Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-09-08
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The last Republican contains the follo'

The last Republican contains the follow
ing sentence:
.Thc Union is doing the democratic party more
harm than good. Il Is quoted by the yirgnian Of
this place more regularly against Messrs. Bcecck,
Powell and Averctf, than the Republic and Nation
nj Intelligenecr are. A distinguished member OF
Congress wrote US the other day that "Mr.-is in
coniinently arrayng Clements, King, Cobb and tie
Tpashington Union against me-
The reason that the Republican and
Union have come to differ, is partially cx-
planned in the following paragraph from
the latter journal Of the I'd instant:
s.In reference to the abstract right of secession
the amount OF oppression that would justify ress-
tnnce-fhe Ultima ratio which makes he sword the
arbitcr Of conflicting clnims--ffuestions Withdrawn
from discussion by authoritative conventions OF the
people. which have declared acquiesceDce in the
Compromise If faithfully maintained and executed
the duty Of Notwithstanding has been advanced
bv us bu, what seemed absolutely necessary to cx-
pose the nsiduous wish Of fanatics and uliaists 10
give different direction to the public Judgement,
and revive those apprehensons for the public safety
which would have been otherwise allayed. We have
stood trough out the discussion the Virgnn, the
Gcorria, and the Tennessee platform. Yet our mo-
tives are misreprcsentcd and labqrs to unite the
members of the democratic party in the maintenance
of the Compromise repealed in some quarters OF
the Sonh a. though traitors to the Princi-
nles which had been taught by long association
with those patriots and statesmen who have rccciv-
ed the highest honors of the republic
The Editor of the Washington Union
was member of General Jackson's faml-
ly, and perfectly possessed of his political
views, as of those entertained by many of
his distinguished contemporaries. The I'm
ion holds to the Old doctrines OF Jefferson
and Jackson, and all the earlier and wiser
Democrats, on the subject ofsecession,and
is their true exponent. The Republican
finds Unnecessary to support, for Office, gen
tlemen who have a strong leaning towards
Calhounism--who maintain the right of a
State to sccedc, for causes to be judged OF
by itself, and other heresies not recognized
by the founders of the Democratic faith nor
acknowledged by their true Disciples
Hence has arisen the difference between
the Union and the Republican, cardinal
one we confess, and one which well mer-
its the gravest consideration ofa!l, who have
been accustomed to look to the opinions OF
Jefferson and Jackson, and "those patriots
and statesmen who have received the high
est honors of the Republic" as the source
of true democracy. In our judgment, they
cannot reflect too gravely before abandon
ing their old teachers and unlearning all
the wisdom they taught.
We desire the reader particularly to note
the language Of the above extract. The
Republican complains that the Union is
doing harm, and the distinguished men,
Der of Congress" writes that it is used a.
gainst him "incontinently." The Union de-
clares that all it has said on the subject OF
secession, "seemcd absolutely necessary to
expose the insidious wish of fanatics and
ultraists to gire different direction to Tie
public judgement, &c." Are we not bound
from this to inferthat the Union regards Mr..
Bocock an ultraist, and Messrs. Powell and
Avcrett,if they agree with him, and the Re-
publican which differs SO widely from it, as
all ultraists, who are seeking ''to give diff
ferent direction to the public judgment" +?
Such appears to us fair inference. We
throw out these few hints, for the reflection
of those who may not feel disposed to turn
their backs, upon the original principles of
their party,and adopt the new and startling
theories of the South Carolina school.