Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-05-19


and the distinguished Democrats OF Rich
mond." into position where the practical
intelligent, progressive people Of the un'-
ted States will never follow them.
From the Richmond IIhg.
The Sagcs Of Secession.
doctors differ" says the adagc: but
the proverbial doctorial disagreemcnts have
seldom been more strongly excmpIiied
than by those among the Doctors of Dis
unionism. They differ not only with each
other, but DIETER Silly with themselves.
We rccollect well when John Z. Cal
houn and all his followers, cried out, with
enc voice, that Secession was Revolution,
and necessarily warlike. They now main
tain, we believe. as unanimously, that Sc
cession is no revolutionary resort but an
eminently pacific, as well as legal one.
They then, when urged by the Rich
moad enquirer, that the true doctrine OF
relief from Fedcrative oppression was Sc
ccssion Eyes, that was the Enqarer's crecd)
averrcd, IL the words Of Mr.. Jeilerson,that
Qualification was the rightful remedy"
nay, the always sufficient, always sure
Now, it is Secession which has become
the rigb,ful and the pacific remedy.
In that day, there were those who pro
posed Southern Congress and a oint &C
ton of all the South, as the remedy. To
this the objection of the Nullifers was In
supcrable A Southern Congress, they cx-
claimcd, would be in totalvioation ofwhat
they were aiming to restore-thc Federal
Constitution. SO it would, beyond a
doubt; but they are now keen advocates
for it: as, indeed, was last year, that ultra
scrupulst of the Constitution, our neigh
Dor, the Enquirer We wish it would ex-
plain away to us that hcresy into which 1t
has slid. The backslidings Of the SAINTS
are srievous to look upon. The Demo
cratic Party never had any thing but Its
doctrine to recommend it; so it should be
very careful about that.
In his late letter TO the Disunion Con
venton, now sitting at Charleston, Judge
Cheves-a violent disunionist, but not
Observation-Disclosures to the Democracy
as their hope, their best friend. For our
part, we fear he is mistaken. To be sure,
they were old friends and very warm ones
at least while they thought it to their
advantage. Then, they were 'natural al
ies:" then, NIatty Van Buren, was ga North
ern man with southern principles" Ah,what
cooling and wooing then! The billing of
doves and pigeons, the loves of roses and
We're naught to it. But alas
The history of the attachment was that of
Goldsmith's man and dog:
This dog and man at first were friends;
But when piquc began.
The dog to gain his private ends.
Ran mad and bit the man.
While such is Judge C's reliance on the
Democracy, the Address Gust QUIT of his
colleagues at large, of that Convention, ex-
pressly donounces our government itself
as odious for a tyranny combining all the
vice Of coruptest democracy and the most
oppressive foreign despotism." Why,this
is carrying us back to the days Gust be-
fore he joined thcm) when Mr.. Calhoun
described the Democracy as 'party BAN
ded and kept together only by the cohesive
power of public plumber" Surely, now
as then, having found outflow corrupt they
are, and told the world oft, they are just
going to JON them asain At least, we
may naturally suspect 1t.
Once more: while the mass ofthe Disu-
mon leaders is doing It's best to persuade
the inferior multitude, the dupes and pres
emily the victims of their plots of personal
ambition, that Secession must be peacea-
bic, Senator Butler assures them that the
great danger is, that 1t scjH be so: for that
he fears no armed compulsion viii be used
against them. In that case, he conicsscs
he thinks they will be in ahobbe. In short,
the Senator Judge has hit it: he's man Of
sense and of candor Tier plot and their
hope is, to seccdc and get the Government
into an armed collision with them; SO as to
excite the sympathy of the South and alarm
their fears at the dragooning and subjuga-
ting of State. They think that the other
Southern States will thus be compelled to
take part with them and be dragged into
civil war, nacps ralcps. A most homes,
and fair trick! But the judi &C intimates to
them strong counter-move--a stale-matc
to their expected check Suppose,
gentlemen" says he chat the Government
being wary and cool, should not send an
army here to invade you; but quietly draw
its lines about you and shut you up, by
stopping its Mail-scrviceinyou rSta;e, with
drawing its Courts, and placing its Reve-
nue. Marine before your ports, so as collect
its Duties on that supply of goods which
You propose to smuggle for the whole u
nionl Where viii yon be thcnl You can't
take their ships: for You have zone to take
them with. You can't even make war
yourself: for therell be no troops opposed
to you. In short, you'll have either to sit
thus circumvcnted and nonplusscd until You
are starved out; or you may, if You like,
declare Land War, and invade North
Carolina and Georgia, by way OF securing
the Southern sympathyyou want" Now,
Senator Butler, to be sure did not say this:
bat he's a sensible man; so this is proba-
bly, what he meant. Had he said it, how
could he have been answered.
Theyare all, in the name Of their Great
Apostle of Secession, crying out for sepa-
rate State action. Meantime, in the thick
of it, here comes forward Gen. Hamilton
and officers to prove to them, and Cal
houn's own sign manual, that the Apostle
was totally opposed to any such step
Well: nobody even asks TO see this latest
gospel!
Finally, they arc all sickof the L mon and
dying to get out oft; but dent know how
to go abouti II, when upriseth that undaun,-
ed person, MIR. Barnwell Smith that was,
Mr.. Rhett that is-a man determined to
make both of his names live in story-and,
with the coolest assurance, assures them
that the true difficulty is going to be. not
the getting out of the Union, but how to
avoid comtag back into it again, VIXEN
once out! He ioresees of course, such en-
treaties, ard opportunities. such prayers to