Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-06-07
PreslAentiAI Nouninniioss.

ffeSsoemtlAI Nominations.
The present month is time Of deep interest
10 the people Of the Uui,ei Sts,rs. rhetwo
great political conventions. spon whose .eicc.
tons the respective parties hang al! hope for
the success ofthe .ysiems of policy which they
advocate, meet early ia the month. One of
them will probably have finished lis work he
FIRE this nriic;c Is read and ere the end Of the
month the banners the champions chosen by
both, will be wssing ovr lher followers, and
the hostile arrays Of patriots aud pariiEans.
Ss'atesmcn and Office seekers, tfr the ranks of
neither viii he altogether pnr) be engaged
warmly IN the exciting contest. To us il seems
that the time Of nomination was unnecessarily
and hurtfully postponed. In these days. when
the life Of every candidate for Office. is taken
pieces systematically and subjected to tho
most rigid scrutiny, b. men who devote their
whole energies 10 the task, is less than five
months sufficient time. for 60 examining
and weighing the claims Of the nominees. as
will bring forth Il, the polls. the just and DELHI
erately formed sentiments of our frcemcn. scat
'ered over so large territory! We think not:
but as so nany obey The mere behcsts uf party
dicta,on, anJ"go !, blind" for ticket. platform.
resolves, &c. or else give themselves no trouble
10 ascertain whether the staten ents OF clcc;on.
cerins orators bc true or not. and seek no bet.
ter sources Of information. perhaps j, matters
little in effect, whether twelve month or dav
be allowed between nomination and election
II would nevertheless. be well " orth trial, to
see whether longer canvassing would no, put
an extinguIsher 10 some extent, upon the pnb-
lie SANDER and Wholesale defamation with
which party presses teen during Presidcn-
iial canvass and which. industrious circulation
makes it extremely difficult thoroughly In fol-
low up, and expose in short time Kane
letters, n,d Nicholson letters, with appropriate
commentaries, would be more carefully siftcsi;
and a gear, if m,,re fruitful than fire months in
devices. would he still more so in the means of
detecting them. In all things man needs re.
Election and time for proper action; and in moth
ing could such action be more desired than in
the choice Of tie Governor of twenty million.
Of free people.
These remarks seem the more correct from
the following view. IL requires no great pen
etration to discover. that the mixed and disccr-
DAM elements ihrown Together in the Demo-
Cratic Convention will produce an extremely
violent fermentation A body composed of In
ieulsts and Sccessionis,s. Free-Soi Coalition
i.ta from Massachusetts and Connecticut, South
ern rights ChvaIry from Virginia and Soutl,
l..
s,rict cons,ru ;ionists, Intervention and non In.
tcrvenl!on men. old fogics and young Amer
leans; all as iii crse in direction as the spokes
of wheel and yet like them meeting in a COM
mon centre Of party success, and the ".poils"
Consequent thercon.-caDnot escape the clash
ing which takes place. when men who do not
wish tn agree. are obliged to agree-or be
ruined. From such trouble, the easiest mode
of dellverance seems that adopted by the Bal
-,imore Convention of 1874; viz:-thc nomina.
ton Of sumo " no up to that time had new
or entered the heads of political calcuators in
connection with the Presidency, whose talents
had not commanded the notice Of his fellow
citizens when looking for Chief Magistrate.
and whose dement's fortunately for him) were
as lille know as his merits: a ukcwarm states
man. midway between the heat of genius and
the cold of stupidity, against whom nothing
could be- said, and in his favor, still less. The
Wing Convention. if it has the claims of temer
aspirants to adjust, may encounter an obstinacy
ofpreftrerce which can only be overcome by
like setting aside of the three prominent cam
didatcs, md the substitution Of another; and il
is a possible case Heaven prevent it however!)
that it may, although it has not the weight Of
precedent to influence itas the rival body has
selec, some comparatively Indifferent man.
Thus, two entirely new men may be placed
before the people, and the Scott and Fillmore,
Buchanan and Cass regalia, will have to be
laid aside, and a dress gotten up for the
occasion. In this event the li'nc is TOO short
for III, rough examination Of the men, and dis.
cussicn Of the principles they represent. I'm
poriant ilcn are the events Of this month. rs to
whether they bring about or prevent such a
state of thins-, neither or not new and unlock
cd for candidates be announced with such brief
space for consideration of their fitness for Office,
but far more important in the policy. Of which
those candidates will be the opponents, and
which they will be deemed pledged to carry
out. However masked in ambiguous, nom
comri,tal language. the opinions Of each Con-
vcntion will be readily gathered from their
proceedings.
For ourselves, with FIRM confidence in the
patriotism and wisdom Of the delegates to
whom our interests are con6ded, we await the
nomination Of the Wing Convention. with
quiet which we do not expect to be ruffled, by
any hasty, sectional or dece,ful ac,ion If
disappointed. we trust no shackles Of party
can ever bind US to the upholding of what We be-
heve will be for our country's disadvantage
Bu,ifour sanguine expectations Of Harmonious.
patriotic, and wise proceedings be fulfilled.
with cheerfulness will we unfurl at our mast.
head, the flag ofasy Wing good and true from
North or South. who stands by the Compro-
mise settlement Of the slavery difficulties; and
who is prepared with liberal heart to he the
head Of the rholc nation. scorning all alliance
with any particular faction S,.h i, W.; .