Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-06-04

The w HIG DOCTRINE ettu4fHH A5o1shNf6
rights. and maintaining Southern equality and
independence, by adding to the MATERIAL
STRENGTH of the Soulh--by digging canals.and
building rail roads-by encouraging home
manufacturers-by improving the s)il-by in
creasinp The popnlation and wealth of the
Southern States-this doctrine, in opposition
10 distractions, political resolutions, secession
and nullification,is daily gaining ground among
the people
Thus, in few words, docs the Alexandria
Gazette define The practical distinctions be.
tween Southern Wings and Democrats
Whether its conclusion be correct, since the
indications of the late election in our State we
are not altogether sure. In Virginia at least
we are constrained to think that the parchment
politics and closet craftsmanship of the soph
lists, casuists, meiaphyscians and fogies of the
last generation still maintain their place in the
popular regard: else why has the State sent to
Congress delegation charged and committed
to oppose and reject the division OF THE PUBLIC
LANDS and their appropriation TO the improve.
ment Of the Siaiesl Here is fountain oI strength
from which Virginia might derive pover, pro
tocuon. renovation and advancement. Here
isa spring which, If she would drink oil it,
would renew her youth and reinvigorate her
frame. Here are munmenis, If she would but
employ them. that would defend her more
safely than Layonets or batlements. Why
will she not tor years we have heard IRON
her politicians nothing but signing and groan
ing The :ndiguities and wrongst 10 which she
has been compelled 10 submit from The ieds' :
raj Government and from other States have
been the exhauslless themes of eloquent in
dignaton and romonstrance. And yet MOI
practical iemedy has been applied. Our leg !
isIative wiseacres have vapored about resls {
tance--dug up The resolutions Of 9S-9 and g
braniished their bones above their heads-pas'
sed silly and braggart resolyes,and Then thrown
themselves upon the people as the defenders :
of Southern rights and State soyefelgnty:- q
And the people, good easy souls have tossed c
up their caps and shouted hozll for their un \
terrified champions
What a State-what an Empire, might not
Virginia now have been ii from the first she
had devoted hersellto practical instead Of the
oretic legislation ! For almost an hundred s
years has she been the mistress of her own ac.
tons For the whole OF that period has she
possessed resources as rich, as varied,as nigh
ty as any land upon which the sun shines--re
sources which needed but the freeing hand OF +,
a liberal policy to loosen them from the earth {
and give them life and action. Like the tabled
giants beneath the mountain they could not 5
release, themselves let them struggle ever SO
powerfully. Why has not the State lent It's
hand to lift the weight from lhemi Why
but that she has been cursed with dynasty Of
dreamers and ghost-seers and hair.splittcrs.-
A few practical, common sense men to lave {
given direction at the right time to her policy
a few millions judiciousy expended. and she
would stand, and ever have stood first of the
coniederacy. But she chose differently-and
we have the result. She chose to pursue the
pgnes tatui Of abstract and theoretic fances, in
stead of her own substantial interest and pro-
notion Her men Of intellect and ambition
have been taught to look to federal honors as
the only prizes worth struggling for, and she
has been left to the care of stupid, short sighted
and sell-seekng demagogues and dolts.
Well, we shall continue to trust that she
will one day or other break loose from her
bondage to error and folly, and emerge from
the clouds and fogs Of locofocoism redeemed
and radiant. Theageis becoming more prac'
teal and Unitarian and its effects may yet be
seen in the destruction of the countless chi
meras. phantoms, and shadows that have so
long fitted before her political vision, and in
bringing her within the influence Of sound
legislation and substantial craftsmanship.
The National Intelligencer says that Com.
Aulick, dscredits the report that the Emperor
of China had applied to the British for assis