Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-07-19
From he Republican IF .1IonIay.
COALITION--A NUT FOR THENIRGINIAN IL
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"Our neighbor of the Vngnian has bee me of late
very much out with codHt,ons During the last Pre~i-
DENTAL clnvass he could stand almost any thing in thai
line, and SINCE he has nerved himself up 10 k
with the utmost complacencv upon coalition between a
Southern President and free soil and abolition Cabinet
one OF whom voted in the last Congress abolish Stare
ry IN the District Of Columbia and to aOc the negroes
of that District to vote along with their mast But any
thing like coalition the pat Of The democrats upneveS
him quite. and throws him into spasmodic fits. Well
will now whether the Vrgnian is sincere or not
in its denuncations Of coalitions. Two State c,nven
lions held last week at Jackson Mchgan-one by
the free sellers and by the whgs-fnr the purpose Of
nominating candidates for he ate offices for their espec-
tive parties The Cincinnati Enquirer says of these con
ventiO1S:
The wings on the second DAVIS sitting passed a
resolution the motion of Mr.. Gddings for the ap-
pOlntment ola committee to confer with like committee
of the freesolers the subject of union of the two
parties. Upon The assembling Of the free soil convenon
committee OF Two from the wing convention appeared
in the freeso convention and arounced in true paril
menlary STYLE the fact Of committee of Conference
The freesoilcrs then passed eouiion appoint like
cmmitfee with instructions make any Proposition
but to hear what the wings had to Offer and report pro-
gress to the convention.
The committee, after conference with The wing com
mees, reported that the wings were willing to unite
with The free soiles in making State ticket and make
all the kn rhng at their door by the Wings come n
Spurned the suppcants, and made ticket Of til r own
The whig convention went far adopt q material
portion of the Buffalo platform in order ence the free
sellers to embrace! The Detroit Free Press says
that the President of the ree-so convention suggested
as reply to the continued solicitations Of the wings :
''No use knocking al the door any more
For you amt good looking, and you ca 1t come in -
Here was direct proposition on the part of the Wings
Of Michigan to c0aesce with the free-soers upon the
condition that the spoS should be equally divided among
them! VIII the Virgnian state this fac? Will it de-
nounce such base attempts of its party to form corup
and demorazng coalitions with faction of the free soil
ers? 1t has not done yet and have but little hopes
that it will And yet it find time, and inclination
to thunder at Benton, Van Buren, s. Co.. because they
were members of the democratic party.
Our neighbors of the Republican, from which
paper the foregoing is taken, will that we are
not afraid, as they suppose, to publish the fact
of an overture made by the Wings to the Demo
Gratis of Michigan for a coalition The first and
only intelligence we have seen OF the alleged
movement is contained in the article above. 1t
may, Or may not, be true, but admitting its truth
it amounts to nothing even as an offset to SINH
lar movements upon the part of the Democrats
The Wings in Michigan do not constitute Cor
poraPs guard and in the trading spirit which
characterizes all Northern politics, and seduced
by the shameless examples Of the Democrats
elsewhere, 1T is pot to be wondered at that they
should propose to unite, for the sake of share of
the Offices, with the Free Sellers. This thew
could do, if the Republican has been telling Us
the truth for the last two or three years, without
the slightest derelcon Of principle. 1t has over
and over, assured its readers that all Northern
Wings were Free Soilers-that the true Free
Soil party was the Wing party. The Republi-
cor h1r,t 10 - al,
these Michigan Wings were but acting out their
principles, and following the instincts of duty, in
striving to take their place under the flag Of Free
Solllsm. 1t is bound to extend to them admira-
ton for conscientious devotion to their princi-
pies, however erroneous they may be- and CEN
sure on its part is alike uni uSt and ungenerous.
But 1t seems that, after all, the overture of
union was received by the Free Sellers with cold
dignity and finally rejected with contempt Now
what does this manifest Nothing less than that
IN the ultra Democratic State Of Michigan, the
State of Gen. Cass, the late Democratic candi-
date for the Presidcncy-the Free Soil party is so
conscious of its overwhelming strength that it SUI
perciliously repealed the profered aid of the
Wings. 1t was fully aware it embraced 50 large
a majority of the people Of the State that it did
not choose to spare a single office as the reward
OF the unimportant Wing vote which might
thereby, have been secured. The overture of
the Wings, it must be confessed, in view of the
disparity Of numbers, and the acknowledged pre-
ponderance in the State Of the Free Sellers, was
piece Of cool impudence, and seems to have
been resented as such.
We leave it 10 the readers of the Republican to
say how fully they have been kept appraised of
the coalitions, made by the Democrats with the
Free Sellers, in Connecticut Maine, Vermont,
New Hampshire, and Wisconsin, and Of the pre-
liminary steps taken to bring about full co-ope-
ration between the New York Barnburners and
Old Hunkers next month. Before the Republi-
can charges US with suppressing or wishing TO
suppress, any fact relating TO the movements of
the Wings Of the North. indicating Free Soil
tendencies, it should show that it. has kept its
own readers advised of the shameless coalitions
between its Northern friends and the Free Sellers.
Have the successive coalitions been duly an
nounced, even for the purpose of reprobation p
We appeal to the conscience of the editors and
the memory Of the readers Of the Republican to
answer the question.
"A burning sense Of indigaity and wrong, in
splred by bis treatment in 1914, set Mr.. Van Blu
rem to intriguing, in 1913, to defeat the nominee
OF the Democratic party. Hence the first formation
OF party upon the detestabe and dangerous ba-
SIS OF sectional and geographical limits Hence
the Buffalo Convention and platform and nomi-
nation of Mr.. Van Buren,. The movement was
mainly instrumental in defeating General Cass,
and Mr.. Van Burens revenge was gratrfed -
The hatred and distrust of the two wings of the
Democracy, Throughout the North and West. were
seemingly fierce and irreconcilable. They found
vent, during the canvass and Immediately subse-
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