Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-11-10


Democracy, was iutcIy produced. as the
reader will remember, by the publication
in the New York Herald, of some twenty
or thirty letters from promincn, men in tina,
party. from almost every State in :le Tn.
ion. upon the subject Of a National Ccnvcn-
ton, and n nomination for the Presidency.
These letters had been elected by others.
addressed to them by certain parties call
ing themselves Donaldson and Greer, and
claiming to be members Of National Exc
cutivc Committee. 1t has turned out that
the letters Of Donaldson and Greer were
hoaxes, and that they are probably "men
Of straw" but tho replies are genuine, and
they dcvelopc some most curious and strik-
ing facts, illustrative Of the intriguing char
ac,er Of the party. For reasons, Of which
we are not apPfized. it was though, conve-
nient to charge the Preparation of the
hoax upon Ex-senator Wescoit, of Flori-
da. The New York Herald, of the Is,
November, contains letter from this gen
tleman, denying with some warmth. the
allegation and giving some views Of The
movements and manGuvers of the De
mocracy, which are not apt to prove very
palatable to the party. We sabjoin some
extracts, which we think furnish food for
serious reflection. After denying any par.
ticipation in. or knowledge of, the letter.
Of Donaldson and Greer, Mr.. Westcot,
says:
"When the letters were first published
| had no suspicion that any of them were
not true and genuine, and am now en-.
,irely satisfied tina, those published as writ,
ten by General Commander, Of Soutl,
Carolina; Samuel Treat, esq, Of Missouri;
Hon. WIN. r. King, of Alabama; Z. Cros-
well. esq. B. T. Hallcu, esq. VIM. f.
Richie. esq. Of Virginia; Robert Strange,
of North Carolina; Mr.. GiJdings and Mr..
Chase. Of Ohio; cx-PresiJcnt Van Buren,.
and the others published as addressed to
Donaldson and Greer, are all authentic
The gentlemen just named have not, in n
single instance, disputed the authenticity
OF the letters imputed TO them, and several
have admitted it. do not yet know tina,
the letters of Donaldson and Greer are
fictitious, though the circumstance that they
do not come forth and show themselves is
quite suspicious, and also the fact that they
do not call for the letters addressed To them
remaining at the Astor House Without
having had any thing to do with the publ
cation in the Herald, and without authoriz.
ing any attempt at interference as to such
publication, do not hesitate to avow my
qualification at ii. Some of the letters, and
particularly those of the three or four Gen.
'lemeri first named above. are, in my judy
mcnt. highly crcditablc to their authors;
and, indeed, all of the batch are useful.
trust, 1t there are any others left. they will
be made public. They must tend TO salts.
PIE sorthcrn Democracy as to HE foUy,
~tckedncss. and dcgradafion ofcountcaanc
ing an amaigamdtion wiM uhat is coIlcd
NE rothern Democracy. IN tie ncn Prcsi.
dcnf'af c'ettson The development and cx
posurc of the project of fraierinzng the
southern and northern Democracy, in a
Baltimore convention, by adopting half u
dozen humbug resolutions and calling
them platform, must be saluiary. ! do
not believe the southern Democracy can
be humbugged into sustaining any candi-
date that cxPrcsidcnt Van Buren,, Hon. J.
X. GlddlNgs, Senator Chase of Ohio, or
Senator Summer of Massachusetts, would
rgrcc to support. fMc southern Dtmo-
crocy are 'eihing to do SO, Mcy dcscrrc 10
6cche0ted; and Ihope Hey may be cheated
and lam certain Mey mW be chcatcd.-
Some intriguing aspirants in Tie SoatA
may be acii/ing 10 sell her. to attain Me0
selfish and ambitious ends; Lu, the masses
of the southern people oibo,h parties hope,
will not be bamboozlcd by platforms and
resolutions manufactured 10 order, to suit
all purchasers and markets, by irrcsponsi-
Bile caucuses and huckstering office seek.
crs. The mere circumstance Haf same Tire,
or tomr hundred professional yoliticM bro
krrs assemble at Baltimore, and Japti.t
M" or that man Mey can make tie best
t'adc w'M tie "rcguiariy nom;nate dDrmo-
crat'c candidato." IMtnk. ciH hare Iiftie
influence, IN 1852, south, IF Virginia. Ii
the Democracy of Georsia. Alabama, &C.,
are weak enough 10 herd in national con
vcnion with Massachusetts and Vermont.
&c.-(Mr. Hallcr, Of Boston, says, truly,
Massachusetts mere cvpher ii the ncx /
elcction"so faras the Democratic party are
concerned -if the southern Democracy.
consent 10 combine with States confessed
" Frcc-soil and Wing, and hooh 10 oyEcial
Pl"ndcr more Mon 10 principles and Me,r
urn honor, and ahon hcm 10 RITE in surh
conrrn'ion as Democratic Suites, Mey oaghf
10 be kicked and cuDtd. and spat upon.-
l anybody has any idea that Massachu-
sctts will vote for any candidate but Mr..
Webster, despite all the excriions of lis
enemies and elsewhere, they know very
little about her or herpcoplr; they viii vote
Tor him against any other Union Wing or
against any Free soil Wing. As there is
no probability of Mr.. Webster being the
Democratic candidate, Massachusetts has
no right to n seat III the Democratic Ma
tlonai Convention. She will not bring any
troops to Troy"
Alter giving lns opinion of The origin and
source Of the hoax, and declaring his high
esteem for Gen Houston, whom he thinks
1t was meant to injurc, Mr.. Wcs,cott de.
clares himsclfto be "a radical Democrat
locofoco if you please" but says:
81 take occasion TO say have no allilia-
ton with. or sympathy for. the conglomc-
rated compound Of heterogeneous materi.
ais, Abohtionists, Frcc-soileTs. Fugitive
Slave Law repeale;s, and Old Hunkers,
ProicssIng'to be Cnion-loving and law-abi-
ding and so forth. styled the New York
Democracy. 1t is no better than that of
Massachusetts and Ohio. hope they will
get beat next month. The true Demo-
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