Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-08-22
.rOs1lNG TIE EoONS.o

no VOTED Tor Van Hufeu IN lS4O. who VIII '0e ief
Henry Clsv ia this county; and many Others say that
they viii not vote fof Polk. Anolher letter fTom
ylhe says: Accasans have been made 10 our ranks,
v hist We have lest uu bng.-tlay viii gel heller
vote ,han Harrison III le4O--what The increase will be,
will uo undertake 10 say. Wy hope Is. that We sai,
reduce The majority IN Ie40 thing like one hall
Another letIer from Fsyeite expresses The upn0n mai
tie hig majority of Ie4O IN HAT county, llO,) VIII
go up 10 100 IN 1874.
Among the changes in New York, we announce the
name oi T.. Butler Esq. Of Columbia county, cousin
Of Mr. Van Burens pruiege, b. i. Butler. In his letter
Uf fesuneiaon he yindcaes the lanf policy. parilcu-
larry IN its benecent effects the agricultural interest,"
lie adds. There is a great difference between an
Buren aud opposition 10 the annexation ot lexas,-
and Mr. Polk the lwo-thirds rule, no protection, aud
the immediate annexation ot Tex,s. which Will tend at
a future day towards the dsmembeTDent OF the Union
A refusal :, support Mr.. Polk consider abandon
ment of principle, because his nomination was secured
by his adherence 10 question never before recognized
by the party, and the application OF rule which, II
carried out would give The Jetc the power over The ma
nya pnn pie not 10 be found In MIR. Jeiiersons creed
OF Democracy"
w. q. Norris, Esq. who was recently elected Presi-
ldent o The Hickory Clab IN Anne Arundel county, Ma
ryland, declines the HONOR and announces his demo
cratic friends lha, he has renounced LDcotocoism.
The Dayton (Ohlu) Journal CONTAINS the card of ia,
cob Fmeick, declaring tina he can longer act with
the Lnc10co party; and lie Madison ()hio) Senlinel
CONTAINS similar card from IL czers OF that county
John n. Stevens ofWa;feIdsbure, (Maryland,) states
that he has "become convinced thai The welfare OF the
country VIII be best prooed by carry ing the prn
cples of The Wing party and desires therefore that his
name be struck from the roll OF the Democratic Assocla-
lion in that place
Mr.. f.. y. Cornelius Of Pscataway, New Jersey, }
who has abandoned the Locouco party, and determined
10 support Mir Clay says that he was first induced To
discard his old political associates from disgust at their
auocons. but often pairy personal attacks upon Mr..
T. lie states HAT he has lived several years Louis
VILE, Ky, where he has often seen Mr. Clay and that
both parlcs IN that State held bin in the highest respect
hot only great saiesnan but as ,uan of exalted
personal worth.
Joseph ). leake, Esq. Of Lowndes county. Mssissp-
Pr i't number Of yeats past prominent member the
loc9ioco parry IN that STATE, and menber of It's STATE
Legislature, has openly renamed Polk and Dallas and
ASSUMED position Of EARNED neutralIy.n The paper
from which this fact Is copied. says: Ills example will
be followed by hundreds OF democrats" In his publish
ed letter, Mr. Leake says:
~ he democratic !-,fly this time are in the hands
Of unprncIped office seekers aud spectators in Texas
lands and scrip. and doomed 10 speedy dsson-
iiut; ir should L Tx be elected he must know Int far
these tflokscrs he would never have heen tlouyt f
consequently these yormIn viii fill all The offices and
give lone to The admlnsiraon-lndeed Won will fnd
that the tow gear oids, aud the yeariings and such
democrats as have never voted with US, will be put in
high places, and thus the democratic party will be scat
tered 10 The TOUR winds for all Of our old leaders will be
dsgnsedas IN truth they will 5e--beng prescribed IN
order to crafty few unptncipled lrlcksers and made
IT, play second fiddle 10 mere tyres 1t were. VIII
any nan. hereafter, have any inducement to iahf,lly
battle IN the cause OF democracy No To be faith,
ln and nn@averlng in denucrary is but TO secure to
yourself the contemp, and hatred Of that Pack Of office
hunters, who al different lines upon hnlh sides of
every great grea question, and give in their adhesion To
both Ut the parties III expectation o office. The dtca!
OF MI Van Bnren, in the Baltimore Convention is The
severest bio" the tue democratic party has ever recey>
lI ttr ttnn gt l.n.t ri.ft Il
and eSPonens has been inundated, mol upon the altar
ut his conntrys good. but to crafty an unprnciplei
ac'on lnpelied by 'fcksters, Office hun'es and specn
iaors just twenty years ago portion Of III Sc trick
sers were at the same dirty work, sowing the seeds of
personal hostility. and who. though proiessed Republ-
cans, were Indifferent between Jackson and Adams
The democratic purity is dSsotred- virtually scatter
ed ~ The dem-nts Of distraction, and Poh is not The
man 10 'asy them - Disgust. deep disgust, perc0des The
breast n erery oH democrat POLK election ,riH be
corSe than derat for In that usarings and four
years oids VIII be Installed office, and the admins
tfan viii be under their Influence and the name
democracy they will give as death blow. Who are
they who are IN eNtaces at Folks nomination. Ihtse
very yedr,ngS, four years ods and the most trceent
democrats who have voted with us,-these az,
cep' an ufer from either party such men are in the
hFd hfarenJ, not because they like Polk much but they
hate Van Buren, more. The Notifying part OF
this whole matter that those who have been-and ia
truth yetthe bitter oes of true democracy are now
II is well known fact that Mr. Dallas believes that
Congress has the constitutional right To charter bank
Now, should Mr. Polk be elected and die might we not
BE- trapped IN Dallas. the Wings were in Iyler2 But
enoneh of his d-nable affair. | will wipe my hands
o the whole OF IL, and leave the yearlinys four years
ods and the spectators light their own battles for
will moi, by any act OF MICE assist in consummang 50
iase acl uf redcherY."
This is very plain talk hut bitter and unpalaiabe as
some Of The truths told by Mr.. Leake may be- they ad-
dress themselves 10 the serious consideration Of the me
| hers of his party
wholesale moeemenn-The Perry (Pennsylvania)
! Freeman contains statement. signed by THIRTY
FIVE workmen, (not the rufle- Shirts" but the hard
listed ab1rrs Junlala Furnace that county renour-
eng Inc1fOcosm. and avowing their intention 10 vote
tor the Wing candidates. This is significant ndica-
ton OF the spr that is abroad in the Keystone State:
anu furnishes Too, very conclusive reply 10 the
SUMPTION whith we sometimes hear made IN public dis
cnssons that the tarn , lcy .cs"rs only the rich en-
pyer hui adds nothing 10 the comol,or the Resources
o The ar'lzln. The fact is, that when the employer
pfSfers. the lab rer necessarily PARTICIPATES in his pros
perl'y. 1he larger The profits of the one the bphe,
Will be the wages Of the other. Hence the jab,rer i.
as much Interested III the preservan ot system tv
which his al comfort increased and IN the DO
teat OF party, which by the overthrow Of that system
would deprive him Of his daily bread and at least dlmn
Ish the little comforts which augmented wages enable
MN to procure, as Is the capitalist HIMSELF And we
are not surprised 10 see many OF them aband,nny a
party. With which. ii they would examine lis policy ir
stead OF booking al Its name. they would perceive that
tney nave no ohiy whatever, aud unitpy themselves
Win me w higs, whose measures are essentially s,p
nected with their hest Interests.
h. L. Wiley, Esq. late President Of the Democratic
Association at Springfield Illinois, has abandoned the