Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-09-15


make the where il ought to be made, in defence
Of the laws aud the institutions Of our fathers.
We sincerely hope that these views Of
the Washington Unios, and especially the
passages we have underlined. may attract
the notice Of candid and consistent demo-
Gratis. Weask such to substitutethe Lynch
burg RepuHicas and those Candidates for
Congress, Of whose views it is the expo
ncnt. (Bocock. Powell aad Averetf) for
the Raleigh Standard. and see in what q
position they are placed, by the judgment
Of the national organ of democracy. Let
us see howfhcn it would real. The Lynch
burg Republican and Messrs. Bocock.
Powell and Averctt "arraign before the
public the labors of our Journal sohose e.
cIasire object il has been to keep this 1.-THE
Democraiic) party united IN demanding
the ercution Of this (,he Fugitive Slave)
ia~"-,hey find serious fault with us be-
cause we cannot approve the conduct Of
men in the South, (among whom are them
selves) ,eho cooperate riM tie abolitionists
ofMc North in denouncing the achole Com
promise as rotation Of the Constitution
and a fraud and a cheat"
III is ridiculous TO assert that tie crisis
uAicA nee are passing has not been agra
rated By the conduct ofthose Southern po-
Hicians (Bocock, Powell, Averett and the
Lynchburg Republican, mho denoance The
Compromise, aftA same time thai they de-
clare their aequiescemoe IN il. for the sake Of
tie Union" The proof of this is "the coxn-
fcnance" their course "rcceires from aroac-
cd disunionists." "If the acquiescencc Of
Gov. Mcdonald of Georgia, and Gov.
Qu.tmanof Mississippi" land ofthe Lynch
burg Republican, which has endorsed
them and Mcssrs. Bocock, Powell and A
verett, whose views are reflected by the
RepublicaaJ "were calculated to aid the
sentiment which accepts the Compromise
as final settlement of the Slavery ques-
ton. sehy is it that tie partisans Of these
gentlemen in and ont Of South Carolina are
urgieg that state to pm into practice her
threat of secession" ave submit that our
unwillingness to implicate the democratic
party in a policy" (denunciation Of the
Compromise, but acquiescencc for the sake
of the Union, the policy of the Lynchburg
Republican, Bocock, Powell and Averett)
Incapable 9freconeiliation NTH that ~hich
aims at tie pacifcatiom efMe country .
deserved not the harsh sentence pass
ed upon it." Messrs Cobb and Foote are
"good democrats" and mot the less to be
trusted because they are denounced by
Tie follouers, Of Mcssrs, RAetfand Cheres"
land by the Lynchburg Republican,
"Mcssrs. Mcdonald and Quitman seem to
command the special sympathy of the Ra-
leigh Standard (,he Lynchburg Republican
and its friends, Bocock, Powell and Aver
etD because their position proposes a dis
organization of the democracy. Southern
Congress to consider what is necessary to
punish the authors of the Compromise, and
to break up tie Union unless some "36-30'
imPossibilities are made The basis of atone
ment for past Injuries"
Inorder that we may arrive more init
mately at the meaning ofthc Washington
Union, let us condensc it still further in its
application to the Lynchburg Republican
standing in lieu ofthe Standard and its
friends Messrs. Bocock, Powell and Aver
EFT. Strip the kernel of the shell and here
it is: you complain of me for seeking
the execution ofthe Fugitive Slave Law
you find fault with me because | cannot ap-
prove ofyour cooperation with the Abo-
litionists in denouncing the Compromise
measures as violation of the Constitution,
a fraud and chea,;-your Remuneration of
the Compromise has aggravated the crisis
through which we arc passing-your sem
timcnts receive the countenance of avowed
disunionis,s;-if you are willing to accept
the Compromise as final settlement of the
Slavery question, why is it that those who
sympathise with you Tin and out of South
Carolina urge that Statci TO cede(D-your
policy cannot bercconcilcd with that which
aims at the pacifcalion Of the country
Foote and Cobb, whom you denounce,are
not the less to be trusted because denounc-
cd by the followers of Rhc,t and Chevcs
Mcdonald and Qutman seem to COM
mand your special sympathy because they
propose Southern Congress and the dis
solution Of the Union unless some So 30
impossibilirics are made the basis Of atone
ment for past injuries"
We submit whether this is not the SUBJ
stance-the residunm, left after the Unions
article is distilled. If the process through
which we have carried it, does injustice to
the parties to whom NE have applied it, it
is not our injustice, but that of their own
leading journal-that of the man who has
learned democracy from an association
with those patriots and statesmen who have
attained the highest honors of the Repub-
lie" 1t is his judgement upon the course
and sentiments Of these gentlemen. We
present it without comment of our own to
those of the Democratic mot the South
Cardinal party, who select their public a.
gents because of a concurrence in princi-
pies, and not because they assume to be
democrats and demand party support.
- A proposition is on foot in New
York, for the establishment of line Of
Steamers between that Port and Ireland.
A large meeting was held in that city last