Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-09-28
estates Rights Democrat


since to develop the interesting process Of
'tshirting" political incognito, as we'll as
ourself, we shall proceed to the discharge
Of the obligation imposed by our word not,
however, with relish for job which expo
ses one to SO many disagreeable associations.
If our readers will be patient-stand silent
and solemn as the mute ard ebon bier-we
will tear off one of the most tattered, torn
and ungainly neither garments the optics
keen of any connoisseur in second hand dry
goods ever gazed upon with wistful eye
This innocent shirt whose shreds must be
dissected, is worn by a gentleman who has
been prancing and bantering through the
columns of the indicator for the past few
weeks over the signature of Estates Rights
Democrat. With no taste, as we re-afirm,
for this character Of anatomical dismember.
ment. when graver and more important
questions claim our attention, yet as the
courtesy we have extended for the discus
sion of such through our columns has been
this week perverted to rather irrelevant
attack upon ourself. we feel that the law of
self-defence will plead our justification in
diverting the reader from what is legiti-
mately the main question -"Squatter Sow
ereignty"-and introducing him to one of
the quaintest and most ill-shapen political
hybrids the art of Faust has ever present
ed to the admiring gaze of an :stonished
world since the first appearance of the Pick
wick Papers.
We have had devious road to travel to
find this States Rights Democrat IN propria
persona. The ambuscade which conceals
his whereabouts from an anxious public has,
however, not escaped our practiced eye in
discovering the secret haunts of Anticipated
'coons." The assumed graces Of penman-
ship, and variant punctuation and ortho-
graphical embellishments, have not been
sufficient to conceal the ears of Estates
Rights Democrat" Garlands of roses
though they be imbedded in, We cannot be
seduced to initiate the Fairy Queen, to fon-
die the gristle for down or impress with re-
sy lips the nostrls as the abode of nectar
The shirt must come off,
Estates ghts Democrat" when an in
FAINT six months old, was possessed with the
sentiment Of Democracy" which meant
'the rights and sovereignty of the PEG
ple." But it was like meteoric fash through
his infantile brain. A deep sleep came up
: on him. No Rip Van Wrinkle ever reposeo
moro serenely and unconsciously from tn
cares of life than did estates Rights Demo
crat," for fifty odd years, from the b,auti
| full inspiration Of his babyhood. For fft,
years did he bend his powerful intellect 70
the destruction of this young dream, and il
{ behalf of the old Federal Wing party
Wherever Democrat could be found THU
infant of miraculous visitation would rais,
his Coeur de Lion battle-axo, and strike hir.
$ down until one morning he awoke up an,
, found himself IN company with " 'Vtdoio.
, The dark habiliments which surrounded lie
bewilderod him. He knew not whittier 4
; fly. Suddenly the thought struck bin tia
she was nothing bit a aooasaa, and march
: ing sternly by her, give her chuck unde
+ the fifth rib, saying, get out Of my way
want nothing to do with you. You CAM
give me anything You are poor, broker
up and helpless. I will fly to the blushing
blooming bride of Democracy, who is i,
the hey-day of her glory aud her power, anc
on Bonded knee, swear to love, cherist
, and protect her. I will resolve to supporl
the great creed Of Non-i Intervention. th;
Nebraska Bill, and the Cincinnati platform
as the magic wand whose destiny it should
, be to rule the mighty demense of tbs realm
And valliantly did he battle against the OLE
, soldiers by whose side he had fought Die,
and died" rersss Democracy. the Right
and Sovereignty of the People " He hunt
ed them in their holes, whittier they hae
fed, and ''killed 'em wherever be foun'
en-" Time wore on, our friend, on ever
occasion presented. raising bis right arm t.
kill an old companion iu arms, and defend
ing his allegiance to the new regime, unit
! another morning in the year 1860, he wok'
{ up, and, wiping his eyes, beheld the beau
titul, rich, lovely, generous and yoluptuou
young bride of 1855 a--'' WIDOW" "a lone
y, disheartened, disconsolate, helpless, ant
pennyless g Hidow % True to his super
stitlous dread of grave yards end ,cidow'
weeds, he turus slowly and snceringly up
on the acloo,o whom he had sworn to Glove
cherish and protect" the balance Of his nat
ural days, and giving her punch with hi
elbow under the fifth rib, saws, "gt eout
| swore for intervention for YOU whe,
you were in power but NOW stand apo,
principle, ahem Your poor, woman. =
You have no power, and | must interven
against you. stand on principle I 9,
for States Rights. I had dream when
was baby. | have never heard of it since
until the other day it burst again upon m,
vision like flash from Sinai Democracy
the Rights and Sovereignty of the People,
Now, gentle reader, do you not admire
the color and stripe of that Shirt Do MOI
its many colors, its rents aud patches prove
to you that it has s'secn sights" and thai
in tearing it off we have done the Estate
some SERVICE" and opened to your aston.
ished gaze that the great author, foryetter
aud finder of the glorious sentiment, ode.
mocracy, the Rights and Sovereignty of the
People," was the interesting babe Of the
east, but we now fear, the "babe in the
woods Estates Rights Democrat"
Having thus disposed Of the "shirt'' OF
this emasculated pen and ink foe, we shall
in our next address ourselves to the discus
sion of the real question IN the controversy.