Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-05-05

,rs gentlemen upon Col. Boyd oil Wy1he.urg-
- him to become a candidate for the Board
Of Public Works, and letter from him. con-
sent;nU to assume that position. We are not
surprised that the people of the South west
who have always manifested an active and IN
.al,;.an, interest in the cause of Internal I'm
,royements. who well know who have been
the friends Of the system in It's hour oil
need, and who are best qualified TO manage
and watch over il now. should decline being
dictated to by petty gathering Of men calling
itself convention, as to whom they should
vote for. They have rather 100 much knowl
edge Of the matter to got the stronghold oil
Anti.Internal Improvement. in search of
friend OF the policy, and to new convert to
find one who understands it. The announce
ment Of Col. Boyp disgruntles most sadly
the Richmond Enquirer, aud other papers that
advocate the propriety of pnaking political
machine" of the Board. We hope it will not
make him less acceptable TO wings that heshould
have incurred the displeasure of democrats.
from refusal 10 acquiesce in the wrong and
dangerous action Of that party. The itch
mond Times presents the subject in its true as
pect, and we cite its language to express our
concurrence. $50 far as the wings are con.
cerned, says that journal. there can be no room
for hesitation in choosing between the tw o can
didates Col Boyd is well known as a man
of strong sense, Of untiring industry and ener
gy, of excellent business capacity, and OF the
the strictest personal integrity and honor
From first to last he has been an ardent and
unwavering champion of internal improve
nent and bis efforts have contributed very
materially to the triumph Of that policy in Viz
ginia. A Democrat though he be, yet he was
never guilty, SO far as we know, of any act oil
rabid and INSCRIPTIONS partisanship, and we
should feel the fullest confidence. that under
the administration ofme like him, no matter
what might be their political opinions, the
Board ofPublic Works would never be con-
verted into an engine ofparty. Moreover the pc
stion of antagonism TO the edict of the Lynch
burg caucus. now assumed by Col. Boyd,
plainly indicates that he disapproves of organ
izing the Board of Public Works on party
principles. He occupies, as every candidate
for such post should an independent posi-
ton, and rests under no obligation, either ex
press or implied, to use the power Of his office
with an eye to political ends. This is all that
the Wings have ever asked, and they can, with
perfect propriety and consistency, vote for
Col. Boyd.
"ln respect to Mr.. Daniel, the caucus noml-
nee, we have but little to say. He is unver
sally admitted to be highly respectable and
tolerably intelligent gentleman, and we have
no disposition to disparage his personal claim
The Lynchburg Convention might have made
a such worse selection, and we are disposed
to be thankful to them for having done SO. 1t
is upon grounds having no sort of reference to
his qualifications for the post in question, that
we object to the election of MIR. Daniel. The
leading Democratic politicians OF tho Stat,
have openly proclaimed that the Board o
Public Works must be a political machine
to effect this object, party conventions wer'
called in all the districts to bring forward can
didates. and the nomination Of Mr.. Daniel il
one of the fruits of this proceeding, We lool
upon that gentleman as the selected represen
tative and exponent of the principle that thu
Board of Public Works should be made De
mocratic machine, and we hold that he stand
virtually pledged to carry that principle int
operation. The declarations of Democrat
politicians and the action of the Democrat
party plainly denote that they expect this O
their nominees. and Mr.. Daniel has accepte,
the position assigned him with full knowledg
and understanding of the obligations which
imposes.
"Under these circumstances the Wings O
the First District have no alternative but T.
resist the election Of the Democratic nominee
with alltheir might, and we trust that ,hei
votes viii be cast unanimously for Mr.. Boyd
Let them. not only in the First, but in all tn
Districts, put forth their whole strength in op
position to the political machine" candidate
and the INSCRIPTIONS schemes of Locofoc,
wire.workers may yet be batfled and confound