Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-01-27

The Issue of the Campaign.

sad .ail not to attend.
The Issue Of the Campaign.
There is desperate flor. being made BY the
wing press Of Virginia and the wire workers in
Washington city, 10 make the ISSUE in the aP-
preaching election in his State, turn exclusive.
y upon Know Nohingism The Richmond En-
amlier has timely article, in the editors own
peculiar style, appealing to Democrats rot 10
listen to any such proposition. We stated some
time since, thai the contes' in this State smooth
aud plaster it over as you might, was cmphal
eally between democrats and wings. The great
principles for " hich the Democratic patty have
ever coniended are involved in it. II defeated,
the policy Of the Democracy will be over'hrown
III triumphant, the great national principles oil
tho rarity will have been once more vndicaled.
/, IS essential 10 the success Of the patty in this
State lha. lis candidates distinctly announce ma
tienal ground as that upon which they siand'
and with becoming disregard for the instig ,tofs,
ignore the issue our willy foe would foice upon
Ns. There are questions vital to Democratic
principles, which leeiiimat+ly belong TO This
CANVASS questions involving The integrity and
stability OF State sovereignty and State tights
hnong them are the Nebraska Kansas and the
Public Land questions. Upea these We should
have distinct emphatic, unequivocal declaration
OF sentiment. They are the real iangble,prac :
teal issues oI the day. The consistency %! Vir-
ginia- her nncha nging attachment to the Con
siituton in its original spiiii and meaning
devotion 10 the Union, and 10 The tights of the
States, are all 10 b. tested again. Wha,,we ask,
is lie miserable offspring OF Northern hanaticism
in comparison with these grea, national cues
tons, Intimately ehectng the most momenous
Interests OF This vas. I, ion itself! This Naive
American movement has been gotten up 10 avoid
lAese issues. The wing party are afraid 10 trust
their real cause 10 the decision Of the people,
II here is the evil Of the foreign votes in Virginia?
A 10 will have the ellfoniery 10 assert that The
saucity of the elective franchise is not protected
ey the laws Of Virginia? There is nothing prac-
iieaI in the issue sought 10 be made. II is sim
piy 4 shift, ruse Of the v higs to break down
tho democratic organization, and overthrow the
Democratic policy. Ii democrats vote Tor know
nolhings. they vote for wing measures, and a
i,rua 10 be distinctly declared by the Demo.
CRATIC nominees. They have been nominated
By Democratic Observation-Disclosures in
profession aad rraclce-denocralc all the time;
in sunshine and in olm. Let them represent
the democratic " ish-let the spiiit of the Safe
Rights democracy once more bnrs. forth una,i
liberated by mixture with the miserable isrs
Of The day, and The triumph Of The party is as
ec.l.n rs that the sun rises in the cas-. tiaveIses
his ethereal highway, and SETS in The west.
1.-THE issue is no, palpably in behalf OF Demo-
cratic principles and policy on the one side, we
say, with The Examiner, the DemocEalie noni'
ness deserve defeat, and We shall have no tears
10 shed over the result. They should come out
aid force the issue Of democratic principles and
foiiey in opposition 10 wing principles AMI pol
ICY We are satisfied that this will be he aIse
Mi Wise will pursue. It is The only course COM
aalibe with The dignity Of his position. We
placed his name at our mast head last Wet k,cor-
vincsd in our own minds that the issue, the ouly
practical, important issue, whose moral force is
to have an effect upon The interest of the conETy,
would be- ancompromisingiy urged as between
the principles Of the two grea, parties OF the
cona,Iy. LIE, this issue be specifically made, and
upon il let The democratic nornineee sink or swim
as he popular will may decide.
We shall maintain the doctrine that no of the
States of this Union has the right oadmt to the enjoy
tnent of free suffrage any person Of foreign birth who
has not been made citizen of the United States, ae
oordne to the "unform rule ct naturalization pre-
scFbed by Congress, under the provisions OF the Con-
stitut;on.
~ The above is the fifth plank Of the Re- I
nublican's platform. What do Stale Rights men
think Of il {! We have been always taught that
the States had reserved the right ioInanage their
own concerns to make laws for their own in
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