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


posed exhibition will be open about the
middle of April next.
The New vote.
The intelligent editor ofthe Frcdericls-
burg News gives the following reasons for
thinking. that the relative strength of the
Wing party will be increased under the
enlarged right of suHiage Ofcourse it is
based upon the presumption. that the
Wings will everywhere do their duty
Il would be crime in them to fail. in a
crisis so fraught with the dcstinies of par
ties in Virginia. as the present.
"Itis a question Of doubt which patty
will gain by the votes made under the new
Constitution. We are Of course unable
TO speak with certainty. There Is but lit
tie data on which to form ar opinion
Tina. little leads us to the belief that tac
Wing strength will be increased. 1t con
sists Of the following facts. In Eastern
Virginia the Wing party constitutes the
majority. Between the Blue Ridge and
the Bay. and the James River and the Po-
tomac, the Wings are'largeIy in the ascen-
dency. The Democratic majorities come
from two sections of the State-ihe Tenth
Legion and little Tennessee. In these two
sections universal suffrage has all the time
prevailed. Women and NIGGERs-and
children who could not talk, were the only
class Of their population who were cxclu-
ded from the polls. OF one hundred and
thirty old counties in the State. less than
twenty gave more than one fourth of the
Democratic vote. OF less than 10000
Democratic votes polled $4,000 were from
these counties. In lS40 and AS. the two
only periods within our recollection when
party strength was fairly tested the State
was carried by less than 1900 majority
Nearly ten times that number was gwen
by these sections. There has been no sin
gle period when the State was not Wing
in her popular vote, if you would eject
either Shenandoah or Rockingham. The
majority i'll this last county has in two in
stances been the majority given by the
State. 1t is known that the almost entire
population are democratic. If it be true,
then that universal suffrage prevails there
it can be readily perceived that the new
Constitution will bring no accession 10 the
party in that portion of the State. They
all vote now. They conld do no more I'M
der the new Constitution.
We have another fact which throws
light upon this subject. In the Western
part of the State democracy is more ram
pant than in the East. The counties Dor
dering the Ohio and those about the West
ern base of the Allegheny arealmost with
out exception rife with democracy In
this region freehold can be bought for a
mere song. 12and Is cents per acre, arc
often paid for land, thereby placing it with
in the power OF any man to become a
vofer.
The Wing sections of the State are in
the East, where lands are high and suffrage
restricted. We have had more conscien-
tious commissioners of election who knew
their duty and would fearlcssly discharge
it. No man voted who had not the right,
and comparatively few had the right. In
the East are the towns and cities of the
State. These without exception are
Wing, With universal suffrage under the
New Constitution this new class of voters
will be brought to the polls in these Sec
tons which have heretofore been excluded.
Whilst in the Democratic sections there
can be no increase. The new Constitution
under these circumstances must add
strength to the Wing party.
But whether in majorityor not is that
reason why we should stand quietly by
and neglect to use the means to retain that
power we havc.-Virginia under the old
Constitution was righ,iully Wing State
With the party properly organized and cx-
cited to duty the Legislature has often
been Wing. A Majority of the counties
are wing. and Lave sent wing delegates
when they have cxcrtcd themselves to do
so. 1t can he done again, provided they
will shake of the miserable lethargy which
prevails in the ranks. L.t them then rally
in every county i'll the State by organizing
their f rccs, selecting suitable and popular
candidates and using all fair and honorable
means to sustain those whom the party
have chosen as their standard bearers
This is most important election. With
victory now, the triumph hereafter will be
easy. a new government is about to be
put in operation. The wise men of the
State are warted to doit.-They are found
in the Wing ranks. Small potatoes like
johnson md Lcakc may suit Western
husiings. where small jokes aud smutty an
ecdotcs are dealt out to the amusement of
the popuacc.-but lii laying the founda-
ton Of the government, this order Of talent
will not answer. Different materials are
required. No haberdasher with his small
wares will suit such occasions. Let us
then concentrate upon Summers and Watts
and give to the councils of the State
men Of wisdom and power. Generations
yet unborn will bless US for the act.
~ The letter which we give below
was addressed to the District Attorney of
Northern New York, whcnthc intelligence
Of the Syracuse mob was received at the
Seat OF Government.
The letter indicates in the strongest
possible terms the determination of the Ad-
ministration to enforce the law, without
respect to persons or localities, and is in
keeping with their entire conduct in this
and every similar instance. The President
can have no stronger claim upon the graft
tude of the country than that which he de-
rivcs from this inhexible adherence to the
strict line ofduIy marked out by the Con
sti,ution:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Washington. Oct. 6. 1851
Sir: The President has learned from the newspa-
pers, with the deepest regret that disgraceu out
rage has recently been committed by lawless mob,
who have by force rescued fugitive from labor
from the custody Of the marshal. thereby resisting
the execution of legal process and setting the law