Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-10-21
The .sIrrepressible Conflict"

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The 'sIrrepressible Conflict"
'>Qui faeit per alum, facit per SCI is al
ready SO trite that its recurrence can only
Be excused by its peculiar applicability to
she case in question, where it serves t. ex-
plain the motive causes Of the recent bloody
tragedy, (act I. only, J which, though play
cd at Harper's Ferry, was heard snd felt
stronghold the land. Mr.. Seward will
possibly lay his hand on his heart, and sol
emily assure the CORY ghosts Of his muir
aered countrymen that che did not do it."
mr.. Seward, who has made it the business
and duty Of life TO affect the philanthropist,
and under that respectable guise to infuse
his sophissries into the minds ~ and hearts
Of she undiscriminating but ever combusti
Bio million, who in obedience to their in
stincts. rush madly On to action. at the frat
waive Of the hand or toss of the hat. only
10 meet the inevitable fate Of all humble in
struments Of the great. who, after the dirty
work 10 done, never fail to thrust aside the
poor devils; and SO screen themselves from
blame. And yet with this man-this Sew
ard--and with the party over which he un
dsniably presidcs, and which he so despot.
isaliy rules, the Southern slave-hoding pa
triots Wbigs unblushingly declare their
purpose to unite--and for what? To hum
BILE, only to humble the proud Democratic
party, against which they can substantiate
ne charge except such as has always been
urged with equal vindictiveness by the OPP
position against the party in power from the
remote times Of Aristides the Just, down to
she more recent days Of Letcher the Honest
"Corruption" and .'Extravagance" have
from time imnemorial been the watchwords
AID war-cry of the Opposition but SO prod
igally and undiscriminatingly have they
been used that their effec. is now rarely felt
except where political jugglers have pla yed
for long on the nervous brains Of ignorant
and discontented fanatics But to return.
Suppose that the Southern Wings should
succesd--suppose that By union with the
Abolition party, they should even elect a
Southern man. what can they expect but
that be will be controlled in his actions by
the largest half Of his constituents !? who
are in fact nothing more nor less than the
suryivors--the remains Of the Harper's Fer
~ defeated rebel army; then instead Of the
prompt energy 80 recently shown by the Ad-
ministration in suppressing rebellion, in
obedience to the wishes or orders Of the
pretorian masters who made him king, ;"
he must call all true patriots to rescue
their commiserating brethren who are ear
nestly besct at Harper's Ferry BY the ty-
yannical shareholders Of Virginia.
These things may be; and so long as the
South rests supine. and Indifferent to the
violation of its integrity 80 long as she con-
sents to be deluded into the false trust or
hope that slavery, or any question, how
ever remotely connected with it, is an
abstract, and not a real present and en-
crossing vitality. these things must contia-
ue to BE-. This is but the beginning Of the
storm. and unless at once dispelled, the
small speck mo bigger than a mans hand"
which lately hung over Harper's Ferry,
will soon shadow the whole south. We
will not close these remarks without enter
ing our protest against the ill-timed levity
Of the Richmond Wing. whose editor, in
his issue Of the 18th, SO incautiously al
lowed his appetite for ridicule to get the
better of his good taste. That Gov. Wise
should have hurried to Harper's Ferry, we
think was nothing but his duty, and We see
no reason Why the soldiers who obeyed his
orders should be laughed At for their alac-
rity, e
~ Our readers must not forget that
the Fair begins in Richmond on the Oath
Of this month. It will continue FIVE days
The Va G. r. r has decided to afford the
public an opportunity Of seeing the elephant
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