Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-12-24
Hon. John u Bolts.

inc HMM acknowledgement of'fhe great service
he rendered the Wings cause" IN Massaehn
se,ts, during the late campaign, beautifully
wrought and costly present Of silver service,
consisting of a pitcher. and salyer with saita-
Bile inscriptions and devices The letter Of lie
committee is highly complimentary TO Mr..
Bots. His reply IS lengthy aud marked with
characteristic frsnkness md ability. He
thinks that The senseless and insane cry 81
abolitionism and Sewardism'' ~as the most
potent Of "ihe pow erial combination Of caas.
es" that conspircd to defeat The Wings in The
recent election, and that by thar device cruel
and irreparable injustice has been done 10 d
gallant old soldier and 10 wel.ified and hon
est patriot lie concludes very justly, tbat
the result was no criterion of the strength Of
the Two parties, or the popularity Of their prin.
ciplcs. The democrats, he says. unwilling
10 trust their chances for success upon the
strength of their principles the merits Of
their candidate. repudiated their own platform
by their subsequent acton IN Congress by re
oognzing each of those three great measures
of the Wing party, which constituted The basis
of It's organization. To vii: "tNrERNAL IN.
raoyEmrNrs," by the passage Of the River aud
Harbor BILL "PRoTeerioN. by Tie aid extend
ed 10 the Collins line Of stean., r, and "Dislm
BUTTON" by the passage tbrongl, The House oil
Representative II what Is kno IN rs Bennett $
bill !
The duty of the Wings and their SOURCES oI
encouragement and hope Mr. Bolts d"dls
upon in The subjoined passages:
Bur, gentlemen LET us MOI he disheartenedl
Jet us hold together and stand fast by our prin-
ciples. which | think now, as said IN Faneuil
Hail. are the great National merican princi-
Piles upon which alone the government can be
successfully administered, and which must be.
come, If they are not now the popular doctrine
of the country. But | Cannot believe other.
wise than that protection TO abour, the source
of all wealth. individual and national, aud In
tetnal Improvements, To furnish facilities Tor
bringing the products of that labor 10 market
o say nothing Of the distribution If the pub
lie Lands or their proceeds, among the States
are al this moment of our defeat the cherished
principles OF an over~ helming majority Of the
people of ihe United States, Notwithstanding
they have been sacrificed for the moment 10
other questions nsldiously substituted IN the
canvass; Mt all events we believe they ought To
be, and will he; therefore let Us not surrender
them.
For one, believing in the profound wisdom.
the far reaching political sagacity the elevated
craftsmanship. the acknowledged patriotism Of
Henry Clay am not prepared 10 acknowledg &c
that his long and evcntfnl life was spent in vain
and that all his views of national policy were
unsound. inpraclicable and visionary Time
e"a ~"rs''e''o. " al In my judgment fully prove
the wisdom Of his great "1meriean System.
-Four yearsis but short time in the history
oil nation, and our time will come next; in
deed have long thought TINT with the vast
extent OF our country, and It's divcr-iied inter.
ests aud psrsuits It was extremely improbable
thai either party would e e again retain pow.
er more than four years at u time There
must oi necessity always esista greot and for
mldalle party IN the opposition, and whichever
party has To assume the responsibilities of ad.
mlnlstefng the government. must In the course
oil Tour years, Create many elements of discord
and discomfort which thrown inlo the opposite
side, will always be sufficient 10 control tlIalml
ancc of power 1t will in all probability con.
finue TO alternate as IL has done for the last five
elections; more espe cially will this be the case
as long as sectional questions shall be aei,ated
and such agitation will never cease, whilst there
are Local inte rests to be subserved by agitation:
and n | am right IN this conjecture We have
nothing TO do, but 10 remain firm and true To
ourselves and our principles, and in 1856 the
pouer as we'll as the laugh will he on our side
l have been induced to indulge in tins Course
otremark, which may appear somewhat out of
place; aud for which | beg leave TO be pardon
ed, because | have seen various propositions
from different sections of the Union, (some of
which were from your region of eountry,) that
the Wing party should be disbanded, and re
organization formed, which, hope will not be
persisted in. The work of disarmament is
something ikethe kindling oflhe fre. ofuhich
have spoken, ii is easily aud speedily perform.
ed when once resolved upon. To form a new
party is the work Of time and Iahor-it rather
resembles the process of extinguishing The fire
whilst the flames raging; somewhat slow
In process and difficult of execution. 1t took
Us great while to build up the Wing party.
ana II would perhaps take longer TO build up
aho'hofi and therefore as an orioip.1 LVbip I