Mountain Democrat., 1857-08-22
Advice "a Edward s,onIv.
"Cromwell, charge thee, ding away ambition;
By that sin fell the angels; how can man, then,
The image Of hts Maker, hope to win BY ~"

80, according to Shakespeare, cardinal
Wo!scy-
---"that once trod the ways Of glory
And sounded all the depths and shoals oI honor"
earnestly advised his friend and faithful
adhercnt, and so, also, do we dcfe-en'ia!-
ly, but with no less carncstncsS, advise
the candidate Of the Black Republicans,
EiWard Stamly Of North Carolina. We
feel deep degree of interest in his per-
sonal welfare; his reputation has been
hitherto that Of man whose tastes and
instincts led him to fec from public hon
ors and seek tho more congcniol pursuits
Of "pious meditation and study" lie
fled, so he unObtrusivcly informs us, from
the land Of his nativity, "whcrc his revo.
lutionary forcfathers lived and died." to
escape the dangerous opportunities of po-
litic0l friend who sought, mo'e"s rOlens,
to thrust upon him political distinctions
which, "likc the vain po'np and glory Of
this world" he hated. lie came amongst
us-and unqucstionably intended to ab-
jurc and forever abstain from all partici-
ration the bitter turmoiIs and raneor-
ons stritcs Of party, devoting himself cx-
cIuSivcly to the peaceful and soothing
study Of the Lords prayer and the ten
commandments"
Thus, III the garden of Eden, amid it's
quiet retreats wherclimpid waters rippled
in ccasClcsS music, and the song Of birds
made vocal tho atmosphere; where the
Euphratcs laughed and danced in the SUM-
light of Earth's Early Morning, ard when
the Evening came
every wave with dimplcd face,
That leapcd into the Hir
IlRd caught q star in itS embrace,
-""-.-- And held it trembling there: ~
where all nature bowed, 0s it were, in
praycrful happiness, and breathing
harmony" pcrvadcd all things-our first
parents, sinlrss and undcfiled, wandered.
But the serpent camc--0 willy, shrewd,
sagacious and INSCRIPTIONS politician
and whispered burning words Of ambi-
tion into their ears, until the poison pen
ctratcd their hearts; then, the trees with.
cred, the flowers faded, the voice of birds
was hushcd, and the sword of the chcru-
bin flashed lurid destruction over that
once glorious and glowing Paradise.
Now VIC beg Mr. Stanly to take warn.
ing from this. lie has been dragged from
his retreat by politicians as willy and un.
scrupulous rs the devil who penetrated
Paradise and destroyed IL. They profess
to regard him rs great man when they
simply use him as an instrument; they
put him forward as their leader when in
fact he is but their tool; they pledge him
assurances Of their distinguished consid-
cration," when they hold him in the ut
most contempt; they Scduco him from
the congcnial prosecution Of "pious med
itOtion and study" to plunge into the
Filthy pool ofpolitics, only to laugh at
and spurn him in the event of defeat, or
dcgradingiy use him to compass their
own wicked ends in case Of Triumph
Docs Mr.. Stanly for a moment suppose
that the Black Republican party-a party
whose principles ho was taught to deSpisc,
its members scorn, and he did both when
he represented North Carolina in Con.
standing upon the platform which
they do, care continental" for him Of.
ter the purposes for which they 0wtomO-
tisc him are answered, pro or CONF He
is from the South,-wc blush to pen the
huuilating contession,-ho was "raised
amongst shareholders" he has been
member Of Congress from North Carolina
and seized the occasion to most unmerci.
fully-wc will not say vu!garly and gross.
ly-castigate ono of their pet oracles
can he, under the circumstances, be so
dcmentcd as to think, so silly as to be-
licvc that these men Aho hate, and have
SO expressed themselves. the South and
Southern Institutions, and everything and
everybody connected with the South as
the before mentioned serpent hates holy
water, can or will do otherwise than doubt
and dcSpisc him? They doubt his sin.
cerity because he is from the South-thcy
dcspiSc tho man because they believe he
is capable Of proving traitor to the insti.
tutions under which ho was reared, in
order to attain political personal ends.
Tho poison must have penetrated deeply
to produce such results. Mr.. .Stanly must
be blind indeed not 10 see ana feel the
humiliatinS position into which the willy
arts and intrigucs of designing mon have
plunged him. What can he hope here.
artery Untrue to his education, untrue
to his friends, untrue to the lessons which
were taught him in his earlier years. un.
true TO his associations, untrue to his
revolutionary foreMthers," untrue to his
"past life and conduct" untrue to the
State which gave him birth and the pco.
plc with whom he was reared, untrue to
his voteSEn Congress, untrue to the Sen.
timcntS he then uttered, he has gone over
to the enemy, and let the result of the
contest be what it may, hc must incvita.
bly, be desriScd and Stunned by the one,
and doubted and degraded by the Other.
We would fain retain our respectful opin-