Mountain Democrat., 1857-08-22
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TcHeRauc COutneTHcIi WuO IaWHlHkly hO-
licitcd and received favors from Southern.
erS when he was obscure but honest, who
acquired the little reputation he has, and
the respect the people entertain for him
by advocating the rights Of the South
the second, a man of inOrdinate vanity, oi
towering ambition, of vindictivc temper,
and destitute of principle, addressed the
citizens of this place on Saturday evening
last. A large crowd turned out to See
and hear the political IscariotS-thc men
who, without blush Of shame, in the
presence of good men, were the hcralds
of their own treason. 1t was a humilA.
ting spectacle, one which excited pity
and contempt, indignation and scorn. On
the one the South mad, generously but
miStakingly, heaped honors and rewards,
had given him position andinfluence, had
time and again, with the livelicst enthu-
siasm, rallied to his support, had nurtur.
cd and cherished him, and now, this
thanklcSs child, with ingratitude
sharper than Serpent's tooth," turns
upon his friends and beneiactorS, aud
stings the hands that fed him! Often
had the other been the recipient Of the
bounty of the Democratic party, hut the
moment it was withdrawn from him and
the prospect of his obtaining it again not
Aattcring, he discovered that the party
with which he had been acting, which
had clothed and fed him, was corrupt !
lie, innocent man, knew not Of its cor.
ruption while it was supporting him, but
the moment it dropped him he found it
out! Sagacious ZabriSkie! Penetrating
Zabriskie
The burden Of Staniy's speech, We
understand, for We were absent f ON
home, was slavery. lie vchcment'y and
bitterly denounced the South, its inStitu,
tions, its people, everything connected
with it. With the venom Of an apoStatc
and the readiness of hirc'ing, anxious
to exhibit his sincerity and earn his wa.
gcs, he bore down Savagely OH the "chiy.
airy" proving to every unprejudiccd
mind that he was total stranger 10 every
chivalrous sentiment. If it be true, as
he asscrts-questionablc cvidence-that
he is man Of "piouS meditation and
study" that he was "ear!y taught the ten
commandments, an important one Of the
ten at least, must not have been deeply
impressed upon his mind. He has strange.
ly or conveniently forgotten that one
which commandS-"Thou shalt not bear
false witness against thy neighbour" for
his entire speech was n tissue of false.
hoods against the South. At the conclu.
sion Of his speech our tavoritc, the i'm
maculatc ZabriSkic, "who never said a
foolish thing and never did wise one
arose and ''Sprcad himself on variety
Of questions, the most prominent Of which,
however, was Vigilance Communication.
He has the gift of CAB" hugely develop
cd, and he gave it free scope. lie is a
contradiction. According to his own
statements he is Democrat and an anti
Democrat, Know Nothing and an anti
Know Nothing, ncgroitc and not he.
groite, but always a Visi!antc. One thing
he forgot to mention, that he is a diSap-
pointed, dissatisfied, uscd-up politician.
The fact is so we'll known and so general.
" admitted that he may have deemed it
useless to allude to it, The meeting was
spiritless and did no harm. The negro.
ties despite the unioundcd assertions Of
Stanly and the blarney Of Zabriskie, made
no converts. We shall be happy to have
them repeat the silly exhibition.