Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-04-16

- sm,ass w,~s= ~s.-r. For the vindicatox, j
Let gs All Have a Chance.
ssso.sssy butthe word-if you're up to the ffeAk,
let us pave prime match of it Sw
lfish against reek."-Aoore.
come this day, my fellow-citizens. 70
talk with you, as sovereigns Of the land
and freemen of the soil; and, in my walk
and conversation, desire 40 be respectful
to every one, savoring Of good willard BE-
neyolence In all my actions advising hum
bly, and speaking as becometh patriot and
politician If say aaght against any man .
| say It without the least feeling Of maligni-
ty and envy; and if I say aught in favor Of
any man, | say it after mature reflection,
and with all due impartiality and prudence.
The Wings. you have seen, have placed
before you the names of the old delegates,
(MeCue, Massie and Christian,) as candi-
dates for reelection. These are men, whose
experience asstatesmen no one should doubt,
If they have, in every way, received that
experience as it should be received and prof
tied by it when it was received and whose
characters no one can iinpeach: The first,
at least, is known to be a. high-bred Vir-
ginia gentleman Of deserved popularity. -
OF the others Iknow but little, excepting
as gentleman Of acknowledged talent, whom
you have before made your Representatives.
and with whom you have con6ded your
honor and your welfare. But in serving
you as Representatives, did they represent
you IN fact, or only in Jorns? Did they
fill their calling from desire to promote
your welfare and, guard your honor, or
merely for the dignity and reputation there
by conferred? 9ar gaoda ta;I t.ea
Ambition is useful and common char
acteristic aAU Useful, because without it mo
manscan become good and great; common,
because it is instilled into our nature and is
awakened by the examples 81, those around
US. But it should be tempered by degree
Of unselfshnessand patriotism. With these,
it becomes without them a vice.
You need not then, my fellow-citizens, ex-
pect to find representatives who will scorn
the honors the trophies and spoils of the
Office. who will serve you merely because
[ they love you, and who will make sacri-
fee Of every selfish motive for your sake !;
but you may expectto find men, who, while
they are ambitious Of fame, will, at the
same time, be DESTROYS Of gaining your good
will and esteem; who, while they love the
honors of their Office. will, at the same time,
be careful Of your honor and your welfare,
who, in fine, while they seem regardful Of
their own interests, will push yours forward
with ceaseless rigor and patriotic zeal. Y But
men who love the spoils Of the Office more
than the Office itself-the fruits Of the tree
more than the tree that bears them--its
bauble qualities more than it's realitiesAwho
wish to enjoy the wages without the labor
who would tread the heights Of ease and
luxuriatein the meadows Of Incidence, with
out STOPPING to the ldrudgery that mast be
performed, or to the task of honest duty
such men you do not want, and such men
you should not have. Nor do I pretend to
| say that our late Delegates are altogether
such men. But | do say, that they could
have done more for their constituents
could have shown themselves more the Rep
resentatives Of the people whom they repre-
sented. But L have no desireato arraign
chem or any one else. You made them
your Delegates /; you have record Of their
deeds, and you can judge them accordingly.
But it is the apparent selishness Of the
men, who form this ticket with which
/ would find fault. It is well known that it
was their determination, and even declara-
ton, that neither would be candidate with
out the other that they need not be ex-
pected to serve as Representatives, if either
Of their number was superseded by new
man. (Most singular and most sublime
selfshness y Are those gentlemen lcagued
for the purpose of keeping all others out Of
this Office? Do they suppose that within
the limits Of this grand old county ~ little
State of itself there cannot be found other
three men such as they are, Of sufficient ca
pacity to form a corps Of Representatives
And do they presume it will be impossible
for the Public to dispense with their servi-
ces Are they fearful that some new Del
egate will be added to their number, who
will be so ignorant Of certain secret Parlia.
mentary rules, and SO dull and honest e
in his ignorance, as to battle their efforts t
teach said rules and, forsooth betray them
VI Wou1u CHey IeVIse, anu keep TeVlVeu
those principles, which made Office an he
reditary life-right, but which persisted wish
the old Constitution and perhaps never. viii
be revived? But more Of this anon.
In the mean time, | call for an open fielo
and fair fight, and begin battle by agar
most respectfully soliciting j. j. Cupp
Esq, Of Mt. Scion District, to become
candidate for the House Of Delegates Blu
he has declined. Only partially my fellow
citizens, and I feel confident that be vii
now place himself before the people, as sucl
candidate. We hope to hear from him
however, as you will again from '44 a'
u 9D9 as Your fellow citizen, z. N =
CONsERVATOR. IA
From the "Hole-in-the HILL" f1aAsF'
April 9th, 1859. ~a A'f'sa~
E4a411 1854 -. L. - Y 1.sveaa1s
The Hon. ALEX. H. H. STUART AND Mr.
SKINNER In the Senatorial, canvass be
tween Mr.. Smart and Mr.. Skinner In 1857