Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-03-29

Doctor Briggs. Well. Mr.. Chairman.
| think there's good deal of meaning in
what you say. And | go for harmony;
SO | move we so according to your plan,
and point out a candidate that we can
lcct. and fix up the principles afterwards:
tor. just as you say, what good will the
principles do Us II w,e don't elect our can.
dldate! Now, Mr.. Chairman, as YOU are
postmaster. and have all the papers a.
your Office, and know how things get a.
long, | move that you name over the cam
didates for the Presidency, and tell US how
they stand. so we may see which is the
strongest and go in for him.
Well, us to that, all the
States hasn't put up their candidates yet,
but good many Of 'em has. and some OF
EN- can name over. There's New York.
she puts up Governor Marcy; and Penn
sylvania puts up Mr.. Buchanan; and
Michigan puts MP Gineral Cass; and Ken
lucky puts up Gineral Butlel; and Illinois
puts up Judge Douglas; and Indiana puts
up Glneral Lane; and Texas puts up Gin
eral Houston. And spose there may be
more thai don't think now, but these
Is some OF the foremost ones. The Dem
ocratic Review. printed in New York, that
is thought to take the lead in these mat
ters, divides these candidates into two
classes, the old class and the young cl ass;
or, as some Of tbs papers calls EN-, Old
Fogles and Young America. The old
fogy class is Governor Marcy, and Gneral
Cass, and Mr.. buchanan, and Gineral
Butler, and Gineral Houston. And the
Young America class is Judge Douglas.
And the Dimocraiic Review goes in deci
dedly for the last class.
Deacon Snow. should like to have
the opinInn of our venerable chairman a.
bout Judge Douglas, as to wheth.r he s
the rls lit man for us, and whether we bet
ter 90 in for him along with the Dimocrat-
ic Review.
Choirm an.-As to that, | can only say
Judge DouSlas is mere boy yet, only a.
bout forty years old, and some folks
thinks he better tarry at jericho till bis
beard is grown. There is good metllc in
him: but let him wait fifteen or twcnt,
years longer, and then may belt will do tc
begin to talk about him.
Deacon Snow. That's correct. move
we pass over the Young America class anl
take up the Old Fogies.
Chairman. Well, what say ycu tc
Gov. Marcyl Our Dimocraiic bre,hrer
will please to express their minds freely
In orderto harmonize we must know eacl
others opinions.
Sargent Joei Douaiag I've no doubt,
Mr.. Chairman. but what Governor Marcy
is good sound sort of Dimocrat and has
done good service in the party, but think
that patch on his trousers has done the job
for him. so he'll never get over it. live
undertake to run him, we shall get licked
that's all.
Chairman. We'll, how will Mr.. Bucha
nan do! He's strong candidate, and late
ly got a majority in the Dimocraiic Con-
vcniion Of Pennsylvany in spite Of General
Cass, who did MT get half SO many votes
as he did.
Deacon .Snou. The greatest Thing ]
know agln Mr.. Buchanan is, that I've
heard he was once an old Fcderalist, II
that's the case should MT like TO vote foi
him; and, moreover, if there's the least
taint Of Federalism about him Mr.. Ritchie
will be sure to fight agn him tooth and
nail. So there would Mt be no chance to
elect him.
Chairman. ell,tl,erc's Gineral Cass
how does he stand! Is there any reason
why he would MT run wcll
Sargent joel Domning Mr.. Chairman
| don't want to be too particular, and
amt hard to please; but Gineral Cass,
don't think, would run better than some
one of the others. And. besides, he's go
off the true Dimocratic platform, am
would MT come under your rule, to fgh
agia tile Wigs. For year or two age
he and Gineral Foote and some other.
went off upon SAINT and .jined Webster
and Clay and got up the compromise.
We can't call that fghtin the Wings. The
Dimocrats have been good deal wrathy
about ii; and it Is MT but a little while age
| see Dimocrarc paper in Richmond
Virginia, calls en- "thc miserable set Of
ragmuflins who got up the Union party
1t would MT do to have candidate that
the DImocratic papers can talk so about
1t would MT produce the right sort of har.
mony in the ranks of the Dimocracy.
think, Mr. Chairman, we better go further
if we far worse.
Chairman. Well, gentlemen, then
there's General Butler, of Kentucky
He's SAID to be a very safe, careful. sound
Dimocrat; one that it " i'll be hard TO pick
any flaws in. What say to himl
Bill johnson. Mounting on bench
with two or three papers in his hand. T.
Mr.. Chairman. Gineral Butler is the worst
candidate in the whole lot. Ginerally
speaking. hcis n'tnowhere; and when YOU
do happen to find him he is MT never IN
the right place. You remember, sir at our
last meeting l described in my speech the
Butler bait as being all nicely rolled in
meal and rubbed over with little Van
Buren oil. Well. sir. since then the meal
has been shook off; the Van Buren, oil
could MT make it stick It's all shook of,
and shows nothing but black slavery
cat. A few weeks ago Mr.. Cabell, Of
Florida, in Congress called Gincral But
Ter a "Mua candidate" That straitened
him out, and showed his color, and one OF
his friends in the House read a letter from
him that showed he went the whole hog in
favor of the "ragmufiins' compromise. =
Sir, | hold that letter in my hand. and in
it Gincral Butler breaches about the Com
promise like a Methodist minister. He
says: at is as though great national al
tar had been erected in our midst, on
which every lover of our common coun-
try is invited to lay his offering Of peace,
and to offer up his Praycs Of the perpetuity
of the Union and the continuance oftke in
estimable blessings which we enjoy under
its protection" Sir, that language shows
that he is Mt fit fo- President; it's enough