Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-03-27

candidate for President out Of the party
q candidate in whose behalfit was so much
enlisted that it could not rely on its regular
issue to do him sufficient service, but had
to publish an extra weekly sheet to give
vent to the pent up enthusiasm Of its con
ductors
We remarked the other day that "mad-
ness rules the hour" and we have add
tional evidence Of this truth in the attack
on Mr.. Richie. He is denounced and prac-
tically read out of his party, by frac-
ton of it, for supporting the adjustment,
which this same fraction say, is d wound
to the pride and honour Of the South and
yetthey tell us they are for "acquiescing'
("saleH'y ~ we suppose) in this insult and
dishonour.
But we leave the subject, regrctting that
our neighbor should have deemed it his
duty to place Mr. Ritchiein such an unen-
viable, nay in such an unjust light, before
his old friends and admirers. But "mad-
ness rules the hour" and there is not an
hour that it does involve those who Weld
to its influence, in new and unknown diff
culncs from which wisdom itself can
scarcely extricatc them.
~
HE REPUBLICAN processes great as
constituent to learn that the Wings have
any principles at all, and in the same
breath mtlmatcs that they have stolen those
Of the Democracy. We suppose by that,
our neighbour means to say the Wings
have the notable "sevcn"-"fve loavcs and
two Gshes"--which its party lost in 1S4s /;
or possibly it means, its party is without
any principles just now, they all having
been stolen by the Wings. We admit the
first part Of the proposition but deny the
last.
Our neighbour is right however in one
thing that the "manifesto" in late mum.
Der of this paper headed "Whig Princi-
plcs", was copied verbatim from the En-.
quirer; with the single exception that the
word "Whig" was substituted for the
word Democrat" And why not Did
it contain anything buta series of general,
ties, which any body upon the face of the
earth might subscribe to, without viola.
ton of party fealty I! The articles are just
about as definite as the Declaration Of In
dependence or the Bill Of Rights, and in
volve not the distinctive tenets of party
but tratsms which no body controvcrts.-
We presume no Free Soilcr would hest
tate to subscribe to such articles of faith
The truth is, we regarded the manifesto
when we first saw it III the Enquirer, as
one Of the coolest bits Of fun we had foi
some time met with; a nd we had as heart,
laugh over lt,as we suppose the tacctioui
editor of that paper enjoyed, when he frs
read it in his mornings issue. Why the
very gravity with which the thing was pu
| forth was enough to disturb the risiblcs O
any body else but the editor Of the Repub
lican whc,we regret to see,has been ''sold'
by this bit of pleasantly on the part Of til,
Enquirer. Our neighbour actually be
lieved they We're the bona .fde articles O
| the distinctive faith of the Democratic par
ty, and manifests no little concern lest the
Wings should appropriate the thing tic
themselves This is almost as good q
joke as the original, especially when we
couple it with that papers understanding
of the conncxion between Church and
State