Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-07-19

the platform of the Buffalo Conventon. We
shall be glad of your cooperation in our struc-
gle with the Wings, but you must come to US
These terms were accepted and, with shame
less derelicton principle and decencv.not often
seen even IN its own annals the Northern Democ-
racy, en- masse, has quietly taken its stand under
the folds OF that banner, which was but late, ac-
cordlng to lis own organs, the symbol of all that
was repugnant to honesty, truth and patriotism -
And it is conduct, base and unprncipled like
this, that the Republican thinks is ofIseted by the
infnitsimalIy small Wing minority Of Michigan
striving 10 emerge from the dlearv regions Of
placeess patriotism by hooking itself to the resist
less car of Free SoiSm. They, according to
/ the Republican, were guilty of no abandonment
4 of principle since they were already thoroughly
devoted TO the views Of the party into which thew
wished to merge. Far different is The other case.
Our neighbor has, in times past, been eloquent
in denouncing the Free Soil party We sub
scrbed TO the biterest language it used. 1t was,
at the same time, wont to magnify the praises of
Northern Democrats, as the true and only friends
TO the South found the other side Of Mason and
nixon's line: laughed at the laudation, well
aware how little it deserved. How stands
the case now? These true and only friends these
'natural allies, have suddenly gone over horse.
foot and Dragons to the only party ever organ
lLeu upon DdNlS OF dNOWeu nOSllllV 10 the south.
The fact itself has been but obscurefy set forth in
the Republican, and that paper is ready to exult
at the too probable triumph Of this shameless and
unprincipled coalition in the coming elections in
Vermont and New York.
We have thus cracked the nut the Republican
has given US, and did not find the she'll very hard
t. The Bundlecund Editor of the Union is
fast sinking any reputation the paper NAV have
! acquired under other auspices. We have alrea-
dy shown that it charged. Mr.. Clayton with wri-
ting instructions to Mr. Bancroft, respecting the
repeal of the navigation laws, which, when pub
lished, would "show a most diScreditable mis-
conception, Or rather ignorance, Of our own legis-
lation upon the subject"
The National Intelligcncer remarked in refer
ence to this charge
"Having observed in the "Unon y an attack upon the
Secretary Of State alb its instructions 10 Mr. Bancr 1T
on the subject of navigation Lrs. took the liberty
t. inquire Of the Secretary what instructions he had civ
en- t'Mr Bancroft that subject The reply we have
received is what expected. The Secretary has not
written line 70 Mr.. Bancroft the subject How
much lower viii the Unonhave descend pefore gets
to the b,tton!"
To this the Union replied
'lhe reader will perceive he papatle evasion in thi
paragraph. In paragraph spoke Of the repeal of
The navigation laws Everybody knows that the qnes
ton has long been pending in the British Parliament
whether not the navgaton laws of ENGLAND should Sc
repealed 1t to The repeal of the British navigation
laws to which referred, and the repeal of ours
as the LtclEgencer and It's humble TENDER the Replbic
would psulcay Ono doubt, in the language Of tie SEE
relary OF State) inSnuap. There TO question ren-
ding IN relation to the repeal Of on laws on that subject
no Intelligent reader would suppose ha we So he
Of The repeal Of ON navigation laws But said that il Had
been estimated that The Secretary of State had exhibited
IDSiru t1,,,
rather ignorance Of uu legsatun upon this subecr
not word about tile repeal Of our navigation laws
We now call upn the Inteiigencc' to stltr precisely
and definitely. whether not Mr.. Clayton has civen
Instructions TO- or corresponded WITH Mr. Bancroft in re-
ation to the repeal Of The British NAVIGATION laws or has
had any communication with him whatever upon that
subiec?"
The Intelligencer reioins that it naturally sup
posed our navigation laws We're meant as thew on
ly were mentioned and that the editors sscould
not take it for granted that BY che NAVIGATION
laws the British were meant, when only our
own were named" 1t shows very clearly that this
distinction between "the" and ':our' NAVIGATION
laws IS mere shift Of the Union. 1t fairly meets
the second call Of the ex-organ and assures it.
"upon the best authority, that the present Secre-
tary OF State has written no letter 70 Mr. Ban
croft giving him any instructions either about he
repeal OF our own or of the British navigation
laws"
The lntelligencer found fault with the Union
for not publishing the correspondence about the
steamer United States The Union, with great
simplicity, asks why other papers, Wing and
Democratic, are not also called upon TO insert
the volumlnous correspondence The Intelli-
gencer gives the reason in a few words. siYe
cause they have not dixie the Union) garbled the
documents by partial publication and a misrep
resentation Of them
The Union the other day, charged that Mr..
Muddy Commissioner Of Public Buildings had
been sent by the Cabinet to North Carolina to
allay dissenslons among the Wings of particu
lar Congressional district and therefore-iust a.
II the writer had never,while in the Patent Office.
written forthe papers and ranked thousands of
Cass documents last year-a diatrbe is INDUCED
against the Nervousness Of ofIice-holders interfer
ing IN elections. Mr. Mudd deemed it necessa-
~ to publish card, stating he was never further
South than Richmond in his life. and had NOT
been out OF the District since his appointments
The Union contents itselfby saving it must have
been some other Mudd. The Union. by in
terrogatores, charged the Secretary Of State
with being part owner ofthe Philadelphia North
American. The Republic promptly stated il
was authorised by Mr.. CLAYTON to saw, that No
was not interested, directly, or indirectly to the
value OF one cent IN that or any other newspa-
per.
On the whole the Union Is reckless in is
charges, and, of late, is doomed to see them BRO
ven to be false almost as soon as uttered.
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