Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-08-20
rreesoiI Protection 10 the sou,h.

There is world of momentous nearing in
those four little words of Col. Haynes, at the
Pittsburg Convention "rsEy KNOW THEIR MAN"
They bring TO mind the solemn pledge of Mar.
Tin Van Burcn,ncver to desert the Buffalo plat.
form. They call up the declaration of John
Van Buren, that he would support no man for
the Presidency "toLo does net bclicoc siaeeyy 10
Je an Snmitgate8 csil, and uh0 ,oW mol use all
The poicer aCh'ch The constitution and The laps
may place IN has haads for It's overthroc;' that
he would "lire and de- by that position; Tint
they expected to make the democratic party OF
New ork 'rhe great anti-slavery party of the
State, and through it TO make the democratic
party of the United Statee Tie great anti slore
ry party ofMc United SfGtes" Can any man
doubt that the resolutions ond purposes, here
expressed of these arch enemies of the South
are still adhered 10 and cherishedl Does no,
Senator Chase assert that tho frecsoil party
have not, and will not abandon their oblec Isl
and does not b. +. Butler (the pious
Benlaminl confirm the asseriioni Does not
the Evening Post "spit upon the platform,
and declare that it will sglatc as long
as the runaway slave continues to be
sought after and reclaimed by his master
"Further inquiries. (said that journal comment.
ing onthe resolutions, shortly after the adjourn
ment OF the Convention satisfy us that, in say
ing tbey did not express the sense of the Con
vention, We used Tie leca expressive phrase tn,
case aoa'd jastJy. They were not adopted
hx,f al 4
bers. more than three.fourths, it is said by
some. had icf he room: not more HanA DOZEN
OF tie rest kneac mhat aras doing.
The main business of the Convention had beer
completed. Members and by-standers were
talking Il over with each other, and every thing
Was attended to but what was going on beside
the chair. In the midst ofthis hustle and con.
fusion, in the midst Of loud conversations
shouts and noise, Of the has,y entrances and
hasty departures. something aeas read ,ohicl
nobody heard, and coacernng aOhicA rery teu
aoere ascare that 10 teas reading. Mr.. Irving
put tho question on all the resolutions in {
lump. The Ayes in that fragment of con
.vention, just in the hustle of breaking up, wer,
more numerous than the Noes, and he declar
ed the resolutions adopted. A platform
made in this manner does not cuen deserre III,
name efd farce, acAich zoe yesterday care It.
A farce as played before an audience aoAicA i,
a~are IF aohat is going on"
Such Is the account (given by one Of the a
oiest and most influential journals of,he Nor,f
supporter of Pierce)-o the manner il
which the boosted platform of the party wa,
smuggled through the Convention; and we ar.
asked to rely upon that, as a protection 70,
our distinctive rights, as slaveholdng people
Could impudence and imposture wear a nor,
brazen front !? We are called upon to Sc, a
side native born and noble son of the South
in favor of New Hampshire Yankee, who's
voucher of trustworthiness is that platform
thus adopted; and whose friends are the Va
Burens. Bryants, Buffers, Wimots, and 9th
ers. who support him. because "they kwoso the;
man." And, to crown all and complete tn
subiimity of the effrontery. we are asked to
these things by party, who have paine
Martin Van Buren, upon the country as