Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-10-25
Are You Ready!

The days OF this canvass have "dwnjled &c
the shortest span" The issues involved IN /
have been deliberately discussed before thu
great inquest of the nation, and there can be nc
lack of information upon which 10 base wise
and correct verdict We have nothing to fear
but the malign influence of party. If the pop.
ular judgement could be exercised, unwarpcd
and unprejudiced, upon the merits Of the mer
who are candidates, and the principles that are
in controversy it is impossible that the resu
could be any thing else than an overwhelming
approval of Winfield Scott and the Wing plat
form.
How could>it be otherwise, with a people
generous and just and intelligent ours; hen
on the one hand is seen aman, whose life from
youth TO old age has been series of glorious
exploits, every one OF. which has added to the
renown, ,he..power, or the prosperity of the
country, andon the other, man, who, with the
amplest opportunities for distinction and use
fulness, both in civic and military life, has done
nothing oaitract The nations eye, or be remem
bered in history.
Take the principles Of the two parties So
as promulged in the resolutions oftheir nation
al conventions, and while we see on the part
Of the Wings frank direct and easily under
stood exposition Of their plan of government,
we have onthelr part a confused, contradlcto-
ry. ambiguous and unintegblc string of re-
solves, which we have already seen the differ
ent factions Of the party interpreting in what
ever manner their local interests or pre- JUDGES
inclined them Impartial scrutiny can find in
them nothing systematic; nothing statesman
like, permanent and reliable; nothing to which
the patriot could turn in the hour of danger for
succor and relief
Mere party contests, which in the main arc
stimulated 10y the seekers Of Office, are unwor
thy of great and enlightened people. 1t is
of but little Consequence by what name n dom.
inant party may be known, or what individual
may for the time stand at that party's head
The matter OF moment for each voter 10 deter
mine is, to what party he can look most safely
to carry out the true principles of the consti-
tuition, and watch over and promote the best
interests of the country. Is it to that party
which, under Mr. Van Burens lead brought re
proach and disgrace upon the national reputa
tion,by the daring and unprnciped frauds and
peculations and robberies, that were commit
ted upon the public treasury-which reduced
the standard of political morality and official
integrity so low, that the American name be.
camea subject for scofing and derison through
out Europe' Is it TO that party which, under
James X. Polk, precipitated the country into
an unnecessary war, involved the nation in
millions Of debt, and sprung upon tho people
those fearful sectional issues, which shook the
very foundations of the government Or is il
to that party which, under the administration
of Willard Fillmore, has restored public tran
guilty ard confidence, purged the department,
of the odor of corruption with which they were
infected, impaired healthful vigor to all the
agencies ofgovernment, preserved the national
honor without shadow of tarnsh, and given to
the American name dignity and respectable
ty abroad, which it has not had since the days
OF Frankhnl Is it to that party. which now,
gathering under its extended wings men of
every shade of Observation-Disclosures disunion-
u.s. ih'erventlomts, 6lGbusters, land grabbers
anu all the one idea fanatics of the day, pre.
sents as ITS candidates an undistinpuished and
incompetent man; or to that national and con.
servative body of Republicans-who look 70
the great men who framed our governmen, for
their policy, and to the great man, who has de-.
Tended that government and made it renowned
to administer that policy Can wise mer
doubt-will good men falter, when such are the
issues and these are the men /?
In such crisis, Vrgioians should be tn,
last to hesitate. Under the control of the de
mocratic party their State has been reduced
from an electoral vote of tpenty three in 1910
toG,7een in 1850. And yet that party pre-
snmptuously claims to be the exclusive cham