Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-10-02
Voc. Nm Vss.---NO. ~.
POLITICAL,
ADDRESS OF TIE
WIG CENTRAL STATE COMMITTEE
IIIIIEN OE IIRLLNI. !

present aspects ana future prospects IL WY p,Irj-
cal canvass which now agltaios the country This task
VIII be essayed in the present aud smo other short adj
dresses which NJ intervals will follow it.
And first, let mngle our CONGRATULATIONS IN lin,
ausPcIouS signs of Whg success which erect Us from
all quarters. Here al the Metropolis where YOU have
paced US as sent1nels on the wachowpr. chreiy we
give out Ike watch wurd-'ALr.. Is WE'LL" OrIrr
harmony and patriotic ardor parvadc our ranls while
we are happy at receiving from The country In. III .Inu
news mat The same warm zeal which auiutajts tho
" HiG HEART al the ceutre, circuates Throughout I'M
commonwealth TO It's remuiest extremes. Lulkll bl
yond orr own limits, there nough ii slrrtca UYt
every thing 10 encourage cNruns nv thc suc " W
the W hlg Republican cauSe.-'rna Win N! NY S,ul,
ana w EST are united and firm in its support willie in
those parts Of the Union where we were 81 ,,uGA.t,
assured by our adycrSares thai the Free Soil nave
menl, as 1t Is called, would find in the " hir Party
lis natural elements Of atilaon the GREAT FACT is
now demonStraled-made TOO conspicuous r. evasion ,r
denlal-thai 10 the party If THE NAIlRALAI:
LIES" almost alone belongs tile I,ry Of evoyin, ir,t
us bosom that cloud Of Aboltonlsm which gathers HI
porientous darkness on the Northern and Eastern Hui,
ION and that the great and glorious Wing party stands
'here as stands everywhere. intact i'll all Its ORIGINAL
purity and integrity, unawed. unseduccd, uu,rnied
grounded lmOveably III lis CONSERVATIVE devotion Ia law
to order, and the constitution By the returns Of ,ue
recent election in Maine, State which the nqol,
&c ascendency has been for years confirmed lie laus
relative increase OF Wh sreug the lie # 1917
Indicates that in the ranks of our alversari.s ,s free
Soil principle (as it is callcl) is making It's fatal IN
roads Al Inc last election IN That State the clear Dem
ncratlc majority fir Governor all others WIN 1850
while in The present contest the majority Of All others
ganS HIM Is about four THOUSAND BY HE returns from
Vermont the truth is rendered sill more clear and
undenabP. There tie Wing lrkei fur outrun.
ming those Of as and Van Buren, in aggregate aII the
former OF lhese Two Democratic candid ties placed 50 far
in the rear, that what little while ago uttered in
Jest seems in Tint State at least. 10 be in the rapid
Of Development as s'ber truth. And The enquiry may
well be mooed, whether the Baltimore nominee ''1leuis
TO retire from The cairrss or tcu still persist asa
cadidatc III his purpose 10 distract he Do0c!tic por
IT,"
Turning the great State If Pruusy lvania lie same
condition Of things is discussed HE Democratic party
and leading Democrats there the head am front Of
tile Free Soil organization. Scarcely w hr and no
leading one, u be in connrxiun wth il it, In
the Empire State, too, aairs the complexion
Numerous have been the efforts tn tempt the Wings of
that State from their righul allegiance but as rpoleu
as numerous They have resiseJ every eff rt to
turn them from The path of duty. nisyunlai personal
devotion to My. Clay for have carried oil Il
few ardent minds into separate movement from the
great Wing Army, but ''sober second thuaght las
served TO bring them back to the ranks and the last
"coup de &. ace" has been given % this documentary
meue by the mannanmous declaration Of the great pa
riot statesman himself, that having consented The SUB
mission Of his name to the Philadelphia Convention,
he has given, and will give cement
enance TO any further connection Of his narEo
with the freSGehcy In short, The w hlgS ui that lea
ding State firm, united and prepared FIR the cotest
the rarfs of their adversares broken descendant and
confused and 10 every dlspaSsOnaIe Observer, the
contest there which has hitherto only existed between
the Philadelphia and Buff 10 nominees appears be al
ready decded.-Whig New England stands hru- and
from Ohio we have the most cheering If
cess. The signs from the Northwest are daily more
suspicious. In short from every quarter The horizon
the light streams in upon Us the flushing Aurora
which precedes the dawn "a" bright herald which pr.
claims the confirmed and risen day"
The simultaneous publication of the Nicholson letter.
of Gen. Cass in the Wing and Democratic jounlasot
Richmond, furnishes fit occasion To lay bare before the
people of Virginia, the m0nstrous fraud up their intel
ligence of which that n,toous publication i, adopted
the instrument, and 10 strip the mask from hvpocrcy
more ganhg than has ey.I heretofore ben exhibited IN
our party annals.
Iha attempt should be seriously made, to conu,nd
the doctrines Of that letter with those avuwed but lately
hy party who now assume Il as creed that the Iesy
Ia ion Of The Baltimore Convention, the subject Of
slavery snoull be sOemny declared in evelluus grave
y made 10 the public, be deuIl al with oah and that
the position Of the Wing nominees for the Presidency
and Vice Presidency is Of ayunsn 10 the rights
Of the South while that Of the Democratic canI ates.
The subject, par cGce!cacc, lnvles her conf
donco and trust is indeed. CO adopt the Of donIn-
ciation 50 familiar in Democratic la.guagpl Il ''cn
ceive that impUsturo is ll gross III The popular
duy."
| But before approaching the points just Indicated, III
reply u the taunts If the Democratic press. THAT lhu
Wings have published nostrun have advertised
panacea for The moral i'll which threatens the State,
permit lis to ask the question, which long be
answered to injured people under dreadful respon5-
bily-to whose acts and teachings due the calSnl-
lies which now cloud the future! Have the " hilS, as
party ut part in this matter! is II confessed thar
10 the conservative councils Of this abused aud revied
association Of statesmen and PATRIOTS common country
must auan for Succor aud ur safely HE Hr ui
need? Isl in these nay ~ the instance Of .r Ore
ron difficulty. that the public safety Ia lessy
ted 10 The .jacn,nisn which rules the hour may trd
security from its crimes and lis Gunders
| OF all the ter,denls Of the fearful question which
nov perplexes councils Of the wisesl-of the irltu-
aied measures which have precipaied issue sr.i-
inc upon the counryo the guilty ambition. The hist
of feicn SPOIL fired by the Struggle r political power
between the different sectors othe Umou-ii i. ctlsI-
limo amid whatever nt misfortune m,y tnSlic To Ike
WHO party, 10 know. III II Is wholly inn Gent II
opposed in body, the Insane cry for foreign acquisition
and warned the cuuury against the rrtrihuiiva evils
which would srnely fonw IN The train Of national
nine and spoaliun. Fortunately, This p,lt, li1y
stand ~ in the face Of Chris eud,n and couch he
cord
In that memorable debate in the Senate Of the Unlted
States upon the Presidents proposal ny bef'fe any
propositiun for peace had been entertained by MEXICO ter
large appropropralun enable hiI pay tn t c'1n
try for territory which he had determined I" f'f'a hcf
at the point of the bay'nel To sell, wnrn the ti ven
which mad hitherto covered his puP $40 Was IhI"wn
ASIDE and General Cas-, with huines, which sained
,he tnid scrlples Of The President, ripped tier IN
man des,pus Of all tie Il Isy pr t.Ais with nh rh the
cunnn olosses Of official messages had sought 70 oos,uIo
\ them, declaring, that
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