his speeches. ard from the Journal OF the legislative
session OF ls3l'32.