Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-09-10

another. and DID nj gt.t into tlifd, II became
distressing subject TO them. Abandoning
this claim. they performed an evolution with
as much dexteriiy rs their model General did
a sumn,erset on the battle-ground. and loudly
vociferaicd that when asked for bis deeds. they
did ne, point to bis battles. Like the disconso.
late Moor they were brought to exclaim:
@ nov forever
Farewell the trnnquil mind farewell conteni.
Farewell tho pluned troop and the big wnrH.
That make ambition Virtue y farewell!
Farewell the ncghinp .tced. and the shrill trump,
The spiritstirring drumthe ear-riereng fife,
The ro Il bunnea and hllquaiiry,
Pride pomp, and cifcunsnnces Of glorious wnr
And o you mortal engines whose rude tbront'
Tie immortal Joyc'- dread clurnor, eouhiefet
FAREWELL young Frankln's Occupation. gomez
Thus was then" second nights enterto inment'
ended
Following this, and to mike amends for his
deficiencies in heroisn. the next invention Of
locofocoism was, That their candidate was the
very impersonation Of craftsmanship. No
other proof wos necessary to rcfute this asscr.
ton, than the fact that they completely .fdHelO
produce tie ccidenec. Again and again they
have been called upon for the proof but,
silent as the tomb. they have as repeatedly
filled To produce it, ia man is statesman,
the evidence of that craftsmanship is the eosl-
est thing in the world produced. The history
ofthe countryside records Of Congress; great
measures which have been carried into sue
cessfu execution. the living evidences that
may be appealed to- To these the friends Of
Pierce have turned with no better success,
tam attended their researches among tho an
mails OF the Mexican war, for the evidence Of
his Generalship. Industriously nnd eagerly
has this proof been sought for, but disappoint-
ment. only and continually, has doomed up
r beforeahe anxious gaze of the scarcher. -Four
or five schoolboy speeches, and his votes,
r which seem, in general, to have been given in
a spirit of,opposilion 10 all progress and i'm
provcment, constitute the amount of his states
manship.
And yet, his is the man. who, if we believe
r the protesta,ions Of Democracy, is as foun-
n tain OF knowledge in the science of government,
around which the wisest heads in the land
may bow with reverence, and drink in rich
draughts of political learning. But pursuing
the easiest mode by which truth may be arr
rived ut, in the study of locofocoism. and ta-
king its assertions by contraries, Franklin
Pierce again appears in his true character, and
sinks into the shade OF insigni6cancc. Thus
much for his craftsmanship, and thus much for
another "cn,crtainment" of Democracy.
! The next device of tho party, is the attempt
to palm Pierce uponthe South, as its peculiar
champion, the fast friend of the Compromise,
and, indeed the very man upon whom the
South must depend to guard its rights. Dem
ocratic editors and orators have made this the
burden of their song" and denounced in un-
measured terms, those " no dared insnuate
anything else. But, unfortunately, again the
antecedents OF Pierce rise up in testimony a
gainst him, and the plans of bis party. Pierce
had been in Congress, und the record showed
| some very ugly votes, to have been given by q
friend of the South--he had occasionally beer
$ speaking. and had expressed some awful sen
II timents for friend Of the Compromised,
n had been in Conventions, md on Committees
} which made reports exactly in opposition tc
4 the sentiments and principles Of the South
And IN fact, evidences incontrovertible came &c
5, hight " hich placed the matter beyond doubt
f. that Piercc's real feelings and home views were
+ exactly the reverse of those ascribed TO him.
e We next see them, to accomplish party pur
n poses assailing and attempting TO blast tho
character OF man, merely because he had
2 truthlully represented the sentiments of thei,
4 candidate. But rs a fatality seems to attend
every attempt of Democracy. here again came
, the proof, and this man, whom they had pro.
= nounced horse-thei, is declared the Mayor
n of his town and members of the Church of
!, which he is member, to be man of pietv. in
!, telligence and honor, and one standing as high
n as Pierce himself-as man of truth; and nu.
$ merous other alldavits are given by men of
known standing, corroborating the statcmcn, of
g the man whom.they had backguarded. In this
, manner was another Democratic fabrication ex.
posed.