Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-03-03

Tire SANS OF TIE SIIEs.--IIaving pcrused il we
pronounce 1t one of the most entertaining and in
teresiing books we have ever read 1t is appropli-
ale TO the timcs-hence its great Interest," True
-amertcaa, feb. 22ad.
THE Sons ofthe Sircs eentaine most interesting
account Of the rise, progress and prospects of the
American PARTY, together with an admirable and
conclusive reply to Mr.. Wises attack on that organ
ization The book is worth double the price
{s71$ cts" )-Union Republican. FEB. 27th.
1.-The book, Sons of the Sires, will be perused with
special interest. "-Spectator, Feb. 2Sh.
May kind fortune interpose between on. readers
and the of purchasing the book whose title fig
urcs in our caption. We extend this caution even
to Know othngs for they have done us no such in
jury would justify in allowing them, without
word of warning, to fall into the pit of folly which is
here open for their reception. The ostentatious
volume, which reoices in the title of "The Sons of
the Sircs,o and which is duly embazoned with ban
ners eagles and stars-presentng wonderfully
taking ontside-conans the silly illusions of some
moon-struck individual, who, unless anticipated by
nature. has obviously taken leave of his wits in the
process of qualifying himself for membership in the
order of ignoramuses. This slearned Theban' de-
votes some hundreds of pages dissertation upon
the origin, end of and necessity for the Know 9TH
ing Organization, and has lab ,red so skillfulv as to
satisfy his readers that he has made fool of himself
even though he should fail to make Kno,e- Nothinqs
of them. In confirmation of this view we present
few rich extracts from the initial chapter, simply
promising that they not morscls, but that
the book throughout is perpetual FEAST of such
things, and deserving of most conspicuous place in
any collection of the "cu,iosi:ies of literature"
Our author thus introduces the Known othing or
ganizaton to our acquaintance:
"Like clap of thunder from brilliant sky, it
has walked up millions of natiye-bern citizens from
their snnbcrs. to contemplate the dangers which
.hpaot airo ollie ap1t hnsy hoo -
The reader will note that Know Nothingism is
here likened to ga clap of thunder" and, further
more, that said thunder issueth "from briUiont
sky from which We, who outside of the organi
zation induced to infer that "tlerc amt going
to be much of "a thunder storm after ALL
The writer proceeds:
'tStartled from that rcpose of security which
conscious integrity of purpose ard action inspire,
they look with horror unon the uncovered spares
which seathy foreign hand has framed to strangle
the foster-mother that shelters and nourishes those
outcasts who fed to her bosom for protection
! Misei able II cthAr Outrageous outcasts! Wheth-
er shall We pity the misfortunes Of the Or
the folly of the other who, without any assignable
motive, about to sacrifice both shelter and nour-
ishment by strangling reputable old lady to whose
bosom they had fled for protection. Can anything
in th- mysteries of Udolpho be found more horrible
than this And will any reputable papa in this
community hazard the happiness of his innocent of
spring by introducing under his roof book, which,
if it should perchance fall into the il hands, might
forever Danish sleep from their eyes and slumber
from their eyeds by force of such terrific terretric
pictures the above.
But the "cap of thunder dies away, while our
author unfortunately survives and shortly adopts
new figure, as follows
when this new star doomed out in our political
rUlo moi in f,..,.1
orbed brilancy to guide our destiny multitudes
iaoored to obscure or quench it but it laughed at
their ,ruitless attempts, and moved onward to its
day of glory.
Nhereupon we remark that our authors star is
represented as violating, by its laughter, what We
had supposed was well established etiquette among
celestial bodies. We have oftentimes, it is true,
heard OF the Emusic of tie slhcresa sna have read
that the ''morning stars sang together" but laugh
'ei o' 'he part Oh star we pronounce to be alto
gether an undgnifed proceeding. Just imagine
such body shaking its sides with irrepressible
Exclamation, ard all the surrounding orbs syn,pa-
thisng BY force OF gravity or as one would rather
think, through leyiiy in its motions Can we resist
the startling conclusion that such riotous behavior
though iun to them would most probably ..proye
death to U.s.. Dut observe further that Ills s;nou
lar star .moycd onward to its day of qforg."-
Wherein 1t differs from ordinary stars Which, like
our friends, the Know Nothings. do, for most part
shine at night when de moon am gone awayo-
hut we are anxious to defend our author and will
therefore suppose that this star, both in its
movements and malign influences is akin to the DOR
star, OF which it may be said quite as truly as of
dogs in general, that it "has its day." Or it maybe
for we are willing for the sake of the writer's con
sistency to venture any hypothesis-that this new
star is in fact and the centre of system com
posed of such luninaries as Wilson, Parker, Gard
ner and Pollock and that it was when these .snade |
obeisance" to it (see Genesis) that it smoyed on |
ward to its day of glory"
But the star reaches its climacteric and the nar |
rative moves onward, thus
cor to change the metaphor, it was scarcely born
before Herods sent their murderous confederates to
struggle it in its CRADLE
THE INFANT GROWS TO BE A GIANT.
'But having no notion to be dispatched SO uncere-
moniousy it had grown to be giant and set out on
the march of its destiny before the executioners ar
rived Having sluded their grasp and escaped from
the knife, they labored to circumscribe IL To some
Isolated spot or cut short its operations by exiting
it from their favor"
THE GIANT TURNS OUT TO DE sALAMASpFR.
e. Notwithstanding the formidable antagonists
whien u everywhere encountered, IL Tired in tie fire
anu IT'S successes We're still reported and each re-
curing day chronicled some lew victory. Such
was the extent of the alarm which it ,reated, that
Tor season our national councils were partially de-
serted for their members had gone to wage a cru
saae against this formidable enemy"
THE GIANT Doss sKyEs-LEAGuR BOOTS AND sK,ps
ABOUT LIKE THE IRIsHMAN's FLEA
III they could only catch it they would call a na-
tona jubilee to its inIinoiation but while they look
ca of II here 1t was yonder, and there and every
where; and behold, the Know Nothings thoneh not
known, sprung up thick and FAST
AFTER ALL, THE GIANT TURNS OUT TO BIZ osry GA
THING
1T is queer thing i. e.. the Know-Nothine or
ganzation, but it is thing OF life and power 1T is
ihNncibe, for it has stood Unbalanced amid the hot
Test hres; and weapons, that never before failed in
e0nqueihg, were shiyered upon its breast and fell
IN broken fragments harmless at its feet"
GUNS LOADED WITH MIXTURE OF ARROWS AND GRAPE
SHOT, ARE DISCHARGED AT THE s'THING" WHICH RE-
NENdEs ITSELF by SETTING THE BRAINS OF ITs AD-
VERSAILLES ON FIRE
ALTER it survived the keen blades of argument.
shafts OF rdicule and the canister of executive dis
pleasure were poured from the great guns with which
the batteries around our Metropolis are mounted
and these were caught up and re-shot by the small
Ter calibre; but still it maintained its position and
smiled that it should be the harmless occasion Of tr-
ing up so many brains, until they gowed more
Hereby than Nebuchadnezzar's furnace"
We deem it unnecessary to FURNISH any further
evidences OF the puerile that abounds in
this production We had intended to make this ex-
nosure earlier dav lint ,,no,, az