Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-02-24
Letter from MI, Leaks,

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preface from lis 10 such letter as the follow.
ing from such man as lis aui hor.
MADISON c. H., Feb I'd, 1855
MY DEAR SIR Your favor oil the 9Th uhj.
mo was duly received, aid, but for business
engagements, would have been replied to by
return mail.
Nothing would af,rd lne-more pleasure than
10 comply with The wishes Of nv frieuds
IN the vicinity of Lynchburg ,ha, should adj
dress them sometime during the present guser.
material canvass; AMI, were it in my power tn
do 50. | assure you | would not hesitate a ain
gle moment. am so situated, however. III II
cannot. Indeed, shall not BIZ able 10 enter
actively into this contest any forther than my
efforts IN my immediate neishborlood will 90
have young, helpless, and growing family
who are entirely dependent upon my owl
personal exerions for their supper, and eluca..
hon. have loo much neglected. heretofore
the sacred obligations witch they impose upon
me,by giving that time to political objects which
ought to have been devoted 10 nv professional
pursuits lnsomuch that now, when am ap-
proxlma!ing middle age, | have 10 begin 10
make MY forlune."
lean safely appeal to my friends in and 4.
round Lynchoury TO say that have never, here
lotore, made my exerions in the Democratic
cause aalt upon my own fortunes Whatever
those exerlions have been worth, ! claim no
credit Tor Them. They have been freely AMI
voluntarily rendered as tribute ~ those priv.
cipies aud that cause, which have always been.
Gas they still are,) deaf TO me, because they ara
thoroughly interviewer with thu true glory and
highest interests Of tho country. But, now,
think can ask 10 be placed on the sretired
list" To enter actively into This canvass
would BE- 10 subject my self TO all the excite
ments, vext:lons and flarassmenls OF public lilo
while could reap none Of it's advantages; and
al the same time, involve sacrifices ,l,a, the
interests OF my family, q care but ,iule for my.
seli,) i0lbd ME to make. have received pres.
sing letters from various sec.ions Of the State.
calling on me to v;si. and address the people il,
Their respective localities; and, it once be- yin.
| 10 not see where could W Ill stop.
Sill, my dear sir, feel none The less ilGsres.
ted IN The results OF The pending contest. pre-.
sumed mat was as much opposed 10 tbs nomi.
nation al o'aun,on as any body could well bs;
and yet do not hesitate 10 say that i, il, tho
duty Of every good and true Democrat to give
to The ticket cordial support. | should 70.
gard The loss OF Virginia, al this ninous con.
]unclule OF our Federal relations, a. in The high.
est gree disastrous not alone 10 the Democrat.
ic party OF the Union, but to the Union itself.
The Porienlous fusion OF Whisgism, and Know.
No'hinSisn wheh has swept. " iih resist less
fury, over the Northern and Northwestern St,,,.
IS now concentrating al its strength undo. the
walls u the hitherto impregnable fo,ires. nj
Virginia Democracy. In this orgsnix4,,n tn.
"Know-No!hnss.n as you aptly say, &C. the
part OF ssaPpefs and Miners and are push.
ing their 'under-ground railruadsn in every
Conceivable direction. 1t il van TO DENY. os
attempt 10 conceal, however, that the p,ilici,as
element upon which these 1alliesn relv Gu sue.
cess, Is The dissensions which they suppose te.
tana, lear, dol exist in the boscm oi the Dsns
oera'ic polly ITSELF Many OF us ,rss diss.ll.-
tied WIN Inc results ol The Staanten Couvsu.
''on 4 among othefs} ;and they suppose thai
're are prepared to sacrifice the cause 10 thu
names ol the man aud they have, thereforr.
