Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-06-05
THE UNION AND THE DEMOCR vito
TICKET

Union Is attempting to arouse its party TO zs,i
Gus support OF the Baltimore nominees. Find.
the ticket itself destitute of all the elan,a',5
which excite enthusiasm, it resorts To The orI.
expedlent left, and that is to try and naonuf,r,,
popularity IN some quarters and respect in Other,
by the loudness and pregnancy of its asSey,rat;n,
that the ticket is worthy thereof
This mode of advocating its cause. NAV, H.
its intended effect, and impoSe upon the unin;,;,
ted, to certain cXtcnt but to one who i inns,
ed in the political ledger of the day and is in -,
arcana OF national politics it challenge, eth :
the proiounde>t pity, or the ScvcrcI reprebo,,
SION, as the feelings may be disposed 10 attriL,,a
the act either 10 blind ignorance, or III, n;IG,I
pervcrSIon of the truth, that party tripnuI an,I
personal emoluments may follow as the reward
OF ITS 1eSultrv. Who 50 blind as not to have
seen mat thcr nominations has fallen with a
dead and dull sound upon the care rtbrir n,,t,5
That II has been responded to by no hirh toned
loliy and spontaneous cbullion of y ,pular feel.
ngS, and that with united and viqorons
effort the Why's can defeat il by an OVER
"hcItnlng mgonty under any candidate they
may select
As specimen ofthc bcauiieS of the Unions
candor, we find in It's number of 30th NIa, an
article headed "The coming Contest" which sets
out with this declaration:
We hear from every quarter strong express
yadcd our National Convention at the close of
its session. The feeling we believe is universal
that the nominations are the best and strongest
throughout the county, which could be made
1t may be some consolation even to write what
we do not believe, when we can only write our
H'rEes rather than the truth, and it is upon some
such supposition that we cXtenuate the article
above referred to. To read the extract and moth
ing else, the impression would be made that no
note of dlscord To the party nomination came from
any quarter of the Union. That if the names Of
Cas- and Batter were not universally preferred,
they were nj least acqueSccd in: and that the
abolition fanatic at the north and the strict
structionSt of the South stood side by side, with
the same ticket in hand, ready and eager to cast
the ballot on the It'll of November next. Yet such
Is mannestly not the case. The Democratic par
ty is now composed of sp}intsrs The cohesive
power Of public plumber long potent for evil
has at length lost its marie influence, and the
spell being broken, the defeat of the party DEEPEN
dan hitherto for its success thereon, will be inev
table.
Indeed so deep, so fatal, is the schism in New
York-So all pervading the maladv there that
though the Union sets out by claiming universal
strength for the ticket, il is subsequently CON
strained to make that State an exception, and in
effect do what Yanccy of Alabama did boldly in
the Convention, SURRENDER ii orer 10 the Wings.
This admission was evidently made under the
durcss imposed by the wide spread knowledge
that the fact and further concessions,
where the diSscnsionS were less notorious, but
equally fatal to success, could not reasonably be
expected of the venerable government editor, es-
pccially when he has large pecuniary interest at
stake.
How is it with Alabama, Florida, South Car
olina-all Democratic States. Yanccy and Morse
speak for the two frst-thcy rcpudiate Gen.
CaSS, as every Southern State should do,and say
that he can never with his present opinions on
the subject of Slavery, receive the vote either Of
Alabama, Florida. Georgia or South Carolina
lancey, as most OF our readers know, is an
member OF Congress from Alabama, of extensive
personal and political influence. And in the
Democratic Convention not only spoke his own
sentiments on this subject, but reflected the eX-
pressed sentiments of the Democratic State Con-
ycntion, which declared that "undcr no political
necessity whatever would they support a man
whose doctrines, like those of Gen. Cass are hos
tile TO the "Southcrn Platform"
Now here is a sweet nut for the Editor of the
tnIon-a scrap of family history, of which we
kindly inform hm-and which we think some
what impcaches the universal strength of his be-
loved candidates. We have sometimes thought
upon reading the Union that the pains and PEN
atics of perjury were often saved because the
Editor was not sworn to tell the who1e truth.
Whilst on this subject, the action of the Vir-
gna delegates in the Baltimore Convention. in
cdcntally arises. The State Convention had re-
itcratcd the Alabama resolutions as part and par
Gel of its creed as one of It's cardinal rules OF
faith. Here it was but reasonable to suppose that
Virginia, would, in the National Convention have
been found alongside Alabama, on this sui u
IN solid phalanX. Yet strange to say, W. .rr
ISSUE was distinctly prescnted,they violated Their
n>trnctonS-dcSerted Alabama and their South,
ern allies, and voted with every free and abo.
ton State in the Union Why was this: the
South has some right TO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS as
such have right to demand an explanation
Is Virginia Democracy rcceding from lis high
ground on the Slave Notwithstanding recreanf
10 the Southland an ally ofthc North? Is the
solution of her vote on Yanccvs substitute tohe
found in the fact that she had previously cast her
vote for CaSs with all his here Sics-and that to
support the substitute would. Just in proportion
to IFS orthodoxy, be a condemnation of the Presl-
dental nominee:
There are some things we do not even ike 10
believe OF our most uncompromising opponents
we live in the South--we love the South-We
love her pcoplc-hcr mountains-her valleys
her old-ashoncd hospitality and her fle-side IN
SttuionS.
And hence, we loathc and abhor the idea OF e.