Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-03-22


AoNDAy. MADCa %. 1879.
~1nogNAa pFric &. ssush lido First A..
- 1lsls snl Third e4seee, sdjacrns Z,
e. ~ 1lnfs0U 0eaas 1sars aad III wssh-
~. clay onA De Presidency.
4Assassy ~ sszsral simrs Of late been
pusin e;sesl.asn. shse Mr.. Clay had de-
clsaai tAss h would rather zee Ges. Cas-
PnsiaeaG skss asy mas lisi,s. The
Deasssss;s psss. particularly that Por'
sios q Il favorable % Gen. Cas-. have
easssay seized upon and disseminated the
rspsss. We Gill say nothing of:ns attitude
ia which sueA conduct places shem-after
h.viag rs.ilsd and calumnis'ed Nr. Clay
for : Shird II . century. now to be bolster
ing - shsir own feeble fsvoi,es by imss.
mary s.yings ofhis. As 'fshey were oraele'
--bus will place before the reader posi-
tive dsaisl Of tbs whole statement. The
editor Of the New York Express. has
been psrnitssd by Mr.. Clay. to copy the
following from private letter of his. 'd-
drrsssd 70 friend in that. city:
- you rightly under.
stood me in expressing . preference Tor
Mr.. Fillmore % tho Wing candidate for
the Presidency. This did before ] left
home. and have frequently here. IN private
intercesns. since my arrival at Washing
ton. cars not how generally the fact
NAV bs known. but ! should not deem
!, right to publish any formal avowsi
cf that preference under my own sigma
tare in tho newspapers. Such course
would snhjsct mo 10 the impu'ation OF
Exposing .ihst my opinions possessed
more weight with the public than ! APP
prel,end they do. The foundation Of my
preference is. that Mr.. Fillmore has adj
n,inistered the Executive Government
with signal success snd ability: He has
h~en tried and found true. faithful. honest
AL conscientious. wish to say nothing
in dcroyafion from his eminent competi.
iors. They have both rendered great ser
vice to their country-the one in the field
the other in the cahinet-thcy might pos
s;hly administer the government as well al
M. Fillmore has done. But then neither
Of them has been tried. He has beer
tired in tho elevated position he now holds
end think that prudence and wisdom ha
better restrain US from making any chang
withouta necessity for 1.-THE existence o
which ] do not perceive.
am truly your friend.
and obsden. servant.
II. CLAY.
Wehave had the good fortune. to giv'
utisrancc. through this journal. to view
nearly identical with those expressed ii
the foregoing lsttsr. The present is no.
safe time for Presidential experiments
The country has not yet ceased to vibrate
from the shocks it has received. The
conservative and patriotic course Of Mr.
Fillmore hss contributed, and 10 contri-
butins. greatly. towards tranquilizing and
stcadyingit. The slightest departure from
that course. the least indiscre,ion. might
even yet produce results fatal to the pub.
lie peace. With the present Administra-
ton. we may feel secure-who can say.
that We would be so. with anotherf Shall
we change a certainty for an uncertainty.
when we have every thing to lose and no.
thing to gsinl
But there is another view Of this matter,
still more in,esting TO us Of the South
The name Of Mr.. Fillmore is identified
with the lstc Measures of Adjustmcnt.-
Tho Wing party. every where. in the
South. have made the faithful execution o
the compromise. the condition Of its con-
tinued association with the party. in the
North. The denomination Of Mr.. Fill
more, with his avowed adherence to thos,
measures, with his identification in the his
tory and feat Of their passage. with his re
Peated assertions Of their hnali'y. woul,
be the best guarantee No,hern Wing
could give of their purpose loyal,
TO unite with their Southern bretheren
upon that basis. They cannot doub
his capacity; nor distrust his devotion tc
Wing principles; nor can they have any
reason to doubt his availability, orhe
than thar he may have made enc
mics in tho North. 10y the faithful discharge
Of his cons,ilul ional duties. To such enc
mics no favor should be shown. 1t would
be base and cowsrdly to pander to thei
fsn.ticsl prcjudices.
We would not be considered as ex
pressing any dis,rust of the other emf
nent citizens. whose names are mentionc.
in connection w;sh the Presidency; but w
protest against the iimid and palterin.
policy. that would set Mr.. Fillmore aside
from any apprehension that he would los
the free-soil vote. For our part. we pre-
fsr having the issus,of the "fnahry OF th'
compromise" as strongly stated. ard a
distinctly made as possible. If the part,
in the free States are not willing to NEE
that issue. and pass upon it affirma'ively
let 10 know it. and. in Gods name. the
sooner the better. We are for maintain.
ing the nationality and unity of the Wing
party, % long as possible; the more so. he
cause we believe it to the the only nation
81 party. and when its ligaments are sever
ed.we know no, here to look FOR the pre-.
servation Of the Union; but. we are not for
snsin.sining itany longer than the Northern
division are willing to stand up, like men.
on the platform of,he compromise. En-
sersaining these views. we think the South.
ern Wings have q right to require the