Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-05-31
VIRGINIA.
The Pennsyluanian of Saturday last pays the
following beautiful tribute to Virginia
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The Pennsylpanian of Saturday last pays the
following beautiful tribute to Virginia.
Glorious OLD ENTHUSIASTICALLY has she
earned thetitle of the Smother Of Heroes Patriots
and Statesmen. While her generous and de-
voted Democracy survives, Treason may shake
her bloody hand over the rest of the Union, only
to fall paralyzed, when it is waved in threatening
gesture over soil which has never been polluted
with the gore from her reeking fingers. All
hail to the noble bosom against which the treach-
erous blows Of skulking foemen rebound with
violence to the assailant Always first in the list
of States, she now towers above them all in her
pride of place. Too Intelligent to be lured from
their love of Constitutional freedom, her gallant
Democracy have stayed the desolating tread Of
Know nothingism, and it is now doomed to per-
ish of the innate corruption which has long been
fostering in its organization. Ever true to her
high calling as the just umpire between her sister
States, faction loses its vigor when il approaches
the soil which holds the remains of Washington
and jefferson, and shrivels into nothingness be-
fore the remembrance of their austere patriotism
The Demon of Anarchy starves before the holy
altar of civil and religious liberty, reared in Vir-
ginia for the protection of mans Hottest rights,
and guarded by the ever waving swords of Justice
and Reason. Back to the murky den of its incep-
ton, the foul Spirit of Prejudice has been driven
by Virgina's manly sons and Keeling under the
strokes of freemen, too brave to be frightened at
the hideous aspect Of prowng antagonist, and
too generous to orsake the foster brethren of her
household, invited to her table by the Fathers of
our Constitution, that soulles Monster now stag
gers to its destruction. The peurile boast that
with the conquest of Virginia, the whole South
would yield TO the degrading embrace of Know
nothngism, has only paralyzed the tongue that
uttered the foul aspersion upon Virginia heroic
virtue.
While examining the returns from our pre-
eminent midland Sister, the band Of music which
the would-be Know nothing Organ in our vicinity,
has kept in motion for hour or two, suddenly
ceased its joyous notes, and was silent for the
remainder Of the night. What silenced its pre-
mature melody Did the more patriotic sound
from Rockingham and Shenandoah, together with
the whole Of South Eastern Virginia, drown the
voice Of their Instruments Or did Roland s
horn, its echoes reverbernted through the
gorges of the Allcghenies, and foated in warlike
accents the vallies of our State, ffghten the
"foul birds Of night from their croaking chorus'
While we are penning this article, the members
of the Secret Order are fleeing to their Lodge
Rooms, 10 seek consolation from each other 5
folly. Degraded mscreants,-had they not read
that Mount Vernon holds the ashes of Wash
ington, and that the Author of the Declaration
sleeps beneath the tomb at Monticelloi Blinded
by their ignorance, and debased by their preu-
dces, had they never learned that Patrick Henry 8
voice had penetrated into every tenement in Vir-
gina, ana rendered loyal 10 the constitution all
her Democratic sons' Ape-sneak away to your
coverts at the voice Of Virginia chivalrous chill
dren, ye spotted epers, for that voice carries
dagger to your prospects; but humanizing sound
to agonzing liberty. Immortal Yirginia-the
Vestal Virgins were not purer in their lives, in
the days Of their greatest purity than you in your
political creed. Who dare now say, that Treason
can seycr this noble Union, whether it comes
from the mad fanaticism Of Abolutionism, or the
lawless violence Of misguided mobi To Vir-
giRa, her Sisters can appeal with safety, because
Justice, Honor, Valor, and Magnanimity, are the
jewels which adom her coronet. Her position is
indeed TO be envied-but IL is such envy as the
good Of every cline and creed alone can feel
Virginia has stricken the Monster of Know no
thingism to the earth, and it is now wreathing in
its agonies. Let our Sisters farther South emu
late her virtuous bearing, and aid in consgning
the carcase Of the beast to the grave Of its pu-
tridity. Virginia is safe against every effort Of
the unholy combination.