Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-10-27
LYnchburg Convention


There were but AZ counties represented,
out Of over one hundred and thi,ty--a
good portion OF those by proxies. 1t may
be reasonable To presume that not more
than 25 or 80 counties were represented
by delegates from their own Immediate
limits. The others by proxies. Yet this
assembIage was dignifed by the appela-
ton Of State Convention
We invite attention TO the resolutions
and proceedings as published. They are
" orthy OF notice. They exhibit the in
sincerity and utter wan, Of principle and
honest conviction, which we have charged
upon The party from lime to time. 1t is
simply all organization Of place hunters
and demagogues. who have seduced, BY
spec,ous promises, a few honest and un-
suspectlng of the masses. During the late
canvass in Virginia, hoping to arouse the
sympathy Of the protestant majority against
the Catholic minority: and thus defeat the
Staun;on nominees, this pebald, hybrid
organization, made it one of the prime
features of their programme TO wage Bit
ter, unchrIstian and relentless war against
Catholics, and urge their prescription,
both socially and politically. Appeal al
tel appeal was made to the sympa.hles and
prejudices Of native Americans and pro-
testants TO array themselves against for
eigners and Catholics, because, as was sta
ted, they were sapping The foundation of
our free institutions, and two millions fol-.
e,sners were about TO place under their
feet and crush TO the death t,Oenty millions
native Americans But the stern common
sense and primitive patriotism of the peo.
pie OF Virginia, Indignantly rcpudiated the
appeal. They knew what their fathers
had taught them, and what their own ex-
perience had confirmed. They declared
in favor Of freedom Of conscience, of
speech and OF pen. What next? The
twenty five or thirty place hunters III the
Lynchburg Convention, seeing they had
mounted the wrong hobby, and that they
had touched the wrong chord, to succeed
10 Virginia, set to work TO patch up and
smooth oyer their rlaiform, and therefore
announce, ercathedra, that the test is not
Catholics and Protestants, but all such
Catholics as acknowledge temporal alegi-
ance 10 the Pope of Rome! Wonderful
explanation when these very men who
again attempt TO wheedle and seduce the
people, know full well ,ha. number of
the Bishops in this country assembled in
Baltimore, and declared by open publico-
ton that there was no oath direct or i'm
piled, which forced The Catholics OF Amer
lea to acknowledge temporal supremacy
to the Pope Of Rome, end when one of
the Bishops of our own State had made
publication to the very same effect! What
tran spareht hypocrisy What insulting
arrogance! In the late canvass the crv
was constantly ringing in our ears Of the
danger TO this country Of the temporal in
lluence Of the Pope Of Rome. and hence
the Democratic party should be repudlaied
because the Catholic church IN America
owed temporal allegiance 10 his Holiness
They now come forward, and before the
American people ana the world, publish
that they abandon the positions then as.
sumed. and acknowledge, by their official
proceedings. that they were then seeking
to impose upon the people through the me.
dunn of their prejudcrs and sympathies
Tha, their whole machinery of operations
was designed to effect success, without re-
gard to truth, honesty or sincerity! People
Of Virginia, ponder these facts, and then de-
eide If such an organization is worthy Of
confidence, let the nature Of its positions
be ever so plausible.
Among the notables in attendance, and
the representative from this County, was
ouI friend John Daniel Imboden. He
was deservedly hopored with the place
of LIST Vice President along side the Presi-
dent Of the Convention q Richard G..
Morris, gentleman who we thought was
sojourning, with Jimmy Beale, John Pat
ton. &c at the head of Salt River. Mr..
Imboden, in company with Thomas Stan
hope, the lnvincible Nat and others,
made speech. After which he offered a
resolution, which for nice calculation, and
fol turning every misfortune to profit is
withou: parallel in the history of political
management. Johr Daniels fertile imag-
ination is prolific of specifics for regenera.
ting decaying political careasscs. When.
ever the damp and gloom of death seize
upona political constitution, then it is
that our friends charity and inventive be-
nevolenee comes to his and and, like the
lachrymosity of the Ex-Secretary, lets it.
self out Seeing that the party was YER
glng the damps Of the grave, and that
from the sickly representation there ex-
hibited,i was about to 60 down, .unwept,
unhonoled and unsung," with scarce
mourneIs enough to "bury it decently," by
an effort happy expedient blessed the
mental perturbation of our friend. Know
ing that.the party die not possess the inhe-
rent vitality to attract decent assembIase,
he availed himself of the congregation of
thousands of the people of Virginia during
the State Far, and proposed that a grand
"mass meeting OF the American Party" Of
Virginia be held in Richmond on the 1st
of November!-thu taking advantage of
this yearly gathering ofthe farmers and
mechanics and friends of Virginia TO make
a grand fiz and consign TO the tomb the
bantllng of Ned Buntine, under the gaze
Of the honest yeomany of the Common
wealth. Happy thought, Sublime spe-
citic Never was there a better dead ma n :