Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-09-02

holiness, he goes even further than expected
ar reonired. aud intimatcs in unniistakeablc
Ia,o,,aoe. tbat the execution of the Fugitive
Save Law, and all other laws. MI lie rnfdTc
ed with allthe power vested in him y The
Constitution. But, all OF this defence Is unne-
cesssry. in view offhe fact, that the " hole
Southern cry against Gen. Scott, IS most
shameless effort on The part Of the Politicians
10 do by indirecticn, what they dare not open
" avow, supported by the ignorant, The
thoughtless and over sensitive of our people.
Yesl while they "damn with faint praises the
most illustrious public service, his incorruPu.
bic integrity, bis exalted purity and private
worth, they s,udiously keep out OF vie"
knowledge and experience in civil affairs and
administrative talent, that renders him second
10 no President that we have ever had, and as
10 Franklin Pierce, IAN Hyperian 10 Satyrl
And for what reasonl Why, "the South is in
danger" Thcfable Of "the 10Y and the wolf
naturally occurs 10 any thinking man, and II
need not be improved any further, than 10
warn the Southern Democracy, that IN the
candidate Of Southern "creation and choice
they may again End the veritable animal
False, hollow and shameless. as has ever been
the specious appeal to Southern prcjndices,
never has ii been more so than at present. For
while they base their objection to Winfield
Scott, on the fact that he Is supported by Sew
ard, they glory in the fact, that the Van Bn
rens Dix s, aud Hallett's, and the whole Free
sol crew, are now with them. However,
much, they may pirate Of the "creation and
choice" and Of the deep damnaton" Of the
stalking OFF, Of Fillmore and Webster, it is
deniably the fact, that the Democracy not only
of the South, but ofthe North, not only Young
America, but old Fogysro ITSELF was defeated
in Convention by this Frcesol element that
they would fix upon US, and that Southern De
mocracyris to-day " bat 1t has been for twenty
years, the mere lewers OF wood and drawers
OF water, for whom they would persuade the ms
selves, are their natural allies" How these
northern fellows manage it, can. hardly see,
unless they adopted the expedient, that tried
when boy, on my fathers old mare. She
was very obstinate and disposed TO have her
own way. In approaching The forks of a road.
] always turned Der head in an opposite d.
rection from The way wanted TO go. and she
always travelled freely in thought, that she
did have her own way. So without exposing
It's real choice. Frcesoi.isn beat Cass, Buchan
an, Douglas, Houston and the whole host of
Office hating candidates, but when the South
presented her recreation and cloice." did nj
they nominate in hurry. What did any of
them care for platform them They Lad
man that suited any Platform and all parties,
as long the South was sold agair. and ma
jority oflhe Convention, actually left the house
in sheer Indifference on the subject
For proof all this, refer 10 the Democratic
History ofthe times. The interchangeable Dem
ocratc Congress is about 10 ad jonrn. expire i.y
limitation perhaps, drop to pieces from its
own Wei ght. As Mr.. johnson. of Arkansas,
would say, members having "let OFF, all the
ammunition that they could collect against
Gen. Scott, are anxiovs now 10 get home, and
serve Up in clashes" what they. lave done up
here in "whole hog
1t will be seen that they have voted Mr..
Rtcbe, snug sum and elected Public prn-
ter, in o,her words, pensioned Il pa .isan
Press upon the Government again. But tie
Southern Democracy "5leed" very frenlvi-
The River and Harbor Bill will probably pass,
lest The Wings should gain any advantage in
quarters where actual principles involved
Mr. Bocock, is believe, your representa-.
'ative in Congress Having had the pleasure
Of hearing him speak at a mass meeting in this
city, and though, mot wishing to be consider.
ed very old" told of tho great things he did
Sin 1910" and promised very extensive opera
i!ons on his return hom". | wish him to tell
the people Of your region, why Virginia has
always been deraocaiic, just as lie told as here
an Washington, and to tell the people a. much
Oh that gallant Pierce that loved his family"
so much that he could pottrust them to the
dangers ofatripto Washington. while heshould
accept the dunes of attorney Geueyalshdp un.
der Mr.. Polk, (he having only been ir Con-
gFeSs about eight years, as "Ginger" would
say. previously before de wary But, more
particularly, let him be required to demonstrate
what he stated as distinct proposition here,
that "a mans wisdom is sometimes shown
more by what he does not do, than by what he
does do" Ofcourse, General Pier, e's history
illustrates it sufficiently for all practical pur.
pnscs, but it may be interesting to your read
ers TO know the particulars "a"
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