Presulnpiuously concluded that VIZ "a ould unite
WIN our owu worst enemies in erier IL u rsaE
our Veneence uPoh-0uselres fer. lot it to 10.
| inembefed, that We cannot d, esi ,hoss ba
| defeated US III the Stanton Convention. With
oul involving ourselves in the common disast.r
and bringing ppm our party AMI osr country
consequences that The younses, oil Us wou!l not
i've long enough To repent ot. Lei u.s. thyr,fo,s,
De true To ourselves, aud it mlaai. needs sei,y
that we eau be f,iss 10 no n.as.e 10 IL I'm.
true, l. Is essential, in my opinion, thai ".
should rally, one and all, and as one 10 III. .nn.
| pofl ol Mr. WI se-not ieraiss hes Is Nh. WISE. hui
hrctnse ne 10 the sol t,ed s.al.daid~ sex,s, al
Virginia Democracy.
| And do not lei US stop 10 enquire whether hs
WAS rishiinl'y or wiongtaiy selected. IAuf
We're not booiiess lscrely--it were ma,ps.s---
a''uated as we now are. tls s tho s.and.r..
lsaler, and il eaBnol b doubted b, any H.,
know him. that he will carry ,ha, Glands I'd ,,oh,
| "orh'ly, moi only through Tho contest. bur
through his term, as Governor Of Vho,,,i. :.
This Is not ccnt.si ior Henri 4 VIZ r,o,.
s"naily he Is no aiore 10 the Democra ,ic NH,
OF Virginia than feeuLa was 10 The p,ur ri. ~.
although all parties entertain The birhs., r.,.
pect TOR the man aud tho politician /, ia
contest Tor The time honored ptlnc,pi.s VI VIZ
.lnia, and Tor the continued as. endsucy Il ".
s'nla penocfacy' so essentially 10 the success If
nose principles. LIZ. The p"r,enous combine.
ton, OF which have before spoken. surc.,d
in carrying The Old Dominion, md nv, l..,
barrier against Northern aggression-lhe Al
bnlwark O Southern rishts-lhs las, a,,a,o.
hold OF State Rights Rrpublica nis,u-v h,s.
been swept away, aud the whels Union Ind IN,
en- 10 The incufsloas VI a SPIN That would .,.b.
Ell rend 1t INTO fragments, or fuse in into ds,.
| puiism.
Lei me no, be misunderstood: do M, mean
10 say that The Wing and Know No,bu. p,r,i.,
Of Virginia iii il be proper 10 speak Of ,bs " :.
fwo parties y are designediy acting in conccrt
win The Aooloul,ls. willingly couceds is
'hem the same purity OF motive, and honesty
| OF purpose that claim Tor he good old Demo.
cratic panty, with which have been slwa,.
proud to acl. Be iha, their triumph in Virgin.
la VIII he The triumph oi The "Fuss, nistu in In.
Whole liiion have uol The slightest Doubt
An an'atgdmafion that has given US \ Pollock
~ Pennsylvania. Gardiner aud a Wilson i.
Massachusetts,. and whole hosts of rampxn, AZ.
oii'ionIsls IN every Stale were ,bev have MI.
1nf he'd, Is not 10 be trusted anywhere in m.
South Howevsr homes, their intentions. md
patriotic their motives, their success here viii
III my deliberate and well considered onirion
lead 10 Interior results, mole deplorabIs than
any that We have yet witnessed. ..Thsv Kuo..
Not What they doo but, although, With ,b.u,.
Ignorance be bliss, "yet. in view Of all tho r..
suits oi Know-Nolhingism in the Northern S,s,..
hey cannot expect TO be forgiven for the mis-
chiefs they viii cause Their success in Wiz.
gina will be heralded by the Fusionist every
where al The North, with earthquake shouts Of
victory From the Stewards the pollocks. The
GARDENERS The Wilson's. down TO The Gresle,a.
the Garrlsons. the Beechers aud the Stoves j,
viii be .ialed as the final downfall o S, u,hr,n
DemseTac., aud, by Consequence, as hersld,pa
, ,ii hnal and complete triumph Of Northern Abs.
| litiouisIn.
BIT do not mem 10 enter into any argument
whatever. | have only attempted 10 d,aS x,,en-
iion 10 certain results, which will. az houss,,
" believe, follow the ,leea, of Mr.. Mise ,,.r,
spring. Those results can only be- avoided by