Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-06-16
For the vindicator.
"A Brief Review Of Sans Career.

The memorable 24'h, the day 10 which the
exled patriot and oppressed millions Of other
lands looked with fiu,tering pulse and palpiia-
ting heart, has come and gone, and now we
have time after the battle shou, Of victory, TO
breathe ?nrer atmosphere aud calmly survey
The field Of conflict.
We had willy opponent to deal with. He
was versed IN all the ar Is Vi intrigue, treachery
and deceit. Victory and the spoiIs were the pa
tr'olc considerations; which piumptsd him to his
almost superhuman efforis in his generous and
sell sacrificing attempts lo:ee humanily irom the
burden OF woes that have SO long hung upon, her,
and to paralyze the arm Of the tyrant who would
ehdeavor 10 shacke and feter those glorious
faculties which the God Of Nature has gisel, to
man. Protesting an exclusive patriotism, and
III his ny pocr;sy appealing TO The glorious mem
cries oi the revolution, he has enlisted the sym.
pathies and rallied around him the support of
thousands who have taught under his banner
from motives of the purest and most exalted
patriotism. LII the nalne Of religion he has
caused the arm Of violasce 20 be raised against
the exled foreigner and Catholic. Hospitality
no longer occupies place in his vocabulary
and the ideas OF the freedom OF speech and the
right to worship God according to the dictates
Of sne's conscience are forever furnished as
ole and unsuited TO the times. Ia the name Of
relIgloa he has appealed TO the darkest passions
OF the soul, touched cord Of the human heart
that "vibra:es with the ntensest maignty Of
hell" There IS no creed that he does not 70.
less. lie isa patriot anG philanlhopist "a chris
tian and an infdel. Protesting to te patriot
he does not hesitate TO promulgale the IDEAS and
borrow the engines formed by the despots OF the
Ozark ages to enslave aud cypress mankind
Protesting 20 be.a phian,hropist he does not
hesitate to spurn the nobs stranger from his
door. Protesting to be an American he denies
The right Of the freedom ef speech aud conscience.
Protesting TO be patriot he disregards The
Constitution, aud as a christian he nourlshes
the blackesl passions Of the human heart.
within The last six months this compound Of
religious elements has shown its poisonous char.
acter.
| Hayln2a lair exterior, winning smile and
siren voice, he has 0verrun and envel0ped in
his folds the North. His next point Of attack
was Virginia, the GIbralter Of Democracy. In
the isolated solitude Of her sublimity she stood
firm as wall and rolled back the wild waves
OF tanaticism to their iuul source, and proclaim
ed TO the world that man has a right 10 worship
God AS he pleases.
| He boasled Of being the 'sinvisible invinci-
ble." He 10 nav irnly invisible, but on the gath
it was demonstrated to Sans satisfaction that
he was mol invinclbe. 1t was to celebrate this
grea! moral victory thai the Democrats Of Bar.
! Textbook assembled together Thursday night the
| 9Th inst.
Al dark, crowd Of 1875 collected together on
a neighboring hill. where they burned Blk tar
barrels aud fired a number of rockets. The
scene was one surprisingly brilliant. 1t made
the town swell with patriotism, as at each sue
cessive discharge three cheers for Henry A,
Wise, Of Accomac, broke ON The still night air
and was waited on the bre-z. 10 the ears OF
skulking, teri fled 'sinvisible" Sam. This end
ed they formed a torch-light procession and
proceeded 10 the academy, the distance Of
mile, where ,hsy were addressed BY Col. Har.
man and AbsaIom koiner The speeches were
Of no ordinary character. They breathed lhs
! spirit Of patriotism and philanthropy. They
were such as We are accustomed 10 hear from
| those gentlemen ostantial, conservative and
| peculiarly suited 10 the occasion.
| After they had concluded Shelton S. Abney,
that pure patriot, congratulated them on the vic.
tory achieved BY the Democratic party. They
| Che people, were mol assembled 10 indulge IN
iendisn civilizations over fallen political oppo.
nent, but 10 mingle congratulations nron ihe
great moral victory achieved BY the Demo.
cratic party, with HeLly A. Wise as their
standard bearer over religious intolerance and
bigotty. Well might they rejoice, for by them
the ball was frs se, in mo,lon; with he work
oil oIaanizine and buckng on the ar,uor Tor the
| conflict was first commenced. Their demon.
STATIONS OF joy acre not dictated by party con-
| Internationally the prospect Of the spols, hut
by an exalted patriotism. Their aspirations
were az pure as the breeze that E,t, their uaive
hills. They rejoced that Virginia, 10 which
tie down.,roddra al every land through the |
pail OF oppression, looked with hope and |
brave name they veneraied and cherished, had
laid low in death intolerani, bigoled Samuel,
! who had raised The parscidal arm against the
constitution, and in fendish exul,alion had
waved the bloody hand ct treason over the
land, aud whose presence was as banefn 10 the |
spirit Of liberty as the shade of the Upas 10 the
lie OF the unfortunate Creature that came with. !
in the circumference Of its influence Thew |
rejoiced thai Virginia dill no, allow the Cypress.
| or 10 invade and po;luls the soil that euiurnbs
The ashes Of a Washington and Jefferson thai
she, who had occupied the rank in the reyo,u- !
ton. solitary and alone, had rolled back The |
waves aud disarmed him, who threatened TO
demolish The temple Of freedom which the ssires
Of 76' had constructed. They rsjoced ha: |
the old Dominion had shawn her appreciation
kalb, La Fayeste and Shields
|, They neither wounded The feelings nor nm gen. !
eronsly exulied over their political opponents
but seemed impressed With the idea that the
.'hour Of lriumphis the hour OF magnanimty y
No vain boasng, no profanity was heard to
disturb The devotions OF that veteran hand, as
they turned incense on The altar Of patriotism,
and thanked God iha. Virginia's spo,iess name
had been saved from disgrace. They reioiced
that they had met the allied forces Of Sam on
the 2ih. and that 'sSebasiopo dad not vet fal
len.n
And now that he (sam) has withered in the
sunlight Of free discussion, now that he is in
visible and inlansible; now that he has skuked
OIL 10 his hole and ended his earthly career
now that he has taken off the corruptibe aud
has plumed his pinions for a higher % flight,
We would say peace TO his ashes. May the
wild flowers bloom above his gave, and the
veil OF oblivion drop between the present and
the memories Of his dark eventful career and his
future be brighter than his past has been. lie
has persisted in the hour OF his greatest strength
He will no, be allowed to sleep on in uobroken
security by lniure generations. An eternal hss
will attend his name in history. Some Aatisr
themselves that he will rise in 56, but he will
relspse in his state Of insensibiiy and weakness
al tho sound OF the tocsin OF liberty.
a A YOUNG DEMOCRAT !
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