The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-06-08
A Word to Virginia.

| We find the following eloquent and admirable
remarks in the Philadelphia Pennsylvania
"Occupying, as Virginia does, central posi-
! ton IN our Republic, and having character tor
poll'Ical wisdom such no other State IN the
U nI"n can boast OF, upon her Is thrown The duty
ot breaking The power OF Tho cOrruptIng invader.
She has before her Mararhon and IN The field
MIItlades. Our recent election has been to the
Secfet Order what Thermopyle was 10 the Per-
sans, from which that Order can draw a knowl
edge of the energy OF the foe with which II will
have 10 contend. Though dscomfted'b by treach-
! cry aud fraud, party here gave the treasona-
bic organization, by the vigor of It's attack,
foretaste of what they are speedily to receIYe
from the gallant Democracy of Virginia. All
'rnnn Your efforts. and every noble heart
beats responsive to your own. IL caHr'"' Uot "'-
Virginia, the nursing mother OF race oil heroes'
statesmen and patriots, has forgotten her past MS
tory, or had her Just pride exungoiShfd oy novel
ty the spirit OF lanatcIsm. R"colIect' th"t
Corneia pointed TO her children as the choIcrst
oi her Jewels, and admirIng world has vlnd'
Gated her Judgment. Virginia, up TO the present
moment, has been mpregnabLe against the as
sanIts of faction treason, whether they came
| from the North or The South; and as she has
hitherto been the jus, umpire 10 all our pol''cai
controversies, we have right to demand that she
shall not forsake the RI sht in the present emer-
gency.
spot not only sacred TO liberty, but Indignantly
! condemnatory of the Secret Lodges. The heights
| of Yorktown have not faded from view, nor have
| the recoilecllons of the been OblI;erattd
| from the pages of history. The blood OF Inc
| Frenchman, the Irishman, and the German, there
commngrd with thai OF the American. and TO-
gether formed cement for the temple OF liberty.
Shall single stone OF the temple he removed
from its place, because it laid by an exile, or
HIS tho nf
Henry been SO long still, that VirgIniaS have for
gotten It's deep pathos in defence of religious lIb-
| erty? Have those great names, which, IN becom'
ing immortal, rendered Virginia so. because her
generous bosom gave them nourI>hmen:, lost their
virtue! Does voice speak from the haIowed
tomb Of Washington? Or has Mount Vernon
ceased TO be portion OF the Ancient DOMINION
The conceniric glorles of Virginia. revolving IN
their eternal lumnousRess must scorch and with
er, by their purifying heat, noxious and bale
Gul an influence as know-Nothng prescription.
National corruption the growth OF ages, and
Virginia has been too pure TO be suddenly IN
nersed in degredation. Hitherto the aspirations
1t ha- siStn- S.-.-~ I~ L-,An to --'~'- - H"-
, mental eminence and moral excellence fler P"-
sition is yet too lofty, her gene roslty 100 magnan'
mous, and her religion too erVId and sincere &c
deny 10 the stranger within her gates the rISh
: which he has obtained first by invitation and then
. by Constitutional provision. lustrous as she
t has ever been, Virginia will add additional lusrt
to ner own name, and strength To the bonds ol ou
Union, by striking to the dust the foul emanat1on
= of envy, ha tred and revenge, as embodied III th'
dogmas of the Know Nothing Lodges.
t "Bu. if these incentives not sufficient to IN
e duce her people to shun the 'leprous d"hIement
5 Know Nothingism, let them look al the presen
humiliang condition of Pennsy lvsnia and the cit!
y. of Philadelphia. Rome, in The day of her great
est corruplion scarcely exceeded in drpravity IN
. scenes enacted by ii Know Nothing Legislature
# which has Just adjourned. Up TO the era OF Clau
e dIus, no open sale of The Empire had ever beer
s mad". Until the triumph Of Know Nothinglsm
o an attempt to sell the United States Senatorsh
s would have been deemed infamous, and assigned
}. the guilty parties to life of ignominy. In tn
r case of Rome, 1t created the grossest lIcenuous
1t ness and gave all power the prae orans. Will
o that of Pennsy yIvania profgacy became exalted
II aud the Secret Order more dangerous even thai
e the bireling soIdery of The Eternal City, swayet
n the deslinles OF the State, and controlled 1t
d offices and patronage. If III" sale OF the Empir
ID was more. open than the other, II was also NOR
manly, because both bidders and vendors met eac
other face to face in the marker placrs. ln th
sale Of the u United States Senatorshp, the bIdder
II were there in exciting contest for the pr'z", brl
ID bIng with animated zeal bu; the skuikIng, co"
ID ardly mscraants who offered it as merchandise
d suug ght shelter in the darkness OF their Lodg
il Rooms or in the mansion o: the principle bIdJe
ID aud his friend We know who were tho rea
e contestants for the prize, although the report c
1t the investigating Committee, in its deceptive ha
r, blilments, but half informs the cursoty reader
ol Why were not Cummings and Cameron examined
,e Hhy did the Commitlee refuse 10 subpoena them
or Let coward guilt, with PaIld fear, preserve II
re slIrnce, still the great mind OF the community WI
id form the verdict Alright The Sergeant.at-Arm rm
,r could be sent hundreds OF miles for other PartIe
r less guilty, but the supposed principals in the tran,
10 action who were wIhn and but step wlIhOu
e their own chamber, must be subjected to Inte
j rogaton."
n
o. DOES FREEZING KILL lin the basin under III
m dome OF the Crystal Palace We noticed last fall
es NUMBER of goldfish asiing their bright sides
IL The char water. Yesterday we saw them ag"ii
or as Gvely as ever, and remarked TO Sam Br'