Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-10-30
Gov. Wise,s Plan.

in Norfolk on the 9th ult has just made its ap-
pearance in the Richmond Enquirer. We give
below the closing part OF it, in which he sets
forth what he means to do in case Lincoln is e
lected. .SwElA gcTs 1Sss& a zlfa ggyss
$50 soon as the war already declared against
my State and my section shall be actually com
menced by the election of a Black Republican
President, stand ready to draw the sword OF
defence. Twill wage no private war. ! will
take part in no unauthorized foray. shall first
wait the action of my own sovereign State. In
torturing suspense, l shall wait upon her re-
solves, and pray God they may be worthy ofthe
example of '9S and 49, And, although fully
recognize the right of sovereign State to select
secession as her mode and measure OF redress for
the infraction of the Federal compact, secession
is not the mode which desire or recommend
| am unwilling to yield one right for the sake of
the privilege of maintaining another right. Il
would make no such bargain-no such cOmprO-
mise. would not yield my right to the Union
any more then would yield my right to my
negro property. No / would keep both the
Union and the negro, and fight to the last to
preserve and maintain all my rights to both.
As have said, will first appeal to Virginia
for authority to fight under her banner. But if
Virginia shall not meet the issue and come up to
the mark of selfdefence and self-respect, / will
Carolina, to Georgia, to each Southern State in
succession, and appeal to each for permission to
tight under the @gis of her sovereignty. And
will advise each State not to wait for the exam-E
pie or co operation of other States. Such wait
ing will only produce faltering, and all the delay
and confusion of uncertainty. No Let each
State leap at once, for herself and by herself in
to the contest, and struggle for precedence and
in the work of defence. ~
Any one State, even the smallest, can make
the battle and win the victory. And if the un-
aided, if gallant little Florida alone will take up
the guantlet of war and levy an army, will en-
list in that army, wherever. it shall be raised,
and we will see then, whether the ''Black Doug
las" can execute his threat of coercion. If ever
the issue comes, hope to meet him in the field
where the ultimo ratio of States is to be tried.
And even lighting under the banner of one little
State, will remember that the race is not to the
swift nor the battle to the strong. | will re-
too, that Patrick Henry had every
loyalist to cry out 'streason" against him in the
House of Burgesses; but he seized the old pow
der magazine at Williamsburg, and dragged even
loyasts themselves into the tide of resistance
and revelation along with him. | will remem-
Der, too, when told that eighteen millions are
pressing against our eight millions, that there
was time when five millions of American pat
lOIo otOOO oOCulO ouO WOu tuC COntOoG dSdiuSb
more than tifty-more than hundred millionsl
And when the hour of battle comes, we shall
find that it will not cross swords over section
al line. No. Our enemies at the North will
ind our friends there, too, the true friends of
Justice and right-Northern defenders of South
ern rights-and enough in numbers to keep both
hands of Northern fanatcism busted with strife
at home; while we, at the South, will have ac-
tive work to do in wagiDg the war against
Southern traitors in our midst and at our doors.
1t will be a neighbOrhood war, at both ends, and
in the centre of the continent. At the North
and at the South, it will be war which will
array all the forces of conservatism, all the
friends of equal rights, against the faDaticsm and
he fraud of Black Republicauism at the North
and its tools and panders at the South. 1t will
not be war of sectionalisrn or of dissolution,
and, once commenced, it must result, sooner or
ater, in the re establishment of the integrity of
the Union, and the purity OF the Constitution.
In such strife and for such holy purpose,
will join the ranks of war, and fight alike a.
yainst those who would oppress me and those
who would coerce my Submission to oppression.
will light sDnt = ls an-14
ssTo combat violence, fraud and usurpation,
To pluck the spoil from the oppressor's jaws,
And keep my country as found it-FREE
sfas
at is palpable, and to our mind it has been
all along, that the people of this country VITO
were not at heart desirous of trouble, were vast
ing their energies in an attempt to elect either
Douglas or Breckinri1ge to the Presidency
No such event is within the range OF possibilities.
The agencies that bring the country into trouble
IRE not to berelied on to ertracate it, The North
IS Republican, and can only be carried for the
Constitution by winning back the many patriotic
citizens who committed the mistake of going in
TO that organization. Many act with it with
out sympathy for its aBti-siavery views, hut
simply because they hate Democracy and have
nowhere else to go; while thousands, unable to
associate with any existing party cOnscientiously,
have retired to their homes and kept aloof from
the polls. How is it possible TO change this
state OF things by running Democratic candi-
date? 1t were most unreasonable to expect it,
and it will never be done. Some new alterna-
tive must be presented to them.
"The only hope of the country is for both
and Douglas to retire and leave the
battle to Bell alone. He is the only candidate
who can measure arms with the Republican Sa
ladn, and ia a free open fight we feel confident
Of his triumph. If men love party less than
country they will yet so will it.-Sauonnah Re
publican.
BETWEEN BELL AND LINooLN.-Every day af-
fords additional proof that the Presidential con-
test is between John Bell and Abraham Lincoln.
The man who denies it, shows that he is either
culpably ignorant, or wickedly bent on closing
bis eyes to facts that exist. The recent elections
in three of the most important free States have
given alarming indications of the strength of
Black Regublicanism there, and have demonstra-
Ted beyond cavil that whatever of strength Breck-
nridge has in the North will be exerted for the
benefit of Lincoln.
Men of Virginia, which do you chooseg Will
you enroll your names with the conservative
host that is narshalled under the banner of John
Bell, or will you throw away your votes upon
Breekinridge or Douglass
Let the Farmers Remember. ~
Let every farmer in Virginia remember that
the day that South Carolina and Alabama carry
their Disunion purposes and schemes into effect,
that very day real estate in Virginia will go
1own one-fIalf and slave property three-fourths.
That is to be the result of this idiOtic cry of