Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-04-22

And yet are on't7"
In late number Of THE VIRGiSIAN. we
gave some very savage extracts from the
Democratic Rerieso for March. From the
same issue, we transcribe the paragraph
that follows. We have read OF very
cruel and abhorrent custom. prevailing
with some barbarous race, of killing their
old people, ard thereby relieving them
selves Of the burden and trouble OF sup
porting those who were unable TO take care
Of themselves young America" seems
to have taken this practice for its guide;
but, being progressive in all things, It out
strips the cxauple, and butchers with i'm
patient cerocity, thosd who have yet good
deal Of the vigor Of life renaining,and who
still cling toexistence with allthe tenacity Of
purposes unfulflled and ambitions not rea
lized. To understand the meaning and
application Of the REVIEWS slashing arti-
Gle, the reader must bear in mind, that by
the term "old f9gjes" are meant Cass,
Buchanan. Butler, Marcy and all the old
leaders of the Democratic party. and by
the word 'Jogydons" the REVIEW means
the principles. opiaions, and public con
duet, and party management of these gen
tlemen Remembering this, let US now
see what frighiful picture, this Leading
exposi;or of Democracy draws, of those
who have heretofore been considered its
ornaments aid oracles. Speaking Of itself
unlerits lormerproprietorship, the Reeie,0
says:
.In i.s heart It was the ocus ard stronghold Of
pu.ry. of political deception, Of finiaro1nda, Of
| literary wire-pullins, biographical blowing and
| Barpumace of distinguished political careers"
| Buncotnbe. and ana allthe vile and contemplate
arts and aubter'iges by which old fcgydom has so
long imposed itscfurou the public, and upon the
country pressing like . horIid nightmare upon the
| Young nnd sursiBg bosom Of the American
Democracy. The horrid and vile phantom sat
there griuujng aud blowing spectre. It's hoary hair
streaming with the smnH devils Of every political
| vice a male eorgon with legs lean and skinny,
dangling on our sides, carelessly squirting US be-
meath It's phaniasnic horrors. and fists like harpics
claws, beating on our panied and sulocating
brenat praises IN q 'teFA = tAtUN. " =
wonld 81 up ana stirring, stirring our fiiher5
Taught US. in manly industry md Ike them pio-
| ncering for liberty. axe gun IN hand, among
the wild and vet unreClaimed forests Of ba;Earism
| or tyranny But the hideous phantasn, mere I'M
| renlity nero dream, as It was. would not permit
US to raise hand OF rnusrlc. We struggled,
and moved couvusivcly fro, but the vile thing
aept its seat,wth mortal grin upon is parchment
! face. As The world moved on, we desired 20 move
on with It, and not be the first generation of Amer
lean Democrats, left far ia the rcafword of time
but still the incubus held rs. Nay. each new
and fresh idea would burat cur heart and rise 10 uur
lips asking nercly for Inference, It would press
down. close as by band eur opening mouth, and
humble in our ears, with ghasty wink, 'lhe i'm
mortal principles nf yonr ancestors Thus have
We. in common with all the young Democracy Of
America, been held for years by fogydyna, inagony,
in torture, IN silence, in ineicioncy. Seated in
this Review rs in a stronghold, il throw its webs,
and wires over the whole nation. making it b. be-
Heyed that Washington and Jefferson lived, and
fought and conquered, merely to make II the own
tr Of this generation and q pestcrity. We, hnv-
ing studied and In wing well The renl strength
OF Young Acrica plying lis state, and lovirg its
noble principles. ,letsrninsl. for our o'n and is
sake, 70 hurl down this phantas'r, and give the
Jung folks breath u live, and fulfil fol teI cen
Grafton. the grand destiny Of the land Of the Rev
oluli, nary fathers. We determined 10 approach
the hoary monster in his very stronghold 10 take
himby the thro5t turn tie guns, and webs, and
wires, against him, and hy bold word crush
him. And re hare done L. We seized him BY the
throBt. in his own ancient castle; and said "Oid
| tlunbug erorciso te''"Lie, that thou art--veue-
rable fuslian-- distinguished craftsmanship go,
| dnGthema!" "Fogydom. lie al diGb0lEm that
| is, Ego TO Jericlo" Base and false Representa-
tive Of ur iilustrious sirrs whose names YOU have
50 long blasphcmed, and the latchet Of whose shoes
you are unworthy TO tie, hegnne begone, lite, este
anathcma in ceternum. ct diaholus vobiscuul--sic
paTcon ct names patrum nostrorun nos, pro bono
publco, Ct pro bono iuveatuts Amerieanensis. ct
pro hberate postertatis ejus pronunciayimus-
| sc orlnia in cuslo ct in terra -
Therefore, get out vanish, nbsquaiuatc! In Short
| IN the best clerical dog-Lntin, we pronounced on
the Mortified monster the curse Of Ernulphus and
in the best plain English told it, it was a hun bug
and deception. and t1lsou,e aud worn out iuven-
lien Of the evil one, and bade il so-and it went.
Democracy has never within our knowl
lge sattoso s,erna Inner beiore-demo-
cracy, we say, for, again we remind the
reader. the CHASTITY picture here drawn
Is, oflhe craftsmanship, the patriotism, and
III e political life Of Buchanan. Cass, and
others. Locolocoisrn has never been 10
our eyes "a thing Of beauty" Trieked
and irounced in rainbow painted
and paddel---with borrowed curls and ar
tticiaI teeth-we have always suspected
thai the character Of the Jade was no bet
ter than it should be. and that the little
comehness she possessed was due to art;
but we did not know, that beneath these
stolen trappings was concealed so horrid
bag. as the writer has described. The
days of witchcraf are come again; and
this shriyeleI and gibbcriug crone is the
Hecate of the host--chief in hideousuess,
and most potent in mischief. And yet.
disgusting as is the sight and deadly as is
the presence of this weird and wrinkled
beldame, we dare not hope that the conju
ration of this witch destroyer has cheated
her of her sceptre-lnr we greatly fear
that Young America" would soon be-
come even more fightfu in shape and
more fatal in influence than "fogydom. =
Heaven grant that the good people oftliis
land may speedily be rid Of the whole
Endor brood--of young and old-and es
pecially Of that young one, now being dry
nursed by the Democratic Rerieae, than
whom
''No uglier follows the nigh;-hag, when called
In secret, riding through the air She comes
Lurel with the smell of infant blood to dance
With Lapland witches
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