Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-11-14
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This is question We @hayc propoundcd
to ourselves as often as Mr.. Hunter has
been interrogated about the Kansas Walker
policy, and has it never occurred to you
Democrats of Virginia, to ask yourselves
what toolishness or teRerity has pretipitat-
ed you headlong into such squabble, with
out any iustifabie beginning, and likely Gf
the same spirit continues to prevail) TO have
no end except in the political grave Is
Democracy anpowerful,. and true? The
question is easily answered-just so long as
II continues to be a national State rights
party, united, and firm in It's adherence to
the great principles it processes it will be
all-powcrful, and right-but just 50 soon as
it departs from these, it is powerlcss and
rrong We have read somewhere of a dog,
which having pursued fox to his hole and
becoming tired of watching and inactivity,
began to occupy himself in the edifying and
profitable amusement of chasing his own
tail. and while so occupied, Reynard, ever
On the lock out, both to escape from his I'M
comfortable confinement and to DO evil,
slipped out unseen and commenced anew his
devastations ON the surrounding poultry
yards So it is with us We have chased
the fox, Sam, to his hole, but lie is a watch
ful and cunning old fellow, always has the
light Of his dark lantern blazing on us, and
the moment he secs US sleeping or biting at
our tails, out he slips, aud We to tic poul-
try in the shape Of F'dem'd furrinerso and
Catholics who happen to come in his way
But yea will say our smile is not just one
Tor the hole We have placed Sam ia is that
where the weary are at rest and the wick
cd cease to trouble--that '4he torch has
Teen distinguished which has lit his mid
night Ian P, that, in word, Sam has gone
'glimmering through tho dream of things
that were Grant it, for however much we
mag regret to abandon our similc, we are
glad to acknowledge that Sam is dead, But
shall We forget the Black Republican party?
Though you may be told by seheming peli-
tieians, wishing to court yeur favor, hy
fattering your pride or soothing your fears,
that Black Republicanism is impotcnt for
harm, belicycus when We tell you that the
Democratic party, the South, Southern in
situations, and the Union itself is yet in
danger from the wiles of that abandoned
party. Crushed and supine as it now seems
to be, how will parties stand in 1860? Tn
less the eyes of the Democracy are onened
we will have arrayed against US, torn by
internal discord and divided among our
selves, party which taxed Ill our strength
to conquer in SO, when fighting shoulder
to shoulder under a consummate statesman,
standing on faultlcss platform-can we
hope to De victorious The old truism, that
house divided against Itself cannot stand,
is as good and true as it is old Let the
Democracy be but true to itself, and it is
destined To save not only the South, but the
union-but if the policy which now actu-
ates it ripens to maturity, it may bid a long
farewell to all its wel-earned glory and all
its visions OF future power, and capacity to
do good @'United we stand, divided VIC
fall
1t has been we'll said that vigilance is the
price of liberty, and let the Democracy but
lie down to take a nap after its late triumph
and in its prosperity, the most cnticing to
sloth and sleep of allstuations, and they
will be apt lito Rip Van Wrinkle, only
in much shorter time, to awake and find
an entire change Of government and laws.
But laying ali fear Of danger'aside, both from
the Northern free negro and the Southern
dark lantern parties, is it not a rather signiG-
cant fact TO present to the world, that a scuf-
file should take place directly Offices arc to be
dealt out, in party which had. Heretofore be-
come by-word to represent unity and llar-
mony? Docs il not at least afford theme
to the opposition on which to harp and
sheer ? And this is done when We or no
one else can tell a reason why Let us take
an instance from among many, and judge
for ourselves how foolishly the discussion
originated and how foolishly tits carried or
The supporters Of the Walker Kansas poll
ey take hopremiso that no power on earth
has Alright to interfere in the forming Of tho
constitution of Kansas except the people of
that territory, from which premise they
draw the inevitable" conclusion that y al
ker is perfectly right in all his policy and
thai every opposition to that policy is tie
4uinteseenoe Of false doctrine herosy and
sehism, and worthy Of nothing less than
political death. The opponents Of Walker
take the premise that no power an earth has
right to Interfere in the forming of the
constitution Of Kansas except the people OF
that territory, from which they draw the
inevitable" conclusion that Walker is
traitor and wrong throughout, and that OPP
position to his administration is tic ulin-
tesceneo Of all true doctrno and orthodoxy.
and worthy Of political heaven. We take
the same premise and draw the inevitable
conclusion that We have all been making