Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-21
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v,arl b. Divine right y Winchester Vro'n'hH
o. got friaod Of the "TIrgiaiGn" entirely misap
pr lslts u Il to prevent that very result One Mao
Gov m usut thr all our lsbOrs directed. All his
tory Oh o. that the popular elections OF Chief No
gst,s terminate In Gcsposm. If ell the past furnished
no slncs the appalling example beyond the Posomoe
saoai Oo,1 our eyes We there behold the result of
p,ou,- elcfon Of President We NAV Hltter ourselVei
- much s. nav, superiority 20 the Yankees
bas Nth the SANE system prevailing among Us, the SANE
al c, = ia tm, ensus Oar slave institution has saved
- ~ ne present; bus that caunos alSays avail We
s,, a.s too feebis 10 Northwestern Virginia ~hery
YAK ia has carried the day By degrees it Weuld be
N e G'1ea and suoVer;ei tucthsr South.
I roili b. wen for all of IA Of the South TO rOview
oar p,'; oplloa' fsred ulder very different state Of
eroansa ees 10 what eIi4ts at present. Here oOre,
look % the eontnusnes Of the Uniou and reglr ding
ths akess as orsthreo, have all been too much dis
posd 10 co lior cn- views the leveng and dssruc
tive DEMOCRACY ttbat reglIa We uss the word DcipOt
raoy ooI l. rs par ba. iso elan sense. 10 that sens
DsnocrAE Is a MISSIONER applied 10 any part!
A tbs S,u,h-Ehere our habits, institutions apd
in.rrss are III averse 70 tho sor. Of GoveruI neDi
Implied BY il BIT to be on terms with the Mort
s.n masses, both OF the old parties in the outh
wen. too far In compromising their Original tpn
Ions AID c1me In the end to hold sbominabs doc
t-nes as she ,ukees themselves Luckily for u.s. aBC
on account of our peculiar institution, those doctrine
we're ouy skindsep With Of US aud bad not per
v1dsd and corrupted the whole Of the body i:c
IL they spreading and day by day, work ng acre
and more mischief. II We had not qlit the Yam kee'
uaen We di'; 10 ten years. we should have become IN
capable Of doing /: at all We shoui have b,con 10
ea.A7gei in the meshes Of their sophis.res, and en-
fs9ld BY their moral zing principles, that ex;ric or
w5UlI have been impo siole.
Pooul4r election Of all officers the un'lver
81 aud most mischiev'us of the Yankee nnovai ors,
VII n have erep' ia upon is was system unkr owl
q all cur early sac Governments BIZ the Federal Con
.. usion, there no election Of President By tie
psopc Toe Electors only chosen by popular 'Ott;
aad designed by the trainers Of the Coustu hoa
that they should have absolute discretion 10 eecng The
President But the democratic spirit acting In co icer
With the vicious Effects OF party, speedily changed this
aal though the words Of the Constitution remain ibey
WERE the se.Ors counters, and the e3ec
toa of President is substantially made directly by spu
or vote.
Ii We separated from the Yankees not because tei
dosirres are vicious and must lead to dsspoIsn, bH
merely 20 SGT up another Yankee Government here "
are pursuing the right course. We shah have |. wi u
vengeance before tie present generation shall Lul
pa sed from the stage. But are wise, if We az
really capable Of selfgoVernment, We will repud III
principles found be mischeVous and establish cur il v
u.atiOns on basil, which will ensure u freedom Is
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Toe election of Governor by the legislature, 5
P.esien, by lo mar no. b, free from every otjecdc
but h lids Us Of the debiuehing fleets Of party
gle, p,rvsli-g tho whole body Of the people. To q
mode o. proceeding 10 10 Is efsOs than d N
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ter all wat 4 c I'D popular eleciin Is oay 50 e
p41A Wsslk o. tad P,'siisnts ani G werner, ave
r,iuy % ,,.a p .',y obiv'adI,s ii, CT ur,s sc
az IT'S o. pry em~r' d dem 5 50 after they,
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I'ssss PssPisss iOaSos 'hsu raiy err dscree' >
Tas Whole proceeding i uOSkSy a il Is iOaait' l.
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is rp,st the rsqlsst TO all our public mn Of re
gou . rse, Ser past OPioioas, he ei-cunstsacess
i.aus.msas attending sher aa ion and helr ipoop 10
nsliy 20 cur p-esent condition. We attempt
{, found new Rpublo, on better basis than the cd
one We are in Yosoa to taksc latitude and dep a.
turs 70 proa BY past errors and II within the range
HIM ~isdon, TO guard against their recurrence. 7hs
experiment Of fss Government which Of the ST. al
are aor making viii il |, fails be. 10 all probability the
Iass that viii ever 70 attempted