Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-05-02
xvV.CgzBXKG J1RGIvIL,.
Monday. May 2, 1896.
l,FRGINT.f ELECTIONS.

,IifIpu t.
n.-,l result with certainty. The Van Buren, par
=, have succeeded in securing small majority ON
ain, ballot. by cvadine, before the people, the j.
.,es really involved in the contest, aud b, sub>-
.,,;,g others which had not the rcmotc>t conncc.
inn with it, They asserted that the Right of In
.,,,r,ion had been set AT naught and was cndan.
,erel BY the refusal of Mr.. Leigh to make himself
:, instrument OF its prostitution 10 the most deera-
linz marty purposes, and 0ristocrdtic and roval
,tlfs were applied to thu, gentleman, for the pur-
,osc Of rendering him odonS to the " sovcrcgns"
.,,, tina land, a, one who had deiicd their sweet
voices" speaking through the most contemplate
S,ay as BODY, that ever diseraccd the Capitol of
VIRGINIA Even "TIIE BANk," which has
,ccn slain some dozen timc., according To the OFF.
,al and derni-ollieial bulletins which have ever
and anon appeared in tho Globr,' chroniclng
che propress Of the waocd against that institute
nan. and which has had, OF course, as many rctur-
,,,,ions as cahs,--cven the Bonh, whose charter
.xnred two months before our elections came ON,
va, AGAIN brought into the field, with it, d,rrndcd
laws" wide open II dcvonr" the liberties we'll as
the good, and chattrlS of the people, who bn, for
the eternal hazonry' of it, enormirs, would
never have known Of its existence bat BY It's
benefits, or Of its death but by the evils which
will surcly follow, and which already hang o.
yur oar head, in dense and threatening cloud.
And the Abolition question, likewise, strange as 1t
vmay srem, was brought TO bear against the Wings
---yes, against the Wings, who had been zealon>ly
H.
uConsrrss, nthc Legislature, in the public prints,
in oanyassinc the counties, in the streets, every
@herc, was the charge of .ibohtionim >ham,iulv
urged, by men, who had, ON all occasions, thnartcd
their efforts To crush the vile caiiill, who scat
tcring their fr.brands amongst us And the cvi
Ance Of their connection with this band OF fanatics
was that the Northern wings and anii-masons have
placed Francis Granger as Vice President on the
Harrison tickct--as if, even thongh Mr. Granger
were himself an Aboli,ionist, that fact co,d identity
wi,hihem the Southern wings, who have no part nor
lot in the matter having refused to in the
Northern nomination.. and having recommended, in
lieu OF HIM, J0hn Yglr, a Nirginian of high ta-
lcnts Of, unq' cstioned integrity, and from his first
entrance into public He until now member Of
tie old or,hodox school Of '9s. But Nh Gran
yer is no AbolilioniS: or II he be cnr, IS Mar
fin Yam Bnen, lor their opinions nearly idrn-
,ca', the difference, if there be any, being in Ca
vor of Mr.. Granger. And vet our accuscrs have the
Conscience to support Van for the Presidency, e.
ven while they deduce from our rctusait to support
Mr.. Granger for the Vice Presidency the logical
sequence that We are tainted with AboiouSn
However the public sense may have been mi>ed
on this subject, for want Of reflection, during the
recent canvass, il surely cannot be 50 suiica
and Seccpcd in prejudice, 10 permit such gross
perversion alike Of truth and probability 10 make !,
permanent imp es,ion on their minds. The Wings
have charged tho Southern friends of Mr.. Van
Buren, with being Aboltonists they know that it
is not 50. Many of those persons have as deep a
stake, pccuniary and Other wise, involved in the de-
cnon of that subject as any set of men can posi-
oily have: But we do charge them with permit
ting their political feelings to blind them TO the
consequences oftheir acts, which, though, not in
tendedto have that effect, will inevitably strength
en- the hands of the Aboions,s, inspire them with
additional hope Of the contamination of their de-
n''eent and untrlng prosecution Of their purposes
but whether this presumption be we'll ill-found-
90, It's certainly apparent that the charge OF tbo
''onsm, brought agains, the Wings, as mpu-
IDENTITY false as it is absurdiy ridiculous. Yet it
performed its office, At least to some extent
But we have remarked above that the Van Blu
rem candidates for the Legislature, and thcir
friends, not only made false issues. but that they
'sVaded those really involved in the contest These
"e'e' Isl, the Expuncine process; and 2dy, the
question OF Van Buren, no Van Burcn-in rela-
"oh 10 the former Of which they took the ground,
ma', lnasmnch as ii would not again be called up
o''ore The Legislature, the people should not per
IL" " to have any Influence upon their votes !; as
" inc punishment of improper legislation and u
'u'Pihg Legislators constituted element Of popu-
' suI'rage-nnd in reference 10 the latter tina, as
Inc next Legislature would not assemble until after
'' residential election was over that that cleo
"'' should exercise no influence upon voters in
'' o"olce OF delegates rs if, even assuming that
'' contest will be decided by the Electoral Col
"s'S''herc were not collateral subjects likely to
s'" OUT OF that election, Of scarcely inferior mag
'"uc ana Importance t, itself. To show that our
'rpohenis who thus sh filed and cquivocated, and
'"e' with the understanding and intelligence Of
" people, did not act canddlv and fairly on these