Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-10-05
Yancey and Virginia.

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Mr.. Yancey in his recent speech here
PAID glowing tribute to Virginia, the
"Mother of States and Statesmen, )" the Res
olutions of '08. Washington, West Angus
ia, and all the historical incidents which IL
lustrate the greatness and glory of our an
cestors' lie was particularly solicitous a.
bout our negroes. He seemed to think we
were not capable Of attending to our own
property, and that it was necessary for him
to come up here from cotton State, whence
negro was never known to be stolen or
run away,to warn US Of our danger. What
were his views expressed two years ago IN
regard to Virginia and the security Of her
property 1T is equally true (says he in
MS letter to Pryor that I do not expect
Virginia to take any initiative steps towards
dissolution Of the Union, when that ext
gency shall be forced upon the South. Her
position as border State, and we'll con-
sidered Southern policy "a policy which has
been dlgested and understood and approved
oy the ablest men in Virginia, as you your
self are aware, would seem to demand that,
when such movement takes place by any
considerable number of Southern States
Virginia and the other border States should
remain an the Usion." What for7 To
prevent the "Southern Confsderacy" from
having ''long abolition hostile border to
soatch." That is, Virginia and the other
border States should stand as break-wa-
ter to the food of abolitionism that would
likely pour in upon the Southern Confed-
erdcy-expose our property, with bristling
bayonets keep back abolition raids, and let
Mr.. Yancey and the cotton States enjoy
their otium cum dignitate, none "daring
to modest or make them afraid" because
thousand miles separated them from the
nearest bloody abolitionists This was Mr..
Yancey's love for Virginia two years ago.
This his generation for her glory and great
ness, and this his sympathy for our negro
property! o! tempore o! mores Look
upon THIS picture of 1860 and THAT picture
Of 1858! Does Mr.. Yancey take the peo-
pie of Virginia to be pack of dolts and
block heads !? The impudence of his in
consistency bears upon its face the assump-
ton that we are either naturally servile or
inconceivably stolid. Virginia, and espe-
cially the inhabitants Of the mountain fast.
nesses of West Augusta" understand you,
MIR. Yancey. No blatant appeals and as
severations in behalf of the "Union of the
Constitution, and such clap-trap, can lead
them away from your deliberately, matured-
ly recorded purposes and designs You
failed to explain or repudiate these ohnox-
! ious sentiments, written in the quiet and COM
posture of your own studio. You cannot
| throw them aside, like an old shoe, just when
1t suits your convenience and latitude
They will stick to you like the shirt of Mes
sus, and there is no Siloam-no Bethesda
so efficacious as to wash out the damned
spot" If written athwart the heavens with
sunbeam, the evidence could not be clear
or than that VIM. L. Yancey, of Alabama,
in the year of our Lord 1858, did mediate
dlsunion-was counseling precipitancy of
the Cotton States into a revolution" and
the creation of a rampant out Of the State
OF Virginia, whereby her treasure and her
blood would have been sacrificed to protect
the treason of the cotton States. Do you
not see the game, Virginians! Gallant
Democrats Of the mountain Businesses of
West Augusta" do you not see the "Gor-
gon Dire and hydra-headed monster slum-
berlng beneath the transparent covering and
honiad words Of the Union of the Consti-
tuition of W. L. Yancey? We know you
do, and hence it is not necessary for us to
warn you against the specious reasoning of
this travelling agent Of a political museum
owned and managed by young grizzly bear
from the Rocky Mountains. known by the
name Of Il Stevens" whose head quarters
are at Washington city.