Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-03-08

tentionl--in what has the honor Of the
country suifcrcdi Since the adoption Of
the present Constitution. we have had no
President who has managed our national
affairs mors calniy. more firmly. and more
justly; and yet. none has passed through
SO pcrilous time. The escaping from
the immincnt destruction that menaccd us,
and the restoration Of tranquility to the
country, are themsclvc achievements more
brilliant than thousand victories.
Misguided and inaarned by the false
teachings and dangerous practices of Lao
cofocoism. many Of the people Of this gov
ernmcnt had been seduced into schemes
offoreign plumber and outrage, and had
given away to wild spirit of bucaneer-
ing adventure. Was it nothing TO have
interposed the strong arm Of the law and
restrained them from the immense crime
they were about to commit Was il moth
ing rcsoIutcly to have maintained the obi
CATIONS Of our treaties, and TO have KEEP,
the national faith uniarnishedl Will it
not be worthy of remembrance hereafter,
that WILLARD FnLMonE gave its qnieius
to the restless and reckless spirit Of fill
bus,crisml
The foreign relations ofthc Government
too have been managed with singular ad-
dress and discretion The many cmbaras
sing questions that have arisen. partly from
the loose and indeicrminatc condition in
which international affairs were left by the
Polk administration. have been disposed
of in modes entirely satisfactory. There
now remains no cause of III feeling be-
tween this Government and any other
The wrong that our people did to Spain
was promptly acknowledged and atoned
for-,he wrong that England did to US,
was required to be as promptly and fully
repaired. BY the just and temperate course
pursued by the Prcsident-ctizcns Of
this country undergoing severe penalty
mi foreign land. for most grevious Of
fence, have been pardoncd and set at libcr-
ty. But the browning ac: and glory Of
Mr.. Fillmore, as relates to the foreign poll
cy of our Governments the firmness with
which he confronted Kossu,h, when the
nation, led away by his impassioncl elo
qucnce. seemed ready TO bow its knee
before him. That was an act worthy 81
Washington himself. The willy Hunga
rian with all his seductive arts, failed IL
swervc him.a hairs breadth from the strc
line of precedent and prudence. Con
demned at the timely the superservicea
bic sycophants OF the new idol. tho sobe
second thought ofthc people has come ,c
his support, and approved his manly and
patriotic course. The page of history
that records the interview between Fill
more and Kossu,h will he among the
brightest and most enduring in our annals
Whatever may be the future let Of the
President, (and we ardenily hope for the
good of the country. that he may again be
called TO stand at the helm of Srate,) these
things will he remembered to his immor-
raj honor. His accession to power was a.
mid the darkness and the portcnts of im-
pending ruin--the close of Lis Admin
promises 10 be under the serene
influences Of the popular mind tram
quilted and The Union secure. To one
who has thus served his country, so eff
Gently and yet so unobtrusivcly that we
have scarcely seen the hand that directed
each movement; so wisely and SO modest
ly; so resolu'ely and yet so meekly; the
American hear, will render a grateful
and affcctonatc tribute, SO long as its ma
tural scnsibilities are uncontaminsted by
the poisoned breath of dcmagogues and
designers. He
We observe in the Augusta Chronicle
a letter from the Hon. Alexander fl. Ste
phens Of Georgia. giving his views of the
Constitutional Union Party and its objects
and advising continued adherence to it.
distinct organization. Heis unqualifcdly
opposed to the seeming disposition of some
Of its members. to send delegates to the
Baltimore Convention. and coalcscc with
the Democratic Party. Both of the old
parties he regards as "e9cfe and corrupt.
and he thinks the idea of recognizing
either, upon sound national principles, is
not to be entertained with much conf
dcncc.
He advises that the Unionists will COM
bine with no party, in the coming election
for the Presidency, that does not. as a
cindition precedent, recognize and endorse
their principles. The Democratic party
will not do this. he infcrs from the fac,
that Col. Folks resolution, approving the
Compromise, was rejected in their con-
gresslonal caucus, at the beginning of the
present session, and that Mr.. Bartlett,
whose name appears as one Of the com
mittce calling the Convention. is an nc
knowledged Frcesoiicr; while Mr.. Rantoul,
the spawn of the foulcst coalition with
that base faction, that ever marked the
annals of political proaigacy, is already
chosen delegate.
The present (apparent) calm in the Sec
tional excitement, be considers but a tenn
porary suspension of the dangerous cle-
ments, which have but recently ragged
with SO much fury. For these and other
reasons, he advises the Union party to
hold themselves aloof, until both the old
parties have held their conventions and
made their nominations, and then choose
between the two, if there be room for
nominate and vote for
some candidate Of their own. In this way