American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-08-04
From tie National Amaerican, Richmond, Va.
WHAT DOES III ALL MEAN z

. fA'o"' "'' -''0O''' SA"''' ''"'' ''''"'oo, 80
WHAT DOES III ALL MEAN {?
we ,ransrerred from Tho Exom;ner
Of Tuesdavto our columns of Yesterday
a frank and somewhat surprising avowal
of the Editor. (for which we nrofess To
en,e,tnin n higber dcoree IF resnoct
Than for most Of The Democratic sheets
that fall under our observation } that Mr..
Wise, the Democratic Governor elect
of Virginia, had gone over, since his
election, to tho Van Buren, Free. soil.
patty of New York, and had espoused
their cause with "heart and head, and
all his might" and that the Demo cratic
party of Virginia had gone, horse, foot
and dragons, with him. And now we
have another significant revelation. that
we also transfer from the Examiner, in
regard TO another prominent Democrat
ic Virginia asplrant tor the Presidency;
relating to no less important person
than Senator Hunter. the representative
of the late terr.hed Democracy OF this
proud anti-higher law commonwealth.
~ We soc, for the first time. that Mr..
Hunter lin his anti-Know N olhinp speech
delivered in Petersburg. during The late
canvass, used the following language :
" All Christian churches and ind;v;d,-
ala bel;eve that the alleu;anc, ,yh;oh
thew owe 70 God is b;ohaS than anv'oh.
locations ,o man. and tia, IN .n,,G;o.
,be,wecn human aud divine Ia,.s vom
must serve Gnd rather, ,bon man "
w .I:-NN =
A., VIZ ~ 'eoii 'niS PaSsase 'o'
sa.had @ o. .a;,ha, s ,ha M W.; Mo i.anNly CONFESS
,.adae ;brnn,h ,hs. Sa,a ~, pa.soIo ",aaI, y. ~
tho time il was elt,liyered J, and we could
hardly have suspected that so Mandatory
n Recommendation as the Richmond En-.
Z. ouirer. (the peculiar cbamnion of States
Rights and Southern property) contain
ed, could have been applied TO such n
q sentiment as is hore expressed
. wbv - Tho ,o &c
md co,nn mon reasnn nav ',no ~ 0So ,Io
Enon;rer ,bat ,bns annyovaJ J Saao,"D S ,"U
Hunters sneech or. m,v we soI San.'
tor Hunter bimself2or anv If his rr;emJ,
Iamono whom wa cannot ;ncluJa ,ho
Examiner, after tho vigorous assault of
that Senator 10 throw away the great
public domain of the United States m
on every worthless vagabond, whe,hor
native or foreign, who choose 10 settle
upon it,) but may we ask of the Exa,ni-
ner, or of any body else that NAV be
willing and able to answer the question
in what does this sentiment of Mir. HIM.
tor differ from the higbor law doctrine
Of Mr.. Seward, Mr.. Chase, Mr.. Sumne,
and Mr.. Hale, all of whom have been
so mercilessly assailed by tho entire
Southern country2
Tho writer Of this bon,ebe1 70 10
present at the time Mr.. Seward mode
ib;s first declaration of his s.h;aha nau i"..',
sentiments in the Senate of ,6e TTni,ed
States, and it was this lust this and M.
thing else but this, that he then and tbnre
said, and for which no has been ave,
since, is now, and will coptjnuo nc lono
as his breath shall last. To he ,ssa;,oI
denounced, and damned bv the Somb
generally, but by tho E1onirer and
other peculiar champions Of Sou,bcrn
institutions, in particular.
.. Noo 70 rse = bomelv h., c,o;..
nbrase II does seem to no tI'a, " ,.,Ia,
IS sauce for tho goose shn,,Ja ~ s ""a'
for tho oonder.n Rnt !, anr;a.D w ,p:l IauGo :.
nnt 60 The Denocrs,ic rps,., pua,I '"aS 's
wide field for oncra,;ons - ,5o;n ir"aU w.. "
cand;da,ns and no comr,i.;a, ~ 'nei, owl
acainst onv nosit;on thew nav % a..e,,O 1,,s, .,
oecunv. To- accomplish ,Re ali aIi' ahnn'l; "oIG " "
and sinole.eved idea of soc,,r;,,,. ,,,e
spo;ls. 80 far from il. ;ndeed ,tnes Wv. 49,,
ne;ob,,or &c ,he Exorn;,er ,,nI.,:e s"ae o.'