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

sention did was to exclude the 18th sec
| ton and 10 admit the ami 10Th section del
egation OF Pennsylvania; and, after sitting
! for days and hearing Tie Shareholder and
his state institutions denounced and SCOT
fed to scorn, the Virginia delegates, with
the rest, consented to ignore the 18th sec
ton at Philadelphia as the Bottsltes had
done at Richmond, and platform was
adopted "sorter SO, and ''sorler not so
and little more "sotier" anti than pro-
slavery, but so made that Philadelphia
lawyer can't tell whether 1t is most pre- or
most con in itself. and il is impossible to
decide which until you look at the propo-
sitions it ignores. Then you see that they
no longer declare the Wing party in ru-
ins-that they will be responsible for GER
tain obnoxious acts-that they will no,
abide By existing laws upon the subject of
s'averv--that Congress may lesislate upon
slavery in the States-that C,hgress may
exclude slave Territory from admission
into the Union as slave State-that Con-
gress may legislate slavery into the terrific
ries-and may interfere with slavery in
the District of Columbia. All this is ina
piled; and if Southern Know Nothings did
not SO intend Northern did 80 intend, by
ignoring the II Section. Some OF the very
m en- who had tlacked the Boltsites for doing
this very thing al Richmond, did The self same
thing al Philapelphia. What they would not
allo y TO be done for son OF Virginia, Mr..
Bolts. they allowed to be done for Mr. Fill
more of New York and Mr.. Andrew jackson
Donelson of Tennessee. What was Black
Rernblicanism for the one, was Pro slavery
enough for the other, and they reported this
platform new reformed, expunglng plat
form, to Ratification meeting-and fdlyy the
clique Of the Richmond Wing Did ! mem.
Der Of this pie bald party, denounced thirteen
Democratic members oil the House OF Delegates
Tor anti slavery votes, went into his place and
proc lain ed an issue there Cor the coming cam
paign; and the Wing has since blacked them
loo. like the Bottslles, az the "Btatk 1hfr
tesnlo In the midst oil all this Presto Change"
OF Sans shifting scenery, was called on to
say whether Mr. Stuart stated my declarations
correctly, respecting the Washington like char
aetertstlcs OF Mr.. FiIlmore's administration
and respecting tho 1900 Wings, wrote the
kst.er o. TIN 10Th, and stand by it. II speaks
for itself. ara aeeds 10 explanation; every Sen
sible gentleman Will understand ii, and no man
of tie good sense and selfrespect OF Messrs.
Fillmore and Stuart will take personal offence
at il. II is treating OF political and party divls-
isns upon slavery, subject involving The naiu.
raj hues Of The two races OF men, black and
white, so suggestive OF the figure OF speech that
one Of the political divisions is already called
the "Blaek Republican, reproachfully, fyou
please, but still only politically reproachlui.
hose IN the same sense, to carry the Inquire
fuether in assigning a second reason why Viz
gina NJ igs would not vote the new ticket:
there would be three partes-,be white mars
party, ihs Demecratt; the black mans party,
the Black republican,; the musa,to parry, the
ross OF Northern and Southern Know Nolhings
the licke, Vi Me.srs Fillmore, and Donelson
Thus every term denoted political, not person
al conpleAlon-a hue OF party and ticket, not
Of faces or physiognomies. 1t was figure
founded upon the plirgl;hg Of Black Repubi
cans with pro-slaveiy advocates al Phlladel-
phia, On a question Of collar Of race and color ol
t's SAID Of Francis Preston Blait III the Black
republican Convention.
'.Birds of feather
Flock together.
The Americans a, Philadelphia were moi
'brls Of teather.p Mi. Snsr, OF Vir-
git4ia protesting 10 be pro-slaYery, believe,
ningled with the men like Ford OF Ohio, pro-
fessng nothing but Ioahlng, and hatred to-
wnfds African slavery. uitering nothing but
y attn aud disgust against the South and Viz
2lnia especially. ! he resul. of such a Con
sen;ian, Of men OF opposite hues Of thought and
feeling, of blrs unlike IN feather was the mon.
2rel llaltorm--the pie-ba!d cipes-rolhng
oui uischievous--w heh ignored The l2fh sec
:ion-upon which Black Repubeanlsm can
profess to stand North aud upon which pro.
slavery profess 10 stand Soath-a ticket OF
an old Wing AMI all old Democlal-an anti
slavery aud pto- slavery man-.he very sub
leci ITSELF suggested thai, parlaking oi Doth
black aud white paronta2e, he ticket and its
platform are ulelatoes. Ii is M laito-it is, say
what you Wilt is 50 much OF the Black
Republican oil the North that II is tawney or
yellow, aud II IS 50 much of The vi te Southern
Know Nothing that ii will freckle in the sun
1 is freckled mulatto. Now, no man OF good
sense OF good feeling will take umbrage at that.
Mr.. Fillmore and Mr.. Stuar. woAt. II the
III TN rrlcks the finger of the latter with the
point oil It's truth, he had no business to grasp
his hand upon It. hope he will snatch it
away and stauneh the wound. Nor will they
take persona offence al my saying that "the
wings OF Virginia can put up with pure At
"ilcans, wool, flat nose, Udor, 5o-shin, and
"gzzafd foo, and all, better than they can bear
'that cross of the Caucasian and Cuhy which
you call mu.atlolo The meaning 10 appar-
et.t IL every mind not bent Oil It's perverson -
mat slavery can encounter all open Toe, an
avowed enemy declared and tionlng anlag
onist, easier than II can a professei friend. the
more dangerous because the more insiilous aud
disguised. Fillmore and Donelson mly impose
upon some III the South, whilst Seward or
Giddinss could deceive and beray none. The
latter would find our people united against
them, whilst the former would find minority
at leas, their friends aud allies. Therefore, II
ia. that all oil the South can better pat Up with
Black Republicans than with hall AMI half or
Mulatto Republicans-thereiore i, is that all
men Of the South had better hasten to lay down
all old political divisions aud to unite together
against all the negrophisis with The Demo-
clalic, The white man's patty.
Mr. Mason, cur minister at Paris, is said TO
have been lately al Court ball, at the Tnller-
les. and his eye happened TO light on the Charge
d'Ailaires o. Solouquel lin France. a fine looking
black Some one observing his steady gaze,
said. "Well, Mr. Mason, what do you think
Of yonder llackee in his embroidered coat !2'-
"Thipk!" replied Mr.. Mason, still regarding
the negro with the eye OF a conn0issenr, "why
clothes and all, | lhluk that fellow is worth a
thousand dollars !" This was "o!d Vir.inny"
all over. and every body Is laughing at The
bon mot, doubt not the Charge himself
laughed al it. So, when was asked what
thought of the ticket of the Phllade pha Con-
ventlon, ii was but Don not--iTreslsbe, de