Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1856-09-06
rnE PASSAGE OF TIE Army BILL.


rnE PASSAGE OF THE ARMY BILL.
The signal defeat of the nefarious designs
ofSsBlack Republican legislation, and the final
srfamph Of conservative patriotism, in the Con-
Mss of tie United States, will be hailed with
jog by the union.loving men of all parties
The spirit of revolutionary fanaticism which
would stop the wheels of government, and
check the progress of the nation, has at last
been compelled to succumb to the force
ofipatriotism and truth. The unanimity of
aSt!on, and the determined frmuess, with
which the Democratic party from the North
add South, has resisted this spirit of lawless,
reckless fanaticism, for nine long months. du-
ng the most exciting struggles which have
cr characterized our congressional proceed
g, commau the gratitude of the South, and
Fallenges the highest admiration of the whole
Auntry. We have expected, what We now
the Know-Nothiugs arrogating to them
YES, as usual, the sole honor of this Demo
attic triumph over Black RePublicanism--
is psesumptious arrogance, is only equalled
that audacity, with which they attempted
throw the blame of the election of Banks
on the Democratic party. When, but For
traitorous desertion of Know-Nothngs,
9 rth and south, that inglorious victory of
rthern incendiarism over southern rights,
d the constitution, would never have occur
That they rejoiced over the election, as
now Nothing victories, of those very men,
& bio elected Banks, they will scarce have the
Sardihood to deny
And even alo7 ng them the plea Of having
zen deceived in their northern allies, yet, but
h. the detection and desertior'Ss southern,
national Kuow-Notb he could
s Sever have been elected:
Such men as Winter Davis, over whose cleo
3tion we we'll remember their rcjoicings here,
sshave by betrayirg the South, secured to our
enemies their first victory in Congress. And
this same Winter Davis, to their shame be it
said, has since been invited to address the cit
I liens Of Jefferson county! All sorts of apollo
Ces have been made for him. And now,
I when his loyalty to the South has again been
/ put to the test, where do we find him: w.
ting Nth aJoLitionists, for The Kansas proviso.
|: We are not advocates of mob law, but we do
hope and trust, if he ever comes here, in our
very midst to address the citizens Of this coun-
ty as he has done before, and as he has been
invited to do since, that lie may return to the
home which he has disgraced, with a coat Ct
tar aud feathers.
As evidence of the fact, that tie passage Of
the Army Appropriation Bill without the
revolutionary proviso, was Democratic tri-
umph, we need only state that the Northern
Democratic vote on it, was to the Northern
Know Nothing vote, four to one; willie
Southern Know Nothings who voted for it
cr nccessitatc were deserted Ivy one at least if
not more of their most prominent members.
In further corroboration of this, hear what
the New York Evening Post says, on this sub
ieG, in It's issue of the 1st instant
For their success in maintaining this lons and o6sii-
nate Struggle the Republicans greatly Inde6!cd 10
The cooperation Of those liberal americans who
not elected on the pure and simple anti-Nehraska
issue, and vino, for the sake of the common cause,
threw aside the trammc2 District party obligations.
Among those who deserve esp Cinl praise may he
mentioned Wakeman, FELTON, and Edwards, of New
York State.
Further comment is unnecessary. They
may deny these facts, they may excuse them.
selves as they please; they may continue their
base SANDERS upon the Democracy-but the
people, the unprejudiced masses, can, and will
no longer be deceived. And we confidently
hope, that this first triumph Of conservatism
over fanaticism, of Union-loving patriotism
oyer revolutionary sectionalism, may be but the
herald of greater achievements and still more
glorious victories, which will save the Union
and overthrow its enemies forever.
SILAs WRIGHT ON sECTIONALISM.
The few men who have apo>tatised from
the Democratic party, says the Buffalo Cour-
Ter, are fond of claiming that they arc still
Jefferson, Jackson, and SiIas Wright Demo
crats. We have repeatedly published extracts
from the writings of Jackson and Jefferson,
which will show with what deep adherence
they viewed Sectionalism, and give
the following extract from an address Of the
jdLu p.|I IOG tIti'' "'oS SI"ACSilIHh S'dS
Wright, delivered to his neighbors of Canton, on
the Fourth of July, 1880, the sentiments of
which were then approved by every man
North and South save few ayowed abolition
list
If thero be those among us, who, rnisIed
led by mistaken sympathy, or by sudden ex-
element, upon any subject, are forgetting their
Obligations to the whole country, to the Con,
stitution and the Union, let us use every ex-
ample and persuasion to awaken them to
sense of their dangerous error. IT, those who
for private interest personal ambition, o. mo-
mentary political success are willing to expe-
rinent upon the political passions, or to treat
lightly their Constitutional obligations, foment
sectional jealousies and raise up geographical
distinctions within the Union, let the absence
of our countenance convince such that the per-
sonal qualification or public services of any
living are not objects of sufficient magnitude
to be gained at the expense of the harmony Of
the country, the peace of the Unioi. or a sin
CrIo IoKtar tho l,0bt of constitutional J,,