Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-25
no TuE wings OF AUGUSTA.

The general election for members oil congress
thu Board of Public Works and the State Legs
ls,ure will be held tomorrow, and we avail our
selves of this last opportunity to address tie"
words to the Wings Of Augusta Vi the success
of the Wing County ticket we do not entertain
aonbt. The nominees are men of tried integrity
and we'll known intelligence, and both personally
and noli,ieally merit the confidence and cordia
support of the entire party. They have not thrust
themselves into their present position before the
people, but have been placed in it by their poirt
cal friends, acting through large and fairly or
CANNED County Convention. Under these circum-
s,ances. we cannot believe that the Wings OF Au-
pusta will fail to rally around their chosen stan
dsrd bearers on the day Of trial To believe IT,
would be to suppose them recreant to principle
and in some sense. unmindfnl Of moral obligation
Hat to secure success, some effort must be put
fartb Let no one take the result for granted, and
remain inactive in the belief that all Is we'll lie
each individual we would say, see to 1t that ev-
ey Wing in yosr vciaity is at the polls, or put
him to the test of refusing to go. Such is the de-
gree of inattention of many persons to such mat
tiers, that some Of your nearest neighbors may not
know that THURSDAY THE 18TH is cleo
,isn dav. Take pains to inform or remind them
of the fact, and stir up their Wing spirit. What
we want now is not merely successive desire
triumph. Our opponents have boosted largely Oh
their inroads upon us, and declare their determfa-
alton to carry the county, if not now, before many
wears Some of them even talk confidently OF do
inp it at this election. Are the Wings OF Augusta
prepared for such result? Our brethren through
out the State are making vigorous efforts to beat
hack the horde of Locofocoisn which threatens to
overwhelm us; what will they think If Augusta,
banner county, permits the Wing flag to trail
I'm the dust There is every thing at the present
time calculated to quicken our zeal. a ruthless
majority in the State has tyrannlzed over us and
sought 10 crush us to the earth-A worm when
thus trod upon would show some spirit of resist
ance, and shall not men who call themselves tree
men be aroused by prescription and oppression to
assert their lust and constitutional rights? We
beg our friends rot to permit themselves to be
drawn OIL lrOth tho SuPPOis Vi '"0 PH'y -
any new and immaterial issue. Democrats are bu-
silly at work fomenting difficulties in the Wing
ranks The Temperance question is employed
BY them most adroity to accomplish our defeat
To one quarter of the county or to one class on vo
tiers, the Wing candidates are represented as tenn
perance men, and in another quarter or to other
persons they are represented as anti-temper-
ance men, We hope every Wing will be on his
guard and not be led astray by such representa-
tons. Ifall will take practical view OF this
question, they will find that temperance and anti
temperance are not in issue before the people, and
cannot possibly be tried at the pending election
All the candidates, Wing and Democratic, oecapy
substantially the same ground in reference to the
question, and to vote for Democrat because he
IN supposed 70 be more or less favorable to the
cause than any Wing, will be utterly futile
There is no reason, therefore, that aRy should
desert his party standard. We again express the
hope that Wings win stand fast to their colours,
and disappoint the expectation OF those who seek
to divide that they Eay conquer us.