Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-11-02

REMAINDER OF THE DAY TO BRINGING OTHERS
TO THE POLLS. SEE THAT EVERY yorrn IS
SUPPLIED WITH 4 CORRECT TIcKEr-wlrn IFS
NAME WRITTEN on THE BAcK--AND SEE THAT
THE AGED AND INFIRM BE NOT DEPRIVED OF
THE PRIVILEGE VOTING ron WANT OF a con-
vEYANcg TO THE POLLS. WurGs OF LYNcu
BURG YOU KNOW YOUR DuTY--Do IT LIKE MEN.
Day OF ElectIOn-- a the Polls!
This morning ushercd in the day TINT is 10
decide question Of momentous concern 10 the
people Of this country. To day the Zee citizens
of the Republic are to exercise the highest civil
function known 10 our system of government
Tleyare TO determined their sovereign capaci.
ty,by what policy our public affairs shall be di.
reetcd, and 10 what hands The future d. sliay of
the nation shall be Committed.
Let no man deceive himself with the suppo-
ston that he has no personal interest in the de.
cision. and that he can exercise no personal
influence upon the result. In the great inquest
the people every citizen has a - DICE Of equal
weight, and TO every one the conseq lences of
the general judgement must come home with
equal interest. j IS Impossible to overestimate
the responsibility resting upon each individual.
To avoid IT. By is...re 10 zoe. IS 10 shrink
from solemn duty 2a4 i1 throw as ~ the
bhih.righ, II fsee sen
10 The vide .zr'eaes asleeer tac men vino
are candidates, s1a the schemes u sattrunon
that have been prau. gate i.g ,ueh f,,aay u
is impossible for any intelligent gn1 .ndepet-
dent mind to stand poised. Every nan farsIiI-
lar with the two PLATINUM, mus, prefer one 10
the other-everyon one who has become aconaint.
ed with the lives, characters and capacities Of
the two candidates, must have arrived at a con.
ciusion ns TO the superior merit of one flhem
Whatever that preference and conclusion may
lie, they should be made known at the polls.
Or Winfield Scott il may be truly said that
since his earliest manhood,he fas devoted bis life
to the service of the country; not quietly, and
obscurely, and at intervals only, but the whole
of and the best of this head his hear, and
his hands; accomplishing deeds that have aug
mented the prosperity, the independence and
the dominion Of the country, and conferred un.
dying lustre on the American name. OF Frank
I'm Pierce, whatever credit may be given him
Tor patriotic purposes, ii must be said that with
The most favorable opportunities for useful and
distinguished service, he has uttered no thought
and done no act that has contributed to the
glory OF the country. or that will be remember,
ed lnhsh history. The first stands commended to
the country by splendid feats of patriotism and
genius, alike in the civic and military service
nj tho Ia 1
sense OF justice. frmness, clear discernment
and never falling sagacity he has displayed IN
some OF the most difficult and trying positions
OF civil life, and the vigor, skill, SELF devotion
and unfiinching bravery which have ever mark.
cd his conduct in the field. The second is en-
dorsod only by party nomination, the result
oil accident and necessity noteless service
IN Congress and series Of Notifying misad.
ventures in the army.
Tue Wing platform is candid, comprehen.
s'e and lucid statement of the plan of govern
heh' proposed by that par,y-recognizing the
great elementary principles Of repnblcan;sm.
adherlng to the example and counsels or Wasb.
ins'on and his compeers, and pouring the light
ofthe past and the wisdom of the presen, along
the path ofthe future. Tire democratic nlot.
form has been justly characterized. as made
up of "unmeanug generahties, obvious tru-
isms, doubtful phrases, cant terms, false pre-.
misses, illogical conclusions, impndent preten-
sions, by gone controversies, uniform evasions
OF all the living matters of dispute between the
two great parties, and succession of cold, for.
bidding negalions on the exercise Of such pow.
ers and the adoption of such measures as are
indispensable TO our connlry's welfare" Lei