Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-12-14
Speaking of the city of Petersburg. the


Democratic city gave Mr. Breckenridge but
223 votes. TO Bell it gave go, and i'll
threv apoy 6l3 upos Douglas" We would
ask the Sentinel how those votes were
thrown away? Is 1T throwing a vote away
when man votes his honest sentiments, and
casts his suffrage for one Of two antagoDi
sing propositions? We can readily see how
the Sentinel could vote against its convic-
lions, by reference to it's complete somer-
sault on the 'sIntervention" question. It
first advocated the position Douglas oecu-
pied, and then, finding the current in Vir
GINA against him, it wheeled right around
without ceremony, and supported that of
Mr.. Breckenridge, which was Numerically
opposed to it. We are tired of this sneer-
ing attempt to bring those who voted for
Judge Douglas in Virginia into disrepute.
We have heard enough of it. If the editor
Of the Sentinel. and those who voted with
him, bad shown the same devotion to sense
Of right and love for the Union and the com
promises Of the Constitution, that marked
the action Of the friends of Judge Douglas,
the country would not now be on the verge
Of ruin. The supporters Of John c. Brock
inrid ge-the Boilers from the Charleston
aud Baltimore Conventions-will be held
responsible In all time to come for the dis
ruptiou of the Democratic party, and the
consequent destruction Of our government.
Had the snbservSent tools of mel. and cliques
been kicked cut Of position in Virginia, and
men of nerve ard viii, who dared to acs out
their convictions Of right, regardless ofcon-
sequences, been placed IN their stead, the
story would have been different than "ttrou-
ing votes oway'' on Douglas. We are proud
Of our support Of that gallant champion Of
the rights Of the people and the integrity
and purity Of the Constitution. No truer
band Of patriotic and honest men ever uni
ted for a righteous purpose than those few
in Virginia who bravely declared for Ste
phen A. Douglas, in the face Of such fear
full odds against him. The Alexandra Sen
tinel and Lynchburg Republican, the only
two papers in Virginia OF responsibility
which have stopped to sheer at the friends
Of Douglas, are the very last that should
have attempted it, for they both exhibited a
wavering inconsistency and want Of frames
totally at war With deep rooted con 7sction
| .f right En- the future, we trust we shall
hear no more from them If they do per-
sist. they must look out for retort, for we
will not sit quiet. whilst our own motives
and course are thus impugned and reflected
upon.
The Y. 7. Herald's Washington cores
pendent says, that the Cotton States will in-
sert in the Constitution Of the Southern Con-
federacy clause forever prohibiting the re-
opening Of the African Slave trade IF this
be SO, there will be go difficulty IN uniting
all the Slave States in a common coufedera-
ton, with the exception probably of Della
ware. The daily South Carolinian," pub
lished at Columbia, also says that it Is H.
bel and SANDER upon tho friends of seees-
sion, to charge them with desiring reopen
ing Of the African Slave trade.
| Mrs. Margaret Everheart died on the
| 18th ut., in Frederick county, at the age
Of one hundred and one years. She had
been member of the Episcopal Church for
seventy years. At her request her funeral
sermon was preached from the 18th verse
and 1st chapter of Genesis: ''And thou
shalt 60 to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt
be buried in good old age"
The members of Congress from Virginia
are unit against secession on aeeeant of
the election Of Lincoln. Senator Hunter is
likewise against any preei pitate actioa.-
His letter on the subject is decidedly able
and convincing, both as to present and to
future policy, should a dissolution take
place.
| A special train was employed to convey
printed packages of the Presidents message
to Baltimore. 1t ran thirty-six miles which
lie between the outer limits of the two cities.
in thilty-six minutes, -exactly mile per
minute. The time from depot to depot " as
made in 46 minutes.
The idea seems to be prevalent at Wash
ington that this is the last National Congress
that will ever sit. Visitors to the White
House not unfrequently say that they have
looked upon the last President Of the United
States; and they might add, the worst
Mr.. Breckenridge is understood to be in
favor of a Southern Cow ention, to agree
upon the terms of continued union, and give
the North time to respond.
The movement for the impeach mcnt of
u. S Judge Watrous, Of Texas, is deriving
additional strength.
I Samuel Marx, Cashier of the Bank OF Va. ,
at Richmond, died Of apoplexy on the It'll
! inst, aged about sixty-fye.