Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-03-22
A Precious Appeal

by which 10 be guided but hunt after
the spoils---no policy to sustain but that
of the sectaran blgot and the the polite
al harlot-no patriotism to love and adj
mlre, but that of the contracted sectionalist
and unprincipled demagogue--no pronl-
pent element in its organization, but tina.
which would disown the Federal Consti-
tuition and the Bill Of Rights of virginia-
this heterogeneous mass Of corruption, and
corrupt politicians, finds fit ilustraton-
an exact mirror, in the following precious
appeal, which we extract from an editoyi-
al in the Spectator OF the 18th inst:
"And why, when the semi barbarous hordes Of
modern Europe, with all their ignorance superst-
ton, prejudices, and bigotry, are swarm'ng in mil
lions over our Northern and Hestern borders,
exciting by their numbers and manners the deepest
anxiety in the native population should the enlght
ened Protestant patriots of the Soul rejoice in this
alarm, and welcome these priest-riddcn masses as
the natural allies of the South :"
VIVA. an eloquent and liberal appeal
Yes, We descendants Of La Fayctte, of
Montgomery, Of kosciusko, and ,...le other
patriot foreigners of great ...ealts and com
piehensive patriotism who fought "not
only a, R.andywine and Saratoga, but
at fslitord and Yorktown" you are to be
| termed by those tor whose inheritance
your fathers BLEED aid died. ''semi bar5a-
rians" -:the off.scouring Of Europe ~
The legitimate result Of every movemen,
or suggestion which violates the instinc-
tive patriotism of the masses, but which
| for time may be tolerated BY excited sec
iional pre,iudices created by the specious
appeals of unprineipled dcmasogues, must
be, upon the return OF the feelings TO a
natural equilibrium reputation Of eve
sentiment which would cause the blush
of shame TO mantle the cheeks Of those
good and great men who conceived the
happy system Of Government under which
we now live and gave TO us the priceless
lessons of wisdom embraced in the Decla-
ton of independence, the Articles Of Con-
federation, and the Federal Constitution.
| Who would have dared to utter such
sentiments as are contained in the above
paragraph twenty years ago? Even the
editors Of the Spectator, BOT longer ego
than 1852, appealed to iorelgners--to the
''rieh lrish brogue and sweet German ae-
cent'-to join them in The elevation to
power and place of the Wing nominees.
Even the Wing State Convention Of 1913,
| Indignantly denounced the idea tina. the
Wing party had anything to do, BY action
or implication, with the native American
party. And during Fillmore's Admins
,rction, Andrew Jackson Dopelson, the
very selt-fame gentleman. who the editors
Of the Spectator are no. urging before the
people as proper person to Gil the chair
of the U. S. Senate, positiop but one
remove from the Presidency i,self-this
same traitor 10 democratic principles, and
unpnncipled place hunter declared throug h
the columns Of the Washington Unon. OF
which be was then the Editor, that he
twas glad 10 see this emigration from the
old world. 1t brings TO u, the physical
force we need 10 fell the fores, and to
build our improvements. We have yet
and will have for many long years, scope
and range enough for :heir industry and
enterprise" Such were the positions but a
short time since, of those who would now
for party purposes. break down the very
buiwark of our liberty itself, and throw
to the winds the labors of those who lived
in times which tried mems souls Are
genuine Americans-(ntt your pinch back
pseudo Americans. your latter day saints
who have all al once discovered through
their National Council, that there is God
and Bible, both Of which they scknowl-
edge in bacchanalian revels and basphe.
nous carousing) prepared to meet the is
sue--to drs " up face 10 face and dispute
every inch of ground with these Goths
and Vsndais, who would despoil the Con-
s.,ution OF one OF ito most beautiful ele-
mrnts, and make wreck of the works OF
our fathers The answer will be given
in thunder tones on the 4th day Of Novcm.
Der next.
But, to continue our extracts from ths
precious appeal of the very CONSISTENT
Spectator. For downright impnd+nce,
unblnshing arrogance, and amusing dcna-
sogueism, the following dr!eetable para
graph is exceedingly pregnant:
"If the native population Of the North have lttl,
| in with the stscouring of Europe still les.
| have we. We are more purely American, are
more purely Protestant, and nothing can be more
unnatural than the attempt to ally lis by party tics
with the papist and the foreigner. No! Let the
Southern people, while the opportunity sti remains
cut off the letters of party, and the American
Union by the cordial recognition of American prin-
ciples Let us offer tas lost eompron,i to the de-
scendants of those Northern patriots who fought By
the side of our fathers not only at Brandywine and
| Saratoga, but at Guilford and Yorktown, that our
constitutional rights shall be preserved to the letter
OF the law and their interests and institutions equal
~ secured against foreign aud papal influence
This is the only compromise the South can in honor
propose. Let us make the tender by the election OF
Willard Fillmore to the Presidency otthe U. States.
We dispute the assumption that the
emigration to this country Is the "of-
securing of Europe" We dispute i. from
two psuts: First, the of-scouring Of Eu-
rops are so perfectly debased in every
sense. that il is utterly impossible for them
to make even scanty subsistence, and
hence are beggsrs, and therefore cannot
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