Mountain Democrat., 1857-08-01
a Flea COr Stanley aud his Political AS
sOena1lOns.

lions, oy plOuS and CHRISTIAN parents 10
clasp his tiny hands, bend his infant
knees, turn his baby eyes to heaven and
fcrvent.y lisp the Lords prayer and the
ten commandments, is the Hon. Edward
Stanley, now the Black Republican, Ie-
gro worshiping candidate for Governor Of
this State. We arc fain to believe that
his Christian education was not neglected;
We believe Christian parents sought to
inculcatc Christian sentiments and stamp
the epirit Of the decalogue upon his young
heart; we believe that many time and
oft about the domestic altar Of his South
srn home, he, with his little negro play.
mates, gathered
"Then kneelIng down, to Heavens eternal King
The Saint" TIE muster, land the father praySi"
VIC believe that all the moral and virtuous
inculcations necessary to the future gui-
dance and government Of the man were
earnestly, patiently, praycrfully soughtto
be instillcd into the child, but VIC believe
.and it deeply gricvcs and pains US to
be forced to a conclusion so disappointing
to the hopes of fond and indulgent parents,
and Inconsistent with the promises Of an
amiable childhood-that Edward Stanley,
the negro-worshiping candidate for Gov.
ernor Of California has forgotten the les
sons which Edward Stanley the humble
North Carolina baby received. Evil
communications corrupt good manners" ="
and morals too, and this Mr.. Stanley was
unqucstionably required to write down in
his copy book at the time he was engaged
in studying the Lords prayer and the
ten commandments. Yet examine for q
moment the character Of the associations
now cultivated by this man Of "pious med
itatiOn and study" ye who remember in
the maturity Of your manhood the cxam-
pie Of your fathers and the teaching Of
your mothers. Were you taught that
the Constitution of the United States "is
cOrenant cith death and an agreement
tOithhelrl Garrison, one Of the political
associates and co.labOrers with Mr.. STAN
ley, SO declares it.
Were you taught that the "North has
q duty to perform-to put slavery down
peacefully if it can, Jorci6ly if it muSt," "
and that "thcre are two ways to 60 to
work to do this: one is, dissOlre the
Union? The notorious Theodore Par
kcr, one of the political associates and CO.
laborcrs with Mr.. Stanley, so breaches.
Were you taught that if "God had the
power to abolish slavery and would not,
He WAS A VERY GREAT scoUNDREL" The
Atheist Garrison, one Of the political as
sociates and co laborers with Mr.. Stanley
so blasphemCs.
Were you taught that tho "times de-
mand and We must have an anti-slavery
Constitution, an anti-slavery Bible, and
an anti.slavery GOd"i Anson Burlin,
game. one Of the political associates and
co-laborers with Mr. Stanley, thus wick
edly declaims.
In short, were you not taught with the
carncstness CT incorruptible patriotism
and tho ttrvency Of deep and devoted re-
ligion, to adhere to tho Constitution as a
sheet anchor, and the Union as the ark Of
our hopes and safcty?-that violation Of
the one involved treason against the 9TH
or, and that deeper, darker, moro damn
ing mark should be burned upon the brow
of him who, in spirit Of blind fanaticism
or reckless party sectionalism, seeks to
invade the sanctity Of the one or mar the
fair proportions Of the other, than that
which an outraged and offended God
branded upon the forehead Of Cain the
fratricidc? And yet, the political associ'
ates and co.laborers with Mr.. Stanley, all
over the country, in their mad zeal to rob
their brethren Of rights sacredly guaran-
tccd by the Constitution Of the United
States, hesitate not to treacherously threat
en- the inviOlability Of our glorious Con-
federacy.
But the amiablc Stanley fraternizes in.
nocently-ho must be misguided too
much "pious meditation and study" of
the Lords prayer and the ten command
ments hath, like Pauls learning, made him
mad. He knows not what he does -pO-
litical courtczans have seduced and polit-
ical charlatans now pluck tho plume Of
the unsophisticated political pigeon. His
melancholy case demands emollients and
deprccates cauteries Soothing influences
should minister shout him, and gentle sd.
monitiOns bo whispered in his ear. Re
member, those who are disposed to deal
harshly with him, that for moro than
four years he has devoted himself to "pi-
GUS meditation and study" and that du-
ring all this long period he read nothing
political. It cannot be expected, there
fore, that he should be conversant with
the character Of tho tricksters through
the Vaccinations Of whom he has become
entangled in web whose intricate mesh.
es are woven by Atheists and Infidels,
Factionists and DisunioniStS. We can
imagine the picture. but cannot paint it
Stanley, in the seclusiOn Of his sanctum,
knelt humbly and devOutly, engaged ir
"pious meditation and study"-the world