Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-03-31
The Onnasition Tinknt

We have not space this week to write as we would
Ike about the fusion ticket presented to the people
OF virginia by the Winchester Convention. Suffice
That III comparison with the Democratic ticket we
nave nothing to lose, but all to gain. Mr.. Fournoy
mas been an unsuccessful asprant for public Office
for number Of years He only in one instance
succeeded in getting into office, and that was by
t~o votes, over Mr.. Averett in contest for Con-
gross where two Democrats were running, and lie
thus slipped IN. When in Congress. his reputation
was taat OF do-nothng-nevcr in one instance
making striking impression upon the country.
MR. beale has, by accident, gotten into Congress
on several occasions. Once from the Tenth Legion
District, when no other Democrat desired the Office
and once from the Parkersburg District BY bargain
ing with the Democrats of Kanawha who were left
to decide between him and San,l HAYS His party
soon became tired OF him there and threw him off in
1851. lie became odous to Democrats by his OBJ
noxious opinions upon the land question, and could
not, by any possibility have been reelected Know
ing that he could not be the choice of his party he
recently announced himself candidate for Congress
in Lewis District ON the Know Nothing Platform,
But he has been saved from an inglogious defeat in
that contest, to meet one in competition with Hon.
L. W. McComas for Lit. Governor
John NJ. Patton has hoped and skipped about so
much that like the Irishmans flea, it is difficult
matter to put your finger on him. In 1882 he wa 5
against Van Buren,. In 1896, for him. In 1913, be
was for Harrison. In 1874 for Polk In IN l.,
was for Cas-, and made great an.;- K now Nee,
speech in which he decs- ed that the ,.t;vo ,an
can party WAS nELL-nor and ur11-porxn He ia
=" aNuosz 'othing, and asking favors from par
:, ne III ls4S denounced with great bitterness
This is the ticket of party which profess to ignore
polltieans-who have risen up for the purpose of
Kidding the country of the rule of politicians. Tru
y they have selected proper nice men to larry out
their purposes Mr.. Flournoy has been political
aspifant with dscouraging success, however, ever
since he has been before the public-a bitter Wing
political aspirant His political life has been con
slant expression of opposition to the Democratic par
ty. Yet he is brought forward as proper person
to represent no-party, whose object is to relieve
the country Of politicians!
And j, NJ II. Bcale another individual selected
for similar purpose What farce I3eale is one
OF the most ntolerabc party hacks ever known to
the State He has, by management and intrigue
on two occasions, succeeded in getting into Con-
gress; but his inetfcicncy each occasion forced
his constituents to summarity discard him. In the
Parkersburg District, he never was considered an
l
question was such as to estrange the entire Demo-
cratic force fIom him. His course in Congress- Also
favoring the admission of California, per Sc without
slavery, unaccompaned at the same time, by the
passage of the Fugitive Slave Law, was another
cause of want of confidence. His burning ambi-
ten has forced him to leap from one expedient to
another, during his whole life. Disowned BY the
Democratic party, and afraid to affiliate openly with
Wings, he recently announced his adherence to the
Nothings, and intended to attempt to slip into
Congress by virtue thereof. The Know Nothnes
were God-send to Jimmy. lie WAS pining in re-
tirement-to all appearance doomed to political
death, without the slightest hope of resurrection
when suddenly appeared the Star of Know Nothing
more congenial business Of measuring tape, and by
which he hopes to get into place and power. Poor
Jimmy! when this last hope shall have been de
sroyed BY the irresistible current OF popular indig
nation, What raj he do? The curative properties o.
Salt River can only save him.
OF Jno. NJ. Patton it can be truly said he has
been everything by turns, and nothing long. He
has slipped from party to the other with such
remarkable facility that it has been di.iieult to find
out exactly where he was. lie has been politician
all his liieNh ig, Democrat, anti Native American,
and American. Yet, lie and Jimmy of the West.
are picked up for the purpose of chasing out the
politicians! Can Democrats be thus gullsd? W.
think not.