Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-22
From the Enquirer and Examiner.
MEROZ.

my is enveoped In the smoke of battle, and the
guns are in active discharge along the whole
line. Is one of those grand battles which de-
eide the destiny OF State 1t is for Virginia
the closing conflict of the social revolution
which has been in progress for four years. Ii it
goes against US, a night will set in whose dura-
ton may cover the lifetime of this generation.
If we win, the sun will be visible through the
clouds, like that which on larger theatre was
hailed by Europe as making, in the year 1915,
the close of the French Revolution The mass
es Of the Conservative party are rallying to
their standards. In nearly all portions Of the
State it is obvious that the popular heart is
again being ired-and chieftain after chieftain
Is winding his horn and summoning his clans
men. The venerable, but vigorous and indo-
mitable, Governor Smith, writes that he is
ready to do any work that may be assigned him.
The gallant Flournoy is about to address the
people at Halifax Courthouse, Henry Court
house, Patrick Courthouse, Danville, Harri-
sonburg, Woodstock, Franklin Courthouse =
Beverly Douglas spoke in Lexington yesterday,
and he is booked for Culpeper, Leesburg, Al
exandria, Front Royal, Luray, Harrisonburg,
Woodstock, and Winchester Marye has just
spoken in Petersburg and announced for Spot
sylvania Court house on Monday and Frede-
ricksburg Monday night, besides number of
other appointments General Blow and Mr.
Kelley speak the same day to the people Of Isle
of Wight. Baldwin is published for Woodstock
| Monday next; and Stuart for Harrisonburg on
| Tuesday. Campbell speaks at Russell court on
the day last named (ruesday.l Judge Daniel is
to address the people of Campbell at their
court. And fifty others will have spoken in the
next ten days. The sentiment in favor Of the
| Walker ticket is nearly uniuersal. Man after
man who hesitated at first has come In, and the
prominent inlpracticables may be counted now
on the fingers of one hand. That these gentle
men represent certain number of votes-some
thousands-we do not deny; and that is pre-
cisely the point we wish to address ourselves to
at present.
Are they going to throw our line into confu-
sion? Are they going to stand idle on such a
day as this? Are they going to stand with
their division idle spectators, when all their
| brethren are engaged in so hot and desperate a
fight? When few more men from England
would ensure so handsome a victory-surely
avert so ruinous defeat-and when those men
are actually at hand, shall their kinsmen fight
| without them?
| Argument, we have said is at an end. We
are in the middle of the stream, and it is up
We cannot pause to discuss the propriety of
having attempted to cross-and we cannot turn
back. We are compelled to 60 on.
We have right to demand that every white
man, not scalawag nor carpet-bagger, shall
| give us the benefit of his voice and his vote in
| this struggle. We do not care whether you
reason as we do or not you have no right to
reason about it; you are handful, and we are
nine-tenths of the party; and if you must have
reason, we are entitled to have your co-Opera-
| ton, when that cooperation In our opinion is
| necessary to save US. No man liveth unto him
self, and no man has right to think without
| reference to the thinking of all his neighbors,
| when their being is involved in his think
| ing. Certainly not, unless he is to be greatly
benefited by his obstinacy; and there is no
| benefit in this case, unless Wells is benefit.
We say-and that is our positlon--ten or fif-
teen thousand men, calling themselves Virgin
ians, have got no right in opposition to the uni
ted voice OF all other Virglnians to imperil the
| white race of this State. Your inaction does
not end with your own sell-destruction: the
ruin will fall on us also, and 1Oe are not inditfer
ent about being rescued. We do not mean to
be offensive-but you are public enemies, ifyou
persist you say Let it burn, when the ship
is in flames, and we want you to pass the buck
cts. You simply say, Let it burn you do
not pretend that there is any sail in sight which
may come to our relief. We say We can subdue
the fire; you simply say, 1--WE don't think So
or if we do, the buckets are filthy.
Now. if we fail in this election, it will be only
because you would not lift your fingers when we
implored you to do so. If this State is given
over to the negroes and to Fl. II. Wells and DR..
Harris, and Wells militia the thing will
have been your work-ju ust as much your work
as if you had framed the Underwood constitu-
ton and gone on to Michigan and brought
Wells here.
The party is in fine spirits; everything is en-
couraging; the mass of the people are being
aroused; and we only need your votes. Shall
| Al
without you; possibly we may not. Are you
deaf to all appeals; Cursed be Meroz, be-
cause they came not to the help Of the LORD,
to the hel p of LORD against the mighty
EVEN the Saviour of mankind had his day of
degradation and trial Virginia has the loftiest
precedent for her faith and patience, and he
who will now lie supiney down; throw away
his chance of registration and ignore his solenp
duty on the 9th day of July, will tasten about
himself more of guilt, but display less of fore
sight than the crucifed thief, who asked that
he might be remembered in the day Of his mas
ter's triumph. Virginia passes under the arch
of the Union, and will soon assume the recti-
tudc of freedom Her sons will submit to the
discipline of fate, but time, which despises per-
secutions. is also said to fly, and terrible will be
the penalty of treason to her interests in this
day of her agony. Oh, come out and vote J.
Vote for Walker and for Virginia! The day
can be won. and if we are true to the race which
has polished and adorned the word-the race
which developed steam power and built the tel
egraph-which wrote the rise and fall of the
Roman Empire and planted the cross among
the nations of the earth-our State will be re-
deemed Proud day for the old Dominion!-
He who is not emulous Of part or lot in the holy
work should be anathema marenatha. Bristol
Nsws.