Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1861-01-25
For tie IlndicuIar

For tic Findtca'or.
Mr. Editor Never have the people of
Augusta been called upon to discharge d
more solemn duty than the selection Of del
egates to represent them III the approaching
Convention. Our rights, our interests, aud
our honor are ali involved i'll the issue
Whatever may be our friendships or pref
ereuces for men, they must all be yielded
to the stern demands OF principle. 1t is
Q made paIpable that there are those a.
mong US who entertain tue absurd and dan
gerous doctrine that their highest allegiance
is due to the Federal Government. This
is The hach Republican throrU and hence
tie right they ctoim to coetce q seceded
Stote. Our federated system ofSovereigo-
ties is thus converted into a consolidated
Government, in the face Of all facts and all
history. Virginia has never wavered on
this point. She has never failed to upraise
the shield Of her sovereignty at every at
tempted encroachment Of federal power
Such, also, was the sentiment Of all the
States, North as well rs South, in The BIT
ter days Of the Republic. But q greatrcC-
button has note tthen place. AS Wilson,
u. S. Senator from Massachusetts, truly
expresses it-.'WE (tle Black Republi-
cans) hare not only electcaa NEW President,
bit a New GoYEKNMGSr.." Yes, we have
a new Government the Governmentof q
SECTION, which aims to rule Us regardless of
the Constitution. Does it not ccome US,
then as freemen jealous Of oar rights, to be-
ware how we trust power, at such a crisis,
III the hands Of any mau. however worthy
in other respects, who hesitates to declare
that his first, his firm. malterable allegi
ance is due to Ylrg;uia They should be
regarded as allies Of Black Republ,canism
who refuse this position, or give any coun-
tenance to CoERcIoN. Beware, too, Of those
bigoted idolators OF a prostituted Union, wht
IN their blind devotion, would stille every
manly sentiment of resistance to wrong ant
oppression. Remember that che Conveu-
ton is our State affair-that its object is t.
obtain uaityo Of action in securing cur right.
in the Union, or our independence out OF it
and thus prerent ciriI cU amongst our
seires If UNITED, we have nothing to feal
from COERCION. 1t would MT be attempted
But if we allow ourselves to be DIVIDED
then the worst horrors depicted by the mos
l%aehrymose Of our Macawbers will be moro
than realized. VIRGINIA.
Far the Ttndtcotor.
III. T~indicctor:-,i confess to you that
| admire the chlvalry Of South Carolina in
the trying circumstances in which she Is
placed in defence Of her inquest enable
rights. Rash she may have been in some
of her acts, but it is only as the brave count
rashncss. Her men, her women, aud even
her negroes, in the general exhibit hemost
heroic determination to defend their homes.
Would that those among us who talk as if
they had nothing to fight for, could lie mado
to imbibe a portion of the patriotic 81 irit OF
these poor slaves! If they cannot hos to
emulate their heroism, let them at least
show the candor Of others Of shcm, and say
mo massa, | can't 6ght-Ib RBN"
We call attention to the advertisement Of
r. w Stevenson, our excellent Chief Of Po-
lice. 1t is not a very enyiable aotoriety to
have ones name posted up at the Court
House as a delinquent tax payer. But if
the call Of the Chief Of Police is not needed
before next Wednesday week. this will GER
tainly he done. A word to the wise Is sut~
ficient.
a volunteer company Of planters living
in Prince George county, Nd recently
rendered their services to Gov. Plckens, and
agreed to contribute $l00, 600 towards sus-
tanning South Carolina.
The bill appropriating $1,000, 900 for
the defence of the State, passed the Senate
of Virginia on the 23d, after some slight
amendments, without opposition
The house in which Thos. Jefferson was
born near Shadweli Depot. AlbemarIo, was
recently consumed by fire,
d. 3. Warriok, who served with Gira-
baldi in the Italian campaign, is now in
Richmond, his native place.
Bailey, connected with the abstraction of
the Indian Trust bonds. has been released
from prison on bail in the sum Of $4,000.
The authorities of Florida having inter-
oepted the U. S. Mails, the post office at
Pensacola has been discontinued.