Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-07-26


ment. The accounts due koner d Yosl
have also been transferred 20 A. Aoiner. and
those having demands against the firm will
make them known.
KOINER.
s. nj. YOST.
July 26, 1856
The above announcement implies seDa-
ration Of the undersigned from his proprle-
,ary and editorial relations to the Nirdi-
Gator establishment. In making public
this Fact it is appropriate to append few
parting remarks
For three years The editorial Iabors Of
she paper have Chiefly devolved upon the
subscriber. In the earnest and faithful
discharge OF the duties thus imposed, he
does not claim impunity from The harsh
criticism OF the cvnic, or shrink from the
reflection that he has Incurred the dis
pleasure Of those who, putting themselves
I'D as oracles,. have been justly fred at as
.arrets. He is well aware thai he is no,
free from the imperlections common to
his race, and hence he INDUCES the con
fident hope that the unintentionai devia>
tons which may have thrown an OCCASION
al shade atllwalt the horizon of the past
will be eharitabIy looked upon by an in
,eiligeni aud aPpreclat've pubic. HIS
comparatively brief editorial career. has
not been soporife monotony: bn, full of
pleasant and disagreeabIe incidents. He
eonetsses, however. to an experience, more
OF pleasure than of yexatioa. Friends,
warm and disinterested. have iloehed
around him, and uttested their kindly feel
mrs in WORD aud in deed. He would DC false
70 Truth, and untrue to the prompin9s Of
= grateful heart, did he not take this part
;ne occasion to express bis gratitude 10
those " ho have interested themselves III
his success, and aided and encouraged
him by tangible acts and prudent words
Coming into tins community mere APP.
prentice boy at the early age OF TO- he has,
from that time to the present, been the re-
cipient o. the undoub'ing confidence and
tried friendship Of many whose confidence
!, is an object to win. and whose friend
ship is no idle thing.
/, is not expected however, that the
path he has chosen should be s,rewn alone
With rarest gems of pleasure. The turmoil
and contention inseparable from an active
participancy in political life, must. in the
very nature of things, bring with them
disapreeable incidents. As the columns of
the Vindicator. he trusts, will attest, he
has been no neaatire writer. Convinced
OF the fact that the ascendancy o. Demo-
cratic principles in the governmental pol
;ty of the country is the sure safeguard OF
the Constitution as it is written, and a sat
,sfyipg guarantee Of a wise and just con-
s,ruction CT the federal laws, he has de-
voted his energies to the furthciance OF
those principles, and to the defeat OF the
measures OF opposing parties. That de-
cisive and positive advocacy OF Democratic
nrinciples should be violently opposed in
a county which has always been dis'in-
cuish.d Tor It's antagonism TO those princi-
niles is no strange circumstance. Such
opposition we have encountered, and that
could always be disposed of without leav-
inc SOME traces Of the conflict was hardly
N he expected For few of those With
whom i. has been the fortune oil the vii
10, of these lines to differ, and 10 which
difference significance has been given. he
still en.crtains rigid contempt There
aYe others, however, for whom he culti-
Yates a feeling Of agreeable social inter
ccursc because the difference has been
mutually honest, and the encounter the
r.s,lt ot alike afdor and devotion TO party
y,nciples and men. In short, on tins
ooin, he wonld not, if he could. recall a
single editorial he aas written, or AVOID
The lust consequence of its legitimate con-
,,r,c,;on. Whether or not this course has
be,n ptomotiye OF the object ior winch he
la. 50 earnestly labofed:or the past three
wears, is lel. forlfis party friends to de-
eide. Il may not be inappropriate, how
over. TO remark, that the Vindicalor has
greatly Increased in every department. Of
tia business under the action oil this policy,
until NOW il is one of the most extensive
" patron,zed weeklies in the State. -
Whether it has been the result Of popular
approval and sympathy or has followed
,,om the increasing partislity of the pub
IL 10 encourage newspapers, is not FOR tht
.,b.ef,ber 10 decide. He states the fact
ard leaycS the inference to the reader.
n,s legitimate to eonclnde from tn
.hnye statement. that the junior paItne
,s,,rrs from The concern under no loweIinl