Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-10-12

ing and reprehcnsibla tou.ac,. The object au
cfIeft ol II are 70 give encouragement AID ioau
cnee to a band of traitors. i hose known no
raliiy IS an impious disregard OF The eonsiuu
ton and whose 6xed purpose is the deg
radiation and overthrow cr orc half the union
what language is strong enough Nv hat cxeera
lion. deep enough-to express the sense o
loutrage and adherence. with which all honor
able minds must regard it! There Is no mis-.
taking the motive or meaning Of this ofica
mandate 10 Collector Bronson, and The other
lappontiLg agencies in New York 4 contest
Is now gong on in thai State-a struggle for
! life or death -bctween the t~o factions, " bich,
! five years ago. arrayed themselves in opposi
ton 10 each other, upon the question y neither
or not the South should continue 10 enjoy in
the union the rights 10 which she " as entitled
under the constitution, and by the terms of the
compact which bolnd her 10 he other sections
Of the conlederacy. The same parties arc
again face to face. in a conflict upon the same
Opposing sentiments and principles. Iftbc Van
Buren, party succeed, they will tranlple in tho
lS4s, and since, planted themselves and have
stood firmly, 10y the rights Of the South If
The national party succeed. their triumph will
snhdue and silence those misshicvous disturb
ers oil the public peace, whose nrrgucs and
clamors have already brought the union To- the
verge of dissolution. aud the country to tic
point Of fratriciJal war. That the adminisira.
ton should lfvo chosen such n crisis rs Thu,
10 make known Its confidence in the Van Bu
rem party, and to "rc9uire' that those public
ofhcerswhose convictions Of duiy and patriot
ism have compelled them 10 refuse govern.
ment places 10 its members, should now hum.
bic themselves before their enemies, slink away
from the high ground they had token,and re-
ccive them into their service and confidence
makes it too apparent for farther doubt, that
the administration synpathlses with that I'M
prlnciped and corrupt faction and desires It's
success IN the contest it Is now waging. If it
chosen for forwarding to the New York OIL
GERS he dictatorlal and insulting ORDERS Of the
Treasury department Why was the edct
containing them made public, at the instance OF
the chief Of that department? The inevitable
effect of II must be 10 strengthen and stimulate
the free-soiIers, and in like degree, to 90.
press and dishearten the national demos
Gratis Nj. Guthrie well knew tfis and the
President well knew it also-and because they
knew it, they chose the time to lend a hand to
the one, and strike blow al the other. And
this from an ADMINISTRATION elected in part by
Southern yotes-by men who denounced Mil.
lard Fillmore, although he removed free.
soIlers from Office and were unwilling to trust
Winfield Scott from an imaginary fear that
he would recognize them in the distribution Of
the government patronage The time has
again come, when the South should look to the
means of lis defence against the troubles h3t
are cngendering. Against an administration
swoyed and controlled by free soil sympalbiog
and influences, democrats and wings should
unite under common standard of opposition
VIII not our Southern contemporaries of the
democratic press speak out ns becomes men
who prefer principle TO porronogc-and the
country to party