Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-06-13
Hon, John !etCher.

HVut OVHH LSAtHCIs
The bitterness Of party was never more
strongly manifested thai in the imuocnS
opposition made tt this fearless and faithful
Tribune of the People, by the Know Moth
ings of this and several other counties Of his
Congressional District
Their tender conscicnecs, God sage the
mark, would not permit them to give their
votes to that able and honest representative,
who, during the last session Of Congress,
was foremost in the detection and exposure.
of the abominablc eorruptions and frauds
which.drove from the House their Northern
a3ies-the precious Matteson & Go. His
efficient advocacy of the reduction Of The
Tariff, which will save to the South mill
ions of ruinous taxation, could not concili-
ate these exclusive friends of the Northern
manufacturer While the great majority of
DE people of his District were filled with
love and admiration for his noble bearing
ON these important questions while even
his enemies could urge 40 argument against
his reelection, S3iich they dared address to
the po4u'af ear, an underground opposition
vas formed against him by the Knights Of
the Ozark lantern and tlfat old and we'll
approved leader, in their midnight reycls,
JOHN d. IHBoprN, Esq, is most appropri-
ately selected as the fttcst actor in the
farce of baying the moon" OF course, no
thing but principle could have driven the
party into 50 hopeless an opposition, i2...ss
tmbeden was so superior TO Letcher in rs.
dom, integrity and craftsmanship, that they
could not do otherwise than give him their
preference Well--it is great pity that
these purists cannot beat any sense iuto tho
heads cf she foolish peoplc-aad that so
great statesman and so pure and well-tried
patriot as Mr.. Imbodcn, ehould lave gain
ed nothing but kicks ard cuffs by his mod
eas effort to represent them. Well may he
mourn over the ingratitude Of Republics.
Had the people properly appreciated his
merits, and the Conscientious scruplc5" of
his cnlrerine friends, there can be no doubt
that Virginia would at last have gotten her
share Of the public lands, aud would have
been forthwith and forever chartered, in all
the august majesty Of sturdy pauperism,
upon Uncle SANS parish Gov. Wise's
heresies about her prosperity and capacity
to support herself, and the hcresy of the
whole Democratic party about the nroprietY
of her doing soif sic desires to maintain
her dignity and sovereignty-would have
hesa dissipated, by light more brilliant
than TIC tail. es that bla2ing comet, Which
they tell us is to strike the earth to-day.--
Bnt in sober seriousness, does not the vim
dietiyc opposition of the Know-Nothing par
y to John I.etoAer-an opposition which
they knew would be unsuccessful because
they knew that the great masses of his Dis
trict were more than satisfied with Instability
and Gdelity-demonstrate the malignant and
factiops character of the Marty Does not
their preferences of such man as John a.
tmboden, who, to say the least, was ar
known aud untricd in craftsmanship, preye
their total unftncss to rule the destinies Of
The country
We incline to the opinion that Mr Inl-
boden will live to repent soroly, that he
should have lent himself, in any form, to
the evil purposes of such faction. Even
in this Wing county, a sore rebuke las
been administered to him, and The PEOPLE
will be apt toromomber for long ti.lo,
that he allowed himself TO be used by few
malignant wire workers, with the sole view
to vent their spleen upon faithful public
servant, whose whole course had been so
unexceptionable and praiseworlhy, as to 81
lenee the tongue of malice.