Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-07-26
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM,
Y0ussg A snaerica,

ITS Views OI TRUTH. HONOR, DECENCr AN'
CoNsrIrUrn7NsL Law AS ILLUSTRATES IN
TIE PERSON or ITS HEAD AND FRONT. TIL
Hon. STEPHEN A. DouoLAs.
The seJatc and rejoicing part Of the Com
munify have been no liftle puzzled to under
staId the terms "O!d Fogyis,n" and young
America" as appli. 10 that hs brid organiza
ton. known as Modern Democracy" some
times called, for the sake Of euphony. "Harmo
NOUS Democracy" The questions have been
asked. again and again. "~h hat is Foyyisml"
"What does Young America sgnifyF" Does
either cmbody any nc~ idea, any great thought
calculated TO advance the interests Of society.
and to promote the well h>sag OTIS the countryi
Fogyism was more easily unders,ood but
Young A meri, has long bsfea thecomprehen-
sion of many wise heads. IL reply to the in
uuiries of .earchers after nd ,rmafion has been
said-"Young America i.progresss,e"-"The
Young American party is he party "iprogress;"
but still the difficulty ha. remained. Young A.
merica is progressive, but it has not appeared
to what it desires I" progress II processes 10
have within it's minds grssp come brilliant
scheme Tor the progress 81 liberty and civza-
ton; and. by its dim fore.hadowings, the i'm
agination of many young believer in universal
liberty and equality has been cap.ivatcd--but
yet the problem has rcmaineJ unsolvei.
Recent events have served. in some mca-
sure, TO clear Up the MYSTERY. and to throws
little light upon the purposes. views. and char
acter Of these two sections of the called
Democracy. Mr. Calhoun has rendered i'm
mortal the binding principle which holds this
party together. Has said that it was held
together by "t.,c cohesive power Of the public
plumber" 1t is now pretty generally under
stood that Fogydcm embraces within is limits
oil those who have, heretofore. monopolized
the spoils. won hy the united efforts of the
whole party. and grown IA, and equity upon
them. Aud there is reason TO apprehend thai
Young America means nothing more nor less
than that portion ofthe Democracy who. from
youth, obscuri;y, or some other counteracting
cause. have been debarred due participation
in the conten,s Of the -pots-and compelled
to play tie part Of outsiders" Old Fogyi-m
is said to be Jefunct. killed out right, by the
nomination made at Baltimore, and Young
America is therefore ra,npan, and rio,ous.
The high prizes, and great prophet of Young
America. the young giant" or. as he is better
known. the Little Giant of the West" ha,
lately made his advent into the metropolis
this anc'ni Commonwealth. to the grea, edi6
ca,ioa Of the ssithful. All the followers u
Young America coald not be present in the
African Church. To hear the ou,porings Of the
spirit from It's great leader-;t has been found
uecessary. therefore. to publish his speech, 30
that ali. even in the most distan, and benish,ed
parts Of the Commonwealth. might enjoy its
beauties and imbibe lis ,ru- hs. II is to be
found in the columns Of the Republican Of the
18th instant; and slight review Of some Of its
beauties may not be inappropriate.
l, seems that there some peculiar
Senator Douglas halls. in regard to the pro
priety Of tel ing the truth. A bold outright lie
is not half so bad as an insinration. in that
quarter of the world. Let US then examine
some Of Senate. Douglass own statements
He says Of Pierce: "lle enlisted himself as
the regiment which his State Wa. forming. He
took musket on his shoulder and knapsack
on his back; snd. thus would have discharged
the duty. which every man owes 10 the land
that bore him, had his companions and his
Government permitted him to remain in the
to assume. His regimen, chose him to BE-
their Colonel, and his Government made him
aGeneral, and under that title he is known in
the history of our war with Mexico" The ora
tor scouts an insimaation: he processes 10 relate
facts. and facts well known to him. anil "dr-
rived from Pierce's companions in arms" ],
has been repeatedly stated before. that Pierce
had volunteered asaprivate soldier, and Sem
ator Douglas rei,erstes the statement. with the
addition, that "he took a muskrt on hi, should
er and knapsack on his hack" Now, moth
ing is better known, thaa that New Hamp-
shire did not have res imcni of volunteers in
the Mexican war; though It 10 true that the 9th
Regimen, Of Infantry Zone Of the ten regiments)
was raised, by enlistment, partly in that State
Does Senator Douglas mean to say tina, Pierce
enlisted las private in that Regiment. and was
made Colonel of it by members Of the regi-
mentI Docs he no, know that the President.
had the appointment Of the Colonel. and all the
officers Of that regiment and that James K.
Polk appointed and commissioned Pierce,
Colonel Of the 9thl and that no, man was or
could be enlisted in it, until it was organized
by the appointment Of its offcersl He was
member Of the House Of Representatives hen
the ten regiment bill passed. He could not be
ignorant ofthc fact. that the power Of appoint
ing al their officers. was conferred upon
the President. Yet. he asserts that Pierce
was made Colonel Of his regiment by the
members Of Il. What would lie said of that
statement in the Northwest
In two different biographies Of Gen. Pierce.
one Published in the New York Herald. the
other in the Boston Post. it is stated that he
wrote to Mr.. Polk. urging him to sPpoint his
friend R.nsom to the command Of the 9Th req.
ment. but Polk refased to appoint Ransom and
rendered he appointment to Pierce himsslf-'